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2.2V.:IVP.CCE, PA...
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DEMOCRATIC •I'OMINATIOHS
SUPREV JUDGE:
WILLIAM A. 'PORTER;
PHI LADELr at A
VAN AL, COM ESN - .SION
WESLEY, FROST,-
A,T-LITVE.
Mr, We arc indebted to friend Anderson
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of - the I'cl:ray:rani - an, for a neatly printed
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cops of the constitution of Kansas.. -
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gir In the list of Representatire'delegntei,
Susquehanna doe" not appear.as being rep
resented.: This is probablv 'owing to an
error in the TePerters, as the name of Mr.
Stephens, our delegate, wlio attended as a
substitute for Thos. Johnson. Esq., ;appears
in the proceedings afterwards.
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Pergonal. • •
Tile card of J. 11ourne . S.7. CuL,'.Leeotnp
ton, Kansas, will bo fonnd in our advertising
column; ourimper of February ttit,'.vre
noticed this Co., :ant stated that as they sent
neither money or reference', we did riot think
them entitled to credit.
.Siime that time we
Inns looked for their card in .the ,papers we
- receive from the Staten anti fora Kansas, in
cluding tlia "Kan Sit; Sational Democrat,"
but find nothing in relation to them.
A few - days since , we received, W letter from
ent:laiing - a remigaoce fo pay for
actrerthqnir,, we' therefore insert their card.
The'y refer us to GOr.. Denver; Ex. - Goy.
Waller; Ex. Sea. Stanton:; Geu. Cathoun
Gen. Brindle, (of Penn.) Register of
Land. Ofiice - at I.ecompton; and to the Editor
of the ".Kiasas National
,Democrat,"
ed at tecompton.E
If
,ino. Bourno.'& CO., have the , authority
of thee gentleman for thus referring to them,
those who — send a dollar to the 'Agency,"
may rely upon receiving -the protiosed
igence. If they were 'to seed us'a copy of
a J.ecoinpton paper, containing their card,
- should be better Aatbled of their reopapsi
Great s Potiticah Paper.
The issue of the Pliiltidelphia Dollar
lreekly Pennsylraniax of the present week
will contain
. n full and accurate report of all
the speeches in the Democrtic State Conven
;tion the-latest• foreign and
dosnestie news, the doings at Washington
and in the.,State Legislature, market repeits,
commercial intelligence, dc, ti.aking it A
plipet of special value. '; Terms--$1 per an
' tern.
Our Democratic friends cannot invest a
dollar to .het ter Nivautage than to subscribe
for this able advocate of true National pin
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raprerroait. —The Bradford' Reporter of
.last Week wished to pla s ee on, record a predic
. tion, which' Was that the Democratic State
Convention trpr tad ndorse Buchananarid Le
, oomPion !, All right, the prediction has been
verified as a'ruatter of course. Now we pro
pose,itt make_a prediction. The sag-ends of
our opponents will meet at Harrisburg at
some future time, and Jvpludiate Buchanan
_and Lpee;rnptOn, - and is October gel badly
beaters, Mark that, will you! •
is with pleasure we calLthe atten
tion. of the Detnecracy'to the fact that K. T.
Stephens S-q., our Representative. delegate,
and - Altint Gay, Ell , of
-WVyoming Co.,
,our Senatorial delegate, were found voting oa
each occa-,ion hi, -the State Convention, in
.support of the able and just policv of the Na;
fional 'Administration, in so doing they
faithfully repre.ented the - Democrats of Sui
quelranna County, both as a,party and u in
o'ividnak. There will be no faltering among
' the Democrats' of this County. They will
rake their po,itiOnshoulderto -shoulder with
their bretErep throughout the Keystone State,
and aid in witinit,g the victory of pest Octo- '
' United %IV tOt I)efir
Abolition of the District. •
The. political adherents of Darid Wilmot
imist that the proposition to abolish the 13th
Judicial District is a personal matter. The, tively trifling. But it is of necessity compos
"main o f
memberss of the Bar ,
complain that it would degrade him as a min ed in th e
~ main o''. the ~ i --- '
and a judge, and that it would deprire the jurors, litigants, witnesses sin inner court at
tendentii, who . should enter the anted hall of
people of their Constitutional right to- eke
their own judge. How personal! It does not
I justicefree from prejudice of all kinds.' By
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taithus mingling court and political matters e his office from him. -His term -expires -.
gather a mutual.distrust is created ; it ler..ts
to
next fill, at ...ilia tine it is proposed to effect
the ouinge. ii,i , hes no, claim ,to the
(zee Whigs and Tories, Democrats and Republi
i
cI
satyoonger, more Altai_ has anj; o th er wanans, Foreigners and Know Nothing., to chaJ-
fangs each other as jurymen, and•to manifest
liridgin or - out of the District„' But they tell
us be intended to Le a candidate! What
of 1 ic . rarious ways their distrust, even to employ
_ thatl Suppose there area dozen of our law
it is .) opinions.l ing nonuser with reference to their , Political
ycrs who intend to be candidates! then
a personal itimlt io them all !yeetbey, poor . They charge (though falsely) our Supreme I
-igno:ant fellOws are 'not aware of it! nonelmt 1 "dge s with being. partisans, but ran they!
- the far seeing David feel indignant about it! I Point to a political meeting ever held' by one
The other aspirants ought to be tubed_ I, of them while on the - bench'! Nol their ree
ened on. this„point, that they may un i te i n ord is_utiStained br such an act. ' his avg.
Imaling piteously at the "infamous outrage" ed that. Cato and Lecompte are black hearted
-which is to lie perpetrated upon their " p r i. 1 villains, monsters the most hideous known to
•Yate 'fightil" It degrade Wilntot I Then l history, yet they cannot charge them with
7 11 otija it degrade every other man who wants stooping td so gross an outrage as transform
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1 .4. o ffi ce , S uc h a pl e a is - sheer nonsense . Mg the Sacred Bench into a rostrum for po
-4 . ] low' does ii dept t a the'people of the right htical paiposes !
i to'ilect their own judge I The law doc.. not Theyieil-us that Wilmot never 'did an act
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propose that the_ro - ters of any other -state, or I wrong in itself, for Political reasons. Mr. New-,
county :shall elect them for us, or that they ton was a member of the Barof Susquehanna -
shall be cluwen by the Logisliiture, or appoint- - Coudty. -: He displeased Wilmot in some tree
ed by the Governor. 'hie voters of each dis- siness affairs, not connected with' his (Wil
trict will still have the right to tote for such mot's) .position as a judge, for which this
candidates at they please. ,This objection is spotless specimen- of judicial purity wept into
it riti z le one, and is made use of to excite , the I Court,and in . his capacity as judge struck Mr.
prejudices of those who do not undmatand the Newton's name from the list of Attorneys,
scatter, or who may not inquire into the feats. thus striPpitig him of 'his - meads of obtaining
' -Buttet us grant for a moment that it would - Oiveliticersct.
_This act was clearly
hare such - an effect. Is Livid Allnaot the 'first, if Niwton bid done a wrong to Mr.Wil-
Man to whine.about it! Ilaa he not by his mot, it gave him Co more right to destrUy-his
own acts forced the people of the District to business'ihan had the offence been committed
endure .fdr two years at least, judges whom toward any other citizen. ' And second, the
- the) bad no part iti chooing I INstien he be- i l eillege °face was not punishable intim way ;
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came a candidate to'r - Governor last fall, jus'
tide - and comrhou decency, as•well as univer
sal cnstonk demanded that he should resin.
It was then'oui right to elect a judge for, the
coming terhr. It was our" Constitutional
right" if you please, and in (dinging to tie
office hntil it was to )ate for us sto do so, he
'committed an outrage upon the acknowledge&
rights, and ruthlessly trampled upon the•con
stitutiona! prerogative of a sovereign people.
So gross,an act'of the kind rites never before
known.
Since they persist in making it a personal
issue, let us suppose that it is. They defy us
-to point to an net i.n his judicial Career that
is liable to censure. They aslert that while
on the bench he has ever commanded the
universal respect and confidence of all, both
political friends and'foes, and that none have
ever breathed a word of suapicion against his
integrity as a mar 'a politician or a judge.—
We wonder that they, thus dare to contradict
alleoliy-lieated public opinion; to -deny mat
ters of history connected with our courts in
years past,which are familiar to Alin the Dis
'trio; and elsewhere, The District was formed
not because it was necessary, but to give Da:
-yid Wilmot an office. Before gaining the
1 position,be made a solemn pledge that while on
the bench he would abstain from political
affairs. in making that pledgir did be not
stake his honor, his integrity as a mans Yet
the pledge has been habitually broken, his
word falsified, and the generous but mistaken
l confidence of those friends who lifted him goat
obscurity and gave.him , influence, has been
violated, and their kindness- repaid with in
gratitude.
The ' tiger will snap at the 'band that
fuhlishes sustenance; the adder will fasten its
vencitnousimigs in the bosom that warms it
into life; but acts of charity between man and
man are entitled at lota to grateful , remem
brance ; even the blood-thirsty assassin will
not strike Lis dagger into the heart of a friend ;
and the savage Indian - will never suffer so
inuch•as-the garment of one who has been a
friend to him, to be touched with violence.
If Lein breaking his faith with his friends
by resorting to stump speaking during the
Jerisks of his courts, and thereby convincing
them that his pledge of honor as a min could
not restrain him, what more' natural conse
quence could follow, than that they should be
forced to,-doubt the integrity of the man's
whole nature! His political adherents may
claim that'll e possesses the end re, an d unlimited
confidence of our whole people, but every man,
woman and child knows better. It is too well
known that there is a deep seated and grow
ing conviction that no judge should take an
active part in partisAt afThirs.. No judge but
Wilmot has done. it, and our people complain
,that it is wrong, that if be wishes to take an
active part in politics be should leave the
bench and permit a successor to be chosen
who would be - their judge, and not a dictator
of their political opinions.
No matter whether his . being an active
politician defeats, directly, the ends of justice'
or not, the bench slxinigl t-0 kept free from so
inuch' as the taint of suspicion; and who does
not know that in these times of bitter conten
tion, judges who are known as politicians are
.charged with being biased, whether justly or
not! Our political foes make the charge
boldly-on all occasions, that the judges of our I
Supreme Court; are influenced in their decis. I
ions by political preferences. Let us grant
that his possible tor men of legal at
tainments, with the sacred oath 'of office re
corded against them, to so far forget their
isbligatio.us to God and Man, as to permit
their views toile bent by either personal, reli
gious, or. political preferences; who is most
likely
,to be the judge to stultify his' honor,
the one who takes no part in politics, who
.never-publicly refers to tie subject, and Whose
opinions are almost unknown, or the,one who
is ever tai.lng a prominent pert in, party affitits;
who 'spends his vacations in laying out the
campaign, and even during Court week,
when Isis mind alloold be free from all topics
'foreign to his' Istasinms, spends not only his
leisure Loma in council with politicians, but
even devotes a portion of the time during
Whieh he should be seated upon the bench,
aiding to redress the wrongs of the injured,
and_prom.oting the public welfare, in making
violent and denunciatory harangues of such a
nature as is calculated, to engender a feeling
of personal jealousy among the members' of
his audience I if the audiences on such cm
cations were such as are usually found a; po
i Heal meetings, the evil would be comps"-
attempted, as thejlaw plainly , thows. Wil.:
mot and Newton differed in pollsim, , and 'ma
ny believed that th is was th e secret of the af ,
fair. The ewe was carried to the•Sapreme
Nast, mid so slisn a case bad Wilmot,.
that he attempted no •defeuee, but suffered
the outrage to be set aside, by the 'unanimous
opinion of the Cott, We werepresent when ,
the case was argued, and them was but one
i,
opinion expressed I among the many distin
guished lawyers p esent,'and that was that it
was an unparalled outrage. - Now Wilinot
was very ignormitt, when he did the act, else
he -must have act'ed frii'm a wrong motive.—
The public-remereber the case , very well, and
no one will justify - the act. We believe he
should hive been ipunished for the offence,'or
removed from the; ench forthwith. The more
we think of the Matter the stronger becomes
the conviction 1144 David Wilmot should 'no
longer be a judge. •
'the Honesdai4 Herald says "The cbaege
'is 'opposed by Sitilge Wilmot's -friends on the
ground that it isht thrust s at him personally,
a reflection upori his Judicial course, and a
movement to qet him out of office. .These
objections to th change are the best argu
ments/0-01e ch z nge, possible to make."-
lilitr Tithe'.
We place at Ore head our paper to day the
Democratic &site ticket nominated 'at ' the
Harrisburg Convention, the troceodings of
which wilt be fciund in another colonic'. Our
enemies had locfked to a disagreement of the
Convention on 'the Kansas question, hoping
that by the aid of a faction, which - they ex
pected would leave when the Forteay-ites were
so utterly aced up, they Might instill new life
into the remains of the party which Wilmot
was entombed with last fall, and enter the
canvass to compete with the Democracy. But
their hopes has4e.been blighted, the passage of
our reset u t icnrslwi th but on dissenting voice
leaves them po i , hope of creating a division in
the party. vile now enter the field with a
prospect of certain success. This cannot but
be admitted ey all. They need not tell us
that the ettclorement of the Lecompton Con
stitution will tend to defeat us, They need
not refer to the disastrous campaign- of 1854.
Thew the" D4mocrntio Convention failed 'to
taken decided stand, and in consequenso of
such a displayi oftimidity, the -ticket was de
ftatecl, by the) help of the midnight conspira
tot's. Thin our party was divided, undeter
mined, now we are 'a' unit, the ameba that
will fall oft •on the Forney-Douglas-W-alker
fizzle, Will not be felt in the many thousands
of a majority which we shall poll ever any
tiket which
! can be brought out against us.
It need not b e asserted that these will be an,
other defect‘n in the northern part of the
State. No Ono here will believe it, not even
the most sanguine of our opcnents. Ili be
half of the DemocracY of this section, and es ,
pecially of Ltsquellanna County, we assure
our friends in other portions of the State_ that
the " Wilmo3t District" can and will du bet
ter. We are certain of a-very large compar
ative gain oVer the vote in '56. If the other
counties do equally well, the State is
ours in October by 75,000 majority over a
131ack "Reriublican " ticket.
Democratic_ State Coareattoo.
The DeMocratic State Convention to nom
inate a parididate for Judge of the. Supreme
Court, (in place of . Hon. John C. Knot, re•
signed,) and also candidate for Canal Com
missioner, assembled at Harrisburg,lttarch 4,
1858, in thi3 Hall of the House of Represent
atives, in pursuance of the call of the Demo
cratic Statr; Central Committee.
The Hail was early crowded with mem
bers of tlui House, Delegates to the Conven
tion and sfangers. The House organized it
10 o s clocOnit almost immediately adjourned,
and at 101 minutes after ten, Hon. Charles H.
BuckalewXhairman of the Demoeratid State
Central 4comittee, called the Convention to
order. 1. -
Lion. Alrnold Pinnaer, of Venango, moved
that Col Victor E. Piolett, of Bradford, be
chosen as! temporary Chairman, which -was
nnanimouply agieed to. .
On taping the chair, Col. P. made a few
appropriate remarks, - an I returned his thanks
for the honor conferred on him.
Messrs,/ J. C. Rhodes, of Lancaster, and
Benj. Grin; of Erie, were then' appointed
tempora4 Secretaries.
The Sf.creiaries then proceeded to call the
roll, the following Delegates answered to their
names, npd presented their credentials
SENATORIAL DELEGATES.
1. Philadelphia ; Alfred Day, L. C. Cassidy,
Lamb, George Williams.
2. Ch'ester and Delaware ; J. B. Rhoads.
3. ?itiptgornery ; Dr. J. A. Martin.
4. ,Bticks; Edward T.lleai.
5. 4,lligh and Northampton ; Hiram S
Shactz.
.0. ; Michael K. Boyer. . •
7. Scimylkit; ; Michael Cochran.
8: Cativo, Moziroe, Pike and Wayne ; N.
B. Eldred.
9. Britdford, Susquehanna, Wyoming and
Sullivan; Ahira Gay.
10. 1.4.-zerne ; 11.
11. Clin!no., Lycon2ing, Ventre and Union;
D. K. .TackmNit ,
12. gnyder, °rill umberland, gen - tour awl
Columbia i Charles R. Buckalew. •
13. 1106, Potter, Wayne and Warren, L.
T. Parwlee.
1 4. dpuxberland,PerrfJuniata and Mifilid
Henry Zolltager.
15. Dauphin sod. Lebanon ; E. Hertzler.
16. rianaster ; J. Buchanaq, Gebrge M.
Steinman.
17. York ; Chas. M. Smyser. ' '
18.
darns, Franklin and Fulton ; J. W.
Doiigla .
19. merset, Bedford and Huntingdon ;
Isaac Hugus.
20. Blair, Cambria and Clearfield; Theo
dore Sriyder.
21. Indiana and Armstrong; S. S. jami
ion. 1 .
. - 22.1Westmoreland and Fayette; W. A.
Sthkesi -
23. "Washington and Green; William Kin
caid. I
24. !Allegheny; A. 4.lrCalmount, Job n C.
Dunn., ,
25. 'Beaver and Butler ;. Thomas Cunning
ham.
26. "Lawrence, Mercer and Penang° ; Lewis
Tay toll.
27: 'Erie and Crawford ; James C. Id'Far
land. I
28.1 Clariot., Jefferson, Forest and Elk ; 315.
L. Gi
REPsRESENTATIV I E J' LEGATES
Philadelphia; Henry S. tcliellinger,tte
phen Denton, George McGinnis. E•awar4J
ley, Endue. Ahern, James O'Hara, Xliixin
derOrsrwford, George . W. WtindOr; *Michael
CaltilOosepi• Earrek - Hugh Clark, William
0. 10ine, Andrew Noble,.Andrew J. 'Holman,
John li. Gamble, Jonathan K. ilassenger,
WiNiam Laughlin. •
Delaware:, J. Etlward'Clyde.
Chester; Samuel,Uolritan, E. C. Evanv,
Whedler.
4jomgcmiery-,' , George Amoy, J. S. Yost, S
feathers.
Bucks.; Franklin Vansant, Silas H. Beans.
Northampton :; john !Davis Leslie Miller.
• Lehi g h and CarbW, LOckbart, N. Wei
ser. • _
Monroe and Pike; j.'n. Walton.
Wayne; F. M. Crane.
Luzern° • t A. B. Dunning, J. W. Campbell,
Henry Stark. . •
_Wyoming, Sullivan, Columbia and Mon
tour; J. R. Jones, Levi L. Tate.
Lycoming and Clinton ; T. T. Ahrams,
George White. •
Centre; John A. Morrison.
Mifflin; Isaialipoplin. -
Union, Snyder and Juniata Geo. 80:we,
John S. Miller.
' Northumberland;Jacob . Youngman.
Schuylkill; F. W. Hughes, H. L. Cake,
Aurand.
Dauphin ; R. J. Haldeman, Online) Mat:
ter& (contested.) ..
. Lebanon ; John Weidman.
Berks ; U. H. Manderbach, NUT. Litngood,
M. A. Sellers.
Lancaster; Adam Z. Ringwalt, 11. 11.
Brenneman, C.l.Rhodes, Jacob E. Cross.
York; D. Wilson Grove, William A. •Sta-
We.
Curnherleand and Perry; Chas. S.T. Mcln
tire, Lion. Samuel Hepburn. -
Adams; Dr. E. F. Shorb.
Franklin and Fulton;
George W. Brewer,
of Franklin, and James Kelly, of Fulton.
Bedford and Somerset; J. C. Ei;erhirrt, A.
11. CofFroth,
Huntingdon'; Mr. Orlady,
Blair; Edmund Patterson.
Cambria; Jas. C. Noon. •
Indiana; Adam Lowrey.
Armstrong and Westmoreland; Alex. Ma
-KMney, J. Clarke, J. K. Centauri,
Fayette.; John L. Dawson, '
Greene ; Geo. \V. Miller.
Washington; Wm. anpkins, Win. Work
man.
Allegheny; henry M'Cullough, M. L. Stew
art, R. Morrow, L. B. Patterson, Wm. M
Stewart.
Beaver and Lawrence; James A. Shoals, i.
N. McGuffen. •
Butler; J. G. Campbell, L. J. Mitchell. •
Mercer and Venango; W. S. Garvin, A.
nuttier.
Clarion and Forest ; John Reatley.
Jefferson, Clearfield, Elk and M'Kean ; J.
Spyker, T. J. Boyer.
Crawford and Warren ; V. Phelps, J. Y.
James..
Erie ; B. F: Sloan.
Potter and Tioga; Timothy Ives.
Bradfoni ; J. Madill, V. E. Piolett.
The rules of the Mouse of Representatives
were on motion adopted, so far as they are
applicable, for the government of the body.
A Committee of thirty one 'was chosen to
report - officers for the permanent organization
of the Convention.
AFTERFOON SEEIBION.
The Chairman of the Committee announced
that they had agreed to the toliowing report,
which was read
PneathEN - r.—JO LEN L. DANCISON, of Pay
ette.
VICE. PRESIDENTS.
F.. C. Evans„. Silas H. Beans,
Solomon Feather Hiram J. Sch warts,
Henry 11. Manderhich,Peter Aurand,
.N. li. Eldred, IL T. Stephens,
Henry. Stark, T. T. Abrams,
Jacob Youngman, - C. J. T. Mclntyre,
John Weidman, John Keighiy,
John K. Gamble, H. F. Schellenger,
George McGin MIS Andrew Noble,
Jacob E. Cron, A. Z. Ringwalt,
Charles M. Smyser, E. F. Stone,
Henry Orlady Theo. Snyder,
J. C. Everhard, , James C. Clarke,'
Wm. Worknian, Henry McCullough,
Robert Morrow, - Thomas Conninghe&m,
Arnold ?tomer, Vincent Phelps,
J. Y. James. .
SECRETARIES.
C. J. Rhodes, • Stephen Benton,
B. Grant, L. L. Tate,
F. M. Crane, , Coffroth,
Joseph Campbell, L B. Patterson,
J. B. Rhoads.
The report was adopted, and on taking the
Chair the President addressed the Convention
at length with much ability. His concluding
remarks were as follows :
" We must be satisfied that the' Adminis•
tration hasquet this question - with the right
views, and in the true spirit, and with a
breadth of statesmanship which merits . the
mature approbation of the whole country.—
Pennsylvania at knit cannot hesitate. True
to those antecedents /which have made her
name a terror to fanaticism, and fixed her . po
sition as the strong hold of the Constitution,
she will-not falter in this danger with her
chosen on at the helm.
"Relying upon your kindness, and with
but-little experience in presiding over deliber
ative bodies, I shall endedvor to discharge . the
duties of the Chair to the utmost of my abil
ity and the greatest impartiality.
Mr. 11. B. Wright moved that a Committee
of Thirteen be appointed to prepare and re
port Resolutions for the consideration of the
Convent ion.
_ The committee was selected as follows :
H.-B. Wright, C. B. Budalaw, F. W.
Hughts, A. Day, Arnold Amer, William
Hopkins, J. C. Dunn,. George W. Steinman,
George W. Brewei, B. F. Sloan, B. I. Halde
man, Thomas Cunningham, and N. B. El
dt.ed• '
A ,-.notiou'vras made to add four members
to the Cosnmittae, which was lost by a vote
of 41 to 82. Another motion was made, to
increase the nut.:lber 1 0 thirty =three ; lost.—
Yeas 20, nays 102..,
The Convention then re sumed the matter of
the contested
. seata, but before taking action
upon the only case remaining mulisposed of
adjourned till 8 o'clock.
EVENnee sEssioif.
The,Marention mat againat 8 o'clock.
The contested seats were finally disposed .
of.
It was announced that the Committee en
Resolutions was not prepared to submit their.
report. -
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A:Zijourned.
SECOND DAN PROCEEDINGS.
The Convention re-assembled st - 9
The minutes of-the previous day'
were read. '
Hon. H. B. Wright, Chttirmitto of the'Cottt
,
mittne on Resolutions-, then rase to submit the
report: from that Conimiftee. tle cattle :l l'er.
ward to the Clerk's desk, and .said that before
reading the resolutions', be would say .to the
Ohnirand the„,Convention tbat
division of.OpittiOn,---that
,what they had em
bodied' in the_report was the unanimous ex
pression of the 'Committee, without a dissent
ing ioice: They 'therefore came to the Con
vention with theforce of unanimity,- in 'ad
dition to what he regarded AA their merits.
Mr:. Wright then tread The report of
Committee, as follows:
1. ilosetved, - Thst tlre7prinCiPle involved
in the repeal of the Missouri 'COrtiproraise and
asserted in the Krtasas4Tebraskatnet, that die
people of the Territories shall have the'excht;
sive control over their he:nestle, institations,
is the only Buie guarantee againstibe agitation
of the nation in regard to the local institu
tioni'of particular States and .Territorics. :
2. 'Resolved, That by the uniform applica
tion of this Democratic principle to the or
ganization of Territories an.l in the adn3ission
of new States, with or withouLdome.itic slav
ery, as they may elect, the eqiial rights of 'all
the States will be preserved, the original 'com
pacts of tire Constitution maintained in
violate;And die harmony And perpertuity of
the anion of the American States insured.
5. >Resolved, That. it is the right of thh
people of any State or territory , to•eXerctr`e
their sovereign power through duly chosen
representatives, and throUgh them enact,*
constitution and government; or they 'may
delegate to such representatives tire more
limited power to prepare their form of gov
ernment, reserving to th'e'mselves tilt; right
of ratification, and that either mode of giving
existence to State institutions, is consistent
with. the doctrine of popular sovereignty,
and the establisbeo practice . of the States of
this
4. &solved, That the Kansas-Nebraska
act having asserted and recognized the right
of the people of the Territories to form their
own institutions in their own way, and the
duly organized Government of Kanstis having
by regular process provided for a Convention
of Delegates by the people, with instructions
and poker to form a Constitution ; and such
Delgites having assembled in Convention
and enacted - a Constitution being republican
in form .and tire Territory having the number
of inhabitants toiustify it, Kansas should be
promptly admitted into the 'MUM.
...S. Resolved, That the -people of Kansas
under, the Constitution enacted by (heir Con
vention, may "at all times alter, informi or
abolish their form of governmertt in such
manner as they smty think proper," *that the
provision contained therein, as to a particular
mode of alteration, after 1884, 'does not for
bid any other mode the people, by regular
,process ' may choose to adopt, either before or
after that time, and this construction icwar
,ranted 18Nthe practice •of Pennsylvania and
other . States, and may be regarded as based
upon a settled principle of Constitutional,
law.
6. Relayed, That it is the opinion -of this
Uonvention thitt - the time has come when the
difficulties and troubles in Knngss should
cease, and to determine whether if thii'schemes
of bad men are stilt to agitate that Territory ;
that the question should be local, not nation
al ; and - that great peril and danger wale be
apprehended to the Union and 'the cause of
free government, by the further delay of her
admission as a State,
- 7. Resolved, That. if the Constitution of
Kansas is not acceptable in some of its pro
visions to the of tbA Free State men
of that Territory, their own obstinate conduct
has produced the_result ; they have nos cause
to complain, and their mouths Amid be for
ever closed.
8. Rad:7d_, That we have evident reason
to believe that the Witionists, in Kansas
and out of it, have a much greateritesite to
overthrow the Democratic party .of ctio nation
than.to ameliorate the condition of he slave;
and while they are bold in their protestations
against what they call "the slave power,"
they conceal a thirst and desire for political
place, which they would grasp at the cost
of the broken and .shattered bonds of the
Union.
/ •
9. _Resolved, therefore, That we unhesitat
ingly do approve of the measrres of Mr.
Buchanan in his Kansas policy, and aft ready
and willing to sustain him in all other meas
ures of his adnsinistration thus far disclosed ;
and we entertain the belief, that he will not
abandon an article in the Detnocratlc creed.
Resolved, That the DeMeocracy of
Pennsylvania acknowledge with pride and
commendation, the able — and timely aurport
which the Hon. Wm. Bigler has given, in
the U.S. Senate, to the policy of the National
Administration,; his wisdom in council; his
local skill and talent in debate; his industry
and integrity, constitute him a representative,
to whem the interests of his constituents may
by safely confined. •
11. Resolved, That in electing Wm. P.
Packer as Governor of this State, the Demo.
cratio party has secu'ed the'service of one in
every 19 . 1 well qualified to administer all, the
affairs of the State fur its bestinterests. With
an enlarged experience, he combines adminis
tra live ability of no Ordinary character, and
we have every confidence that he will, by his
advocacy of the true Democratic policy, se
cure the prosperity of the people and the
honor of the Commonwealth.
12. ;Jacked, That we recommend to 'the
Legislature of this State such measures of re
form and economy as will aid. to lessen, as
much as possible the heavy burdens imposed
upon the people by taxation, and we partic
ularly recommend such a revision of the
system of Banking, as may prevent, in the
future the troubles and difficulties that the
people of the State have lately encountered.
The resolutions having been read,
Mr. Wm, A. ; Stoke's, of Westmoreland,
submitted as a eubsti tute a series of resolu
tions endorsing in general terms the adminis
tration of President Buchanan and Governor
Packer, but differing somewhat from • the
foregoing in other respects. They were de
bated at considerable length. Among otters
who advocated the resolutions as reported by
the committee, were Means. Hopkins, Hep
burn, and Mitchell.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mews; Catisidy, Hugh,4l,,CauDir#4.3,Ln, Dar.
Brewer and others spoke in favor of the reso
lutions; Mr. Stokes in favor of the substitute.
At 5 o'clock, Hon, ; IL B. Wright arose to
make the closing speech upon the-resolutions,
He commended by reciting seriatim the sever.
al objections raised to the •resolutions by
Messrs. Stokes and Hugus, argued that they .
-were wholly unfounded. Mr. Wright spoke
mail half past 5, o'clock, and Inconcluding,
called the prerioui question upon the Reso,
. '
The question was first taken upon the eub
ghat° or Die: Stokes, (bavin‘been modified)
wbioh-was lost by a vote d2l to 100. Tile
21 mere:
Messrs. Abrams, • Clatk, . (tt'estmorelanil,)
Clydn, Cake, Wroth; Calhoun, , Gamble,
Garvin ! llagus, James, Jackman, McKinney,
Mad il l t -Noon,Orlady, Moore, Speel, Stokes,
Wbite'and Workinan=2l.
Mr. Calhoun, df •Ximstrono , (the pregioas
_
question being withdrawn to enable, him so
to do,) moved a substitute : . fdr the first of the
resolutions reported bs , `the 'Committee and
called the yeas and nays upon it, when it was
rejected--yeas 18, nays‘lB9. •
The question then recuring on, the resolu
lutions reported by the Committee,
Mr. Stokes called for a division' of the
question, and asked for the submission of the
two first _resolutions, saying to them there was
no objections.
Mr. Piolett and judge Gillis called for the
yeas and nays. , -
Mr, Piolett—We want every man on tbe
ludgeX lii6 exiled the - previews iitieetion.
Mt. Stokei-ll withdraw the call for a divi
sion.
Judge Gillis—l don' i t withdraw the call for
the pre4fins question.
" The previous question was sustained, and
the question pouring on the resolutions re
ported by the committee, they were adopted- 1
Yeas 111, nays 1, as follows.: •
YEAs—Messra. A been, Arney, Aetna . ,
.ton, 13erins, Brenneman, Brewer; 13Oyer (Clear
field.) Boyet (Barks,) Buchanan, Buckalew,
Crawford, Cahili, Clark (Philadelphia,) Crain,
Campbell, (Luzerne,) Campbell (Butler,)
Coplin, Cake, Crosri, Cassidy, Cochran, Cun
t Eringham, Davis, Douglass, Dunning, Dab
Dunn, EVerhatt, Eldred, Venal), Feather,
GAY, Gillis, Grant, Haldeman, 'Holman,
(Philadelphia,) Hassinger, Holman (Chester,)
Hughes, Hepbarn, Hess, Ives, Jones,
Jameson, Kincaid, &Misty, Lingblin, Kline ;
Lockhart, Livingood, Loot* Lowry, McGin,
nis, Mclntire, Matters, Miller, (Niirticreranton),
Masser, Miller (Juniata), Miller, (Green.)_
Mitchell, Manderbach, Martin, Morrison, Mor
riiw, McCullough, McGinn,' McCalmont,
McFarland, Madill, Noble, O'Hara, Parmlee,
Patterson, (Allegheny), Patterson, (Blair),
Piolett; Pluiner, Phelps, Reily, Ringwalt,
Rhodes, (Lancaster), Rhodes, (Delaware),
&hanger; Stark, STEPHENS, Schnure,
Sellers, Stable, 'Short); M. J. Stewart, Wm. M.
Stewart, SPylter, Sloan, Sherds, Shantz,
Snyder, Speel, Sntyser, Steinman, Tate, TaY,
lor, Vansant, Walton, Wheeler, Weiser,
Weidman, Williams Wrighi , Wunder, - Yost
and Dawson, Prhicent-111,
Sate—Ur. Work:nen-4.
In the above vote 24tr. Oliver Evans of .
Philadelphia, voted, in place of Mr. Holman,
and Mr. Boileau for Mr, Latrib.
Tins result ;as unuoaneed amid deafening
cheers.
EVENING SESSIIY!r.
The convention assembled at 8 o'clock.
Oa motion the Convention proceeded to
ballot for candidate for Supreme Court, 'and.
William A. Porter was nominated on the first
ballot.
W. A. Porter, `of Philadelphia 105'
George Sharswood, Philadelphia 13
Elwell, Bradford . 6
Thomas S. Bell, Chester , . . . 5
G. P. Ilamilton, Allegbehy . . 1
The announcement of the result was hailed
with much enthniasm, and the nomination
was made unanimouP,
The Convedtion proceeded to nominate a
candidate for Canal Cominissiotrer. Three
ballots were taken, when Wesley rrt,st, of
Fay( tte, receired.a me‘jority, and was declared
nominated.
LLoTs.
Ist. 2d.. 9(1.
Wesley Prost, of *1 17 •41 94
David Laury, Lehigh z . 24 17
Thos. Osterhout, Wyoming 21 31 33
Wm. P. Murray, Daaphin 21 17
Adolphus Palluson, 131att 10 8
Robt. P. Linton, Cambria 11
Thos. Brooks, Crawford . 8
David Riddle, Washington' 6 3 1
George A. Irvin . . 6 , - 0
Thos. Adams, Indiana . . 4
Charles R. ter . . 3
William Elliot . . 1
On motion, the nomination of Mr. • Prost
was made uilianimotta.
A votes of thanks 'was tendered to the nevi
dent and other officers of the Convention.
The President returned his thanks for the
courtesy and kindness extended to kiln during
the sit ting_ of the Convention. fie hoped the
delegates would return to their homes willing,
and determined to elect, triumphantly, the
ticket nominattik and battle manfully for the
•
principles re-asserted.
Ur. Cassidy replied to a call, thanking the
Cot►vention for the compliment paid to Phila
delphia, by the nomination of Mr.Porteroind
pledging that Philadelphia will give a hearty
response to the nomination ) and give a good
account of herself.
Messrs. Mc Cal mont, II ugus, glres,B u clta
lew, and Haldeman , were severally called and
made short speeches which were received with
applause.
The Convention • thou adjourned 'sine (lie.
- -
tr. The following bill is nod' pending be•
foresbe Legislature ;
ACi r , re/alive - to the Cqurls in Brad
' ford and Susquehanna Counties;
• SEc. L Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in Genefal Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, that from and after the first Mon
day of December next, the County of Brad
ford shall be annexed to ana constitute a part
of the twenty-sixth Judicial District, and the
County of Susquehanna shall be annexed to
and constitute a'part of the eleventh judicial
District of this Commonwealth.
SEC: 2. The terms of the several Courts of
Bradford-Connty shall be held by the p
ren
ding Judge of said twenty-sixth Judicial
District, on the third Mondays . of February,
May, September,;and December, for each time
is now required by law.
Suo. 3. That the terms of the, several
CAurts'ofSusquehanna County, shall be held
by the presiding Jt!dze of said eleventh in.
Aicial District on le fond Monday of
March, first:' Monday of June, Third Mentlav
of September, and second MOnday of De=
comber; and continu' 8; as now required by
. Sao. 4. The terms of the severwl Courts of
Sullivan County shall commence two weeks
later than the time now'_ fixed by lam.
Anotmausat.-11all's Journal of Health
is responsible for the following.: "We have
ofted gone to hear Abolition "stars" - lecturi)
—masculine, feminine and neuter,' , but never
saw so much spontaneous glinesarin the
face of the whole of them,- u may be -witnes
sed in any half hour. 9a tbe Levee, at New
Orient* among the nerves Who are loading ,
and unloading the cotton boats."
Tub Nett York''Mai:dm—Om readers
olrer've, its our advertising columns, the
prospectus of this. Popular weekly, which for
!the past ten years has held a leading position
fri the Metropolis of the Union. It will be
‘seen that its corps of writers embrace the
most celebrated and popular romancists, and
it it got up in the very beststyle for a_respe c .
table family newspaper. The proprietors of
the Ikfancussr are men of stability' and Char
acter, and the public can rely implicitly upon
their making good their munificent promises.
Read' the announcement.
NIP
The Reaction.-
Within the last few weeks there has been a
powerful reaction in-the public mind in faro
of the President's Kansas policy. Hundreds
of Democrats afro were ied RAW)r by miSrep
resentitions eta the constantly reiterated cry
that The _majority of the people of Kansas
were- deprived of the right to, determine their
own.domeatic institutions ) have discovered thR
:otter falsity of these amnions. - They now
see the destructive lob - oats into which faction
at Ihe helm would steer-the good Democratic
ship; and they have : lost confidence in - atat
abandoned the maddeued and reckless pari.
cal pilots. The reaction is already felt through
out the length and 'breadth of the Comtnon
wealth. Public opinion in" favor of the im
mediate admission of Kansas under the Le
compton Constitution is . daily gaining in vol
ume and strength. The special message of
Mr. Buchanan, the report of Senator Greet,
and the powerful and eloquent report of Mr.
Buckalew, have opposed solid, incotitroverti
&le arguments to the fervent rhetorical fionr
isles about the will of per majority, which
have been herd out as false lights to Jaime
Democrats -from the straight path of duty.—
And they tell upon, the public-mind with
poWerful effect; the fruits of which are visi
ble on all hands. The-lead of the few Demo
cratic counties, which, Under the influence of
temporary excitement, passed resolutions; in
imical to the President, has not,beenfolloWed
up or endorsed by the sober intelligence of
the counties that make Pennsylvania "what it
is—DeniocratiO. Philadelphia; Montgomery,
Chester, Delaware,Dauphin, and 'Lancaster,
the old Tenth Legion,and other counties,
have nobly turned the tie which at one time
threatened to set, in against Mr. Buchanan
and his wise and just Kansas,policy. The
position these counties have taken renders it
no longer doubtful what the positi4 the fourth
of Mvelt Convention will take. The demand
from the people is general, that_ the Cotiven-
Lion shall endorse the, President fully and un
reservedly, so as to strengthen his hands
against malcontents, and Ma him in inducing
the immediate admission and consequent-pa
cification of Kansas. The cause of the Presi
dent's enemies is daily becoming more despe:
rate and hopeless; the factious stimulants,
lately so powerful, are losing their effect, al
though the doses are increased and the pia
dons wade Stronger and stronger. The pros
pect of the success of his policy and the con
viction of its absolute legality and • justice', is
day by day gaining ground, in proportioh as
his enemies are obliged, to recede. The re
action is making rapid proollos. The fourth
of MarchOonvention ,will declare the position
of Pennsylvania, and she will stand where she
,niways his stood, na the side of the-President
- of her. choice, and supporting_ the,tegnlsr
Democratic organization—Harrisburs,„ta.
triot and traiot, 3d.
!Republican Convention
A small comp - any of very serious and anx
ious lookitir, men, tars the Pcitriot and Union,
assembled•at Harrisburg on the 22d tilt., is ,
obediuucm th the raft for a Republican State
Convention. The delegatesavere entirely self
constituted, embracing *the Republican mem
bers of the Legislature, and sundry old politi
cans, who . have, as Whigs,' Americans, and
latterly Republicans, led and shipwreked, 'the
opposition, These eltrpolitical doctors. with
Thaddeus Stevens at theil• head, assembled in
solemn counsel over the -dead body of their
last victim, and put 'their heads together for
the purpose of erecting a new party, or giving
the late Republican organisation same sp..
pearanoe of life. After much tribulation, we'
hear that they determined not to call a Con.
vention at this time, but to continue the old
committee, with Lemuel Todd as - chairman,
and to meet in convention at his call. -
it,t44:ns Dr SENATOrt Iron.
derensort Davis, Senator from'Mississippi, will
not, it is said, be able to occupy his seat in
the Senate for about two months. His physi•
icans have placed him under s severe regimen
roum from _a!bioh light is carefully ev
eluded,
AblocfNEn.—The Legislature of Texas ad
journed on the I7th ult. The State Treasury
is barren of funds,
.and the creditors of the
State are compelled to take warrant:iv' abich
are.at 5 per cent discount.
STRAMER - 13U1INEAL—The new steamer R.l.
Lockwood, just tompleted at New Albany,
for Captain Lamotho for the Misiouri river
trade, was destroyed by fire last night. The
Lockwood was on a trial trip to a Wood yard.
and walla fire as she was leaving the whtrf.
Captain L. had her Inn immediately tb the
Xenticky shore, where she burned to the
water's edge. Some 50 or 60 gentleman sod
ladies were on board. All were saves. The
loss is a severe one to Captain Laraptlie, who
owned her: She cost from $40,00' to $45,
000, and was not insured. The Lockwoodir
the ninth or te \ nth steamboat that has bees
'destroyed by fire in the last four weeks. The
first was thel'anor Fern, bolo* Cincinnati,
then the four boat t s at New Orleans, the Yel•
clan, in Arkansas. river, the Eliza Battle ie
the Alabama river,, the FL A. Jones, above
Cincinnati, and now the Lockwood—LouistA
Journal, sth.
41 41P.
, MONUMENT TO ETULN ALLEN.,—The Staff
of Vermont has appropriated two thoursDi
dollars for a monument to Ethan Allen, to be
erected over his remains lying in. Grob
Mount Cemetry, Burlington, Verritont, the
corner-stone of which it is proposed to lay
the 10th of May next, being the 83d.soli•
versary of the surprise and captUre of Ticot•
deroga.
tir An annular eclipse of the sun sill
take place on the 15th inst. In the
States this will be partial, and visible east'
Wisconsin, Illinois and Mississippi.h o°
will rise about 0 cotelock 1 2 Minutes, parcio
eclipsed on the southern limb. The eclir
will end *boat half ilea-Seven.
/LW Accotints from Asia Minor desri
snow storms in one of which a Greek mow
tery was buried, and the five monks hacl
tube
excavated by the, Turk At Itialutthe snow,
which bad not fallen since the Russian at'
PaCiP"f-1812, Wai tome feet Kish, a'
lc'
cempanied with bUil and tetnpests.
or Only thom wht bave suffered el! the
mi►erits . of. Dyspepsia in ha various faro
can appreciate the valniota medicine 0
willriethindesea..,e, To w l / 4 1 - who would-fiel
11441913"5 we saY, try- the 10xyge 'laud 81 1
krt. _