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BEiOOSISBUUO, PA-
85331
AUGUST 22, 1840.
- AcsotainK to promise, wo this week jive
it.mccedhiffii of the Lancaster Convon
i i made un of extracts from tli
Eancaster Intelligencer.
From tho Lancaster Tntclligcnrcr.
PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION !
MER SEEN IN AMERICA !
Wtcijslonc Stale spealcin'g.prnclaiming
Sicfory io c Democracy oj ine lanu
fcoflMTl' " ...... . . ,n rrtrm f
rTiwrft TJVJiiSTl-l'll'U i iiuuo-
D of her sons I
fifth of, August, IS 10. was a great
It lias already passed into a proverb.
thousands of. freemen who met here
o ' swear feafty to their democratic
faUmtlcre irampiau upi
Pyb"H5ir crowded feet,
SfkBntish Whigs. 1
F.'nfcssloti behind, and
inre tramnlod upon, like the dust un-
tcet, ilia best hopes oi
Thov have left an im-
L:.i ...:.u
' prcssiop. iietiinu, ami camcu n muiu
;?.li5CSyWhieh foretoken alike victory in
'ehnSylvania ami triumph in the Union.
ttflftavc seuica me question, wmuu
SSlilWliiirRery, tlirougii its lorKeit lonpiies.
tJThw!Davo shewn, like the mene lekel"
Cn .ConWtef palaec-walls of Belshazzar, the in
.iMpvitablo destiny nf a party, which, in in nn-
'i 'f?83tlWbruto passions of tho mob, not to tho
1 lihliHtgence of the people. They have ex
...J.t'iXiSWinnfl rfifuted the calumny which has
I&lSTCd the people tired of thai
their principles
t-i. .rn:niuii'iu a twin -, -
IbuKMin from hernniet valley her
Wii-J . r...l.l., do. nntmirt. mil lirr tnwn
iiiribiu iitfiu -' t..u.,.,f. -
JtJwffushiiig thousands eninR. Tho hard
liandsTand the tried hearte ol tlio iveystnno
ifw ero here, gathering togeinor io pre
"rr-Rhtr from nolulton and sacrilege.
sfiinhlafrr.
Uniotilft It was Old Pennsylvania herself!
It'ivaripr democracy in its true, natural,
unndfirned garb: Her sieaiiiisi nipcoauics
andtfarjWer and workiugmen were here, and
ithenffignp not one eye that (id no; tiiiiu
i'irrtTrmTitinBinBm ns the wfri oi uio ricn
rornisd;came rolling Irom the lips. J'.very
' . ..
throusn her ussemuicu ueu-
unshaken confidonro of the
ntcniled to tatte next fall in
dW'Etffgathcring or Wednesday last, was
J.emffiaQty the very largest political j
oseol 3 wiJ;?$! that ever came together vi the
ioralt-u.iihirtfnTrour eternal principles, and every
, J .delegSlV oma MIBlly gM lulings to
JBti -JuItTflilin Morions prospect. NolhinK
irr'glr-rc1SWi harmony of the whole, but tho
'errWeas moved nn o its goal wiih Rin.l
'..ii. flrrarMiul lanchinL' eves, tho 5 lue welkin
liilfarlylEMering to the thundering iwuis oi
.freellliaSnonintis, hut ineuiu'i. pr...Mc.
GodMeN'-lheit honest hearts ! tl.i-unniry
;3' '"JjHBangcr while they siaml. Itk a
.mtp. round its institutions and its
hi ft' 'ifffiBuself seemed io have declared in
has rdviivorp people. For weeks before.not
few idropflBraini svo an occasional ialf-earn-lovfcl,
follower: blessed the pardied earth will.
of CWtWetrem'i'g illP,:B' bllt th0 Monday
. fniindiSSUfiVplipqdhv ovenincrs bofora the conven-
usted Wafonrpvcry windows of Ile.avnn were
,. Th'tekTl,vand the fruits and grains of the
,nco4eMmed t;Ud under tho genial bless-
cncoii&easoml
ntI.E5l
lolcales began to arnvo on i ucs
!r .,..i!n.T. An nverllon-
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juu miu D""'"o' - .
g of our citizens and a number
elogaies from n instance, assu.uui.;.! . .
Sffi?firhouso in the evemng, t which
MKCAMEiiON, Esq. presided, but
on account of tho tlcnso crowd outside, it
was found impossible to ptocecd, and an
adjournment to the Market Sqnaro was ef
fected, whoro addresses wero delivered by
Ohaulus Brown, Esq, of Philadelphia,
H. II. Van Amrikob, Esq. of Allegheny,
Col. Ja5Us M. Porter, of Northampton,
J. K. Kane, Esq. or Philadelphia, and It.
M. Broadiiead, Esq. of Northiiinpton.
Col. Porter's speech was excellent, partic
ularly in that part in which ho piedjjed him
self that Old Northampton would givo a
majority of three thousand for Vsu Buren
and Johnson. " Do vou hear that, boys."
The murium: of the glorious l itih broko
in upon a clear sky, white Hie cxtieme heal
of the sun ws lempcrcd by a delightful
breeze from (he northwest. From 5 until
10 o'clock in ,tha mornmir tho delegates
from the county and the state, by hundreds
and thousands, poured in by car-loads, by
wason-loads, in cigs, carnages, suiueys,
carts, on horse-back and on foot. We nev
er saw such a upcclaclc It seemed like a
gathering of tho inmates of every hamlet
in tho commonwealth, livery ten m.iiiuics
an cnaino with its immense cargo of human
being their gay' banners floating from the
cars, and their thrillinsr music pealing aloud
the noto of triumph came snorting and
puffing, under its extra weight, to Uio de-l
pot. Thirteen trains from oho section of
the stato alone are estimated to have arriv
ed, each one made up of fifteon or twenty
cars, and ezch car capable of holding sixty
or eighty passengers. The population of
PMIadelphia,Chesler,Delawar&Monlgorn
cry seemec! to be all herc.Tlie avocations of
Ufa seemed to have becr. laid aside for the
day, and every democrat to have roused to
tho work. From Lebanon, Northampton,
Berks, Cumberland and other counties, the
delegates came in carriatres; moro than
two hundred alono came, by this means,
from Lebanon : v'ilo from York, Adams,
Franklin, Dauphin, the river counties, tho i
counties to the north and north west, (he
representation was countless it defied hu
man ingenuity to master. Like the unnum
bered inafses that followed tho fortunes of
Peter Hermit to l.eave their bones bleaching
on the plains of Nice, (though anhnaipd by
a different and less infatuated zeal,) they"
were bont to achieve one end to compass
one triumph io throw one enemy.
"Each valley, each sequestered glen,
Mustered its llltlc hordo of racn,
That met ns torrents from the height
In highland vale their streams unite, i
Still gathering, as they pour along, '
A voico more loud,- a tide more strong."
"From winding glfn, fiom upland brown;
They poured each hardy tenant down.
Casting our eyes up the main street from
tho court house we observed side-walks and
street swarming with masses, of peopleat
one end the county or Lancaster spilling
out her population, 'and at another the state
pouring in her most liberal contributions.
The false prophet" of British Whiggery
stood at our street-corners, biting their fin
ger's ends, uul wearing most yard-long fa
cos, or peeiing, liko peeping Tom, of Co
ventry, from some convenient nook, away
from " the public eye." Queer things aro
roported of some 'of these gentleman.
Ehlcr is said to have sworn that there was
not more than 3000; Frr.nklin, that ho had
itddressei! many a loco foco meeting, and
abused General Harrison, when tho crowd
was greater; and the (at chap of tho Union,
that it was a decided ff ilure ! Tho great
body of the party, however, agreed that the
loco focos did pretty well they had fifteen
thousand present, which, coming within
one-half the' distance of the truth, is wor
thy of rccotd. We. have spoken to dozens
of such.
About 12 o'clock, tho vast numbers be
jrnn to form in procession'- tho delegates
from the state in Oranye street, and those
from tho county in East Vino street. From
Lancaster county alone, there were over
four thousand delegates, while rrom the
state so universal wa the feelings and tho
enthusiasm in favor of the good cause, that
far Erio caught up the piiit and stood first
in tho ranks ! The numbers were so great
lh.it. for some time, no arrangement could
he effected. At last by tho vigilance and
promptitude of Capt. Findlay. tho Chief
Marshall, and his stalT, the line of stato del
egates was formed, and was soon joined hy
the immense division of the Lancaster coun
ty democracy, under Col. Frazer and his
tuff. At ono o'clock the whole line mov
ed off.
Hero followB a lengthy desctiplion of
tho different delegations, and their banners,
which wo ate compolled to omit.
The procession was between two and
three miles long.formpd in platoons, of eight,
and consumed precisely one houi in pas
sing. There wero in procession ono hun
dred and sixty bannors, besides innumcrble
flags. We cannot pretend to give tho one
fifth of the mimbci. Language must fail
itself, if wo did not want fur the space,
The spcctaclo viewed from a distance, was
sublime. It literally verified tho scriptural
allusion of an " army with banners." For
mites nothing was to be seen but people,
while the most of tho houses, tho trees,
and every clvated pot, were filled with ea
ger spectators, gazing at the only standing
Army recognized in a free government a
community of freemen gathered under their
own vine and fig tree, to express their own
sentiments. The very children caught firo
from the general enthusiasm : and as each
thundering shout went op Irom tho congre
gated thousands, in honor of their princi
ples, it was re-echoed by the tiny voices or
these embryo republicans. Jbvcry window
was fillf-d with ladies, lending thoir bright
smiles to the glorious scene. Flags hung
suspended from privato houses and from
the democratic hotels, and at the Young
Men's Democratic Head Quaiters, (Mr.
Leods's Hotel) a beautiful arch, extending
from one side of tho street to the other, was
erected. It attracted general ndmiratiou,
and was not unworthy of it. Above floa
ted the flag of our country, while below a
beautiful transparancy containing likenesses
of Van Buren, Johnson, Buchanan and
Porter, was susnendod;' the arch itself trim
med with ever-grcens, and tilled with mot
toes. In the evening this beautiful affair
was illuminated, and, from a distance,
showed to much advantage. As the proces
sion passed under it, it was cheered with
much energy by tho delegates.
At hall-past 2 o'clock, the vast body
reached tho spot selected for their delibera
tions tho orchard of Mr. Jno. Williams,
in Bethelstown. .Here, again, the immense
multitude was developed m full proportion,
looking rnt'itv liko an army bent upon some
clonous victory, than bb a quiet assemblage
of people pledged to tho rescue of. their best
interests and dearest rights : Not that there
were gleaming bayonets, or nodding plumes;
but tho regularity with which the immense
column preserved its order, the desire that
animated every heart to contribute to the
Union and Harmony of tho occasion, an 1
the absence of all tumult, or disarder all
these betokened a spirit that deficd-oven.
Discipline to over reach.
ATnyeu on me grounu, mu imiuciisu as
semblage was called to order, in a lew ap
propriate remarks, by General JNO. DA
VIS, of Bucks county, Chairman of the
Committee appointed by the different dele-
'salions to report officers of the Convention
and Committees on Address and Kesolu-
lions. He announced that the Committee,
in pursuance of tho duty which had been
assicned them, had unanimously choseu
Pennsylvania's favorite son, JAMES BU-
CHNAN, the President ol tho Convention
This announcement was received with thun
ders of applause a refutation, that spoke
from the hearts or the enthusiastic multitde,
of the wilful calumnies which have been
heaped upon th head of that distinguished
man a testimonial, too, of his, worth as n
man, his public services jas a Statesman,
and his devoted adherence- to those princi
pies, in defending which, he lias made him
self so prominent in the eyes of iiis conn
trymen. When he appeared upon the
stand, and took his seat (in tho characteris
tic Hickory chair uorne by the oadsbury
township delegation) the deafening plaudits
seemed like the roar of thunder to those at
a distance.
Tho Committe then rcportod the names
of one delegate from each county rcpresen
ted, as Vice Presidents, and ono for Secre
taries, .and also Committees on address and
resolutions.
During the absence of the Committe on
resolutions several spirited addresses. were
given, which our limits will not permit us
to givo oven a synopsis.
Mr. J. M. PORTER, from tho Com
mittee to draft Resolutions, reported the
same, and read them as follows, after which
they were unanimously adopted :
Resolved Thai we cordially approve of
tho nomination oi MARTIN V AN 13U
REN, of New York, for President, and
RICHARD M. JOHNSON, of Kentucky
for Vice PreBidsnt of the United States, a's
tho candidate of the Democratic party of the
Tcs'olved That in MARTIN VAN
BUREN we recognize the able and en
lightened statesman, the experience ar.d
practical Democrat, who has always been
faithful to tho causo of tliti people. The
Keystone Stato will record her attachment
to the principles and polioy of his adminis
tration, by on overwhelming majority.
Resolved That in RICHARD M.
JOHNSON, wo recognize the war worn
veteran, whose numerous scars are ample
CuiiTiFiCATES that when his country callod
he sought the post of danger, and whose
long services in tho councils of the Nation
furniih abundant evidence of his experience
in tho civil administration of our Govern-monU
Resolved That wo highly approve of
tho passsce of tho INDEPENDENT
TREASURY BILL by the Congress of
the United States. We consider it a sec
ond Declaration of Independence, a mcas-
uro calculated to carry out the principles ot
Democracy, and to restore in practice the
long abandoned principles of the Federal
Constitution, by effecting a completo sep
aration of the government from the Banks
entrusting the custody of the public nionoy
to responsible officers preventing tho
Banking institutions of . tho country from
loaning out tho public money for the bcrc
lit of their stockholders, thus rendering
themselves incapable of paying tho Gov
ernment draughts when presented, and cro
aling ruinous expansions and contractions
of paper money, which have so often pros
trated tho entire business operations of the
community.
Jtesolvea That inasmuch as no cflcctu-
al legal provision had heretofore existed for
keeping and disbursing the public revenue,
tho passage of tho Independent Treasury
bill was necessary and imperiously called
lor, that the treasure ol the Country, should
be in the custody prescribed bv law, rather
than left to the uncontrolled discretion of
any officer of the Government.
Resolved That whilst the Independent
Treaburv Bill will, by tho collection of the
revenue in gold and silvor, exercise a salu
tary influence over the Banks of tho coun
try and compel them to keep on hand a
larger amount of gold and silvor than they
uiually have done, yet it will by no means
prevent tho necessity of a thorough and ra
dical Bank icform, such ns that recommen
ded to, and earnestly enrorced upon the
Legislature of Pennsylvania, by Governor
Porter, at the late session of tho Legisla
ture.
Resolved That tho present distress or
the people is the natural and necessary ef
fect of those ruinous expansions and con
tractions to which the currency of the
country has been subjected by the action of
tho Banks and what is falsely called the
rtedit systom; afid judging of the future by
the past, who believe the sairio evil must
continue periodically to rcur from these
causes, after short intenvals of delusive
prosperity unless the Legislature shall es
sentially and radically reform our entiro
Banking systsin, and, above all, shall make
any future suspensions of specie payments
an instsnt and irreversible forfeiture of their
charters.
Resolved That we hold it to be a cardi
nal principle of Dcmoaracy, never to be de
parted from in practice, that when a man is
placed before the people as a candidate for
the highest and most responsible situation
of public trust, there' should be made, ci
ther by the party who put him forth, or the
candidate himself, a fair, full, and frank ex
position of his principles and of tho courso
of conduct which ho will pursue if elected:
and that a party and its candidates whoso
avowed courso of action is to make no dec
laration their principles for the public
eye, are unworthy of the support of free
men. Resolved That we recognize, in tho
combination of self-styled Whigs. Anti-
inasons and abolitionists, composing the
present opposition to tho Democratic party
of the Union, and its candidates, all tho odi
ous principles of ancient federalism, among
which we must notice :
1. Their hostility to th equal right of
suffrage in all citizens of tho Republic who
contribute to its support.
2. Thoir opposition to tho reception and
naturalization of foreigners as evinced :
By making them undergo a probation of
fourteen years before naturalization, in the
meantime compelling them to bear arms in
defence of tho country and contribute accor
ding U their means to the support of Go
vernment. By subjecting them to an ungracious sur
veillance and harrassing oppreusion under
the Alien Law of tho elder Adams.
In attempting to deprive foreigners of the
ngnl wnion' tuey now nave, oi pru-enipuun
to public lands on which tlioy may have
settled, intending to become citizens and to
pay for and occupy such lanus lur perma
nent residences.
3. Their attempts to consolidate the Go
vernment of the Union, and thus virtually
swallow, up the State Governments; by for
ced and unnatural constructions of tho pro
visions of tho Constitution ofthu U. S. and
giving to the general government by itnpli
cation and constiuction powers never con
templated by thoso who framed that instru
ment. 1. Their attempts to restrain fSio liberty
of the Press and tlio liberty of Speech and
to restrict freemen from investigating the
measures and conduct of public men, under
severe pains and penalties.
5. In uniformly,whonevor thy havo had
power, abusing itund trampling under foot
the rights of the citizem, squandering the
public funds in tho most wasteful and cor
rupt manner, to retain their illgottcn power
and attempting "to treat 'elections by tho
people as though they hed not taken place,"
when they have been defeated at the polls.
G. In uniformly manifesting:; by their ac
tions, if not by theii words, ajontompt for
the understanding, intelligencend patriot
ism of the people attempting to oporata
upon their passions and prejudice rathei
than addressing their reasoning faculties,
vainly thinking to seduce them fronT'Dem
ocratic principles by talking of Hard Cider
Log Cabins and similar silly humbuggr"
7. Their hostility at all times to the in
terests of the poor man and their devotion
to Banks, Bankers, Speculators and tlio
wealthy classes.
8. Their hollow, hypocritical and affect
ed sympathy for the ilavcs of iho South,
when they advocate tho pretensions of a
candidate, who, first as Governor approved
and afterwards as a Senator voted for a law
to sell info Slavery white men who might
bo unablo to pay fines imposed upon thcrrl
and subjecting them to thirty-nine lashes
if they attempted to escape from their task
masters.
Resolved That wo hold in ulter abhar
renca the practice now so provalent among1
tho wealthy part of tho federal party of at
tempting to coerce laboring men and mc
chatiics to vote, not as their consciences dic-
laiu, uui as meir employers snail uirect: a
gross outrage upon the rights of freemen,
subjecting them to a moro degrading bon
dago than that of personal slavafy.
Resolved That the act sometiinss since)
introduced into the Senate of the United
States, by Mr. Crittenden, of Kentucky,
and into tho House of. lleprnserttatives, by
"Mr, Bell, of Tennessee, and supported bv
the loading members of the Fedsral party,
in both branches of tho National Legisla
ture, purporting to be an set to prevent offi
cers of the General Government, from in
terfering at Elections, would, had it become
a law, haro been a greater violation of the
rights of the citizens, thart tho Sedition.
Law of 1798. Tho attempt to pass it is
another .evidence of how closely federalism
s ever disposed to hug- to ils .bosom the
leadiifg and characteristic measures of the
reign of terror.
Resolved That we have no faith in thd
professions with and can extend no eonli-
tlenco to unnvowed principles of a party
who change their name almost every Presi
dential election 1 Who at one time would
consider war, pestilence and famine prefer
able to the election of a military chieftain,
and in a few fchort years 'thereafter nomi
nate a candidate for tho Presidency, anil
ask the people to support him solely on tho
ground of alleged military services, his tills
io credit wherefore is, to say the least of it,
involved in much doubt.
Resolved That the federal party ac
knowledges its own want of honesty and
utter desperation by falsely attempting to
induce tho people to believe that our Iato il
lustrious Democratio President. Andrevr
Jackson, our firm, upright and patriotic Go
vernor, David R. Porter and other distin
guished Democrats havo lost eonfidenco ia
f resident Van Buren, and abandoned hia
support, when it is well known that thoy
arc his ardent and sincere supporters and
frierlds.
Resolved .That the conduct of John Da
vis, of Massachusetts, who for this purpose
is put forward as the Gatapaw of Federal
iRm, in attempting to traduce the Jlon.
James Buchanan and falsify his iemarksiry'
regard to the rights and interests of theJa
boring part of tho community, is but,anoth
or evidence of tho hypocrisy and dishonest
means to which that party is aUga't "times
willing to resort fur tho attainment of its
ends: That nine-tenths og. tho peoplo
whoso rights it is alleged havo been assail
ed, aro activo inombers)$tho Democratic
party and in principloiajid practice are ar
dent supporters of ii ascendancy and neith
er Mr. Buchanan npr the Democratic party
with which lie is identified, has ever advo
cated doctrines of; measures that would in
the slightest, degree infringo upon their
rights or injurously affect their inleresls;but
who are, and over luvo been their must
steadrast supporters and truest friends.
Resolved That Wm. Henry Harrison
and Jojin Tyler are tho fit candidates of
tho parts"w.lio. desire to soo the poor man
who does not wn real Estate deprived of
the right of suffrages, inasmuch as they aro
both pledged by thoir recorded acts in favor
of requiring a freehold Estate in Lands as a
necessary qualification to vote at Elections;
Wm. Henry Harrison having as Governor
of tho Northwestern Territory approved a
Law, disfranchising every citizen, who did
not oWn 50 acres of Land, and John Tyler
having oy' liU voto prevented a similar pro
vision from being stricken out of the Con
Ktiiufmn. or VirghnV
Resolved Thahis Convention enter
tain the highest respect for DAVID lit
PORTER, Governor of Pennsylvania, and