COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT.
LEVI L. TATE, Editor.
SATURDAY MOIU1INO, JUNE P, 1860.
TOR PRESIDENT IN I860.
John 0. Breckinridge
OV KENTUCKY.
I-OH VICE TliESIDENTi
Charles 11. Buckalew,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
ljttl 10 Ike fitmotratit Shlional CVxrtnflOft.
DEMOCRATIC STAT 1-2 NOMINATION'S.
ron covEKNoni
HENRY D. FOSTER,
Or WESTMORELAND.
6fiy Joseph II. Scuanton, Esq., of
SeranUm, Luiarne co , has been elected
President of tho Lackawanna and Blooms
burg It. H. Co., in placo of Maj. McNeill
rosigned.
Popular Sontimont.
Tbo supporters of Mr. Douglas, in se
veral places in Massachusetts, havo held
meeting's to sustain tbo Douglas delegates,
but failed. At ono meeting a resolution
censuring Messrs. Cusbing and Wil
liams for going ngainst Douglas was
cbanged to instructions to nbandou Doug
las and support Cusbing.
Tbo Newark Evening journal, makes
tbo following remarks :
Mectiusrs bavo been called by tbo over
zealous supporters of Douglas iu several
places iu Massachusetts since tbo rcturuof
tlio delegates to Charleston, to censure
those of tho dolcgatiou who went against
tho "duugo'ni tho convention, but
tbo plan has not operated very success j
fully. Ono of tbeso meetings, iu South
Boston, tailed to ccusuro Col. J. II. .
riant, nnd another in Lowell refused to
condemn Oen. B. F. Butler ; but tbo
crowning joko was perpetrated at tbo
meeting held in Ncvvburyport, which was
largely attended by leading Democrats '
A resolution was offered instructing Messrs. j
Cusbing and Williams, by way of censur-'
ing their courso nt Cbarlcstoiij to voto for
Douglas at Baltimore. A motion to reject
this resolution was voted down, when it
was moved to btriko out tbo namo of
Stcpksn A. Douglas nnd illicit that of
Cfi? A firo occurred in Wilkcsbarrc, in
tho early part of last week. Tbo build
iugs between tbo County jail and tbo Slo
mm property next tho American Hotel are
reported to bavo bean burned. Loss about
$20,000.
ESf Lincoln, when iu Congress, voted
against giving bounty laud to thoso who
served iu tbo Mexican war ; but when ho
was on tbo btuinp in tho New England
States last spring, he charged 8100
speich I
toy lion. Benj. Nu.nemaciieu, Stato
Sunator from Berks County, died at his
resideuco in that county on the '-.'8th ult,
llo was an bonojt, whole-hearted man
and wo regret to announce bis docoaso.
Hon. It. P. Flenniken, of Pitts
burgh, formerly of Fayette county, has
been appointed a Judge of tbo United
States Courts for tho Territory of Utah.
Wo loam from tho Tittsburg rst that ho
accepts tho appointment, and will leave for
tbo laud of tbo Mormons in a fow days.
Committoos of Vigilance ITho Covotlc Investigating Committee.
Tbo following is tho list of tbo Demo
cratic Committeo of Vigilance, appointed
for tho coming campaign, in Columbia
county i
Bloom Peter Billmeyer, Andrew Sol
leder, John J. Barkloy.
JJcnton llichurd Stiles, Win. Apple.
Laiuond, Samuel
man, Isaac K. Krickbaum.
Ucavtr Moses Scblicber, Samuel JohnV
Hon, Frank S. Sbuiuau.
Jlcttcick Borough-Hudson Owen, John
Doak, Michael Frantz.
Briarcrctk William
Kelchner, Henry Doak.
Vattatvtssa George Msnhart, Peter
Bodiuo, Joseph Gcarhart.
Center Andrew Freas, Jacob Ilagch
buch, Heury D. Kuorr.
Conyngham F. It. Wohlfarth, Benja
min Lindermoot, Daniel T. McKiemaii.
Fishingcrk D. Mcllcury, Henry
Biltcnbender, Geo. SI. Ilowclt.
Disgracoful Bcono in tho Houso.
A MEMBElt STIGMATIZED AS A
LIA'lt AND SCOUNDltEL.
AiX EXCITING TIME.
Prom tlio Pliilsdrtplili. Argus.
Governor Biglor's Lottor.
Some timo since, Mr. Mooro communi
cated to Gov.Diglcr tbo fact that bis courso
in tbo National Democratic Convention at
Charleston was animadverted upon by tbo
io j legisbituro cannot exclude slave property
. . i i 1 a: i Af,i:Blt Iro n 1110 limits oi lia juiisiiiowuii , mm iiiit.
friends of Judeo Douglas in terms of disap- "' ..J., . , .' . ...
cation or deflnition of Uio meaning of tho 1 vor of tho adjournment to Baltimoro bon.
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Cincinnati piattorin wined ma uccisiun or img wu uura uuujch ungm provailj
opinion of tho Supromo Court, iu tho case that the party might become unitod, and
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ol I'reu dcoh, nan necessarily uijiainu
upon it, to tbo effect that tho Territories
are not sovereignties j that a toriitorial
Washington, Juno 1.
S UN ate. Mr. H.u.k, (N. II.,) offered
a nominee bo selected with whom wo onul.t
defeat tbo black republican party.
I do not caro to notice what hai bcc
said about misunderstandings iu our dele,
cation, These things nro very common
...111.!.. !.. l..:,i:.tiA,t ,1 liimul tn fi1:il nn Klioh OPn:lAinilfl. Nor dn 1 fllinl. .....
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probation) that they touml lault with ami I g . c;lrfi 0f t1!lt Sp0cies of property as had more than tho usual manifestation of
condemned Senator liiglcr lor lus courso .;t 0f ay other. This concession feeling. 1 mut say, however, that the al.
would bavo preserved the harmonyot tlio
IUU i - ... t .
-n' V r u in hfit invention, and cliarircu mm wua
'too to make enquiries concerning tho pur- certain acts and intentions which would, it convention, and tue uur. uo, uu...
Franklin lteubeii Kuittlo, William
Mcnscb, Samuel Lohrman.
(Jrtemtwl Andrew J. Albcrtson, John
Loggott, Nicholas Kindt.
llcmiock Tbos. J. Vandirlicc, Frank
MoBridc, Wm. 11. Shoemaker.
Jackson John F. Dorr, John Mellen
ry, Jr., James Voeum.
Lucitit William B. Goodmau, John
Ycaccr, Jr., Itcuben Fabringer.
Caleb Cushiug, and thu motion was car- T 1 i?..,:
ricd and the resolution as thus amended ,f, ,. r,, T,l, TInr
adopted by a voto of three to one! ttM,c,l,t;11 Tr Jo,m Mar-
Tho IoVa Stato Journal, licrctotoro mon AV"'W,lVi 'T lvr Tnl.n (1
warmly committed to tho tortunes ol Sen-1 n -f "17 ' J ' '
ntor Douglas, admits tho toily of pushing n Jilcol) Yoll0)
him longer for the presidency. If Iowa T , ,, u,.,i, '
can be carried only at tbo expen.o of twice ftivSlHam Howell.Jobu
tbo number of electoral votes South, tlio ,t , , iv:n:, r ii- ,i,.
ViV01 -nT. MoSAloS; William Fritz,
linpnru lrtf.nl 111 fill l.rro nt sn fnrr.liln n ' " . ' '
cost as tbo defeat of tlio democracy. Tho
uouglas Journals per se aro engaged
not so much iu pressing his claims, and
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IlANNinAi. Hamlin, the Black Repub
lican nominee for tho Vice Prcuidcncy, is
a regular Frco trader. What do tho Tar
iff men of Pennsylvania think of this 1
Columbia Democrat,
guarding tho interests of tho party, as in
assailing nnd wantonly abusing a demo
eratie Administration unwarranted abuse
which wo will neither countcuanco nor
join.
Tho Now Hampshire Patriot, hereto
fore favorable to Douglas' viowa of squatter-sovereignty,
comes out for the Tenuea
sco resolution as upon ono which all dem
ocrats can stand.
Tbo Democrats of Arkansas sustain
their delcgctes, and instruct them to meet
at both Itichmond and Baltimore.
Tile Mississippi Democratic Convention,
held on tho 2Uth ult., fully endorse tho
action of tbo delegation to Charleston, aud
accredit them to botli lticbiuond and Balti
more. Wo learn from the Richmond Enquirer,
that tho Democratic meetings hold in
Northampton, Elizabeth City, Itichmond,
Buckingham, Hanover, Goochland, B.ir-
Aimer Welsh
Pine Albert Hunter, Benjamin Win
tcrsteen, John F. Fowler.
Roaringcrck Michael Federoff, Daniel
Goarbart, David llower.
Scott Joseph Lilly. Philip T. Ilart-
uian, H. W. Creasy.
&hit!arloaf Josiah It. Frita, Alinas
Cole, William B. Pctoriuan.
By order of tho Committee.
DAVID LOWESBK11G,
Chukman.
XXXVIIIi Congress First Session.
U. S. Oai'IToi,, Washington, Junnu -1.
Tho Kansas bill was taken up, and Mr.
Sumner, of M assachusctts, addressed tho
Senate, in a tirade against slavery and the
South.
Mr. Cbesnut, of South Carolina, made
a brief response. to Mr. Sumner, charaet
one. lie said : After rauijiimover Europe,
snea kinir through tho back doors of tho
English aristocracy and fawning at their
feet, this slanderer of States and men bad
re-appeared iu the Senate. He bad hoped,
after the punishment ho had received tor
ho woulu nave learn-
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f, . , , 1 cd propriety, but be bad repeated lus lor
Tho above is a willful falsehood, and tbo
author of tbo paragraph, ignorant and stu
pid as bo is, knew it to be so.
llarrisburg rlllegro2h.
We copy those throe lines for tho pur
pose of giving our readers a specimen brick,
of tho style iu which tho snarly, snappy,
disappointed, uneasy Black Republican
papers attempt to answer tbo positions of
tho Democratic party. Now we will not
hay that tbo denial of tho Telegraph is a
"willful falsehood," but wo will prove that
it is, which is much tbo same thing. Aud
wo shall do it in this wise.
There is not a Black Republican paper,
which was formerly Whig or Know Noth
ing, as tbo Ttkgraph, which has not timo
and again donounoed tbo tariff of 1810 as
a British free trade tariff, and tbo meu
who favored it wero denounced as tlio vilest
fcoundrcls. Well wo aro agreed for tho
present that all which has been Eaid to tho
utter confusion of thoso 114 who voted for
tho bill of 1810 should stand, and that the
.as.-Kirtiou that it is free trado shall bo held
truo. Good. Now wo find among thoso
Jnt traders tho name of Ilam'in, of Maine!
That would bo enough to silcnco even
tho unblushing Telegraph, but wo add a
paragraph form tho Pittsburg Foit.
IIammn'ss ItEOoni). Hannibal Hamliu
was a member of tho Democratic Conven
tion in 1818, which nominated Lewis Cass;
iu that convention be voted against a pro
l.etivo tariff; iu that convention ho opposed
u system of internal improvements ; iu that
convention ho favored tho Mexican war :
now be professes to favor a tariff; now bo
is a candidate on the samo ticket with Liu-
coin, who denounced tbo Mcxicau war as
"uujuit ajjd unconstitutional.1' In tbo
Baltimoro Convention of lti48, ho voted in
favor of a resolution that declared "that
nil tho efforts of tho Abolitionists, and otb
i-ra, made to induce Congress to interfere
with tho question ot slavery, or to tauo in
cipient steps in relation thereto, aro calcu
lated to lead to tho most alarming and
dunncrous consequences ; and that all
mch efforta bavo an inevitable tendency to
diminish tho happiness of tho people, and
uudauger the stability and permanency of
tlio Union, ami ought not to bo couutC'
minced by any friend of our political insti
tutions."
llo is now a candidato of a party wbosj
ctrdiual doctrine is- to induco Congress to
intcrfero with tho qucstiou of blavcry a
party built up Bolely and exclusively on
this sectional bfris a party which derives
ita sustenance and support altogether from
donouncing and villifying tbo Southern
States and tho institutions ot slavery,
In tbo Scnato, a few days eiuco, tbo
Homestead Bill being upon its passage,
Hannibal Hamlin was among tho eight
who voted against it.
A prominent plank in tho platform adop
tad by tbo Convention which nominated
him for Vico rrcstuent ucmamis oi uon
press tho passage of a comploto and satis
factory Jiomcstcaa measure. ,
Thus muoh for tho record of Hannibal
Hamlin. Comment is unnecessary. Con
riftency is not a necessary clement in a
tho Ohio river all urge tbo attondanco
of the A lrgmia delegates at both Richmond
and Baltimoro, so as to leave no effort
untried to effect tho harmony of tlio party
upon a platform that will bo satisfactory
both to tho cotton States as to tho " fron
tier States," and to tho whole confederacy.
Tho Democracy of Harruon request their
delegates to meet with tho Southern Del
egates at Richmond, on tho 11th day of
Juno next, "for tho purpose of taking
such action with them as uiay bo deemed
advisable, preparatory to tho meeting at
Baltimoro on tho 16th of Juuo, aud to
advocate a re-union of tho30 delegates,
who asscmblo at Balfimorc, and onco more
endeavor to give tho Democratic party a
candidate and a platform upon which all
may uiti to."
The Decennial Census. Accordin
to tho official announcement, tbo Unitad
States Marshals and their assistant! com
menced tho first of June, tho task of taking
tho eighth decennial census of our people.
Tho different censuses aggregato as fol
lows : 1790, :t,oay,-iJ7 ; 1800, 5,305,
OJu; 1810, 7,90,314 : 180, !),:W,131 ;
1830, 12,eri8,070 : 1810, 17.003.000 :
1850, 2357,273.
Uuusual caro has ben taken in tho pre
paration of tho tchcdulcs of questions, and
it is to bo hoped that tho aggregato btato
meuts will bo ready for publication at an
earlier day than thoso of 1850. A circu-
:ir containing a list of tho queries in Sehed-
ulo 1 has been prepared for circulation
among manufacturers, and will bo placed
in their bands in time to prepare complete
replies, as it is very desirable that as cor
rect a return as possible may be made of
every description of articles manufactured
with tho valuo of each. In casa tho in
formation is withheld, or false returns mado
designedly, tbo following penality is affixed
by tlio fifteenth section of tbo Act of Con-
rcsa :
mor vulgarity and mendacity, lheiigyp
tians deified reptiles, but it remained for
the Northern Abolitionists to deify the cm
bodimcut of malice, mendacity and cow'
ardiee. He was not inclined to deal out
furtbor punishment on thu recipient of for
mer puuishincut, who had cone howling
throuzh the worlff, yelpiiur out volumes oi
blander, and therefore would endeavor to
keen tiuict.
Mr. Sunnier said in response th it be bad
rioiuted out tho barbarim of slavery, and
the Senators rejomuer miouiu go as an
appendix and a most fitting illustration oi
bis argument.
How Douglas Got a Maj ority at
cnaricstou.
Tho Hon. F. B. Butler in a rpecch at
Lowull. Mas.. recently explained tbo
modus operandi by which Douglas got a
majority of votes iu tho Charleston Con
vcntioD. Tho following is an extract:
" How was the majority made up
Simply by tbo unit rulu, uhich stilled thu
minorities in the Northern States under
the iiiitructions.
"In Now York there wc.10 fifteen votes
opposed to Judge Douglas from first to
hut, yet her thirty-live votes wero cast for
Him on every uauui. in ymu si miui,
in Indiana live votes, in Minnesota two
votes opposed him, yet by that rulo cast
for him, so that tlio majority was more
apparent than real. Tho Southern States
generally, acting without general in'truc
linns, liv :i cminin.'lv devised resolution of
, .v o . ; 1
tho Committeo 011 organization, wero for
tho most part votins separately, so that all
Judge Douglas' streugth in the Southern
delegations substantially appeared."
It appears that there were but 111 votes
really iu favor of Douglas.
Disunion.
John P. Halo, Republican Senator from
Now Hampshire, in a spjech in tho Scn
ato, a few days ago made tho following
assertion iu relation to tho enforcement of
tho Fugitivo Slave law. It plainly indi
cates tho deliberate mind of thoso men,
aad unmasks tho hypocrisy of their pro
fessions of lovo for tho laws nnd tho Con
stitution. He said
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Each and every frco person more than undortaken to be enforced upon a citizen
twenty years 01 ago, Belonging to any of , Stato, whatever may bo his color,
family residing in any sub division, and 111 :f ,i,.i. i, ,,f,,i 1.,.
case of tho absenco of tho heads aud other ,.:. f :f .. . , ,,(:,i,i . n,n
member of any such family, hen any agent Iirotcct!on 0f our out 0fit3 jurisdiction,
of such family, shall bo, and each of them , x hopo u wiu bo rcsistC(i. Tuo Union is
is hereby required, if thereto requeued by not ,orth proscrvins at a if wo iiavo uot
tho 'Marshal or his assistant, to render a ,, -:il(i, ,ir u 11
,. .nontml tn itn 1.ni-t .f I.!.. n l,n
,1 uv Mvvwu.tw u w.w u.a, v. ma ui Jin 1
knowlougo, ot every person belonging to
chase, by the Government
depot at Brunswick, Gcorui
On motion of Mr. Bbnjamin, (La,,)
the bill to amend tbo act for tho settlement
of private land claims in California was
taken up and passed.
Tho resolution reported yesterday by
Mr. Slidell relativo to tho reformation of
abuses of tlio public piinting camo up as
the special order.
Mr. Toomiis, (Ga.J moved to postpono
in order to take up the Iloumas grant bill.
Mr. HUNTEii,(Va.,) moved to postpone
tho former orders so as t.iko up tlio Post-
office deficiency bill. Agreed to.
Jim bill was then coiisulercu anil ilelcat-
ed.
House. Mr. Ilr.YNni.PS, (N. Y.,)from
tho committeo on thu Judiciary, rcpoi ted
a bill providing that any manual, deputy
marshal, or other ministerial ollicor of tho
United States, who shall permit the escape
of criminals) iu their custody, whether
charged with offences under the laws of the
United btatcs, or those ol loreigu govern
ments with whom wo have treaties of ex
tradition, shall bj deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall bo Cued and im
prisoned according to tlio discretion of the
Court havinc respect to tho nature of
which the prisoners aro charged. Tho bill
was passed.
Mr. Wi.nsi.ow, UN. U..) rising to a
question of privilege, caused to be read
certain extracts from the journal of the
Covode investigatiii" committee, of which
lie is a member, by which it appeared that
ho desires to subpiena certain citizens of
Luzerne county, Pcmia.
To tlus Mr. Covode interposed that be
had in his possession the names of a hull
dred persons a witues-es, but, as in every
intance, they had no direct connection
with the Government, he declined to sum
mon them.
It appeared further from tho record that
Mr. VI!o, applied for theso witnesses
iu April, but they had never been sum
moned, lie had been informed 011 au
thority said to bo reliable, and not by
anonymous fetters, that largo Minis ot
money had been iued to secure tho elettion
of Mr. Scn'ANTox to this Houo.
Mr. Cuvoiik to this replied that he
would vote to hubp.cua Mr. Window's
witnesses, if that gentleman could trace
back tbo use of the money to the Govern
ment, and as Mr. Scrauton was here, ho
would summon lain.
Mr. WiN.sr.nw's request was rcfusidby
tho Co.umittee, Mr. Window and Mr.
Kobinsou of Illinois voting in tho alarm-
tivc, and Messrs'. Covode and Train in tho
negative ; as was also Mr. in-low s ro
incst that this matter should be submitted
to the House.
t 11 subsequent rierior Mr. Wivsr.ow5
wished to subpoena McMullen and sover-
lcgation, that tho attempt of tlio inaiorllv
to instruct Mr. Wright as a member of
chaiico for tho Committeo 011 tho platform was "
, o .1 1 ' . . .' . . t . inutfid. would bavo had a fair
i, VI ''VlVlluirs,!llcmC!,UWOrrl'U1U' U, """S'lan election. Ian, willing to leave tho triek,"is utterly unwarranted. Mr. WrU,
Ft?, t0 1,1,11 as a democrat and statesman. I pul,lic to decide hetweun mo and my as- had very frankly and repeatedly declared
Wo have not considered it necessary to gallants 011 this point. that bo would obey tlio will of tbo m jori.
publish tho communication of Mr. Moorol But tho groat complaint of all is, that ty of tho delegation on that subjwt; aud
-first, became wo have not tho space to- tho majority of tho delegation did not voto certainly no more fornnl or ...ipo-ing
, t 11 1 .1 1.. r for Mr. Douilas. This complaint is as of expressing that desiro ciuld bo dov
day; and, secondly, because tbo letter of UMri,,l40mblo, anything ,4 timt M 0d than that of each delegate, over M,
Governor Bigler covers tho wbolo ground j)()cn said, and only goes to provo that in proper signature, expressing that desire.--
and shows what that communication was. itw sudor of their admiration lor ur. l.,
Wo desire particularly to call the atten-, curtain of his friends aro utterly incapable
tion of our readers to this
and clearly explains tho po:
tor Bigler in tho Charleston Convention. theretoru, no one has been deeeivul. It or of any intended indignity to Mr. Wright,
In it there is no dodging ot the charges ot was perfectly well known when wo wero liut tins is 01 sma 1 moment,
bis enemies. Ho meets ovcry accusation ' elected delegates that wo preferred other I am not for a slayo code, and never
canninaies 10 iur. iJuias. jjui ii, is .11, n,nuwvui .m, itw,..... a umu recently
to call the atten-1 curtain ot Ins Iriends aro utterly lneapaino
letter. It fully of looking at both sides of this question
f t, and judiiing impartially. o certainly
osition of Sena- novcrJ.,rc!om1o(1 1'0 h for' Mr, Dou7hH,aii(l,
... rVnraiil nn ,1.1.''. 1 ti
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was adopted became of tho neces-ity for
prompt action, mid tho difficulty of gcllm
tbo entire delegation together, I ccrtainlr
Jiliru 'ii uv uiiii-i ii-a-.uu iui b nil COUrsn
made by tho friends of Judge Douglas ,
Tint it
the largo vote received said or done could warrant any such con-
l have no patience with m,.,,
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... ... .. , . . Luminal it Hint in
with that boldness, manlincss.and straight-. . . ri.sni. to some a conclusive rea-' clu,iou
forward honesty characteristic of the man. Ih0tl w,y wo shoulil have abandoned our who will not distinguish between an attempt
No backing down, no begging of tho ques-. favorites and gono for Mr. 1). Under or- by Congress to establish and maintain tlio
tion, no special pleading, but an honest, "iry eireuinsiain.es uiuiu n. '" .. JlilmurV1W(,
plain, candid statement, foundrd upon the if not concluMvc, force in this view of tho the dut, -of; "ti ! J -constitutional
' , . ... , 1 , .case, abd I do not hesitate to .-ay to you, rights ot citizens mid protecting prop-rtv
facts and circumstances which then and i , ' ... all.,r,.io,w KU1.rc.uudiii2N. and The vote in tbo Sjnato on FridJ i,.V
wero tho alternatives involved only a ought to bo conclusive on this point.
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i choice of men, with about cimal chances
' of success at the polls, it would have infill
diced my action to no inconsiderable de
cree ; but to my mind the suiroiindiii'.'S
thuiu exist fd
W.Vsin.NdTON, D. C, May 120, 1800.
DiiAuStu: My attention has been so
frequently called to llagrant liii-represcn-tutions
ut' mv uctious and intention .is :l
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delegate in the Charleston Convention, ' utterly ioinaue mat no snoniu go lur .nr.
similar to those enclosed by you, that I Doughw. As tho case then stood, his I l-
have reluctantly concluded, iu order to re- ination could have resulted only in utter
licvo myself from constant importunities difeat to him-clf and the party. You
meet all those charges in tbirf reply to you "iu-t keep iu mind tho factth.it wo did not
which youmaygivo'to the newspaper press, .ballot for a candidate at all until tlu dele
if vou think it uoeossarv and nroner. It gatioils from ciuht States and the half of
ii right to remark that, whilst I shall speak 'he delegation from Dolawam had retired
somewhat freely of the majority of the from tlio convention, on tho ground that
l'eimvlvania dele-ration iu that Coimm-' they could not stand by the platform of
tion, 1 speak only for
had an opportunity
jr myself, not ba.-ing principle .1
of consulting nitli any I'ennsylvanii
what I say.
The strictures which you enclose to mo
on the course and purposes of tho majority
of tlio Pennsylvania delegation atClurles
ton would bu severe, indeed, if they were
founded in truth ; but thuy are either to
tally uufouudsd, or find their existence in
n forced perversion of the facts. It ii not
true that tho majority of tho l'euusylva
as tlU'U adopted. Had tlu
vania and other dclcj-atioiu yield
ed at this jiiiuturo an I nominated Mr.
Douglas, everybody knows that tlu seeo
ding States would forthwith bavo nnniiti.t-1
ted a Southern can-lid ite, and probably
called a convention of all tlu Southern
States to have ratified that noiuin.itioii ;
and thus, sir, the democratic party, that
glorious old organization which has done.
so much to advance the pro-purity of our
great country and vindicate thu principles
nia delegation sought to drive Mr. Douglas of our republican system of government,
from the field, by adopting a platform of wduld have been shattered into fragments
aim prostrated prohaldy lore vor. hut
principles on which he could not houor.i-
lny stand. b lar trom thu, wo voted to
make the nominations Lcorc the platform,
wbil-t the minority of our delegation and
all othev friends of Mr. Douglas votml to
make the platform fir.-t. This was thu fa
tal error or the Convention, as all parlies
frankly couf'.sscd at tho subsequent stages
of its proceedings. Then again, on this
same point, the majority voted for a mo
tion, submitted by myself, to recommit thu
platform, hoping in that way to reach thu
balloting for candidates with a full Con
vention : but the effort failed.
al others, of Philadelphia. By them ho Kqu illy untrue i tlu allegation that we
desired to provo bribery on the part of tho favored a platform of principles coniiuittin-'
n;nn. r.r i ;., ti.. ..it,- ;., ' ,i . . .i i i
uii:vi-. ui uie oiccuuu noi-i in uiui tuj in, me party to tno puiicy ot a slave code in
the fall of ltj.iO, ; tho 1'erritorics. It is true that we su-
Mr. CoVODli said bo had no objections . taiuod the series of resolutions but roiurt
ever I might hive done under other cir
cumstances, I thoughtit u duty an iinper-,
alive duty to tho democratic party -mil
the country to fluid out against the nomi
nation of Mr. Douglas, as things th.-ii stood
Surely tlu friend-"of .Mr. 0. do n it seek to
nominate him for thu glory of the noinin.t
tion alone. I take it they de-ire to see
him nude Proiident ; ami, in my judg
ment, no act could have more ooinpletel y
forec osed all h'u chances at this time th in
to havu nominated him in a diviled Con
vention. For myself, I prefonvd to look
rather to thu harmony anil success of the
p.nty than to the nomination of any favor
it j candidate.
to subpojua a portion of them, but was , c,l l,y the m ijority of the committee, or
unwilling to subject the ttovcrimici.t to the rather bv the seventeen democratic States;
...... .1 11 '. ... ... . -
cxpcn.o oi summoning inuui an.
Mr. Wl.Nsi.-ivv s request, in this in
stance, was again denied by a tio vote.
Mr. Wis'si.ow tluu moved to -uhpu'iia
vutne-se.s from (Jreensburg and Pittslmig,
Pcnnsylvaiiii, understanding that they
could provo corruption in Westmoreland
county ; to which .Mr Covodu objucted, tional mean-, na well in tho Terri
on the ground that those gentlemen had tones us elsewhere. Surely no uov
no connection with the Government. I ciniuunt should do less than thi As I
iius request was also reln-ed. iho understood it. the friend-of. Mr. Dou.-l
Nor, sir, i- it more than just to say that
the aggreg-ito vote as recorded in the Con
vention in favor of Mr. lou,;las did not
trillv reilect tlio imliviilii'jl ,.rrl',.r,,i .... ..f
but no far-minded man will protend to iu members; nor did it lelleet tlu ehoiea
discover tho principles of a slavo code or ofthc States, bad ill the delegations voted
anything like them in thoso rcso'utions. as a unit. I'nder neither rulj could Mr
lliey snnply lorbade the conclusion that 1). have received half the votts of thu Con-
the 'lerntonen are sovereignties, and de- volition. His large votj was, therolore, in
clared it the duty of the Government to some measuie, factitious. On the nil . of
juoivei uuiisuiiiiiuinu rlgnl, j coustiui- votlll-i pa c pita he would have reeeire.l
lroui fJ5 to lU-s votes, and bv dele 'ali on.
las
took exception to that part of tbo resolu
tions that excluded tho idea of sovereign
power iu the territorial governiuint, or,
, rather, tho right uf thu toriitorial lugi-da.
turo to exclude slavery or slavo property
from n Territory ; but I do not think it
was suiiously pr, tended by any that the res
olutions committed the
record further states that when Mr.
Frederick Knglo was called to the stand,
Mr. WlNsi.ovv asked whether thciv was
any minute made, and when be had been
summoned, and the Clerk of the Comirit-
tcj replied that it was not noted iu tho
minutes.
Mr. Winsi.ovv then asked that a copy
ot so much of tho journal, as relates to code, nor did I meet n
summoning witnesses, oo luiiuniicu mm, seiloinly m tavor of
which was agreed to. legislation. No sensible man pretends
The above is a summary of the record, that Congress can create right-, for slavery
Mr. IIoumon, (Ala.,) asked, as Mr. 0r slave property in the Territories, or
vvnislow dc.-ired to have witnesses hum 1 unvw here else The onU- riuosiinn i-
to
bts
from 1.111 to 1 10. '1 his is th nios libe.
r.il count that cm be truthfully made for
him. In tho New York delegation alone
there were filte.cn or sixteen delegates who
preferred other candidates, an 1 so voted
in their caucus mcetin-'s, and thur
he party to a slavo will bo frank enough to confess to you that
, any delogato who was had the large vote for .Mr. Dou-da, ru-ult-nny
such speculative ed to him under the old rulu that prevail
nihil 1 1 -Ji ill iu 1 1 ill iiiu ounci Jlropose-l liy
Mr. D.ivis, in wliieh somo affect to find
the principles of a slave code, was adop.
tod by a voto of thirty-five yeas to two
nays; even the republicans were uiiwilliu -to
voto aga-nst a declarati n that it is the
duty of tho Government to maintain tho
rights of property in tho Territoiies ; vvlul-t
Mr. B.'own s resolution, vshich uvowid the
doctrinu of ii slavo codo,reccived but three
vo'c.
As for tlutarifr,l know the wishes of my
con tituonts on that subject ; anl I slaii
l.ilnr diligently, in season and out of sea
son, with uvery proper means in my pow
er, to carry out th -ir will ; and, failing to
g t nil they desire, I shall endeavor to r
caro the bet meaiiro po-sible.
v cry tru'v, yo ir nlrt sorv t,
" U'llihlAM BICLMH.
1). W. MiiiiitK, Hsq., Philada.
Pcaco vs. Agitation.
Mr. Crittenden in a speech, on the ix, .
ate Caucus resolution, made a few d.iv
ago, u-ed thu fo'lowing bcautiml langungi .
and most solemnly charged tbo llepumi.
cans for keepii.g upthi-i distracting slavery
agitation, lie said :
"Sir there is nothing so m.i rvc'.ou.s in
thu history ol fie country, under its presi i.t
aspjet, as tho agitation which now e.i-t,
throughout its borders, eonipaieil with tn
general prosperity which prevails. Iu i,U
its clirious progress, did iii'er this eountr,
exhibit a taner picture of human piosp. ii
ty and huui.iii li.ippin. si t lan it doesti
day ? Nature has bu-towe I all her houn
ties. This is a land of plenty and abuis
danee, without weight or moa-urn; th
freosj Giivcrnuie.nt on n.irth. What eiti.m
of this Repulnic is uulawuilly iuipri on .
to-day, from one end of this country to th
otlur ! What white man can say he i-unju-tly
oppressed by t.io Government
Do you know of one I Dies anyhn
know ot one : Can s-iich n thing he s.i, .
of any country on thu face of th- globe but
our own ? Prisoners of stale can be founl
cvorywhi re else. The voice of oppres.-i i
em be beard el-ewheru. In our count ;,
that voice is unknown. And yet, sir, tin -'
agitations upon this subject have eicr.t !
a discontent from one end of the laud t.
the other. '1 he minds of th:i people u.
disturbed in thu midst of nil this pros
peiity. Tliu Hi publican party, it seems to in-,
has takell so no progres-; but I iiiu-t s.v
tb'n beailiiful pictuie of peace and h.iinu-
i.is iceeiveii it- only woun l ire
vvnisiow (ic.-ired to nave witnesses sum ' anywhere else. The only question U
moned to provo corruption and fraud in tho to whether that species of property is
Westmorclaud di-trict, who represents it. inaiuUincd and protected iu tho ri
Mr. Winsi.ovv replied, " I believe tbo tho Constitution gives it. Nothing mi
Chairman ot the Committee, .ur. Covode. "
Laughter.
Mr. Covode, (Pa.,) I am ready to
givo tho gentleman lull lntormatiou.
eives it. otlnii2 moiu
is asked, and nothing less will be aceept.v
bio to the South.
such family, in tho various particulars re
quired in aud by this act, and tlio tables .
thereto subjoined, on pain of forfeiture of
thirty dollars, to bo used for and recovered I
iu au action of debt by tho assistaut, to tho
uso of tho United Stato." i
Now Books.
From tho great Gift Book Establishment
of Geo. G. Kvanb, Publisher, No. 43!)
Chestnut btrcct, Philadelphia.
Tbo Life of General Samuki, Hous
ton, the Hunter, Warrior, Patriot, Texan
Hero, tho only authentic memoir of him
over published
Ono volume, 12mo., Cloth, -102 pages,
with illustrations. I'nco fcl.Ul), And
A Se.nsihle Man. Hon. James G,
Campbell, U. S. Marshal for tho Western
District of Pennsylvania, has included tho . unon receipt of tho prieo nnd 21 cents ad
Democratic Editors in his list of Census ditional for Postage, a copy of tho book,
-.r i...i :.. i . n i.. ;.. i.;. ... ... , ..'
luarsiuiis, iu uiiuost uvery uouuty iu ma together with a handsome present, worth
District. This shows him to bo a man of fr0m 50 cents to $100, will bo tent to any
souuu seuao auu uwcriiuiuauou evinciug address 111 the united otates.
a desiro to reward tho deserving and as- Also " Life of tho Empress Joscp
bist tho needy. Marshal Yost, of tho hino" by Miss. Ccciol B. Ilarkloy samo
Eastern District, does not fcsiu to possess price, tizo and stylo as tho abovo, band
tho same spirit, as wo bavo not, so far, somcly illustrated, and ono of tho best
seen tho namo of a Mnglo editor among bis biographies of thu gifted and beautiful but
appointments, Kaeton Sentinel. unfortunate Empress we have over scon.
It is also untrue that we favored the
..,.,. ftf Sl.n (..-....will.,. Ol.,l..., A .....
,1 ii .. ii ., ., i , wwsu ,i.u uiuius, -U jib illlV
.ur. iiuusroN.-t uon t tuauit me geu-, tim(J lllanjlbstoa a (lctLrrmi,iatidu to go out
tleman for lus information. I can pet it ... .. - , . . . ..
from a better source.
Mr. WiNsi.ovv submitted a resolution
liess has leeeived it- only wound from Hi
;e wa u 1 ....;.ni;..., .i.:..i. .i . .... .
number in Ohio and Indiana w.r indi- i "'s i T 1 ythN
by tho action of the majority- Now, Ir,! ! OoauillK of thu Cnma,,.
Til I! ttllUTCIl 1'I.ANH" KlNOKKH.
To the ElUor ofthc Evening Jwnnal.
Sir, The above is tho title of an Kili-
tonal article in the IjuiIij Aaa of yi:,ter- .
I day morning, in which tho Editor, win
I has been seduced into the support of ill
; Chicago nominations, attempts to slu '
.that the so-called "People's Party" cm
I preserve their consistency, and avoid l!f
publican absorption, iy simply exscinding
I tho 11th Resolution ot the obnoxious plat
I form. What a miserable subterfuge !
x tan got 11 ;th tllunli j-0 M Qf muu in t(iu y
' ycntioii could have witnessed their with-
I ...lil; c.,..i:..... ..c.i 1 .1
1. .. ., c . . . , . , Mian.11 111111 ii;uiiii:;n ui iiuuiier 11-101, mail
directing the Speaker to issue Li, subpiena ,. , , . . 0 , ., , ,
lor certain witnesses During the sub-e- , fo thoymi.t tom, ' of ,hat net
niieiit nrnno(iliiirM Ir. 'PllATV. (Man .1 n '. . . i
said in reply toMr. Houston, that ho
.1 l.l :.i.. i m ..ii r .
1.1...SW. "-"ii'"", vvcre any l.icn in Charleston who exerted
..... . U1.t a- .i ii. ..u . u, , themselves uioro ardently than did a nor-
tion of the Pennsylvania dchgition to in
duce the scccders to return to the Conven-
nimority equal right with thu majority. ;
.tuLi imeiu, as in reiiiisyivama and
.son .icisey, mere was a largo minority
l.uasj .i , -,u .... I, ,. r. ai i, ., o-
Houston that bo """ '-""V " V""mi,lu J'ougias, inoy wero permitted to
iiousjiUM, ui.a nu a'-ainst: and I dn not he nvn llmrn vntn fnr bin, . ..:i :.. - V-.,.
and a "cntleinan, if ho in-istcd on ad
dressing tho Chair and interpolating re
marks when be was not entitled to tho
floor.
Mr. Houston asked whether that re
mark applied to him 1
Mr. Train replied that ho meant exact
ly what ho said.
Mr. Houston responded that if the re
marks applied to him, Mr. Tn.uN was a
distinguished liar and scoundrel.
Mr. Train replied that ho could not be
irritated by anything that Mr. Houston
coidd say. Great excitement.
Mr. Sherman, (Ohio,) moved a resolu
tion that Mr. Houston be censured for
disorderly words in debate.
Others wanted both members censured.
Several wanted tho matter dropped. An
ineffectual motion was mado to tabic tho !
resolutions.
tS&" It is stated that Mr. Everett has
exhibited a disinclination to except tbo
nomination for Vicq President j but friends
whom ho has consulted have advised him
to do so, in justice to the convention.
tion, myself amongst tho number. It is
true, that when it was generally under-
.l .1 , , .. . .
oiiit-r otate,mo delegations being instruct
cd to voto as a unit, ho received thu entire
number by tbo deci-iou of a mere majority,
Everybody who was at Charleston knows,
that the friends of Mr. 1). nrentk- vnSs.i
at the adoption of this rule, and regarded
stood and believed that tho remainder of it as a strong point in his favor al I am
tho Southern States, failing to have their 'sure I did. I am not mistaken about tho
ultimatum accepted by tho Convention, two rules, for I have road them both with
would also secede, together with the two in an hour bo that I might state tho differ
Pacific States, many of in had determined ,cnce correctly.
andhadnotbositatedtosay,that,ontho!iaii '. :n u ,i :
pening of tl,at,con,ingcney wo should refuse fairly and impa Ua Ay, to 4 book To
, , mo two raciuo States all that aro count
dono. because a nomination, nindn mwlor .i ., , ,lru cunt
try A now counterfeit bank noto is de
scribed as having for its vignette, "a fe
male with a rake in her lap,"
sucu circumstances, would navo been an
idlo ceremony, and would have foreclosed
all chance of rcconeiliation in tho Couvcn
tioa or success for the party ; but no one,
so far as my knowledge goes, thought so
riously of going out vviLh the eight States
that bad retired, or for tho reasons which
they assigned.
Tho inquiry put in no gracious terms
"whetbor tho Cincinnati platform was
not good enough for Iho majority of tbo
Pennsylvania delegation," is readily an
swered. It was good enough for us, and
wo voted for it ; but wo wero willing, in
addition, in order to savo tho party from
disruption ,and because wo believed it right
in principles, to acknowlodge that mod iC
oJ at Baltimoro and Cincinnati . I .slmitlil i
not think it generous to make this point;1
but I make it because the rule wa, ehau I
ged ; and it was the change uj the rule and
I the indivulttul t.cireot th.- deb-'ates,!
that gave Mr. D. a majority of votes in'
the Convention. 'I he Cincinnati rulu al
lowed the majority of each delegation to
determine ltow the voto of the State should
bo cast whether as a unit or as tlio iudi-
1-1,1.. 1 .1. .!...... -.I 1 Mil ...
on 1 ot ' ' 'I ' u1?. What worse than childish folly
, In? tvcnVal X , Z ' a a?. " P' largely about being found
where he lias stood since 1 s," 1 earnest iii
bis advocacy of Americanism, and resolm
agaiiiit foreign domination.
Fortunately for tbo cause of American
ism, the sophistry of tho icus is too ap
parent to mislead any ono. For ni soil,
the eflVet of this miserable hypocrisy has
only been to make mo more resolute in mv
determination not to bo transferred, in any
way, into the ranks of Bepitblicanisui ; an I
I have this morning resolved to lend them
not even a negative support, but to go
against tbo whole, "People's Ticket" in
October, even at the risk of striking down
some good men, who, under other circum
stances, I should wish In.
case j deed, how can uny conservative man d-
an thing else ? Will not tho triumph oi
Curtin in October enure to the benefit oi
the ltcpnblioan party 1 Will it not carr)
joy to their fanatical hosts all over tin
couuti-y,and dispirit the friends of tin'
Constitution and Union in nu equal degree'
nomination of Mr li,,-i,7 T"ir V - i' muu"leu,J 11 w,u an" 1 'o d t, there-
"t . l w fo ?o i htin, fur?tl iforo,to bu lba duty of vy of l"
cd certain for tbo democratic nominees
excopt a minority iu Missouri and Mary
land, and two or three scattering delegates
elsewhere in the South, wero against the
as, and diffured
' platform of piin-
two ot uio hopclul Northern States
leaving Mr. D.'s entire voto in States ad
unitedly republican, with tho exception of
Indiana and Illinois. It is thus seen bow
necessary it was to keep tbo States intact
hat were against Mr. D., for, without
thorn, and all of thom.our chances of elec
tiou aro almost hopeless.
Under all tho circumstances, wo united
with tho majority of tho Convontion in fa-
What practical leathers say of ll"
merits of the Iron City Coll'ge.l d"
most unhesitatingly ray that the Iron
City Collcgo stands per-emincutly supe
rior to any similar School in the countrj
It is unquestionably tho businossuian
" Alma Mater ;" tbero is to bo obtain."
tho pure, keen kernel, without tho bu5'
or chaff, I speak from experience.
W V TOTTEN