(JOLUMBIA DilOCRAT.
KDi rr.tf my Levi h. tate, rnorimyrort.
BLOOMSBUBG, PA.
"SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1B62
IrKMOCltAilU STATU TICKET.
AODItOIt GENERAL,
ISAAC SLENKER.
01 UNION COUNTY.
SURVEYOR GENERAL,
JAMES P. BARK,
OV ALLKCMIUNY COUNTY.
THE NATIONAL PLATFORM!
PURPOSES OF TIIE WAR !
Ooiimr.M, nr a votb nkaiu.y i-xanimocs, r.issrn the
JOI.I.IIWIM) KEfflttirtON, WHICH E.-miESses THE 01tCOr
THE NsTIOI NU II TIIKTRUK STANDARD OF LOYALTY !
"That tlic nrciciil ili iilntnlile civil war lias been
forced mjhjii the country by Ilia illvinlonlsta of the
Southern Mates, now in arim ogiilnt tlin Constitutional
Ciivprmnunt, litnl In nrni nroiiml tlio Capital ; that In
thl X.itinuM ruerirpncv. t'linirress. linnlsliill!? nil feel
Ins nf incf,, lmskinn or resentment, will recollect only
its ilut)' to tlii! whole country ; that. this tear it vet teaged
on IHctr part In any tpirtl oj oppretsxon,or jor any pur
floss of rami net t or suhtuitatton or uuruoscof ocerthrouinif
or interfering ittth the rightt or established inttiluttont of
thoteJiiatet, itf defend and maintain the supremacy of
ne uontlltuiion, ana tJ prrsenc inz uiirvn, ine uif-
ttitu. tauidita. amlrirrhta of the tereral State unimpaired.
and that it a too a at these objects arc accomplished the var
ought to crate.
Opinions of Judge Douglas.
lu'piitliamsof our day, now that lie Is no more, profess
Implicit faith in the opinions of the Into Hon. Sienien
A. Pouulas. Wo call to tlio witness r-tnnil the living
history of that tried pulrlut nnd eminent Muteimnti. Ill
tlu United States Pciiato, upon the 3d of January, 1SU1
.Indira Douglas said :
"I address the iuiuirr to rcniiljlicaiis loneir the ret
son ihtl in the Committee f thirteen, afeic iaysago, trery
member from the South, including those from the cotton
Stales (.Messrs. Tomb and U.ivis) expressed their readu
pes to accept the proposition of my venerable friend Srom
A'cntiie ka i Mr. Critteiuleitl as a I'lN'AI. SP.TTLIIM l'.NT
vfthc eontroccrnj, if tcniirvd andsustaincd by republican
members. "HENCLI, Till: SOLI! Ki:sro.i?lUIHTY
Of OUIt ItiaAtiltUU.MIINT, AM) Till: ONLY Dir
rini'l.TY IN' TUG WAY OF AMICAUt.n ADJUST
JIl'.NT, 18 WITI1TIIU RUPUULIi'AN 1'AltTY,"
Stephen j). Vouslat!
'I hold that this fiovernincntwns made on the White
lliihisby White Men for the benefit of White .Men and
inelr I'oslemy i urcver ! Selphen .1. uougtas.
OSsJtGe.v. McOall. Monday's Phil
adelphia papers bring U9 tho gratifying
intclligouco that Geu. Geo. A. McOall, re
ported killed iu tlio battle near White Oak
iiwamp, is not dead, but wounded and a
prisoner in the hands of tho rebels.
EST One or tue Men who Denounce
Democrats as Traitors. Gcorgo V.
Juliuu, Republican, from Indiana, in a
speech tho other day in Congress said :
"Gates may arise in whioh patriotism its
sal f may demand that wo tramplo under
our feet some of the most vital principles
of the Constitution ;" auu ho adds that
this has beeu done already by the present
Administration !"' Tho Abolition organs
consider such men as Julian patriots and
euck men as Vullandigham traitors.
ESy- A correspoudcut'of the Rochester
Democrat alludes to the fact that twelve
years since, Mr. Seward introduced a bill
into the Senate to abolish slavery iu the
District of Columbia. That bill received
his own vole not another beside. Now j
what ho then alone voted for, is a la.
A vents march faster than armies
Dunvilte Democrat.
Yes, and not many years ago, a prop
osition was introduced into the United
States Senato in favor of a disolution of
the Union, and received tho votes of this
same Mr. Seward, John P. Hale and Sal
mon P. Chase. Judging by tho course
the Abolitionists aro pursuing, he seems
likely to succeed in this latter project;
and that in apitc of an army of 700, QUO
wen battling for its restoration, iiadly
and sorrowfully, we admit, "Evonts march
faster than armies."
BSy So much of tho act of August last
as imposes a direct tax of twenty millions
on the United States, fchall only be held
to authorize tho levy and collection of one
tax to that amount ; and no other tax
thall "be levied under and by virtue there
of until tho let of April, 1605, when the
tame shall bo in full Ibrco and effect.
"We copy tho above from the Philadel
phia Inquirer, and publish it to call at
tention to tho fact that tho Republicans
desiro as much as possible to shrink there
apousibiliti.es of collecting and enforcing
the collection of tho taxes they have made
noccssary and put off thercforo till tho
Democracy arc in power the enforcement
of one act, now a law. It goes into opcr
ntion 1st April, 1805. A Democratic
President will bo inaugurated 4th March,
1805, whereupon the opposition expect to
make capital out of the collection of tho
tweuty million tax. Remember ! !
CSy "Union Savers." Previous to
the Presidential election, of 1800, gays a
contemporary, tho opponents of tho Dem
ocratic party applied to its members many
epithets of derision; but among the cata
logue ofsarcastio appellations fixed upon
n i by Republicans and Abolitionists, none
were uttered wiih such uuctiou of scorn as
Aho30 of "Uuion-Savors.' aud "Union
.Bhriokcrs." The valiaut orators oflto
jiiblioauiiin wero in tho habit of poiutiug
tbeir wit aud adoruiug their denunciations
of Democrats iu gonoral by calling them
Uuiou savers and shriekers, Tho people
tire now lookiug back to tho admonitions
of Democrats then spoken and written a
gainst tho succoss of a Bcctioual party bas
,cd upon antagonism to tho vital interests
und institutions of a larga number of tho
States of tho Union, and thiukiug that tho
Democrats wore not ouly in earnest iu
their endeavors to save tho Union, but that
they toolk a very proper and prophctio
view of tho whole subject of Abolition sec
tionalism. eL7Sweltriug hot days- Sunday and
JiOildri"
( Northorn Troiison.
J An nnti-elnvcry organization has been
, formed in the City of New York, at tho
head of which is tho editor-in-chief of
tho Evening Post, William Cullen Bry
ant, the poet, which announces as one of
its fundamental principles the dogma that
'hw State voio in the rebellion shall be
again recognized as a member of the
Union except on condition of emancipa
tion," What treason is this ! Tho as
sociation is called tho "Emancipation
League," and nddrcsscs havo been deliv
ered boforo it at tho Cooper Iustituto by
Senator Jim Lano, of Kansas, and Owen
Lovejoy, tho fantical M. 0. from Illinois.
It is intended, if possible, .to engraft this
treasonable principle upon the platform
of tho Rcpublioan party, and convert tho
war at once into an nnti-slavory crusado.
It is as rank treason as secession itself,
and is based upon the absurcd doctrine of
tho Southern domogagues, that a State
can take itself out of tlio Union, and that
thoso States in which the rcblliou now
provails aro really out. The Newburyport
Herald, a Republican journal, thus dispos
es of the fallacy upon which tho "Eman
cipation League" has established its creed:
"No States has gone out of tho Union,
and wo aro not attmepting to bring one
into the Union. We only aim to suppress
insurrection in certain States of the Union,
that tho laws may be executed and the loy
al people hold control. If tho States could
take thorusclvcs outof tho Union,this would
bo a foreign war, a war ol invasion,and to
bo justified on no cood grounds: but not
being out, wo can make no conditions for
their return. There is tho Constitution
thoy must obey that, and we can impose
upon them nothing different or beyond
that. Mr. Bryant,? League accepts tho
ground on which Jeff. Davis started and
it is no moro to bo tolerated than should
be a nest of secessionists."
Major-General Pope
Maj. Gen. Pope, who has been appointed
to tho command of tho Army of Virginia,
is upward of forty years of age. lie was
born in Kentucky, but emigratsd to Illinois
beforo attaining his majority, and is now a
citizen of that State. He cnterd the West
Point Military Academy iu 1803, as a
cadet from Illinois, and graduated with
distinction in 1842.
He was soon after appointed a brevet
sonond lieutenant of Topographical Engin
eers in tho United States service ; and at
the commencement of tho war with Mexico
accompanied tho army in that capacity.
At the battle of Monterey, he distinguished
himself, and for his gallant conduct on
that occasion was brevettcd a first lieutenant
the commission bearing date September
23, 1846. Tor meritorious scrvico at tho
battle of Bucna Vista, he was brevettcd a
captain, his commission dating from tho
2yd of February,
he beeamo a full
1817. Iu July, 1848,
Captain in tho Topo-
I graphical Engineering corps, and soon af-
torwards was placed in command of tbo
Expedition sent out by tho United States
government to aseortain the practicability
of boreing artesian wells in tho Staked
Plain lying between Texas and Now Mex
ico. Not succeeding in the undertaking,
Captaim Pope returned to Illinois. He
supported Mr. Lincoln for the Presidency,
and in February, 1801, at tho request of
the newly elected President, ho accompan
ied him on his journey to Washington.
Being known to Mr. Lincoln as an ablo
aud loyal officer, ho was successively pro
moted until, on the 17th of May, 1801, ho
was appointed a Brigadier General, and
assigned to tho department of Missouri.
In March last ho was promoted to a Major-Generalship,
and subsequently com
manded a division of Gen. Halleck's army
before Corinth. Thus ho has risen step
by stop to one of tho most important posi
tions in tho Union army.
Ni'.ouoes in the Army. Tho Aboli
tion agitation aro seeking by every means
to force upon tho people their pervertod
ideas of negro equality. Tho latest move. 1
mcnt is a bill introduced in tho Senato by
the notorious Johu P. Hale, to authorizo
the enlistment of negroes in the army, and
has created a propound sensation at Wash
ington. It provides that tbo President
shall have the power, by proclamation,
to call on every person to enlist, without
distinction of color, race, or condition, and
that every slave bo culistod shall over
thereafter be frco aud entitled to all the
pensions and bounties of whilo soldiers.
Tho movoment is most ill advised and has
aroused the utmost indiguation among the
troops now in tho vicinity of tho Capital.
Thoy say thoy aro willius- to fight for tho
country but iu doing so they aro not will
w' that iictrro soldiers should Lie on nn
equality with them. Tho bill has gone to
the Military Committee, and it is extreme
Ivuouuttul wetucr it wll no reported to
tho Senato iu its present shapo.
fiSrUuu Army. A3 tlio question is
frequently asked how largo is tlio forco
now engaged iu battling for tho Union, it
will interest our rcadors to know, that by
the latest official returns wo have now 75
oavulry regiments, containing 71 ,5110 men;
17 artillery regiments, 10,477 ; 004 iufiiu
try regiments, 508,745 men. Thoy make
in tho aggrcgato 000 regiments and 500,
578 men. Wo havo also batteries and
somo other companies amounting to 108
companies of 17,800 men : aud when tho
300,000 uuder tho new call shall bo mus-
tcrcd will make a gfnud total ofovor 017,-
fOO men,
DEMOCRATIC
STATE CONVENTION,
In accordance with the call Issued by tlio
Domticrnllc Statu Central Committee, tlio
delegates (turn llio several fecnatori.il and
lteprcsenlalivo districts mot in the linll of tho
House ol llopreentatlves at 10 o'clonk on
thu -lilt of July, and wore called to
order by tlio Htm. W II. Welsh'
On motion of Mr. Scariylu, Gen, Georgo
W. Cass, of Allegheny county, wo9 unani
mously chosen temporary Chairman.
On motion, tlio loilowing temporary See
retaries were elected. Jacob Zelglcr, of
llutlur Truman 1'nrdy, of Northumber
land ; J. F Orvis, of Clinton ; A. J. tJorrit
son, of Susquehanna, and T. W, Sulton, of
Philadelphia.
On motion, the list of delegates was call
ed over alphabetically, from which the fol
lowing was compiled :
6KNATUUIAL.
Philadelphia Hlchard Vaux. N. K1 Shoe
maker, John Apple and ltnburl K Wright
Chester and Delaware John D, Uvaus
Monigomcry K. I.. Acker.
llucks Samuel Darrali.
Lehigh and Northampton Jiobert Mc
Dowell. Berki Philip K. Mlllor
Schuylkill-G. D. Li. Keim.
Carbon, Monroe l'iko aud Wayne Johu
Smith.
Bradford, Susquehanna, Sullivan and
Wyoming C. L Ward.
Luzerne David II. Rainfall.
Tioga, Potter, Mclvoau and Warren A.
M. llouton.
Clinton, Lycoming, Centro and Union
S. T. Shugert.
Snyder, Northumberland, Montour and
Columbia John G. Freeze.
Cumberland, Juniata, l'orry and Miflin
Samuel Hepburn.
Dauphin, and Lebanon Wm. K. Wilton
Lancaster W. W. Brown, J. 11. Uren
Human. York W. S. Picking. ,
Adams, Franklin and Fulton John Orr
Somerset, Bedford and Huntington W.
J. Bear.
Blair, Cambria and Clearfield James
Pelts.
Indiana and Armstrong J. Alexandra
Fulton.
Westmorland and Fiiyolle Samuel A.
Gilmore.
Wnchitiglon and Greene Wm. Patterson.
Allegheny Geo. W. Cass, It. II. Kerr.
Beaver and Butler Robert Aioutgomery.
Lawrence, Mercer and Venango Wm.
McKnight,
Erie and Crawford Pearson Church.
Clarion, Forest, Jeflerson and Elk K. L.
Blood.
IIKTRESKNTATIVE.
Adams Jacob Uushey.
Allegheny James F. Richards, Jas. Ir
win, Dr. Penny, Samuel Ross, Samuel Har
per. Beaver Wm. Leaf.
Bedford Jacob Reed.
Bearks Wm. Albright, A. O. Green,
Daniel Ermenlrout.
Bliar Wm. Forbes.
Bradford Julius Russell, S Rockwell.
Bucks Jesse W. Knight, Edward T
Hess.
Butler James M. Bredin, Jacob Zoigler
Cambria John Feulon.
Centre Ira C. Mitchell.
Chester James D. Jones, John D. Laver
t , Jofeph P. Walton.
Clarion, Forres', and Jefferson C L. Lam
bo rton.
Clearfield, McKean and Elk G. T.
Coy, J. T. Leonard.
Clinton J H. Orvis.
Columbia, Montour. Wyoming and
Mc
Sul-
livau Poter Enl, George D. Jackson.
Crawford
Cumberland Thomas O'Brjan.
Dauphin Geu A. L' Roumfori, J. C
Alaruey.
Delaware William Young.
Erie Wm. Paiion, V. A. Galbrailh.
Fayette T. B. Searight.
Franklin and Fulton Hiram Keyser,
II.
G. Smith.
Greene Jos. G. Goarrard.
Huntingdon J Simpson Africa.
Indiana Cyrus Clark.
Lancasiet Samuel E. Keller, George L.
Eckert, James P. Andrews, G. J. Brush.
Lawrence D. S. Morris.
Lobauon S. T. McAdams.
Lehigh and Carbon Herman Rupp, S.
E. Sites.
Luzerne O. S. Dodson, Stanley Wood
ward, and Henry Wilbur.
Lycoming John Piatt.
Mercer J M. Arthur.
Miflin George Bales.
Monroe and Pike James II. Walton.
Montgomery George Lower, George W.
Wimley, anh 1 H. Davis.
Northampton Dr. A. Stout, J. A Sleior.
Northumberland Truman II Purdy.
Perry J. A. Mageo.
PhiUpolphia J. Foster, Je6fe Juhnt-oi:
Andrew Miller, J. P. Uelany, K. It Helm!
bold, Samuel Thompson, G. Buunur, Wm.
II. Souder, John II. Piatt. Anthony J. Lech
ler A, D. Boileau, W. O. Snyder, John P.
Sutton, W, F Stieiblo, Thomas J. Roberts,
Geo, F. Borie and Michael Arnold.
Schuylkill Jas. J. Conner, Jonathan
Johnson, and Frank. P. Dewees.
Somerset A. 11. Coffroth.
Susquehanna A. J. Gerriison'
Tioga and Potter 11. A. Guernsey
Union, Juniata and Snyder James 11,
Young, J. H. Shuinaker.
Venango Arnold Plumor.
Warren J. Y. James,
Washingion-G. W. Miller, A. II, Ecker.
Wrync James R. Dickson.
Westmorland and Armstrong Jacob Tur
noy, John McFarlund, J. A, McCulloch.
York Adam Ebaugh, S, N. Bailey.
Hon. S. A. Gilmore, of Fuyutto, offered a
resolution that a eommitteo of thiriy-lhree
bu appointed to report permanent officers
of llio Convention. Also, a resolution to
appoint a eommitteo lo draft resolutions.
Tho fuel icsolutiun wus read by tho
j Secretary
Mr. Lanibeilon, of Clarion, offerod to
t ainond, "that tho ( oineiition do now pro.
reed lo elect it permanent President.''
Alter sumo debate, the resolution of Mr,
Latnberton was adopted. Tho following
nominations wore then mudoi
Mr. Latnberton nominated lion. F. W.
Hughes.
Mr. Lcdieler
lien. J. V. James
Ira C Mitchell
A. II Coffrol'i
ii
ii
ii
ii
Hon. Richard Vaux.
Gen. G. W. Cuss.
James Y. James,
Samuiil Hopburu.
Gen. Jamas withdrew his name.
Gen. Cass withdrew his name.
Hon. Samuel Hupburn withdrew
his
name.
Mr. Mitchell moved that tho nomination
of Mr, Hughes be made unanimous.
Objections being made. Mr. Mitchell
withdrew Ills motion, when lb.' Convention
prodeeded to vote for u permanent Pres'r
peut, with tho lullowing result :
Hon. F. W. Hughes
Hon. R Vaux
S. Hepburn
Arnold Plumor
03 voles,
21 "
11 "
1 "
1 "
Jacob Zeigler
Mr. Huges having a majority of all vote,
was declared elecled.
On motion ol Mr. Richards, of Allegheny,
tho nomination of Mr. Hughes was made
unanimous,
The President elect wus escorted to tho
chair by Messrs. Vnux and Hepburn.
On taking llio chair, Mr. Hughes returned
his thanks, iu a lew appropriate remarks.
Mr. Searight offered a resolution in re
lation to substitutes from Philadelphia.
The resolution gavo riso to considerable
debate.
A. J. Gerriison, of Susquehanna, moved
as a modification that a committee of five
be appointed in each case, which was
agreed to
The Chair appointed Messrs. Gerriison,
Searight, Latnberton, Riddle mid Leaf.
The motion recurring on officers for per.,
inaiienl organization, the President decided
that so much of Mr. Gilmure'i. resolution as
contemplated the appointment of thirty
three delegates by the members ol the Con.
veiiiiun, being one from each Senatorial
District, to select permanet ollicers, and a
committee lo drall resolutions had carried.
After tome debate, on motion of Mr.
Vaux, the Convention look a recess for ten
minutes, to enable tho delegates to select
their committee men.
During the recess, tho President an-,
nounced it as his decision that the resolu
tion contemplated the appointment of two
committees ono to select officers, and Jim
other to draft resolutions.
On the re-assembling of tho Convention,
he following Committees wero announced:
ON RaSOLUriONS ON ORIllNIZiTIO.N.
i 1st list. n. vaux. i;. ii. iiciiiiiiuiu,
j I Kliiiu tfliiiemiiker, V II fnjdc-r,
Allji-rt lloilvuu
tiuu 1 lioiiu
W I'SUiciMo.
Wm Vouiif:
llr (i W '.Miiiiitcy
lldutirdT lks
Herman Hupp
II i:ruiiiciitruut
; Do II Ktiui
John inith
Julius Kutscll
On Hudson
A II Cuaiisvy
J II V nine
Titer Dm
Tlimnns O'Jtrjan
A I.Uouul'ort
S n Keller
Ci-u 1. Uckurt
W S Picking
II I) Ki'jsi'j
J i 1 1 1 j i a j 1 1 Africa
J T l.caiiord
J ,M Clark
J 0 Clark
W l'atterson
11 II Km
J M Kit linr.la
Wm U-nf
1) .MnrrU
2ml District Jlin D UHTurty
Urd
lil'o LOW IT
Paiuunl Darrali
llr A S-tout
A (1 Crt'cn
Jauiui. liyou
T U r-ili's
C I. tVur.l
I) U Uamlall
W I. M'Ouy
J 11 On la
T II 1'riuly
S Hepburn
W K Wilkon
W W II rim ii
J II iiri'ii unman
Ailaiu Kliaugli
11 Z Smith
WJ Hoar
James l'utu
J A I'liltiui
T II rle.iiiglit
(! W Miller
dl'll O W C.H3
Bamiitl Harper
It Montgomery
Arnold Plumor
4tli
Sill
tith
Ttti
till
Hill
Kltll
mil
l'.'lh
Kltll
Mill
IStli
lOtli
17th
lclli
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i.'4tll
Mill
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estii
W A (jitllirnilli
W ration
C L, l.amticituii. K L lllooil
After tho announcement of the above
Committees, on motion, llio Convention ad
ourued to meet at 3 o'clock in the alter
noon. AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention was called lo order at
three o'clock by the President.
John Hodgson was substituted for ono of
tho delegates from Chester who failed to ar
rive, owiiiji to indisposition.
General A. L Roumfort, chairman of the
eommitteo 10 select permanent officers, re
ported iho following :
vice rrtnsiDENT.
I. Philadelphia Jesse Johnson, A J,
Lecher, Dr. Wm. O. Snyder, Micheal Ar
nold. II. Chesterand Delaware John Evans.
III. Montgomery Dr. E. L. Acker.
IV. Bucks Jesse W. Knight.
X. Lehigh and
McDowell.
iNorinainpion uouer
VI. Berks-Philip K Miller.
VII. Schuylkill-Fraiu. P. Dewees.
VIII. Carbon, Monroe, Piko and Wayne
John Smith.
IX. Bradlord, Susquehanna, Wyoming
and Sullivan Georgo D Jackson.
X. Luzerne Georgu Sanderson.
XL Tioga, Potter, McKean and Warren
Thomas M. Biddlo
XII. Clinton, Lycoming, Centre and
Union J. ii. Young.
XIII. Snyder. Northumberland, Moutour
and Columbia John G. Freeze.
XIV. Cumberland, Perry, Juniata
and
Miflin John Ross.
XV. Dauphin Lebanon J. C. MoAlar.
ney.
XVI. Lancaster G. G, Bush Georgo L.
Eckert.
XVII. York S. N. Bailey.
XVIII. Adams, Franklin and Fulton
John Oorr.
XIX. Somerset, Bedford and Huntingdon
Jacob Reed.
XX. Blair, Cambria und Clearfield Wm
Forbos.'
HXI. Indiana and Armstrong Joseph M
Thompson.
XXII. Westmoreland ,and Fayello Jacob
Turuey.
XXIII. Washington and Greene W. Pat
terson. XXIV. Allegheny Dr D. A. Penny, S.
P. Ross.
XXV. Beaver and Builer Win, Leaf.
XXVI. Lawrence, Mercer and Venango
J. M. Arthur.
XXVII. Urio and Crawford-P. Church.
XXVIII. Clarion, Jefferson, Forest and
Elk Kennedy L. Blood,
MX'll UTAH IBS.
Jacob Zeigler, Uutlor; T. II. Purdy, Nor
thumberland; J. 11. Orvis, Clinton; A. J.
Gerretuon, Susquehanna;' T, W. Sutton,
Philadelphia: T, T. M'Adam, Lebanon; Jas,
Irviu, Alleghany, John P. Deldiiy, Phila.
Jacob llushby, Adams; Wm. M'Knight,
Mercer; L. Davis, Montgomery; J. M. Bro.
din, Butler ; S. Darrali, llucks ; Do Loss
Rockwell, Bradford.
Tho reporl ol tho Committee was adopt
ed. Dr. Acker offered n resolution that tho
Convention now proceed to general nomi
nations lor candidates to ',bo supported by
the Democracy of this Commonwealth at
the October election, and that thoy bo voted
for first lur Surveyor Gencrol, and next for
Auditor General.
Mr. Miller moved lo amend by reversing
the ordor of voting, which was agreed lo.
Ponding the million, a motion lo poslpono
until the Commlllco on resolutions wero
ready, report prevailed.
On motion it was resolved that an assess
ment of twenty five cents bo m.ido upon
each member to meet necessnry expenses,
Mr. Coffrolh offered the followihg :
Resolved, That llio Convention now pro
ceed to tin! election of a Chairman of tho
State Central Commitleo, ar,d that the Com
mittee, consisting of one member from each
Senatorial District, tslnill bo selected by the
delegates.
Some objection being made to thu pas
sage of the resolutiou, Mr. Coffroth with
drew it ler tho present.
On motion of Mr. Coffrolh, Col. Jacob
Zeigler tead tho Declaration of Indepen
dence, at tlio conclusion of which a volo of
thanks was tendered to him by the Conven
tion.
On motion ol Mr. Miller, Gen. Iloumfor:
was elecled Treasurer of the Convention.
In the ubsenco of any other biisincss,the
President suggested the propriety of mem
bers paying iu their assessments, which
suggestion was immediately acted up.
On motion of Dr. Snyder, the convention
took a Jecess for fifteen minutes.
After the lapso of un hour, A. II Cnff
roih moved thai a commitleo ol three bo
appointed to wait upon the Committee on
Resolutions to ascertain how soon they
would be likely to report. Agreed lo.
The Chair appointed A. II. Colfrolli, R,
M. Kerr, aud Air. KichardiJ said commit
leo. Iu their absence, the committee on sub
stituted Delegatus reporiud that everything
had been amicably arranged, and asked to
be discharged, which was agreed to.
The commiiteu returned, and rcporied
that the eommitteo on Resolutions would
report iu leu minutes.
R. H. Kerr offered the lollowing :
licsolucit, That the thanks ol ihi-i Conven
tion be tendered lu F. M. Hutchinson lur
his generous cxerlior.s iu facilitating, as
Secretary, the business of this Convention.
Which, on motion, was passed unani
mously. At a quarter after 5 o'clock the Commit
tee on resolutions, through their Chairman,
Arnold Plutuer, Esq., made ihu following
reporl :
Whkkkas, The American Constitution
was ordained and established by our fa
thers, iu order to form a more perfect
Union, establish justice, ensure domestic
tranquility, provide for tltccommon defence,
promote the general welfare, aud secure
the blessings of liberty to posterity ; there
fore,
1st. Resolved, That tho only object of
the Democratic party is tho restoration of
the Uniou as it was, tho preservation of the
Constitution an it is.
2d. Jlcstucd, That to tho end that the
Union bo restored, aud tho Constitution
and laws enforced throughout its whole
extent, we pledge our hearty and unquali
fled support to the Pcderal Government iu
tlio energetic prosecution of tho existing
war.
3d. Resolved, That tho true and onlv
object of tho war is to restore the Union
aud enforco the laws. Such a purpose
alone is worthy the awful sacrifice which it
costs us of life and of treasure,; with such
a purpose alone can wo hope for success.
And thoso who from sectional feeling or
party or private motives would give any
other direction to the efforts of our armies
aro unjust and unworthy to bo entrusted
with power, and would cause all ourexer-
I tions, extraordinary and unparalled as
thoy aro, to prove lutife in the end.
4th. Resolved, That wo justly view with
alarm the reckless extravagance which
nervades some of the denartmouts of tlm
Federal Government, and that a return to i
ngul economy aud accountability is indis-
pousible to arrest the systematic plunder
of the public treasury by favored partizans,
and that in viow of the recent startling do- j
velopments of frauds and corruptions at
the Federal metropolis and throughout the
country that wc hold an entire change of,
administration to bo imperatively dcuian-1
dcd.
5th. Resolved, That the party fanaticism ,
or crime, whichever it may bo called, that j
seeks to turn tho slaves of Southern States
loose to overrun the North and enter into
competition with the laboring masses, thus
detrradins aud insultiui' their manhood, bv
I g , i-t a ' J
placing them on an equality with negroes
in tucir occupation, is insulting to our race,
and merits our most emphatic and unqali
ficd condemnation.
0th. Resolved, That wo denounce North
ern Abolitionism and Southern Secession
as the co-operating sources of our present
culam'ties aliko treasonable to the Con
stitution aud inimicale to tho Union,
Tho ouly way to a restored Union and a
respected Constitution with returning peace
aud prosperity is through tho overthow of
both.
7th. Resolved, That tho Democracy of
Pcnn'a is equally opposed to nil sectional
legislation and geographical parties, which
base their hope foi coiitiuucd partisan suo
cess on tho iigrarianism of emancipation
aud hypercritical philanthropy abolition :
becauio neither is known to the Constitu
toin, and both are intended to aid disunion
and subvert tho Constitution and to prevent
tho restoration of uuity,poacc and concord
among States aud people.
8th. Resolved, That tho Constitution and
the laws aro sufficient for any emergency,
and that tho suppression of the freedom of
speech nnd of tlio press, and tho unlawful
arrest of citizens and the suponsion of tho
writ of habeas coipus in violation of tho
Constitution in States whero tbo civil au
thorities aro unimpeded, is most dangerous
to civil liberty, and should bo resisted at
tho ballot-box by ovory freeman in tho
laud.
0th Resolved, That this is a Government
of wiiito men, and was established cxclu-,
... ., ' ...t.ti- . il.nf Mm tinrrro
tivn V tor 110 wnuuiiiuu, ins. "-e- ,
race aro not entitled to and ought not to morelan.l coi.niy.
bo admitted to political or social equality , 23 . Wm Puiierfon, Pailemm s
with the white raco, but that it is our duty Washington county,
to treat them with kindness and consider- 34, George W. Cass, Pittsburg,
nliAii. nn an
inferior nnd dependent race; John C. Dunn, do.
that the right ot tlio several omra i
dcterminotho position and duties of tho
raco is a sovereign right, and the pledges
a., n ..!-.. .. ......I. t,c nu In I'll,
nt tno uonsuiuuoii in una i"i j .
citizens, not to interfere therewith.
mill. Unsolved. That Connress has no
power to deprive any person of his prop
erty for any crimnal offence, unless that
person has been Cist duly comicted of the
ofl'enco by tbo verdict of a jury; and that
all acts of Congress like those lately pas
sed by tho House of Representatives, which
nssumo to forfeit or confiscate tho estates ,
of men for offences of which thoy have not
been convicted upon due tiiil by jury,aro
unconstitutional, and lead to oppresiou nnd 1
tyranny. It is no justification for such
nets that tho crimes committed in tho pros
ecution of tho rebellion aro of uucxanipjjd
atrocity ; nor is there any such justification
as State necessity known to our Govern
ment or laws.
11th. Resolved, That the Constitution
and Union and tho laws must be preserved
and maiutaiucd iu all their proper and
rightful supremacy, aud that the rebclliou
now in arms against them must be sup
pressed aud put down, and that it is our
I duty to uso all constitutional measures
necessary and proper to that end.
12th. Resolved, That the soldiers com
posing our armies meiit the warmest thanks
of thif nation. Their country called, and
nobly did thoy respond. Living, they
shall know a nation's gratitude ; wounded,
a nation's care, and dying, they shall Uvo
111 our memories, anil monuments snail oe
raised to teach posterity to honor tho
patriots and heroes who offered their liv
Aniinffti'a otrnr 'IMinii Wtflm
aud cared for as ob
jects truly worthy a nation's guardianship.
The resol uiions were unanimously adopt
ed , amid loud and enthusiastic applause.
On motion ol Mr. Lumbertou
llcsoleed, That this convention do now
proceed 111 ihu nomination and
election ol
candidates for Auditor General aud Survey
or General, which was agreed to.
Mr. Coffiolh nominated W. P. Schell, of
Bedford county for Audiior General.
Mr. Shuinaker nominated Isaac Slenker,
ol Union county.
Mr. Knight nominated F. Vatizant.
Mr. Picking nominated Col. J. Zeigler.
Geu, Roumfort nominated Richardson L.
Wright.
The Convention then proceeded to balloi
with the lollowing result :
1st. 2nd. 3rd. -Ilh. 5th. tith
W. P. Schell
Isaac Slenker
F. V'.mzanl -J
Zeigler - -R.
L. Wright
21 25 30 32
18
2(3
15
17
42
4
32
18
1
16
33
12
00
50
2
- 20
- 21
- 3!)
ti 00
00 oc
4G 3!)
1 1
J. M. Welherell
4
On the third ballot the name of Col. Zeig
ler was withdrawn. 1
On the sixth ballot, Hon. Isaac Slenker,
of Union county ,having received the largeal
number of voles, was declarod nominated
amid tho most vociferous applause.
On motion of R II. Kerr the nomination
was made unanimous.
The Convouiiou next proceeded to vote
for a candidate for Surveyor Gjnor.il, with
the lullowing result :
SUItVEYOIt GKNBRAL.
to uc wnicncu ovui, uuu cmuu iui an uu nio'its are 10 uo lormeu.
1st bal. 2nd bal
J. P. Barr 47 CD
W. T. H. Pauloy 25 25
Col. L. L. Tale 17 7
Dr. Chas. Hill 15 U
i. P. RhoaJea 6
Joel E. James 2
W. O. Snyder 5
S. A. Backus 7
Col. J. F. Hartranft 2 1
Withdrawn after the first ballot.
On the second ballot J. P. Barr, having
received a majority of all the vutos cast,
was declared nominated, amid loud aud en
thusiastic applause.
On motion of W. K. Wilson, the nomina
tion was made unanimous-
Mr. Kerr called up Mr. Coffroih's resolu
tion, und oflered a innaificatior. making the
Chairman ol tho Convention Chairman of
the Sialo Central Committee, which was
agreed to.
Ou motion, .iho Convention adjourned un
til 8i o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
The Convention reassembled at8i' oclocl:
n pursuance of adjournment, when the
lollowing persons were appointed members
of the State Central Committee :
F. W. llt'iuiES, Schuylkill, Chairman, j
1. Thomas E. Gaskill, Philadelphia.
Jocph Lipper.eot, "
Simon W. Arnold, "
Isaac S. Cassin, "
2. Dr. Wm. Young, Chester, Delaware Co.
3. Jesse B. Davis, Norristowu, Montgom
ery county.
4. Dr. J. D. Mendonhall, Doyleslown,
Bucks county.
5 Robert M'Doivell, Slal'mgion, Lehigh
county.
C Win. P. Albright, Reading. Pa.
7. Geo. Do B.Keim, Polisville, Pa.
8. ICphraim W. Hamlin, Bethany, Wayno
counly.
9. A. J. Gorriltson, Montrose, Susquohan
11 a county.
10. Stanley Woodward, Wilkesbarro, Lu
zerne county.
11 J. Y. Jamos, Warren, Warren county.
10, James Patterson, Oak Shade. Lancas. I "
tor county : Hugh M. North, Columbia.Lau .
caster county.
17. John Gibson, York, York county.
18. Calvin M. Duncan, Chambojiburg'
Franklin county.
ID. A
county
20, John Feulon,
counlv.
Kbeusburg,
SI, Silas M.CInrk, Indiana, Indiana Co,
22 James u. Clarko, ureeiisburg,
ii,
(
Mill.
25. CharlusCarioi, Beavnr, Beaver county,
2fi. D. S, Morris, Now Caslle, Law tents
county.
27. ltonj.imin,Wliilinaii,Eritf,F,riocnutiiy, ..
58. W. W. Barr, Clarion, Clarion ciiuuty,
Mr. Fulton afl'erod the lollowing w ti ich
was ndoilod unanimously. fc
llciolvcd. That the thanks of this Coiven.
tion bo and lira hereby tendered to ih3
President fur llio tlignilieil, impartial un,
ollioiotil manner iti which ho has dir-cliara.
EU
ed Hie (inernii.- and ruptnisiuiii ilium (l ni
his duliealu position, and also lo Hie other hi
ollicers for their pioinpt, courteous ami vm. .
uablo assistance. ,n
A moliiin was then submitted that i,9 U
Convention adjourn sine die, and resolia
'rself Into a mas.s meeting.
llelore pulling llin question the pre,,
dent addscs-ed ihu Convention in n lei?
spiriled and eloquent riimarki which elicit,
ed tho gruato-l applause, uPer which iw ,
Convention adjourned finally. 81
4i - I'
Proclamation of Gov. Curtlu. K
Y
Tin; cau, Eon. Titooty.
IJauuisiiuiki, July 4. The following ,
proclamation was issued by the Governor,
to-day ; I'ennsijlvnnia, sb:
In the name and by the authority of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Andrew
J. t'urtin, Governor of uaid Common.
wealth. ci
A PROCLAMATION. ft'
More men aro lequired for the supproj. w
c-1 noil of the rebellion Our reL'itneiits iiii'
at their country s altar. I heir widowj the field arc to be recruited to their orLi .
and orphans shall bo adopted by the nation, mil strength, aud iu addition, uew rom-w
! - .1 r rtl. . , I - 1 . , " . '
Pennsylvania Inn hitherto done her
tl
dutv to the country. Her freemen are I
again called 011 to volunteer iu h r
defense, that tho blood of her sons, win
have already fallen, may not have bam
sued in vain, aim mar, wo may nanu uoittic
to our posterity tho blessing of Union,
mil civil and political liberty, wbi h wj'f
derived from our fathers. 21
The number of men now required, nr.J 2,
the regulations for enlistments will be malj
, 1 . . . . , , , .... . , , ,
1 known forthwith in general orders. Mean-
! while the men of Pcnu-ylvama wi 1 holl
j themselves iu readiness for a prompt com.01
plianec with tiie necessary demand up-d
'.. .1..: lt..i .....1 ....!..! 1
un uiuir guiiiiui, auu iui.1 lunu spirit.
Our noble Commonwealth has never yit.i
ia;tereu, aim must stanu urui now whuu
j her honor and everything that is dear t)
I her urn nt stake.
si
2U 17 j Given under my hand and the great S'jal
42 72 of the State, at llarri-buri;, this fourth d iv
of the State, at llarri-burg.this fourth dij
ot July, 111 the year ol ou Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-two, and uf
the Commonwealth the eighty-seventh.
Ry the Governor.
Km ?i,in'ii,
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
Address of (J011.ilIct lcH.n1 ou
the
Futirili nf July.
Headquarters Army of tho Potomac,
Camp mar Jtari isvn't landing, Julo 4, 1HI,;.
Soi.uinus or the Aumv optiu: Poioma'
Your achivoincnU of the past ten iIaiiUi
have illustrated thu valor and enduraiic: .1.
of the American soldier. Attacked by u- jj
peiior forces, and without hope of reimoice-
incuts, you have succeeded in chanii,
your base ol operations by a Hank mou
mem, always regarded in the mostlinzirJ-l'
ous of military dxpodients. Youlim
saved all your man-rial, all your triitus, Ul
aud all your guiu except a few "lost in b.it
t'e, taking in return guns and colors frju.
tho enemy, ll
Upou your march you have beeu assai1 a ti
day after day with de-perate fury, by unci
of the same race and nation, skilll'u.!; al
massed and led. jj
Uuder every disadvantage of nuniUr
and necessarily of position also, you have,
in every conflict, beaten back your Ion !U
with cnormou-i slaughter. ,t-
Your couduct ranks you among tho col- p
cbrated armies of historv. ,i
No ono will uow question that each c! ,,
you may always with pride say," I buhq
to the Army of tho Potomac."
You have reached thU new base de
pleted in organization unimpaired in spirit X
The enemy may at any time atU'itl
you. We arc prepared to meet them. Itf
have personally established your line- A
Let tlilut conic, and we will convert ik.i
repulse into a final defeat.
Your government is strengthening j..
witli the resources of a great people.
On this, our nation'sbirthdap, we dechu- li
to our foes, who arc rebels against the K-i
interest of mankind, that this army sb- ti
nt.ln. ll.n nn..!il eil.-- ..11 .1 li ..IV.l.,. -.
I "ww ihu uajmui ui tue so eaueu v.jihcuu
acy. u.nat our .National Cou-tituii"-'-shall
prevail, and that tho Uniot, whir- tl
can alone insure internal peaco and oxt.r- v
ual security to each State, must and sla "
bo preserved, cost what it may iu tiii e
trcasuro or blood. 2'
(signed) GEO. B. M'CLHLLAN.
Major General Coniuiandi'-j "
MARRIAGES
if
-J.
On tho 28th ult., by tho Rev D. J. V I
ler, Mr. Joseph D. Siiadk, to Miss Mac' u
Anx Pew, both of Centro twp. "
On tho 3d inst.,by Rov. K. YVadswoit
Mr. TnoiiAS Pauks, to Miss lliU'-fit
Ii-iicn, both of Cambra, Luzerne co. ii
On tho 24th ult.. at Trenton. N-
12. niaon Jarrett, Lock Haven, Clinton ilev. JJr. . , Hev. P. Mei.U' k u
coumy. j Lock Haven, and Miss Mary E. Df.nti
13. Thomas Chalfant, Danville, Montour , (1au6lter of Judgo Dentlur of McKu
coumy. 'villo, Pa,
14. John H. Crisswoll, Shippensburg , ! Near Light Street, on tho 8th int.! c
Cumberland county. Rov. M, Hartmnn, Thomas MomiEn K
.i ii . t .. , T.? CJI.!n- -i. nn.. i-s,.e..U
io. amuorton,uarrisburg, Dauphin ' vu"i;" oi vjiinionco., nnu miss o."
county. Kvans of this couuty.
DEATHS.
(1
II
At this placo on tho 3d iust., W 1
Karnes, aged 25 years.
At this place, on the 4th inst. A.NX I''-v" 1
H. Coffralh, Somerset, Somerset of Ganc about 48 years. t
in riuo township, on tho 3d inv, iw v
Cumbria daughter of John and Charity Whitmo.v' f
need 'JO yenn, 10 months and 1 daj