J
it.
State of tlie Union with its property from in torniB of eulogy, he (peaks of his follow
its own domains. Applauso. Theso nre citiien in this lauguago :
nottho doctrines bfjtlie 'Constitutional Do- Mr. Breckinridge hero quoted tho Tcfor
inocraoy. Cheers;' These are sectional enco to himself and continued as follows :
doctrines. Cheers, li Those aro not tha I thank lnv vcncrahlo and distinguished
doctrines that mako tho pcaoo and liar?
mony of the union of States. ( (Cheers.)
As the distinguished Senator said at Nor-
folk. WV aro a faction, and -inuit bfe do-
idroycd." When wo aro destroyed they
will stick their daggers through and
through tho Constitution of tho country,
(Immense cheering.)
Tho namoB of Clay Wcbstor and
others, havo becn invoked to sustain this
doctrine of the Territorial vowor to ex-
oludo slave property. The Missouri Com-
. ' . " .....
promise ot 1B5U lias been invoked tor tha
' . ..... .-1
samo purposo. I assort, that from 1818
down to tho period when this falso doo
trho, repugnant nliko to tho Constitution
nnd reason, was thrust upon tho country,
lio respectable political party held tho
opinion that a territorial legislature had
tho riaht to excludo slave property pend-
ing its territorial condition. When did
Clay ever hold such doctrines? When
were such doctrines ever embodied in tho
Compromise measures of 1850.
They all looked to the period when thoj
shouldcomo into tho Union as" a State, a'
the timo when tho Territorial .authorities
might act. on tho subject of property, and
hold or excludo tho slavo property of tho
South (Applause.) Timo will not al
low mo to do much more than state theso
propositions,but.I will read short abstracts
lrom tho celebrated report mado by tho
Committee of Thirteen, of which Mr. Clay
was Uuairman, which resulted in tho com
promise measures of I860. Itis calm and
luoid has no elap trap phrases, and puts
mo In mind of tho language used by tho
Supremo Court.
(Mr. Breckenridgo hero quoted from
vol. 21 of the Globe, part 1st, page 045.)'
Ho continued That vyas the doctrine of
nonintervention in 1850. it was no in
terference to cxcludo by Congress or the
Territorial Legislature, but to lcavo the
question to bo decided by tho peoplo when
they came to form their State Constitution.
Mr. B. hero read from a speech of Dan
iel Webster, in which tho position is tak
en that territorial governments aro in a
state of pupilage, under tho protection of
the general government ; that they have
110 power, not given to them by Congress ;
thatit.is our duty to provide for tho peo
plo of tho territorial government ; to so
euro their property ; to see that the pro
tection of their persons and the security of
their property aro all regularly provided
for ; to maintain them in that stato until
they grow into sufficient iroporlanco in
point of population to bo admitted into the 1
Union as a Stato upon tho same footing
with tho original States.
Mr. Breckinridge continued Do you
suppose that Daniel Webster, after tho
opinion of tho Supremo Court which I
havo read to you, would havo considered
it becoming to him to point at somo con
trivance or- device by which tho Tcrritori
al Legislature could violate tho rights of
the Southern States ? Not ho ; nor would
Clay, nor any of tho great and good men
who figured in tho earlier days of your
history. Cheers.
Tho Judges and Govornors of these
Territorial Governments aro appointed by
the President of tho United States, and
paid out.of the public treasury, so that tho
very Legislature 'which they invoke to ex
cludo your property from tho Territories,
is one whose daily expenses aro paid out
oftho Treasury out of tho money to
which that very property contributes by
taxation. Applauso. Tho practice of
Government has been always different.
Mr. B. here entered into an argument
to Bhow that Congress has power to pro
tect property in tho Territories, and in
refutation oftho position recently taken
by the Senator from HIinois,that Congress
had never exercised this powen The prin
ciples I have tried feebly to vindicate hero
ho continued, aretheprinciples upon which'
the Constitutional Democracy stands to day.
If they aro the principles of the Constitution"
and the Union, then wo aro Constitution
alists and Unionists. And yet for two or
three months you havo heard loud ami in
cessant clamor that I and those Democrats
with whom I am connected aro disunion
is ta, supporting a disunioniHs, supporting
a disunion organization, that wo seek to
break up this confederacy of States I hard
ly knowj so far as it is a personal dharge
against myself, how to answer it.
The whole stock in trado of theso anon
ymous wriUrs nnd wandering orators oyer
the country seems to bo tho ' cry of disun
ion. "This" man and bis party," they say
"attempt to break up this union of Slates."
tit. V. 1 I L. 1
, 0 reply, now oau principle uo scciiouai
or tend to disunion, which aro based upon
the Constitution! And yet the largo.
number 01 young gentlemen who ara en
gaged in ringing bells, still, with tongues
as lone and heads as empty as the bells
which they ring, try "disunion V
Prolonged laughter and cheers.
From sources yet moro eminent comes
the iuforma'ion that I, and tho political
organization with which 1 am' connected
aro laboring for the disruption of tha Con
federacy. I do not reply now to what Mr.
Douglas says all over now England, in , will never como when any territorial an
Virgiuia and wherever ho goes, becauso it thority will be so reckless of its Constitu
is quite natural for a gentleman, as much tional obligations as to mako it necessary
interested as 110 is, to think mat any man vr congress 10 uccimu iu avis voiu.
, e' :.:i. 'ii.. .. muf ;., I,; 1.. ...in:
wno approves 01 my prmcipiva iuuh uu it wwt.vio.j iiu. u ... civ..., ..u buoiwius
disunionist. (Cheers and laughter.) In.' tho position on which wo stand in Congress
deed, by his declaration, we must bo all which compares well with tho decision of
disunioniUs in Kentucky, for ho declares tho Supremo Court. He says: Tho ex-
that thoso who assert that the Territorial
Legislature has no power to excludo slavo declares that a territorial govornpient is a
property ,and that Congress should inter- crcaturo of Congress, endowed only with
fcro for its protection aro disunionists ; tho powers conferred upon it by its creator
and that is what the wholo Legislature of and with no particlo of sovereignty.
Kentucky said last year. (Applauso.) Jlr. Crittenden goes on to say "that as
In our own State, where certainly I tho Territorial Government has no sover
thought my character and antecedents cfgn or independent righf'to act on thU
vrera known, ono of tho oldest and most subject, tho Supremo Court of tha United
eminent of publio men has not said that I States has, having determined that ovcry , Cheers.
was a disunionist, but intimated that I am citizen of the United States may go into j I havo no doubt that a gre.-jt many
connected with an organization whoso bono that Territory, carrying his slaves with gentlemen in the Southern States of tho
and body is disunion. I refer to Jlr, him, and holding them thero. Jly opinion i Urt on think that their Constitutional rights
Crittenden, in a speech mado at Louisville, is, that the Constitution is to protect that) will never bo recognized. A few aro,
I havo known and admired him, and ho property which it has authorized logo perhaps, pet se disunionists, though I
hasknownmc. Towards him I have chcr- thero : thercforo, when tho proper or cx- doubt if thero aro fifty such in tlio Union,
iihed, and expect to cherish, relations of trcmo case occurs, when property going Undoubtedly a number of gentlemen wlio
respectful and cordial esteem. Theso aro thero under tho Supremo Court of tho Uni-, wero dissatisfied with tho Compromise
reasons, which, even if I had ground for ted States, shall rcquiro such interposition mcasitrcs of 1850, now prefer mo for tho
it, would prevent any but perfect courtesy that itis tlio duty of Congress to interpose Presidency, nnd sustain me on this plat
in reply. After speaking of Jlr. Lincoln nnd grant proteotion." Nobly and well form, and if I wcro disposed to count
in terms rrs complimentary as his princi. said in languago worthy of his exalted noses I doubt not there aro many more
pics merit, and tLo Senator from Illinois character and reputation, of the same character who sustained other
friend for tho hope ho yet entertained that i
I am not a disunioiist. f Laughter and
applause LJko a humauo lawyer, he
gives mo the benefit of a douht, and for
this I thank him. ("Renewed cheers) As
to my connection with a party whoso priiii
ciples tend that way I may speak of that j
presently Jly object is to rcliovo myself,
lrom imputation of being a tlisuniotiitst
d on this !.I would prefer to rccoivo a di-
feet blow than to havo it sound hko tho ro-
uctant confession of a sorroful friend.-.
I Aitrvlnttea nml ln,ii-litiif 1
, -"j'1 . 9 1 . i , ,IJ7. , ., . , t? .,, 1 ,
M r 11 in niicEinr.. nnitl fit, nlniiinf n.l.tth tf ttnf vniimtnitiirl tin Will Mnil mill
tribute to Gcu. Lane, und continued to
sneak of tlio oharco nenlhsl himself of
speak 01 tuo ohargo agal
ine a disunionisl.
Born within sight of this spet, known to
juujui iil-ui luity yuuis, yuur icjiicnuuiii-
tivo in the Legislature, in congress, and
having'hold other situations of trust, I in
vi to any one to point to anything in my
character or antecedents which would sanc
tion suoh a charge or suck an imputation.
(Cheers.) I will not degrade the dignity
of my declaration by opithcts j but I proud
ly challenge my bitterest enemy to point to
an act, to disoioc an utterance or to ro
vcal a thought of mino hostile to the Con
stitution or tho union of tLo States. (Loud
cheers.)
Tho man docs not livo who has the pow
cr to couple my namo successfully with
tho slightest taint .of disloyality to tho
Constitution and tho Union. (Applause.) Have I not shown that tho agreement thus
But if thero bo nothing in my character 1 mado, has been violated by tho dcelara
to justify this accusation, what is thero in tion that a suhordidato authority may de
the platform and .principles upon which I ny the constitutional right to adinitt slaro
stand ? As it must, if anywhere, be in tho J property, when tho Court says it has not
resolutions as to property in tho Tcrrito- that power. Who has abandoned the
ries, I will read them, and you can judge!
whether they accord with the position of
the Supreme Court and the government,
I havo shown it to-day.
.After reading the resolutions, he contin
uedThat is tha platform and these aro
the principles avowed. If they aro con
stitutional thoy aro not sectional, lor tho
Constitution is broad enough to cover the
wholo Union. (Cheers.) Ho who stands overwhelming majority of tho whole Dem
upon tho Constitution cau neither bo boo-1 ocratie party of Kentucky, and declared
tional nor a disunionist. Thoso principles by Mr. Crittenden to ho sound and true.
are taken almost verbatim from tho opinio 1
of tho Supremo Court. Thoy aro suppoit- I
cd by the precedents and practico of tho
Government. They aro tho prineiples up-1
on which wo may well live and by which
wo may well bo willing to die. (Uhccrs.; , legitimate facts and argument, l am not
They aro vital, important, aud concern tho contcious of having nppealod to any prcj
riMit. of nnrsons and nronertv. Thcv udice.
cannot bo abstract and unimportant for'
thoy concern tlio honor and equality ot ,
the States. What has bcon tho position I
of Kentucky upon that platform ? The '
candidates for Governor ot" this Stato last
year, both held that territorial legislatures
havo no power to exclude our properly.
and each contended that ovcry department
of the government must protect it when it
becomes necessary. Mr. Joshua Bell, I
believe, went a step further by expressing '
tho opinion that the time had now arrived
when the government shall interfere.
Your Conventions endorsed these piinci-'
pics, and tho Senate nnd Assembly of tho
Commonwealth of Kontuokv.bv the uuan-'
imous voto of both parties, endorsed them (
as being coiutitutional and true, by tho
following resolution, which I must read, it
is so apt, so pcrtincnt,so conclusive. (Tlio
resolution ot tho last Legislature of Ken-'
tueky were hero read.) That is word for
word, the opinion of tho Supremo Court,
and tht platform ot jNational Democratic 1 principles. ot " tho Constitution, tho Union ry, in aexas, tnc boutli eiiTiroucu and 00
Convention on which I stand to day. jand tho enforcement of the laws." I sot, the Constitution thrown into our faco,
JJoth parties in Kontucky,at tho polls and
by tho unanimous voto of their represen
tatives in tho Legislature, have declared
that-thoso principles aro thoso oftho Con:
stitution. I might pause here, but in sup
port of theso principles I want the author
ity of Mr. Crittenden himself. (Applause.)
wuatcver aouuts 110 may navo as to my
fidelity to tho Constitution and tho Union
I do not hesitato to 'say that eminent ;
gentleman is devoted to tlio Union. I do
not believe he would advocate principles
which ho-beliavcd were unconstitutional or
calculated to destroy itbo .union of this
country, and if I can havol his sanction
and endorsement for the principles, I ad
vocate, it win go a great way 111 proviugj
tunc tuey arc constitutional, auu not tend
ing to disunion.
Mr. B., hero read the 3d, 4th and 5th
of Senator Davis' resolutions, and referred
id Mr. Crittenden's voto for them.
There I have tho voto of my distinguish-
ed friend, declaring that these question are)
not rainuto nor unimportant that tho un
ion of tho States rests upon tho equality
of rights among them that neither Con
gress nor.tho Territorial Legislature has a
right to iufringo' tho constitutional rights
of any citizen, and that if any right bo "as
sailed by tho Territorial Legislature, it be
comes 'necessary for Congress to iutorforo
to protect that right precisely the prin
ciples upon which wo etaud today. (Cheers
Ny distinguished friend fo'lowed these res
olutions by a speech, which. I find in the
Daily Globe.
, It is true ho expressed a hopo that the
time might never como when it would ho
necessary for Congress to intervene to pro
tcct those, rizhts. I trust that tho time
tract read from Jlr. ICrittenden's spcccli
Mr. Douglas says, and to-day stands
upon it, and claims your votes upon it,
that a Territorial Legislature, uo matter
what tlio decision of tlio Supremo Court
may bo, lias tlio right to exclude slave
property from a Territory 1 that you may
take it tjicro, hut that it' .must be held
subject to such lavs as tho local lcgisla-
turo 'may make. 'Tlio (Supremo Court
says tho Territorial Tiogislaturo cannot
cxcludo it. and Mr. 0. says : Nothing
can strike him as nioro unconstitutional
and contradictory than to say that whilo
you may go there', llicrc is Somebody
stronger or mightier than he Constitu-
tmn that can tako away that which tho
Constitutn says you may hold and en-
ist- lliel wltnt Alt' llnttttlna n6Hrfa. ftml
1 destroy as ha coes. (Applause.) I do-
be-'rivO somo satlsfactidn from tho fact that
I the Hon. John J. Crittenden, whose name'
and authority will go far in this Union,
j una ucumiuu in luv utmin. um. .uvugur
zed by his vote as Senator the principles
I upon which wo stand, as tho principlca of
tho Constitution. (Uhccrs.;
I cannot onlargo I appeal to you if I
have not with rcasonablo certainty I
may say conclusively repelled tho uccu
sation agaiust me if I havo not Bhown
that it is neither I, nor tha party which
nominated me, but Mr. Douglas, who has
broken faith j Hint by agreement at tho
timo of tho passago of the Kansas-Nebraska
bill, tho constitutional point was to bo
left to tho Supreme Court f Havo I not
shown that tho Supremo Court sustained
our construction of the Constitution ?
ground or violated tho agreement?
I havo showu that the principles upon
which wo stand havo been endorsed and
sanctioned by the practice of tho Govern
ment, affirmed by tho highest judicial
tribunal in the world, voted to bo'truo by
tho two political parties in Kentucky iu
1850, unanimously asserted by both
branches of tho Legislature, and by an
(Cheers.) I think I have piled up a
pyramid of fact and argument in support
of our principles which
itself to tho gravo cons
intelligent man. I hav
oupht to commend
consideration of every
I havo tried to do it bv
Fellow citizens, can you bear with me a
little longer I
A Voice " Yes, for a week ; go on I''
I know of but' one political orgnniza-
tion now before tho United States which
asserts tho principles I have undertaken f
to expound. The Republican organiza-j
tiou has taken precisely tho same ground 1
from an opposite point of view. Thoy
say we have 110 rights iu tho Territories
with our property They say Congress
has a right to exclude it, and it is its duty
to do so, and thoy aro willing to see the 1
Territorial Lecislature doit if Congress
does not.
In reirard to tho platform adopted bv
the Convention which nominated Jlr. Bell, .
ot 'lenucssee, and My. iJvcrott, ot lassa-.
ohusctte, I havo only to say that certainly
it announces no principle at all upon this
subject, nono whatever. Gentlemen tell
us that they are advocating the claims of
'these distinguished gentlemen upon tho
presume that thero is scarcely a man in
this assembly perhaps no one North or
South, who will admit that ho is against Union, and thus to bog'm tho " irrcpressi
tho Union, tho Constitution and tho cn-1 blu conflict."
forccmcnt, of tho lawn. But yet thoy cn-1 Yet when a political organization ven
tcrtain tho most diverse and opposite turos to ask for constitutional rights, you
oninions ns to tbo best modo of sustaining I turn with clamorous cries of disunion upon
! tho Constitution and the character of tho
laws to be enforced.- Mr. Seward, Mr.
JJurlineame and Mr. Giddings will tell
you thoy aro for tho Union: but it is their
own sort of Union tiny want. They say
they aro for. tho Constitution, but Ihcy
construo tho Constitution so as to tako
away all our rights. Thoy tell -you they
are for tho enforcement of tho laws, but
they arc for laws which would take away
our property. (Cheers.)
"For tho Union, tho Constitution and
HiH Law..." Tl,nv filinkn hands with vnn
on that anything under heaven after
ward. Laughter aud cheers.
This platform, gentlemen, declares
practically nothing' aud I havo nothing
further to say about it. But tho platform
1 have read to you does oontain a distinct
enunciation of certain principles which
treat of the rights' of property and person
in the Territories, and what wo rogard to
be tho equal rights of tho States. A nd
wo want to know if the people of Kentucky
aro ready to meet tho issue. Wo appeal
to you, not in behalf of any individual,
but to stand by our own principles,
founded on the Constitution of tho coun-
Now if it bo truo that I am not a dis
uniouist, aud if it bo truo that tho politi
cal principles I advocate are not disunion
principles, hut aro tho principles of the
Constitution, is it not right hard to charco
disunion ou sound men with constitutional
ri 9 r"i--!- i if mi .1'. .1-1
principles? Crie3 of "That's so."l
That, gentlemen, would seem to exhaust
the subject " sound men with constitu
tional principles" which principles I havo
announced in tho form recognized by
American politics, to be asserted by moans
oftho ballot box,
But a word on anothor subject. It is
said that although I am not a disunionist
and tho principles 1 assert aro not, yet
tho object of tho organization by which I
havo been nominated is to break up this
confederacy, and I suppose they have
selected mo as tho tool
with which to ox
ccuto that scheme.
A Voice " A bad
instrument.1'
gentlemen upon platforrrs not so constitu- that tho prcstigo of success which had
tional and desirable as wine, Cheers. crowned tho labors of the Heading Con
What is tho charge T Merely that tlio vention was irrevocably brokon, and they
cntiro delegations ot sbmo States, suppor-
ted by tlio mass ot tlio JJemocracy in n(
tho Southern States, inado this nomina 1
tion. Do tliey say tho wholo of this mass
wcro disunionists I Why, gentlemen, tho
country is in a bad way if this bo so. But
tho charco is a reckless one. How is it
with the Stato of Kentucky, which is go.
ing to vote In accordance with that princi
ple? Is" thd" State of Kentucky a dls
union Stalo,? Tho delegations from Cal-,
ifornia and Oregon wcro in tho Convoii'
tion. They resido thousands of miles
away from our private strifes. What
have they said that would lead any tnfln
to suppose that thoy would break up tho
Union of tho States ? They aro imparti
al arbitrators of this' disputoj and Ihcy tell
our Northern" brethren thoy must do jus
tice and givo equality in tho Union, and
that on such principles they can maintain
tho Constitution and tho Union. That is
what Orogou and California say as woll
as largo majorities of tho delegations lrom
ntlinr rftatfla of tho Union. Hnn.ntorfl nnd
members of tho House, Representatives It cannot bo denied that tho union of
from both sections of tho Union, men who . tho Democratic party will result in a
havo filled tho highest Btations in tho pub-1 brilliant triumph in October. On that
lio councils, but havo, now withdrawn from initial battlo all our energies must now bo
publio life, all concur in declaring that 'concentrated. AVe havo a loader worthy
theso aro tho principles of the Constitu- of our cause. With an enthusiasm never
tion, and they aro not afraid to oxecuto before equalled in any political assem
them. Cheers. hlacc, JJeiiry D. Foster, of Wcstmorc-
Gentlemen, the chargo of disunion is
baseless. Advantago has been taken of
the cordial loyalty oftho people of Ken
tueky, To tho surprise and delight of the
gentlemen who engaged in it, the scheme
took better than they expected : but I am
satisfied that the sober second thought of
the people will recall them to the asser
tion ot their principles. Kentucky will
never abandon a principlo which sho has
declared to bo (he principlo of tho Consti
tution and tho Union. Loud applause
I will not answer' tho newspaper accu
sations, that this gentleman and the othor
gentleman who have held extreme opin
ions, support mc gentlemen of far moro
extreme opinions support both tho other
candidates. What it li. 0. and D., whoso
opinions you do not like, think better of a
certain set of principles than thoy do of a
certain other set of principles, or, if you
please, no principles at all, chose to vote
for us,- aro you coinc to put the stigma of
j disunion upon one half tho cinpiro. There
j are disunionists all over tho country work-
ilnS 10 overthrow tLo Union. 'J livre an
thoso who deny Constitution ll rights,
who aro engaged to-day 111 trampling un
der foot the plainest lights guaranteed to
us by the Constitution. Thu Governor of
Ohio refuses to restore a man indicted
for felony became lie says it is no crimo
under the laws of Ohio to steal a negro.
In tho Stato of Wisconsin, a man who was
indicted for rescuing a paity forcibly from
tho hands of tho Marshal, is protected by
an armed mob.
vt hero in the jNorth can
tho Fugitivo Slave law be executed ? How
, many States at tho North havo passed
laws making it an offence, to bo punished
jby fine aud iniprisonment, to aid the offi-
cors oi 1110 united states iu executing the
law ?
In regard to the return of a fugitive
slave, look at tho concentration of public
opinion, look at tho encroachments- year
niter year, 1001c liow you aro environed
and closed in upon, Stato after Stato ma
king it p:nal in tlio peoplo to help tho
officers of tho United States, the anti-
slavery spirit spreading and making in-
roads in every direction, at Harper's Fer-
mo purposo avowed to cxciuiio tno aoutn
from all the vast common domain of the
, your own fellow-citizens, who work for
your own rights.
JUr. B. reviewed tho course of Jlr. Doug'
1 las to show that hi dosign was to disor
; ganizo tho Democratio party in tho South
as woll as at tho Noith, and stated that
if tho effort to defeat Lincoln in Now
York, Pennsylvania and Now Jersey,
fchould prove uiuucccssful, it was to bo
' charged to tho rule or ruin polioy pursued
by tho Senator frjm Illinois.
Uo concluded by a fervid appeal to the
Democracy of Kentucky not to forsako
the constitutional principles on which thoy
stood.
Ho retired in a state of groat physical
exhaustion, bavin" to omit several topics
on which lie intended to speak.
ADDRESS
OP THE
DEMOCRATIC STATU EXECUTIVE
COJIMITTEE OF PENN'A.
To the Dtmocracy vf I'cmtsylvcmia :
Iu a few weeks you will be called upon
to jonorm tuo most important duty that
aver devolvsd upon you as American citi
zens. At no time in tho history of our
couutry waa your action iuvested with
deeper mterost nor fraught with greater
consequences. Pennsylvania is again tho
battle ground ol the Union j and upon her
decision in October next, will depend, in a
great measure, tho triumph' or defeat of
I tho Republican party iu the November
1 ..... . - .....
contest. Deeply impressed with this truth
tho Democratic Stato Execulivo Commit
tee desires briefly to address you. It needs
no lengthy argument at this timo to call
you to a senso of duty. In tho crisis now
impending, every true patriot can see at a
tiuglo glance tho pathway ho should tread
with uufaltoring footsteps.
Ever since tho separation of tho Nation
al Democracy at Baltimore, tho Stato
Committee has earnestly labored to pro
moto the union of tho Democratic party iu
Pennsylvania. It has sought no other oh.
jcot, it has struggled to produco no other
result. When tho chasm yawned that
threatened the powerful organization which
iu times past, has been able to contend
successfully with Iho foes of tho Conslitu
lion and tho contemners of tho equality of
cates oftho odious doctrines of Seward,
Sumner, Lincoln, and John Brown, bo-
cauio reckless and delimit.
Theybtlievcd
tno oiatcs, tno great heart ot tho Ameti- .rii - , . .... J upuu ms ucan aim say mat ;! , .1 ' , , . , ,
ican people waag filled will, dread, ai.il t o ' ?f """I'lo ruction. They have he has never solicited support! Will he 1 en r of D Solas i'nl W- l"
Democratio mas wcro overwhehued with jn ced adopted as one of their mottoes, y that he has convert with JJgSl&T
consternation. Tho Republican parly view-, I rotccl.on 0 American Industry." Now, soliciting support ! Will he say that 1 0 1 ,P ech. b
cd our mtcrnecino warfare with 1 I .disgu s- if Jlr. Lincoln is a protective Tariff m I,,.;...- 1 ,i , 1 , 3 sf-
ed delight Its leaders, confident offuc when ta tll0 J fi Lo' 'yT nobody, and promi,,, SenTacTnumber of
cess, boldly enunciated their dange.ous .)rocluce(, . - " " b8 uobody Byrani's Illustrated Lady's Nowspaper.tho
ami ircasonauio sentimeuis. J.UO atlvo- .. . , cl- - - - -. on
promptly niado tho Keystone btato uie
iiom oi mcir ncuvo anucnuiguuu
On our soil tho battle is to be fought, and
'with our peoplo tho vio:ory or defeat must
bo accomplished.
In this emergency, IheStatd CSmmitteo,
actuated by fceliugs of patriotism; and
nromnted onlv bv a wish to secure tho tri
uniph of tho "good old cause," endeavored
to agree' updh a course "of aetion'thatfwould
onablo tho Democratic masses lb unito up
on one Klcctoral ticket, and thus permit
them to mako a common effort against tho
candidates of tho Bcpuhlican party. Af
ter much deliberation, plan of union was
agreed upon, which, if faithfully executed,
will unquottionablyy produco this patriotic
result. In' such a crisis it requires 110 words
to pfovo tho wisdom tf any cilort that will
firmly consolidate tho opposition to our
common political enemy. It is simply a
question between republicanism and De
mocracy : and. as such, it is committed
J with confidence to tho calm, good sense of
I thft nnonle of Pennsylvania,
land, was solcclcd as our standard bearer
in that important contest. Ho did not
seek the nomination. Ho repeatedly de
clined being a candidate for tho office.
When struggling partizans met at Read
ing to advauc j tlio interests of their pecu
liar favorites, ho remained In tho quio t
retirement of his onn home, with no
thought of personal advancement, and
anxious only for tho success of Democratic
principles. Tjio presentation ofhisnanio
to tho Uonvcntion was met by a prompt
withdrawal, at his urgent solicitation.
But when tho voico of tho peoplo unani
mously proclaimed him tho leader of tho
party iu his native Commonwealth, ho
did not refuse to obey the call to duty,
yet seeking no preferment by any word
or act of his own. Tho record of his life
is tho record of a Pennsylvania patriot.
In every position ho has occupied, be has
obeyed the instincts of his naiura in la
boring for tho good of thoso who gavu In in
place aud power. Tim purity of his pri
vate character J the ability which marks
every act ol fin public lite ; tho devotion
ho has shown to tho industrial niteicftii of
Pennsylvania in tho halls of our National
Congress and State LegUlaturo ; tlio zeal
ho has over brought to bear upon all nues-
tions involving the truo policy of our Stato
Government ; and the consoivatisin which
ha always characterized his views upon
National issues, make him eminently
worthy of the support and confidence of
all who have ,nt heart the abiding welfare
of Pennsylvania freemen. Iu akiu;r vou
fo do battlo for such a champion, tho State
Conimittjo feels .that it is only c.illing
upon you to guard and protect your vital
interests, lou will not be thus appealed
to in vain. Tho people aro with the
Democratio paity, and will follow its flair.
because it is tho party of tho Union and
the ConMitiilioii. Jt has mado this coun
try great and powerful. It lias never
ceased to sirugslo for the elevation of the
iuascs, and fur tho establishment of the
true policy of government. Its power 'u
exhibited iu tho rapid growth of our ex
tended boundaries, m tlio general prosper
ity and happiness of our people, and in tho
Irco and liberal character that has been
given to our political institutions. In
invoking thorough and complete organi
zation throughout tho State in behalf of
this party, a simple duty is required oftho
Djmocratio masses. The St.ite Commit
tee is now actively engaged in endeavor
ing to f-ccuro this suro and certain precur
sor of victory. Wo must bo united iu the
contest, or our causo is uttorlv hopeless.
Parties, as well as nations, perish before
the ovil genius of dissension. Although
clouds and darkuess may surround us.
the- union of tho Democracy will avert
calamity by which wo may ho threatened,
and will carry our banuar in triumph
tnrougti tuo norm ot battlo.
WILLIAM II WELSH,
Chairman.
PiiiLADEr.niiA, Sept. 3, 1800.
Gon. FosterDuty of Democrats
mi. t. , ..
uen uen. roster was solicited ny nis Ktawwt for piff. Hurley for Deft. Ver
personal friends and adinirors to becomo alj:., . liiir s.t., n.
candidate for Governor,, he frankly replied
that ho was not rich enough to afford it,
arid therefore declined to comply with their
vwsues. nen tno Heading Convention
assembled an excited contest arose between
the friends of tho candidates before it. It
was feared that tho party could not har
monize upon either. Knowing tho high
qualifications of Gen. Foster his stern
patriotism anu integr.iy-and tho desire amWlion. I hav0 ha chara wiln -l0 noi to carry tho State for Linco' -of
so largo a. portion of the Democracy to triguing for tho nomination. I have been ' ani1 not for Douglas. Nono of thorn hav
nominate him in spite of his protestation to charged with leaping before the wishes of supported cither Democratio men or mens
. .- - . . .. . . .
tho contrary, on motion of A. J. Dietrick,
Esq., formerly of this county, he was
nominated unanimously amidst a degree
Of enthusiastic fervor rr,K, If .... :,L..
- .. v.-. IUUIVI3-
-n r;-i , , .
mw.iiij juiivu jihu uio ueiu a-
gainst his ropoatedly expressed will and
nnflltiet l.Io !ii4i,i-ii.l.- .:..1.1! l.f . 1
. o imwtois jinuiug ins personal j
desires to tho demands of tbo party, we' k is seldom a candidate can offer a
submit tho question to every honest man 'challenge liko this to tho world, for tho
whether it is not a golden duty for every ' roasoli that few candidates occupy so high
Democrat to uso his utmoit efforts to elect ' allU dignified a position as Jlr. Jlrcckiu
him to sacrifice cvory minor considora-1 ridge, lio obtained a nomination for
tion especially to forget all extraneous President through tho unsolicited and un
or national difficulties and mako a grand bought suffrages of his Democratic fellow
and determined rally for Henry D. Foster. ' citizens. Ho defies aDy man to prove that
Sullivan Co. Democrat, i ho ever intiigucd for a nomination. It
. ' would bo well for tha country if everv can.
SST- Iho .Republican party claim the
support of Protective Tariff men on tho
known an a free trader. This is a
trick of the enemy to deceive tha unwarY
and ignorant.
I ground that their candidates aro in favor l i.:. i- i , f! ' . plaoo, and telocranhed that, wnnrlorini
COLUMBIA 1)11
HI
t,EVI t. TATE, Editors
3Slonmsjjurg:
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1860.
imThToTuVtic" nominations.
TOR PRESIDENT I
Hon. John 0. Breckinridge,
Or KENTUCKY.
TOR VIOB PRESIDENT I
Gen. Joseph Lauc,
OF OREGON.
TOR 1'KKStPKNTI
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS,
OF IUJNOIS.
rou virT.,riti:ainn.vTi
IIERSOHEL V. JOHNSON,
OF OEOnUIA.
DEMOCRATIC STATU NOMINATIONS.
TOR GOVERNOR:
HENRY D. FOSTER,
OF WESTMORELAND. .
DISTRICT TICKET.
ron conuress :
HON.- G Jj ORG E SCOTT,
Sutjul to ! rfliln 0 Ihf angritlhnal t'ifnn
for sr.NATou:
jr. E. JACKSON, ESQ.,
MjKl U tht.dcchlcn ef thl Smt'.crial Cirfnentt.
ron Atisr.jim.y :
COL. HIRAM R. KLIN E ,
Subjett to tkt dtcliian of the lltprettntatnt Uinftrtntt.
UOVN T i' T a V K E T .
ron rnoTiioNOTAnv :
J A 0 0 B E V E R L V.
FOR IlKO ISlT.lt AM) ItECORIlHIl:
D A N I E r, ' L E n .
ron commission- :
W I L L I A M L A Jl O N .
rou AUDITOR :
JOS. B. KNIT TIi
E.
i t To tho exclusion of our usual
cellany, wo give this week civire, the great
speech of our gallant candiilato for tlio i all yieiueu a coruiai support 10 me neuoa
presidency; and to which wo direct the ' of State Central Comiuitteo The exc.p
attention of all our readers j lions aro Forney's ',rt, tho Weitmon...
It is the ablest pfToit of the cmipnign, j land lr-(s, the Doylestown Derwero,
and effectually demolishes all oppotion. j thu Wet (Jhcj-tcr ItefitMiatn, the Potts-
illc Jitcorl, and tho Harriiburg S'ctt'
Raimioad Al'l'OINTMF.NT. (Jolotiel H. Smluitl. It may interest oir ro.iden t
A. Fonda lias been appointed Scpcrintcn- know who tho editor of thesa pnpars aro.
dent of the Williainspott !c Elinira road, j and why they pretend to sipport D.ujUi.
in the place ol .1. A. JiKm if.i,p, l.sq.,
who, wo believe, takes the position of Vice
President or General Agent of iho samo
company.
Court Procoodings.
(continued.)
I
. .!?.ryTl
Com'tli. vs. Nancy Jlichacl-
Tit. Atty. fc Clark for Com'tli Wilt &
Freeze for D:fl. Verdict girlty sentence
. ,, , . , . .
l'uiy ionars line, aim six iiioiiins lmpris
onmoiit.
Comth. w. Adam Lfbert Selling li-j
quor on Sunday Dist. Att'y. for Com th.
Wirt and Freczo for Deft. Verdict
guilty Sentence f-J0 fine, ten days i ra
Fi3onment nnd ccist3i
! . , , ,.,
I 15onJ' A' CoI "' A;
in. Simons Action !
in trover I' reczo and Vi irt for 1'lff. '
im,.i.- Cn- T.r,.,ln,.t v..i: rn.:.. I
vim. iv .w. m-ibiiuuiivi iviuivi. iui i. jam-
tiff for S118.S5.
J. P. Jackson vs. Enooh Howell Ac
tion on a note. Defendant claimed he had
rriven a diflfprnnt nnl.i frnm llmf mioil nn
' " "
Kno3 AAam w g Sevbcrt-Aclion
on guaranty of a Iloto. ilittlo for m
Jack30n for i)eft. Vcrdict for pjff for
S159.16.
A Challenge to tho World.
In his speech at Ashland, Jlr. Breck
inridge said :
uatu uuuil L'linrircu Wll i !i nriMnnm-n
(( T !... 1 I 1 ..,
'n l)u0P'e na desiring to tlruit myself,
b!foro 'p1"11 lor the uigllflst office in their
g I have wrVtpTnn h !f olljr ,,.
iV1011 '0 ""i'l h5"'S
nuiiiwil. uavc
soliciting support,
nobody. 1 hav
these statements
1 fmm nitP linniiiti kniii
didate for Presidnni cm.1,1 tril.fii
the samo declaration Will m. n-..i.
--w, i i 'i i iuu iiia
gSr A new counterfieit five dollar no'o
on tha Farmer.' i:a,,l- r si,...,,i.:i
hll, m ,7 '1
: converse wan nobody, j announced in Forney s 1'ms li
. - iuuikwu mm ,tv. UnKa iirdnv Incf !, r.
o promised nobodv. To' . . .
I ehallen onnti-n'ilition I not onv whero ho would f
Dr. John's "Specimen Brick."
A lato Columbia Republican, with it
characteristic dishonesty, publishes from
the testimony of Oornclmt Wendell, before
tlio Covodo Comuiiftecy a few answers
which lio .supposes tho peoplo will ho stn.
pld enough to' receive as conoluslvo cvi.
denco that James Buchanan, nnd all hij
Cabinet, aro a sot ol corrupt black-hearted
villians buying up tho votes of Jlomberj
of Congress with tho funds of the Govern,
mont. To show our readers how much
roliuneo they can place upon anything that
appears in that paper, wo publish the fob
lowing questions' unit answers, taken from
tho testimony of that samo witness, Wen.
uen, uoioro tuo same coiiuiuueo, ana rc
ported in that same -''great book," on tta
Lccompton bill :
Pago i40 Question by Mr. Window,
What Mr. Robison wants to know is wlieth.
cr it was government money furnished you
by government olficcrs to corruptly carry
that bill, or was it your own funds t
Ans. There never was a dollar furn
ished me by any government officer, fa
llutt or any oilier purjioie.
Ques. Neither directly or indirectly !
Ans. No Sir.
Ques. By tho Chairman Were you not
induced to believe that by using your taoa.
cy freely in that way, you would have pa.
trouage to reimburse you ?
(Jlr. Wiuslow to the Chairman) Induced
by whom ?
Tho Chairman By officers of the Gov.
crnmcnt.
Ans. iVo Sir, I rttvtr tent.
On page 11)0 Ques. by Jlr. Winslos,
Now tho money that you speak of, was it
monoy of your own, or mousy of the gov
ernment ?
Ans. It was my own.
Ques. I ask you if this money waj
paid at tho instance of tho Govuruiuvnt or
any member of it I
Ans. No Sir.
Que.". So far as you know, they wen
totally ignorant of that fact.
Ans. Totally so.
Pages 21fi and -'10, Question by Mr
Wiuslow. Was there any understanding
directly or indirectly, seuiot or otheiwis.-,
between you and the Administration, that
you should bo rewarded in any way,shap3
or form, for what you wera doing for the
Lccompton bill 1
Ans. - No Sir.
Now, Dcctor, if you want any bjtt'.r
testiinciiy you can bo uceoiiiuiodutcd.
Who tlio Disorganii33r3 an.
Tlio Montrose Democrat say the papu
of Pennsylvania, with a tew ciccptlont,
which aro supporting Jlr. Douglas, have
: and yt t aio driving to give tho state to
Lincoln.
Forney, who controls tha PmsUa
Black Republican ollico holdt-r, and Lit
Democratic cditori.ils are said i . p.irt t
be wiittcti by un old abolitioiii.'t. Fornev
pledged his aid to tho enemy before Lii
election as Clerk ; or in other words, joht
himself before he eot Iih nav. John M
Tininl. nf ilift Wr.-tnirtrMnrirl Ai'trti r-vu
I . , , '
i an intense and cnthuuastio admirer of Jlr.
Buchanan up to the time tho latter refu-cd
to appoint him Postmaster at (Jreensbur-,
whereupon tho hitter leveled his batteriM
at tho Administration. Tho editor of the
Doylestown Demount, who grow gray aud
rich in offico, wanted his services to tho
party still more rewarded, and askod for
ollico for both himself and h'n son ; but.
f.iilin to get tho lion's sharo, like tbi
lion became furiom. Pcaroo of t;
West Chester Hip ibi-wi, holds an
fico under Iho Black Republicans. Tb .
q lid pro quo asked of him is merely t- ic
echo what Forney say?. Tho Cakes, wl.
own aud control the Pottsvilla J.'ecml,
arc no Democrats. They went ovor
tho enemy with S'mon Cameron. C. h
Hinclino, of tho Sentinel is an imports',
disorganizcr from Jersey, and his pap."
was started to oppose our party. Tin. .
are tho men who hold out against tho har
monious action of tho Cresson Compromise
and the wholo tenor of whoso actions shov
plain and unmistakable evidenco that the"
ures, for some years past, and do not now,
in reality.
Tho movements of Judga Douclns arf
iy author
ess state;
peak durinp
this week, but that ho had chancsd hi
original intention of speaking in Phila
delphia on Saturday evening, reserving
himself for a day nearer tho election
There is no reason to doubt that Forne."
is kept fully posted as to tho rnovomens'
and intentions of Jlr. Douglas. Tho con
fidential secretary of tho ' Little Giant '
is a Jlr. Shoridan, who follows him absat
in all his peregrinations. This sams
Sheridan is tho correspondent of tho P.-'st,
ami on tho most intimata term, with F.,r-
' ny. He reported Dou-rlas' Rnr,.h in thu
. . ct i w-
L'Kllf
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