Itcss!cr.
Allentown, Pa.
11URSDAY, JIJNE,I7, 1862.
Allentown and. Philadelplxia.
It is evident that the buctineds Men of Phila
.nre anxious further to secure the trade 'of the
rich Valley.of the Lehigh-, which is now threa
tened to be taken ffttin theinlay the New Ycirk
enterprise—judging fiOrn the interest manifes
ted by then' in the proposed construction of a
Railroad communication from that city to some
point on the Lehigh river.
There are at present no loss than three dif
ferent roadsßchartered. The first starts from
Allentown to Pottstdwri, and via the Reading
Railroad-to Philadelphia, a dist - ance of 68 miles
with only .28 miles of new road - to be built.
The second is called the Norristown route, it
starts-at-the-Mouth-of Saticon creek, or Free
mansburg, 10 miles east or Allentown, thence
up the Saucon creek, where its head waters
the Perkiomon, and from thence to Norristown,
where it intersects with the Norristoivn road.
______The,distanee on_ this road_ a from _Bo_to 85
miles', with from 46 or 50 miles of new road
to be built, making the distance from Allentown
•
not leis than 80 miles.
The third is the Philadelphia, Easton. and
Water Gap route. It starts from Philadelphia,
makes Easton a point, and ends at the Water
Gap. The title of the road will at once con
"vint,e the citizens of the Lehigh Valley that it
.can never be of any particular benefit to them
--,leaving the valley entirely west of it, and ma
king the distance of transportation to Philatlel.
phia even more than it would by the Central
road to New York, the very object we think
Philadelphians should try to overcome, in or
der to seoure the trade of the Lehigh Valley.
More Elective Officers
The American people, it appears, are deter
mined to do away with the one man power as
respects appeititerierit 10 - offitai3. The clisposi.
tion now is to place everything in the hands
of the people, which is certainly the Safest re
pository. The subject of electing Post Mast
ters by the people has been called up in the
House of Representatives, and a resolution in
troduced directing the Committee on the Judi
ciary to report, if they deemed it constitution
al so to do,ta bill having for its object the pro
posed'change, and if they think the constitu
tion does not authorize it, to report an amend
ment thereto which will.
Horst.; Charles Sete:reeves, Charles B.
Sheitner, John Seiberliag, sett., A. J. Sea
greaves and David Schell.
Cattle over three s Bartz, Aaron N.
Lams, Charles K. I WIWI', PeterZnuMernion and
Reuben Glick.
Cottle under three yrars.—Peter Bleittig, Dan
iel Saeger, %Vinton! Stalls, Jonas Peter and
John Apple.
SWIM: and Sherp —ll'! ijatniii Breiuig, Chad VA
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Whig National Convention. Edelman, L'ontjainiu Riegel, Abraham Peter
Tho Whig National Convention assembled and Sem Grim.
—Dr Iola! William Horn,
at Baltimore yesterday. The city no doubt is -Pout ' tre
Dr. Je , se Hall m ate James Weiler and Peter
crowded with an outside delegation of borers
from every section of the Union. Who the Miller (Storekeeper )
nominee will be no one is yet able to tell.— A gricullur " l rog ` A '
inothauer,
Gon. Scott, and President Fithnore Jacob Erdman, T :Solomon
, stand very
near alike in strength before the Convention, Stc('ke!' se \\''dbeit
and the Webster men hold the balance of pow- '''i,gr minas Fairs!, D a niel C. rm . ). ivrga lomig,
er. The impression though was gaining ground
that General Scott will he nominated on
ti'"g' Preis, I " nn "era and S ' d'ula "
the Second or third ballot. Arrangements we '' oge "
lloaschold 1i
el.
lea Keck, (Allen
learn were made to send a large delegati on from Philadelphia to urge the claims of "OH
town) Simon Meyer, Charles Foster, Edwaid
Kern and Joshua t' 4 ,•ibet ling.
Chip," and it was also expected that many
from other parts of the State, unite with Pimsgh ' ihrl " rs and C""i""ss '
aas, Wm. Fly, Ewar
dd Schreiber, William
the Philadelphians. The delegation left on 11,
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. j Wenner and J aeob Marks.
Fruit and Flawers —Chalks tirades, Daniel
Advancing Price of Iron. I I Bastian, Henry liiamlich, Ephraim Crier
-Private letters from London speak el the ao- and Rev..l. S. liuba.
tivitrand buoyancy of the market for railroad Artirtry not Entancratrd,—Rev. J. Shin del, Ja
iron. The ease in the money market and the cob Dillingers E-q., Dr. Thi - mias B. Cooper,
recent heavy purchases for Russia and Amer- IVm. %Vint, Ilertnan Rupp, Jahn Weida and
ica, have enabled iron masters.to advanc:e the : Charles Seiler.
prices from .£4 10 to £5 10, and ..C5 15, an im• I Resolved—That the next meeting of the So--
prevenient of about $5 per ton, and the mar- ; ciety be held MI Sa:llttlay, the 31st day of Ju
ket was still advancing. A purchase of 20,000 ly next, at the -house of Thonnts Lirktentratner,
tons had been concluded for the Illinois Con- in Tiexlertowa. J. ill . Li nt .; s ee , y . j Vic nen Fe/Tr.—We saw, yesterday, a draft
trat Railroad at £5 12e. 6d.—hall cash and half for one thousand dollars, which hail just been
in bonds at par, completing the 570,000 for the File Your Papers, received by Geo. P. Burnham, Esq., from one of
road we have before noticed. There were Having occasion a few days sieve, to look i his New Orleans correspondents, In payment for
several other important negotiations for Amer- into the files of this Journal, published twenty i a splendid I°l of "Cochin chi". Red Shanglm,
ica pending When the last steamer left. and twenty five years ago, we could not but and White :Monello!" fowls, sent out- by the
think of the satisfaction wine!! every man (:resent City, by Mr. 8., from his imported stock.
Phis is getting up steam to seine purpose'. Mr.
would enjoy in the. possession of such a record.
Burnham informs us that his sales for large
A itewspaper is the daguerreotype of its time,
and in those diminutive, dingy sheets, we ha sa mples from his imported Chinese fowls, had
ached over $.lOOO since the last of November
before us what our present village was in full
u t p i w i a i rds o
as 5f,,(121.00
life, as it existed a quarter of a century, ago.—
s tv ' e ow e
k.. 1 11 1: 8 1:1 ° s n e v i e v r e a4 r g s
The men of business, with their merchandise single pair of his "Cochin Uhin n as," and the de er .
and wares, and products, eulogistic as now of nand for these birds still continues thrnughout
their stock in trade; the politician zealous in the whole South and West.—Boston Tittles.
the maintenance of the right, centred solely in
him and his party; the competition and strife, I Minnesota Territory is stated to be about four
the fours and hopes of all, were before us as I times as large as the State of Ohio. Itslength rs
six hundred and seventy-five miles from north
in real life. 'Here was the announcement of
west e ast. The centre o f ry is
the marriage of those who have long passed to south
about twelve hundred miles in a dither ectterrito line from
the meridiem and are in the "sere and yellow
the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans, one thousand
leaf" of age; stud here, too, was the record of
the departed, whose affiliated successors are miles from the Gulf of Mexico, and 300 miles
among us still, The newspaper itself wilt its
from Hudson's Bay.
I
grotesque advertisements and general typogra
phy, is•the impersonation of the mechanic arts
in those days, and exhibits the contrast be
tween that period and this.
If every young man who takes tr newspaper
now, will fileit carefully, in his old ago he
avill not only have a -sub.stantial tailor of the
events with which lie was contemporary, to
gratify his curiosity, but will have a record of
important facts to be obtained from no other
source. The
: trouble and expense . af filing
and- binding your nowspapere is, slight, and
will be well repaid.
Crops in Ohio
From present indications, says the Weidtprit
ReserVs Chronicle, there is to be a large crop
of wheat, and the grass will be unprecedented.
There ie some danger of damage from "lodg
ing," owing to the luxuriant growth. Apples
proMiso to be veriabundant, and peaches and
other fruit in moderate quantities. Corn plant
ing was very late, and there ismuoh complaint
that The seed did not germ inaie, yet if July and
August should be favorable we may anticipate
a reasonable crop of corn.
North Branch Canal Loan
The proposals for the loan Of $850;000, were
opened at Harrisburg, on Saturday afiernonn.
$200,000, were awarded at 4.4 per cent. bonds
at par. 5056,000 were awarded for 5 per cent.
bonds at par. The bids were awarded to C.
H: Fisher, of Philadelphia; Duncan Shoema
ker & Co., of Now. York; and Ggorge Peabody,
off ! ondon. There were offers from. various
persons, amounting to over eight millions of
dollars, for five per cent.
Simbury and Erie Railroad
Although the movements of this company
are not as vigorous or decided as its friends in
the interior might wish, they are not so tardy
an to discourage them. The opposition in one
blanch of. the Councils of Philadelphia t it is
confidently. predicted, will soon' be • overcome )
whilithe action of the company and its more
active- .continue onward as if no
such. OPPesition., l d beenie encountered. At
the last , meeting of the committee in that city
Avhaeo bueinesa it is to -obtain subscriptions,
they reported additional subscrititions to an
amoubt exceeding $25,000. Two or three
corps of engineers are now in the field for the
purpose of locating the road—one at work be.
tiveen Cattawissa -and •Villiamspint, one be
tween Harrisburg and the latter place, and one
west•of Williamsport.
hence down
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1 Brother Jona!lum. - Tire Mammoth' Shoot
!Brother Jonathan, for the 4th of July, has just
been issued.
.11 contains a copy of the Decla.
ration of Independence, from the original draft,
with all the interlineatione and •ertisures ;An
simile 'signatures of all the Generals in the
American . army in the Revolutionary War; a
portrait and biographical sketch of all the. Pres.
identa of the United States, arid a number of
other.attractions. Pric•e 1.24 conts.per copy, or
ten . copies for 31 00. . '. •
Agricultural Meeting :
Pursuant to public notice, a meeting of tho
Lehigh county, Agricultural Society, was held
at the public House of Aaron Guth, in. South
,Whitehall township; on Saturday the sih of
j
June, Presid nt Edward Kohler, in the chair..
The procee ings of the last meeting being
read a Ca pied. The President presented
the Bond with proper security of the Treasurer,
in accordance with a former resolution which
was adopted by the Society. No *peals
having been received for the holding of the
Fair, the committee for that purpose being on
motion continued.
The committee appointed to consult with
.the county Commissioners for the use of the
flail above the Court room, for the purpose of
establishing an Agricultural museum, reported
that the request was, freely 'granted, and the
committee was discharged.
theAurough_of_Allentown,
and the several. townships of the county be al
lowed an additional Vice President, whose du.
tty - it - sh 1. - bete — tirdirifeW - iiiiiiiibifigThit aiteiid
to sundry other duties ; whereupon the follow
ing gentlemen were appointed.
E. R. NeWhard, AllentOwn.
Dan~~j..l3aumor, Noroiampton.
Gborgti Yeager, Hahover.
Daniel Nigel, South Whitehall.
John Erdman, North Whitehall.
John Yoder, Upper Simeon.
Peter Engelman, Upper Milford.
Israel Vasco, Lower 111actingy.
Hiram J. Schantz, Upper i‘lactingy.
S. Klein, (miller) Salisburg.
Peter Weida, Lowhill.
Jacob Grim, Weisenburg.
David Foil weiler, Lynn.
Stephen Smith, Heidelberg..
John Fenstermaker, Washington.
Resolved—That the first Fair s hall he hold
on Thursday and I•'i ,day, the 7th and 3,11 of
October next.
The "lowing ,! . eritlemen were appointed as
judges of the differont Productions brought to
the lair, and to award the relicetive
urns:
B. li. Day, puWisher, 48 •Beektnati . 81., N. Y
Railroad Ideettrig
On Thursday the Bth of June, a meeting of
the Comrnis6ionere named in Iho act, incorpo•
rating the Philadelphia, Eaetotratrd Water Gap
Railroad Company, was held at the Eag!e Ho
tel, Third. Street, Philadelphia. Mr. deny
Budd, of Philadelphia was called to the chair,
and George Truett, of Northainmou and George
Hart, of Bunks county, appointed Secretaries.
Resolved—That John 0. James, W. C. Lud'
wig, Isaac J. Waterman, Henry Conrad, Wm:
I'. Brock, James S. Young, and Peter Sieger be
appointed a committee to attend ; on the firo
day ()fin ly next, at the Philadelphia Ekchalue, !
between 9 o'clock A.:11. and .3 P. vi. ; . that
W. W. Carr, Stephen Brock and Rutledge I
Thornton, be appointed a comtnittee to attend
on the Bth day of July .next, at Abraham R.
Ream's Hotel, in the bc•rouh of Doylestown,
Bucks county; between 9 o'clock A. M. and 6
&clock P. 11.1 -; -that Milton Cooper, Peter - Sio'•
ger and Joseph Hollinshead, be appointed a
committee to attend on the 8%11 day of July_
nex,t, at Aileittown, Lehigh county, at Steck.;
el's Hotel, between 9 o'clock A, 81. - and 6
o'clock P. M.; that Matthew 11. Jones; Mich
.Butz and. W., 11, Lawnll, be- appointed a
committee to attend on the Bth day of July
next, at Joseph llagenbach's hotel, in the 80.
rough of Easton, between the hours of 9 A. Al.
and 6 P. 81.; that Joseph Lukens, Jacob Wentz
and George Lichler, be appointed a - committee
to attend on the Bth of July next, at Bush's Ho
tel, Whin:marsh township, Montgomery coun
ty, respectively, to 01 , 1311 books and receive sub
scriptions to the capital stock of the Philadel
phia, Easton and Water Gap Railroad Com
pany.
Resolved That the Chairman appoint
a committee of seven as a general com
mittee of Corre , Tondence, and to further the
organization of f:aid company, whereupon the
chair appointed the following named gentle ,
men, to wit : John Jordan, John 0. James,
Isaac S. Wale' man, John Ely and Ellwood Al.
Smith.
Resolved—That a committee of three be ap•
Pointed of 01° , 13 named to open subscription
books, foe the purpose of procuring sub.,crip
lions and scrip honky, and deteriiiine upon the
lurtn of sub,quipliott ; and the chair appointed
Wm. P. Itrovk, Jaine6ti. - Young and Pater Sie-
ger siti , l coinnii:tet
ftr'ove'd—That ilieclwirmart of this meet
tug be declined chairman of each of the fore
going committees, for the purpose of tilling va
ronc les, d incur
lie!..olvekl---rThat the chairman be requested
to prepare a form of notice, nod furnish a copy
thereof to one of the Coirintioners, at each
of the places appointed by this meeting for the
receiving of mitiscriptions.
Rosolved--That whoa this meeting adintirri,
it adjourn to meet at the call of the chairman.
Oa minion, the following rentlemen were
appointed a committee of Finance, to wit :
.101 in rhibert, \V in. P. Brock and Wm. liaignel.
Sartains Magazine
The July number of this superior magazine
already out. lye have not yet. perused it, but
from a glance at the table of contents, thinkit
rely rich number. It commences with the
life of Andrew. Jackson, by Hadley, which
alone must be %%wilt the price of a number.
Bad iVcwsjiit Dentocrok— Observer,
the lVashington correspondent of the Ledger
has the billowing, bit of interesting information :
As to the Tariff - it has•been so badly mana
ged that I question much whether it is within
the reach. of resurrection. I rather • think it
isn't, during this session, and pending a Presi
dential election. Besides, the Baltimore plat
form forbids it, and the fact that General Pierce
himself is an in:compromising Free Trailer.
General Cass,—The name of this distinguish
ed statesman has been prominent fur a long time
among the canditlaies fur the Presidency. lie
has been evidently the choice of the people how^
ever the politicians may have differed in respect
to him. Ills pure patriotism, undeviating con:
sistency and honesty of • purpose have won to
him the hearts of the people of every political
creed. His
-active and untiring efforts -to calm
the ocean of trouble that rose fearfully over our
hallowed land has won for hint the laurels that
fall froni the pages of impartial hiStory. It has
been; said thal republics are ungrateful, and
'while this appears to be true it is norso
Heneral
. .CaSs could easy be President irate
politicians did not interfere. The masses are
eager to reward his services by the highest hon
or on.earth, •• But the wire pullers have decreed
otherwike. .14 has been postponed . until his day
has : gone by. But. when the names of .the hon
ored and disiingUished sons of ourcountry are
handed down to-future generations, that of Lew ;
Pil.3asS will aPpiar'prominent in the list.
- o:l•Congress Is serving theepeople at the Dahl.
more Conyention—Cost, only eight dollars per
day for each man.
P . . - •
:. .e- -..• üblia•Meeting 7 .• • - .•
.
Pursnant to public notice the: COininissioners
of the IYorristiiivn and Freemansburg Railroad
Company, and friends of the above project met
at the public house of William Thomas, in the
village of Zieglersville, Montgomery county, on
Saturday, the sth of June, when, on motion, the
meeting was organized by choosing Hon.. Joseph
liunsiciter; of Montgomery county, President ;
Jacob Johnston; (Miller,) Montgomery, and Col.
Jacob Erdman, of Lehigh, Vice Presidents; 9.
W. Furring, of Lehigh, and Israel Thomas, of
Montgomery, Secretaries.
The'objedfol the_meeting having beep stated
bithe President,'On Motion the titmice of the
Commissioners were called, when it apPeared
that the following gentlemen were present: Ja.
cob . John Son, (miller) John Steiner, Aaron
Schwenk, Joseph liunsicker, Jactib Johnson, jr.,
Williim Worral, Montgomery 'county ; George
Custer, of Burlcs;,G. W. F_tiering, and Col.-Ja—
cob Erdman, Lehigh County;
The meeting was addressed by • Mr. Worrell,
S7 - NT:liietr, — .l - 0 - sx'ph — W7lllif — isteker, and Israel
Thomas, Esqrs. A great deal of enthusiasm and ,
good feeling prevailed. And after a general in^
terehanging of opinions and sentiments, on mo,
tion the meeting, adjourned in order to enable
the Commissioners to organize.
The Commissioners then organized by making
Col. JACOB ERDMAN, of Lehigh county, Pres.
ident ; Maj. William :Miran, of I . 4lontgontery
' county, and G. ll'. Peering, al, Lehigh county,
Secretaries.
Eon. Joseph Hunsicker offered the following
preamble and resolutions, which, nn motion,
were unanimously adopted:
NV he rea Commissioners named in • the
Act to incorporate the Norristown and Free , .
mansburg Railroad Company arc - authorized to
proceed according to the provisions of the Act
Of the General Assembly; entitled "An Act reg.
ulating Railroad Companies," approved the nine
teenth day of February, A. D. 1849, Therefore
Resolved—That in pursuance of the provi.
510115 of the last mentioned act,_the_Commission.,
era attend and open books to receive subscrip .
bons to the Capital Stock of said Company, at
If. Fetter's in Freemansburg, Northampton
county, on the '2oth day of July, at 10 o'clock,
A. M., and continue at that place for three days,
at Shaffer & Riegle's in Hellertown, Northampton
county, on the 23th of July, at the same hour ;
at Daniel Cooper's in Coversburg, Lehigh coun
ty, on the 30th of July, on the same hour; at
Nun's, in Quaket town, Bucks county, on the
31st of July, at the same hour; at Eidman's, in
Charlestown, Bucks county, on the gd of August,
at the same hour; at Suit's, in Tylerssport, Mont
gomery county, on the 3d of August, at the same
hour; :01 Rudy's in Sumnytown, Montgomery
county, on the 4th of August. at the same hour;
• at Thomas', in Zieglersville, Montgomery coun- I
ty, oh the 51k of August;at.the same hour; and
at Longalier's, Perkiomen Bridge, Montgomery
county ; on the 6th of August, at the earns hour;
and at Rein's, in Norristown, Montgomery coup
ty, on the 7th of August, at the same hour.
Resolved—That at least twenty days notice of
the several times and places named in the fore-.;
going resolution, be given by • advertisements in
the newspapers of Montgomery, Bucks, Lehigh,
anti Northampton counties.
Oti 'notion of Maj. Wni. %Vorrall, it was
Resolved—That the proceedings of this meet.
ing be published in all the Newspapers of Mont
gomery, Bucks, Lehigh and Northampton cowl..
tics.
'On motion, the Commissioners adjourned to
meet again at Freemansburg, in Northampton
county, on the 26th day of July next, at 10 o'clock
A. M. JACOB ERDMAN, President.
W. Worrap, ?. ..F
ccretarics
G. W. Fuering,, 5
GLEANINGS
Fir The widow of Alexander Hamilton still
lives in Washington. She is S 2 years old.
cr i -Vie public debt of the borough of Easton
is $28,072.
112 r The Legislature of Texas passed the
Maine Liquor Law. The vote was 49 to 49.
ITIt is rumored that John Van Buren is about
to purchase a plantation in South 'Carolina.
«"A returned Californian is exhibiting, at
Peoria, a grizzly bear of the Pacific . coast,
weighing upwards 6(200 pounds.
American Corn in Jerusalem. The Sabbath
Recorder, speaking of Indian corn in Palestine,
relates the following story:
A traveller in 1849 felt a strong impression to
take a beautiful twelve rowed car of Indian corn
that was presented to ban by a friend, from the
country; and he put it into his trunk, intending
to drop some of its grains in some opportune
spot. When they arrived'at Meshultman's ho
tel in Jerusalem, and niter he had told them of
his efibrts in agriculture, and found that the.
friends . were Americans, he snid, one day :—ln
1825 I travelled in the. United States, and visited
Philadelphia in the summer: and at dinner had
a mess of sweet green corn—what was called .
hot corn by the servants.. Since I have turned
my attention to planting, 0, how often I have
Wished for one such ear of corn to plant in my
• fatherland." The friend listened; and as he said
this, impulsively went.to a trunk, fumbled hasti
ly to the bottom, and produced his ear of corn,
exclaiming : ' , Now I know why I had to bring
this car of corn with me ; take it, for it must be
for you ;" and related his impreSsion
of mind.—
Meshullman thanked God aloud before them and
said : Ores surely it was the . heavenly Spirit
from God that put into your heart to bring it so
far ; for none that he knew how greatly and of
ten I had desired to Obtain soine. I, never saw
so large a one as this."
ny Ar Peach. Trecs.--We have the authori
ty (says the Agricultural Plough) of the If on J,
M. Clairton, who is among the most improving
farmers of one of the most.improvingtales in'
,the Union, (Delaware) that'lime is the'hest ma
nure ever applied to peach trees. He serapes
the dirt off and aprdies to the.itaired roots, from,
three to a dozen shp . vels full of lime • fresh from
the.lciln. Grub§ die and peachis liye, by the
erotioh: dertalrity we have never •seen" more
healthy lookiwrees ihati those offal-meet:jay-
The DeuipoiatiirConventlon..
Altho : ugh the iniatinatiianS'inade In Baltimore
-on Saturday; are kisam'now throughout thelini
,e64..by means'of thelpfegrapb, yet we'desire to
place a luminary of the,Aroceeding.of so impor•'
tent a convention on record, and. give below; a'
ftill tableofall the bellotings, which resulted - ar
to more than' four days' labor, in the momina,
lion of :Franklin Tierce,: of - New Hampshire,
for Preaident,and W,illiam R. King, of Alatiernti,.
for Vide Presldeot • ..
lIECAPITULA'rioN . , OF .1.3A1.1:0T5.
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P. , E P. .-;
a ti ' z - suits. • -
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• 7. That the aeparaticin
.of the moneys of the
93 20 27 27 8 13 . 0 L government from banking, institutions is indis.
95 23 27 1 6 ' 13 1 0 pensibie'for the stifetyr , of the funds of Atte. Giev- -
94 •21 26 I 13 1 0 . •
80 L, I 25 • r 7 , 13 0 • 0 . ernment.andthe rights of the people.
88 34 .26 1 . 8 13 1 0 I B..,Tliat.the , liberal principles. embodied by def. -
88 34 26 1 .8 . 1:1 _ 1 0 ferionin the Peclttration of Independence,-and'
88 34 26 1 9 13 sanctioned in the CeMstitution, which Malted .
88 34 26 1 9 13 1 0 •
onrs - the — land , of•littertralirtlfrirsTyluniß the
—.87 39 27
86 40 27 I 8 13 1 0 oppressed"of everrnatinn have ever been' cardi.:
87' 50 27 1 13 13 10 hat principles in 'the D. l emocratic faith; and every
89 51 27 1 9 13 1 0 attempt to abridge the;priVilege of becoming dia..-
88 51 26 I 10 1:3 1 .0 --
.
- 87 51 26 7ens and owners of soil among us, ought to be re e
- 1 - 10 13 1 1
87 51 26 . 1 10 13 1 q sisted with the same spirit which swept the alien ,
87 51 26 1 10 13 I 0 and sedition laws froM our statue books.
87 50 26 1 11 13 I 0 i 9. That Congress has no power under the
5 85 56 25 .1 11 13 1 0 Constitution to interfere with or control the
85 63 26 1 10 13 1 0 do
11 92 64 26 1 10 13 1 0 mestic institutions of die,several States, and that
in 102 64 26 13 0- 13 1 0 such States are the sole and proper judges of ev.
13 104 77 26 15 9' 13 1 0 rrything appertaining : to their own affairs, not
37 104 78 27 19 6 13 • 1
33 10:3 HO 26 2:3 9 1:3 1 0 prohibited by the constitution ;that all efforts of
34 101 79 26 24 10 13 I 0 1 the abolitionists or others made to induce °on..
39 101 80 26 2 4 10 13 1 ' 0 gress minterfere with: questions of slavery, or
32 98 85 26 24 0 13 I oto take incipent steps in relation thereto, are car !
28 96 83 26 25 11 13 I 0, culated to lead to the most alarming and danger
27 93 91 26 25 11 13 • I 0
3:3 91' 92 26 20 12 13 f 0 ors consequences; and that all such efforts have
65 83 92 26 18 Bbo . I oan inevitable tendency to diminish the haRPI
- 74 80 26 1 6 00 1 IS ness of the people, and endanger the stability
123 r 2
0 49 Si ) s
G 33 1 525 1 6
00 1629 00 1 and permanency of the Union, and ought not to
131- 39 53 44 1 5 00 1 29 be countenanced by any friend of our political
122 29 34 58 1 5 00 1 29 institutions.
120 28 34 70 1 5 00 I 29- [Resolved That the foregoing. proposition
197 ' 2B - 33 81 5 00 1 25 &ivers and was intended to embrace the whole
106 28 9
10 . 7 . 27 :3:3 85 1 " 000
.1 2 1) subject of slavery agitation in Congress, and
107 27 33 85 1 „5 00 ' I 0 0 therefore the Democratic party of the Union,
lot 27 :33 91 1 5 00 .1 29 standing on this national platform, will abide by
101 27 33 91 •1 5 00 1 29 and adhere to the faithful execution of The Acts
10127 33 .91 I 5 00 1 29
i 911 27 :32 97 1 5 00 1 29,known as the Compromise measures, settled §y
'
3 78 28 32 08 .1 5 00 . 1 4 4 the last Congress-4he act for reclaiming
fugi
-7 75 28 33 95' 1 's * 00 1 49 lives from service or labor included; which net
8 72 28 23 89 I 0 00 1 55 being designed to carry out an express provi•
,9 2 • 2 1
0028 if 283 sion of the Constitntion, cannot fidelity
1V hide number of votes,
thereto be repealed, or so changed as to destroy-
EteeAtry to a nomination, 192
The balloting, for a Vice Presidential candi. or impair its efficiency.
date Resolved—That the Democratic party will re:
was brief, the entire proceedings being mar all attempts at renewing, in Congress-or out
lied by , the wildest enthusiasm which had siezed
upon the assemblage on the settlement of their of it, the agitation of the Slavery question, on
be
ve
der whatever shape or color the attempt may :eed question. The two ballots were as Col-
made.
•
lows: FIRST BALLOT.
Resolved—That the proceed; of the public.
King, of A la., 126 lloW, of Ten., 2.1
lands ought to be sacredl applied to the nation.-
Butler, of Kr., 27 Atchinson of 'Mo., 25 • •
Strange, of N. C., 23 Davis, of Intl., 2 al objects specified in the Constitution; and that
Downs, of 1,a., 30 I Cobb, of Ga., 2 i we are opposed to any law for the distribution of
Weller, of ChM, 28 I
such proceeds among the States, as alike incx-
SECOND BALLOT. I pedient in policy, and repugnant to the Consti-
King, 2771 Davis, Miss, 2 tution.
There remained now little to do. U'lle nomi^ I Resolved—That we are decidedly opposed to
nations were both tmanitnonsly occurred in. It ' taking from the President the qualified veto
was resolved to hold the next National Uonven. • pOwer, by which he is enabled, under restric
tion in Cincinnatti.
lions and responsibilities, amply sufficient
The Democratic Platform: 1 guard the public interest, to suspend the passage
The Committee on the platform then submit., ' of a bill whose merits cannot secure the appro.
ted their report through Mr. Brown, of TenlICS- i vat of two-thirds of the Senate and House of
see, the Chairman. Representatives, until the judgment of the Peo
The Platform contains all the resolutions of pie can be obtained thereon, and which has say
the platform of 1848, with additional resolutions, ed the American people from the corrupt and
which the reader will find enclosed in brackets. tyrannical domination of the Bank of the United
It was read by Mr. French, as follows: - States, and from a corrupting system of general
Resolved That the American Democracy internal improv - ements.
place their trust in the intelligence, the patriot- I Resolved—That the Democratic party will
ism, and the discriminating justice of the Amer- i faithfully abide - by and uphold the principles
lean people. laid down in the Kentucky and Virginia resolu.
Resolved—That we regard this as a distine- tions of 1798, atul in the report of Mr. Madison
tire feature of our political creed, which we are to the Virginia Legislature in 1799. That it
proud to maintain before the world, as the great adopts these principles as constructing One of the
moral element in a forte of Government, spring- main foundations of its political creed, and is re
ing from and upheld by the popular will ; and solved to carry them out in their obvious mean.
we contrast, it with the creed and practice of ing and import.
federalism, under whatever name or form, which Resolved—That the war with Mexico, upon
conceives no imposture too monstrous for the I all the principles of patriotism and the laws of
popular credulity. j the nations, was a just and necessary war on
Resolved, therefore,—That entertaining these our part, in which every American citizen should
views, the Deinocratic party of this Union have shown himself on the side of his country;
through their delegates, assembled in a general and neither morally nor physically, -by word or
convention of the States, coming together in a beed;given aid anti comfort to the enemy:
spirit of concord; of devotion to the doctrines Resolved—That we rejoice at the restoration
and faith of a free representative government. of friendly relations with our sister republic of
and appealing to their fellow citizens for-the rec- j Mexico, and earnestly desire for herail the bless , '
titude of their intentions, renew and reassert, I ings.and prosperity which we enjey. under re
before the American people, the declarations of publican institutions, and we' congratulite the
principles avowed by them, when,on former oc, American people upon the results of that war
casions, in general convention, they presented which .have so manife.stly,justifiedihe policy and
theircandidates the popular suffrage• conduct of the Democratic party, and insured 'to
1. That the Federal Government is one of i the United States "indemnity-for tlie past and se
limited poivers, derived solely from the Consti• curity for the •-
tution, and the grants of power made therein Resolved—That in view of the condition of
ought to be strictly construed by all the depart- the popular institutionslu the old world; a high
ments and agents of the Government; and that and sacred duty is. devolved.. with increased•re
it is inexpedient and dangerous to exercise doubt- sponsibility, upon the Democracy of
. this•coun.
ful constitutional powers. .- try as the party of the people ,. o Uphold and
2. That the Constitution does not confer upon maintain the rights Of every State, and thereby
the General Government the power to commence I the Union- of the States, and to sustain' and ad
and carry on a general system of internal in, - . Vance among us • 'constitutional liberty, by con- .
provements. ' tinning to resist all monopolies and
,exclusive
3. That the Constitution does not confer au. legislation, for the benefit of the few at the ex.'
thorny-upon the Federal dovernment, directly. pens° of the many, and by a ..vigilent and con- -
or indirectly, to assume the debts of the several slant adherence to - these principles and comproi,.
States contracted for kraal internal improVe. I raises of the Constitution, which are broad s .
menus, or other State purposes ; nor Would such enough to embrace and uphold the Union as it
assumption be jam nod' expedient. ... -I was, the Union as it is, and the Union as itshould"
4. That ju.stice and sound policy forbid the. be, in the full expansion of the energies and ca. ,
Federal Government to foster one branch of in. pacity of this great and. progressive' people:
dustry to the detriment of any other, or to cher , 1
ish the interests of one portion to the injury of
another portiourof our common' - country.; that
every citizen, Hind every section of the country,.
has a right to demand r and insist upon an equal
ity of rights and priviledges, and to complete and
amp* protect Of persons anti properly - 6(m
doniestic violence or foreign - aggresition.
s.• That it is the - duty of every 'branch of the
government to enforee.antl:praotice the most ri
gid.eccitiomy in contluctirik oue . pUblic- afraits,
and that no more revenue . ouiht'to' be raised than
is required to defray the . necessary expenses of
the gUyernment and that
tddn,extinction-of ;lie pubile • tielff:. -•
1 110
2 110
:3 110
4 115
5 114
6 114
7 113
6. Thal.copgressilas . a w
n _po4 _to charter a
•Natinaai Dank";that webelieve . stich an instittr.
tiononcof deadly' hostility to the best interests or
the country, ilangiritus - to ripuktlican• instie
tutions . .and:the liberties,a(tile peop l e, and' cal
aulatedl.9 place the btislneesoftfie:cOuntry
; la.thescatitral of a concentrated money power ;
and above the laws and Wilk - of the people t: and'
:that the yesuitsOf the fjpeluctatia legislation, in•
this and all other fitiaticlal.measares upon which'
iSsues have been triode petween the two pbliti
iical parkies of the country, havo Semoustrated
to candid and practical men of all parties,. their
soundness, safety and utility in all business par--
(Vice Seikers.-Vondord; N. H., the residence'
of Gen. Pierce, is saki to tie full of visitors, lo'
.the new candidate, all indulging' in hopes of be-'
coning Foreign Antbalisadors, Heads of Depart
ments; Consuls and Dharges d'Affairs, to say
nothing af heads of bUreaus at Washington, •and.
•
the endless array of minor offices.
,
Old.—A negro lately died near Lake'
deuce, Louisiana;•wbo was Ontrlitindred'and ten
years pld:fie•had . been'aervant some of
.the
elficers in Washington's army. This negro Wits•
ia native of Afeitia but had•been nearly: a centur*
•'
-this cottotry„. • •..