STAR OF THE NORTH, R. W. WEAVER K. B. S. GILMORE, EDITORS. Bloomsburg, Thursday, June 6, 1850. DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS. Election held Oct. 8, 1850. FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER} W. T. MORRISON. FOR AUDITOR GENERAL, EPH. BANKS. FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL, J. P. BRAWLEY. The Candidates of the Democracy. We to-day raise the Democratic flag for the contest this fall, aid we do so with a hearty good will. WM. T. MORRISON of Montgomery county is a leader worthy of our cause, and of whom every honest Democrat may be proud. He ! is a farmer—a gentleman of high intelligence, and of irreproachable character. He last year represented Montgomery county in the state Legislature, and his votes there wer sound and purely Democratic. The utmosf unnniroity prevailed among the delegates at Williamsport when Mr. Morrison was nom inated, and as he was the first choice of Columbia county, the Star of tho North will roll up for him a good old fashioned Demo cratic majority. With such leaders as Mr. Morrison, Democracy is bound to triumph. EMIRAIM BANKS of Mifflin county has oc cupied high and responsible positions and done honor to each of thom. Ho was a member of the reform Convention, and was designed by Governor Shunk as the succes sor of Judge Woo dward, when that gentle man was nominated by Mr. Polk to a Judg ship in the United Statos Supreme court. In tho Reform Convention he was true to the cause of progress, and in the Slate legislature was a Democrat of purity and intelligence. The office of Auditor General is an impor tant one,'and in Mr. Banks the people will find a man true to their interests, and by whom the accounts of the State will be safe ly attended, to. J. PORTER BRAWLET of Crawford county was at an early age elected to the legislature, and susequently to the StatoSeneate, where his term has just expired. He is a man of intelligence and energy, and fully compe tent to make an excellent Surveyor General. Let the people see to this! Tho exposure of llanken & Ovenshine at Williamsport, will open tho eyes of the peo ple to frauds that havo been practised under tho garb of Democratic professions. Every year the plunderers league to gether to S|jJ vance some man nnder whom they shall be enabled to fatten from the public treasury. —One of these abjoct creatures is an editor who pufTs his Magnus Appollo week after week. Another is a supervisor of some pub lic work, and ho must carry his county or lose his bread and butter. Another has per haps no influence, bu the has money, and falls to buying delegates at SlOO per head. Some of these sycophants havo perhaps al ready held office, and this sharpenstlieirap pelite for a new suck at the public teat. They stand licking their dry jaws, eagerly waiting till fato shall elect their man. Some of them sound his praises on the highways, on the pavements, and in the public bar rooms. The "Buggtown Ramshorn" puffs him every week, and puts up his name in letters six inches long. These are the plun derers. Tho Convention meets, and they swarm aronnd the delegates like the (rogs and lice of old Egypt. Their pestiferous breath ass ails you every where. They are cleer, and spend money freely. What care they for a 8100 ? They can easy make that up, if a man is elected whom thoy can controL Now, to como to the point, we do not •mean to say that Mr. Hubley was privy to tho bribery attempted at Williamsport. We believe him far above that, and feel confi ■ dent that ho knew nothing of it. But he is an amiablo, "clever" man, whose only fault is that he has not yet barned to 'say "no" of ten enough. The Rankens tho Ovenshines, and that race of creatures felt that if ho was nominated and elected they could bring in fluence to bear on bim which would give them office, where they could eaisly get back the money they had spent, and pay themselves for the boring they did to get him delegates. Tho mass of the heople are honest and must seo to this thing. For ourselves, as soon as we have room we shall fearlessly spoak right out upon this subject again. Columbia fount y In the State Convention. Tho votes of tho delegates from this coun ty in the State Convention will give satisfac tion to those whom they represented. From the first to tho fourteenth ballot they general ly voted for Mr. Morrison, giving several votes for Mr. Strickland. On Thursday af ternoon when the test was between Hubley and Strickland they voted for Strickland; and when the test came between Hubley and Vaneant, they voted for Mr. Vansant. On Friday morning they voted for Morrison and Strickland, and then urged Mr. Morrison's with energy among the members, at a com promise candidate. Mr. Roat gave one vote for Peter Marlin on Friday morning. They both served well the republic. For Auditor General both delegates voted for Mr. Beaumont, and for Surveyor General on the first ballot for Mr. Montgomery of Northumberland, and then for Mr. Carpen ter.* IT Several editorial articles and also new advertisements are orowded out this week to make room lot the proceedings of the State Convention. ' BT Tho Nashville convention commenc-| ed its session last Monday. Reported far the Star of the North. Democratic State Convention FIRST DAY. WILLIAMSPORT, May 29th 1850. Thejdelegates elected to the democratic State Convention assembled at the Court House to-day, at 11 o'clock. General AP WILSON, ol Huntingdon, was unanimously chosen President pro Cm, and WM JACE, of Westmoreland, WM H GAGAM, of Philadelphia county, and F W GRASON of Washington, were appointed Secretaries. The following delegates then answered to their names and were admitted to seats. SENATORIAL DELEGATES & DISTRICTS Ist. Philadelphia City —Michael McNiney Daniel Haviland. 2d. Philadelphia county —William Hen wood, W H Fagan, James W T McAllister 3d. Montgomery —George W Jacoby. 4th Chester anil Delaware —J T Worthing* ton. sth Rerks —Joel Ritter. 6th Bucks— Paul 7th Lancaster and Lebanon —Cyrus Zimm erman, Reah Frazer Bth Schuylkill Corbon and Monroe —B S Schoonover • 9lh Northampton and Lehigh —Thos. Sle tor 10th Susquehanna. Wayne and Wyoming W C Ward 11th Bradford and Tioga —Samuel Dick erson 12th Lycoming, Clinton, Sullivan and Cen tre—lra D Canfield. 13lh Luzerne and Columbia —Wesley Roat 14th Northmmberlamland Dauphin —Wm L Dewart loth Alfflin, Juniata and Union —W P Cooper 16th Perry and Cumberland —George Blat tenberger 17lh York —James M /Anderson 18th Franklin and Adams— Joel B Dan ner 19th Huntingdon, Bedford and Blair— A P Wilson 20lh Clearfield, Indiana, Cambria nnd Armstrng —R P Linton. 21st Westmoreland and Somerset —Win Jack 22d Fayette and Greene —Wesley Frost 23d Washington —John Graham 24th Allegheny and Butler —H S Mag raw 25th Beaver, Merer and Lawrence —John N McGulfin 261h Crawford and Venango —Vincent Phelps 27th Erie —John Galbraith 28th Warren, Jefferson, Clarion, Toller and McKcan —John Hastings. REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATES AND DISTRICTS Adams —Wm R Stewart Allegheny —C Harnett, David Lynch, A Black, John Coyle Armstrong —Joseph Bullman Bradford —B Laporte, E O Goodrich Bedford —Joseph Filler, Hiram Lentz Beaver —D I!ois,_Thos. J Power Berks —B Tyson, I.ewis Frank, George Smith, A M Sallade B lair —(Contested) butler —Amos Mylert bucks —Noah Shull, David Evans, Caleb E Wright Crawford —Wm Porter, W M'Laugjilin Centre and Clearfield —Wm H Blair, Wm W Moore Chester —-Major M'Veigh, John Hickman, G W l'icree Columbia —John S Fullmer Cumberland —Samuel woodburn, J C Dun lap Cambria —An gust in Durbin Delaware —Philip Morris Dauphin —Thomas B McCord, Jeremiah Ilarner Erie—James Thompson, George H Cutler Fayette —wm Hatfield, Daniel Kaine. Franklin —Georgo w Brewer Greene —Maxwelll McCaslin Huntingdon —Thos P Campbell Indiana —Edward Carlton Jefferson, Clarion and Venango —Ariiokl Plumer, Wm TAlexauder Lelxtnon —Cyrus Cormony Lehigh and Carbon —Wm H Butler, Solo mon Fogle Luzerne —D. F Seybert, Wm Koons lancnstcr —Jac B AmwakeJohn M Dulap, Charles M Johnson, John Houston, James Boon Lycoming, Clinton and Porter —Oliver Wat son, Charles Lyman Mifflin —Joseph Alexander Montgomery— John C Smith, A H Tippin, S Shoemaker. Mercer —John Hoge, Wm S Garvin Northampton and Monroe —ll E James, W H flutter Northumberland —Wm Fullmer Perry —Joseph Bailey Philadelphia city —Peter Cullan, Chas J Burns, John Scott, Dr T J P Stokes, Dr VV P Lambert Philadelphia county —John Abram, Wm Green, John liber, John G Brenner Dennis Lamont, C L Carpenter, J S Donahoe, Jesse 1! Flitcraft Schuylkill —Michael Weaver, Chas Frailey Somerset —(Vacancy) Susquehana and Wyoming —C M Gere Tioga —Edward Mayiiard Washington —John Moore, Richard Donald son Westmoreland —John Fausold, James Keen an, ir John Snodgrass I rarren Elk and McKean —Jas L Gillis Wayne and Pike —Charles F Spering Union and Juncata —J K Davis, E D Craw ford Fork —James E Buchanan, II Gammill, John Hursh. From Blair county there were two dele gates—Messrs Moses and Patterson. Each of them was aljowed to make a statement to the convention, and a motion was then made to exclude botn, which was voted down. Before the subject was disposed of the convention adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION. A motion was made to admit both dole gates from Blair, giving them only one vote when they voted alike. An amendment was offered to admit Mr. Patterson as the delegate from Blair. MR. MAORAW proceeded to show that both delegates had been irregularly chosen, though he believed that if there was any difference in their claim for a seat, that of Mr. Moses was to be preferred; and he hoped that his friend would not only come here, like Moses of okl, to obtain a view of the promised land, but that he might be al lowed to enter in and enjoy its good things. MR. FRAZER was opposed incorporating the two delegates into one. Such a course wo Ud strike at the root of true represents, tion. It would be a strange anaraoly in a representative body. How would such a partnership do in Congress 1 How would the Clerk call the firm when they wete to vote ? Should it be Patterson & Moses in this case, and Thompson 8c Slovens in Con gress? How would my friend from Erie rel ish such a partnership? After some further debate, a motion was mado to postpone the subject indefinitely, and this was agreed to. A resolution was then adopted, requiring the delegates from the several Senatorial Districts to choose a committee equal to the number of Senators allowed, for the purpose of selecting officers for the permanent or ganisation of the Convention; for which purpose the Convention took a recess of half an hour. The oommittee to nominate officers, upon the re-assembling of the Convention, was announced as follows: Messrs. W Alexander, Black, Buchanan, Bums, Canfield, Carlton, Carmony, Carpen ter, Cutler, Danner, Davis, Donaldson, J C Dunlap, Garvin, Green, Haviland, Hickman, Houston, James, Koons, Laporte, Lentz, Mc Allister, McCord, McCaslin, Meylert, Phelps Schoonover, G Smith, Snodgrass, Tippin, Ward, Wright. MR. CALEBE. WRIGHT, Chairman of the committee to select officers, reported as fol lows: President —HENßY S. MAGRAW, of Al legheny. Vice Presidents —John Fausold, James Kee nan, Wm C Ward, Joseph Baily, Solomon Fogle, James M Anderson, Wm L Dewart, David Bciies, Gep VV Jacoby, Dr Wm R Stewart, Johu.S. Qanahoa, Wm HaawAod, Dennis Lamont, Robert P Linton, Wesley Frost, Major M'Veigh, Wm H Blair, Joseph Filler, DrT I P Stokes, Dr Wra Penn Lam bert, Benjamin Tyson, Wm H Butler, John Coyle, J S Fullmer, Wm P Cooper, Arnold Plumer, J Galbraith, James L Gillis, Col S Dickcrson, Noah Shull,. John Moore, Cyrus Zimmerman, Samuel Woodbum. Secretaries —Wm Jack, A N Moylert, R E James, Geo W Pierce, Geo VV Brewer, C M Johnston, Charles Barnett, Robert Gemmill, Wm II Fagan, Geo S Carter, Joel Ritter, Spencer Shoemaker, T W Grayson, Thomas B M'Cord. The Convention then proceeded to vote for candidates for Canal Commissioner, a 9 fol lows : First Ballot. Messrs. Anderson, Boies, Brewer, Bu chanan, Canfield, Davis, Dewart, J C Don lap, Dutbin, Filler, Frailev, Fogle, Frank, Frost, W Fullmer, GemiU, Graham, Ifarner, Hatfield, Hursh, Lentz, Linton, M'Cork, May nard, Power, Ritter, Geo Smith, Sallade, Stewart, Tyson, Weaver, Watson, Woodbum —33 voted for EDWARD B. HURLEY. Messrs. Bailey, Barnett, Black, Blattenber ger. Bullman Carmony, Coyle, Danner, Fau sold, Gere, Goodrich, Hickman, Jack, Kec nan, Kaine, Koons, Laporte, Lynch, Mc Laughlin, M'Veigh Magra w, Morris, Over field, Pierce, Porter, Seybert, Snodgrass, Ward, Worllungton, Zimmerman.—3o voted for NLMROD STRICKLAND. Messrs. Abram, Jos Alexander, Burns, Butler, Carpenter, Cullan, Donaldson, Fa gan, Flitcraft, Grayson, Haviland, Henwood, Lambert, Lamont, M'Nenny, M'Allister, J Moore, Scott, Shull, Stokes, Über, Wright 23 voted for FRANKLIN VANZANT. Messrs. W T Alexander, Blair, Carlten, Culler, Garvin, Gilbrailh, Gillis, Hastings, Hogo, Lyman, D W Moore, M'Guffin, Plum er, Phelps, Thompson.—ls voted for SETH CEOVER. Messrs. Applcbaugh, Dickerson, Evans, J S Fullmer, Jacoby, Meylert, Roat, Shoema ker, J C Smith, Afl Tippin.—JO voted for WMT MORRISON. Messrs. Amwake, Boon. J M Dunlap. Fra zer, Houston, Johnston, —6 voted for PETER MARTIN. Messrs Brenner, Donahoe, Green, —3 vo ted for WM. S. HALLOWELL. Messrs. Coolbaugh, Hutter, James, Sletor, Schoonover, Spering.—6 voted lor JOHN H. BROADHEAD. Messrs. Campbell Wilson, —2 voted for JOHN CRESWELL. Mesrs. Crawford and Cooper,—2 voted for EVERARD OLES. Ballots, 2d 3d 4lh Hubley, 38 42 44 Strickland, 32 34 39 Vansant, 23 23 22 Clover, 11 9 7 Morrison, 9 8 10 Martin, 7 6 3 Hallowell, 112 Creswell, 1 1 Olos, 2 2 2 Broadhead, G 2 After the 4th ballot had been announced, Mr REAII FRAZER, moved the appointment of a committee of nine, fo draft resolutions for tho consideration of tho Convention, which motion was adopted, and Messrs. Frazer, Ritter, Hutter, Wilson, Lynch, Thompson, Plummer, Kaine, and Danner, appointed said committee. The Convention then adjourned until half past 8 o'clock, to-morrow morning. SECOND DAY. Thursday, May 30. Tho Convention met and consumed the entire forenoon in balloting, without effect ing a choice, as follows .• BALLOTS sth 6ill 7th Bth 9th 10th 11th Hubley, 49 53 53 53 52 52 51 Strikland 36 41 45 46 45 45 47 Vansant, 23 20 20 20 20 20 20 Morrison, 11 10 9 9 12 10 10 Martain, 2 2 11 11 Creswell, 12 2 Oles, 8 2 (withdrawn.) Adjourned till 2 o'clock, P. M. AFTERNOON SESSION, BALLOTS 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18lh Hubley, 52 64 54 56 55 58 56 Strickland 46 44 43 44 44 43 41 Vansant, 20 19 22 23 23 21 26 Morrison, 10 11 9 6 7 5 2 Martin, 1 1. 1 1 12 Creswell, 1 2 1 There being yet no chice, the convention adjourned to meet at 8 o'clock this evening. EVENINQ SESSION. Mr. HICKMAN, of Chester, arose and desi red to say a word in thanking the friends of Judge Strickland for their support of him. Ho was urged, said Mr. H., for the nomination of Canal Commissioner by ail the democrats of Chester county, who knew his worth as a democrat and his honor as a man. They pressed his claims because they felt that he was worthy for tho position to which they had desired to elvevate him. He has been before the people in this contest with an ir reproachable private and public character, and whether this convention shall favor him or some other member of the party with the nomination, Judge Strickland will go back to those neighbors who are his best friends, with clean hands and a pure heart, still now, as ever heretofore, warmly attached to the great and glorious causo of the people, and again to do yeoman service in battling for the pure principles of his political faith, no matter what men may be their exponents. But his namWts net withdrawn. Others of friends will eaoh eonsult bis own judg ment as to where * vite can do most for the success of the party- But as fdt me, I shall still continue to votflor Judge Strickland as a man of the highM capacity and A Demo crat without Mr. Johnson, 6f Aacaster, arose and desi red to make some remarks to the conven tion, which affected the purity and welfare of the party. Some corrupt and reckless men had insidiously crept among the mem bers of this body, and used the most foul and disgraceful means- Mr. Fraily—Mr. President, the gentleman from Lancaster is out of ordei. There is no qneMion or motion before the convention which it debate-able. Mr. Johnson—Then, sir, I rise to make a motion that a committee be appointed to in vestigate whether any unfair and corrupt means luve been used to influence votes in this convention. Mr. Fraily—We have already heard too much ot these rumors here about corruption. They are a desperate crusade waged against a prominent candidate before this conven tion, and when we attempt to trace them up, amount to mere rumor. They are mischie vously calculated to distract and injure the JJeraocratie Mr. Johrnon*Pie charges I lave to make are not only rumor. They are the part of an infamous plot coiceived by unscrupulous and villainous men, and to be carried out here by their base and reckless underlings. For ono I insist that the Democratic party owes it as a duty to its character that it purge it self of all corruptitn, and not send its nomi nee out of this coivention tainted with the slightest suspicion of unfairness clinging to his endorsement. I hold that to keep the de mocratic party pure is not to distract and di vide it. Mr. Fraily again insisted that there was no dcbateable question before the convention, and asked for specific charges. Mr. Johnson—You shall have them, Judge Fraily, if you only give us a committee to ferret the rascals out. Several members—"Give us the charges." Amid some confusion, Mr. Johnson finally obtained leave to proceed, and continued— The party should never fear the exposure of villains who steal its livery to serve corrup tion in. Tne rules of parliamentary order should never silence the exposure of bribery— Here there was again confusion, and sev eral motions mode; among others ono font the convention proceed to ballot for Canal Commissioner. Mr. Johnson—l will be heard, Mr. Presi dent before another ballot is taken. There is treason, aye, TREASON in our midst. The money-changers are skulking around us, and tainting the air we breathe with corruption. Bribes, sir, have been paid here, and now that wa have marked the 'rascals, let them be held up to the just indignation of foe whole country. Let us not go to sleep in se curity while the sly serpent is insidiously coiling itself around us and preparing to in flict its poisonous fangs. Bribery is Treason stalks among us, and the money changers are around us. Sevoral voices—"The charge,foe charge." Mr. Johnson—Well, sir, it is this: a dele gate of this convention has been paid four 320 bills foi a vots here upon the next bal lot. Mr. Gillis—l skould like to know how any member here c8 tell if I have four 820 dol lar bills in my potket. Let us have some proof. Mr. Johnson—Gi, sir, we are not without proof in this matt<r. We have a mark upon foe scoundrels, aril we have their plunder here. Cries of "namo the fhen," "namo them." Mr. Johnson at first asked that a commit tee should be chosen, but being urged to namo the men, he said "The money was ta ken as proof in exposing vilfciny, and the delegate's name is Donahue." Here Mr. Donahue, who was ono of the' Vice Presidents, arose, held up the money, and throwing it on the President's stand said "Hero the money is; I despise it." Mr. Green also arose and said he had one hun dred dollars which had been paid him for his vote on the next ballot. Amid intense excitement, Mr. Coyle mo ceil that a committee of five be appointed to investigate tho charges. The resolution was adopted, and the President appointed Messrs Coyie, Piuraer, Stokes, Frailey and Bailey. The convention then adjourned un til 8 o'clock to-morrow. THIRD DAY. Friday, May 31 The committee to investigate th*> charges of bribery and corruption was not ready to report. The order of business; that of bal loting for Canal Commissioner, was there fore postponed. A State Central Committee was then cho sen to consist of twenty-four members, one selected by the delegates ot each Congres sional district, and seven additional members residing in or near Harrisburg, to be selected by the officers of the convention. Samuel P Collings is the member of this committee from the 11th Congressional district. A resolution was then offered to appoint a Corresponding Committee of three in each county of the State, the members to be se lected by the delegates from the respective counties. Mr. Frazer rose to urge the imporrance of a full organization of the party. He knew that in Democratic counties it was easly] to rally a full force to the polls, but in Whig counties, the insolence of Federalism cros sed the path of every Democrat to crush him and attempted to sneer him out of his politi cal faith. Our brethren in Democratic coun ties can scarcely conceive how we stem the torrent in such counties as Lancaster. The The news from Berks always warms our hearts, as she rolls up her true Democratic majority, and there was glorious Columbia, where the Democraoy turned out proudly with their banners and flags; before the trai or Best di /ided that county and sold its peo ple. I see tho traitor hovering around here, tlike a carion crow, after having betrayed the Democracy of the state, violated hie pledgee, to those who elected him, and voted with the Whiga. [Mr. Frazer'e remarks were a scathing re buke to the perfidious Senator, who was present and complacently swallowed the whole dose. The remarks of Mr. Frazer we believe were stenographed, and*we shall publish them in full it we can obtain them.] The resolution was adopted unanimously. Charles Conner C. F. Mann and Hon. Samuel Oaks are the Corresponding com mittee for Columbia county. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Committee appointed to investigate the charges of bribery and corruption made report in writing. They exonerate all the candidates. Messrs Green and Dooahoe swear that Wm. B. Ranken paid Donahoe >BO on Thursday evening just before the meeting of the convention, for his vote on the neat ballot for Edward B Hubley. They also swear that Samuel Ovenshine paid Mr. Green 1100 on the sams evening and for the same purpose. Green and Donahoe at first consulted whether they should take the money, or make an exposure with mt doing so. They finally took the money, agreeing that when Donahoe voted next time in the convention he should hold up the money and dealare it the price of his vote. They then on reflection sent for Mr Johnson to make an exposure as soon as the convec tion met, wntcn tie aid, as appears by last night's report. The money is that exhibited before the convention. Four >2O notes are on the Middletown Bank,the others on tho Harrisburg and Schuylkill Co. Bank. One of the deponents says that when the money was handed to him it was accompanied by the rematk "General Cameron always roraem bors his frionds." Ranken and Ovenshine admit paying over the money, and in theiP depositions say that rt was loaned to Green and Donohue and not given as a bribe to vote for any candidate. They say that Green first made application to Ranken to borrow money, and that Ran ken got it of Ovenshine and paid it over. They say that Green then asked for another loan for his friend Donahoe, he said, was also in want of money. Ovenshine, at the request of Ranken, then paid 380 to Don ahoe. We shall publish the full roport as soon as we can obtain a copy. After the report was read a resolution was read adopting the report and severely cen - suring Messrs Ranken and Ovenshine. Mr. Gillis offered an amendment to expel Messrs. Green and Donahue from tho Con vention. Mr Johnson offered an amendment to tho amendment tendering to MessrsjGreen and Donahoe the thanks of the convention for their prompt and honest exposure of this attempt at bribery. These men Jsaid Mr J. took this money not as a base bribo, but to hold the gilded villains up to the scorn and honest indignation of every man who shall meet them. They promptly exposed the fraud. If they had been citizens of ancient Rome, it would have been decreed that they had served well tho republic. The money had to be taken as proof. There must be some way to catch tho Indians that Bhulk a round us. If Green and Donahoe would have come into this convention, declaring that an attempt had been made to bribe them men here would sneeringly have called for their proof, and declared it was a crusade waged against a particular candidate. Dr. Lambert thought there was a middle course of reason in this thing. Ranken and Ovenshine were to be severely censured, but they are beyond the reach of tho conven tion . Donahoe and Green should never have suffered themselves to be approached by bribes, and are not without blame. They too should bo censured. Judgo Thompson too thought that Green and Donahoe were not blameless in allowing themselves to be approached with bribe s and was for censuring them. Mr. Hickman said it was the wicked In tent and the corrupt heart alone which made the taking of monfey a brih. It was the perverse soul that contaminated the man who touched it. Dr. Stokes said, he felt that the conven owed it to the Democratic party rather to ex pose than to conceal fraud. If these men Donahoe and Green are expelled I shall be compelled to leave the convention, and I know that I shall not be alone. They have but done their duJy and could not have done less. Mr. Johnson withdrew his amendment, and in doing so desired to protest against the convention making itself an accomplice in crime by screening villains, or censuring those who exposed base fraud and briber]'- He sneered at the idea of Donahoo and Green wanting to borrow money to the a mount of 8100 each. What delegate would need that sum here I And these, men in pasy circumstances, who though they may not own > line of omnibusses, are honest men, and not without means of their own. Mr. Gillis. But they had already borrow ed >3O. Mr. Green. I deny it. Mr. Gillis. I have been iuformed so by a gentleman here. Mr. Green—Name him. Mr. Gillis—l am not authorised to do so, and will not without his permission. Mr. Johnson—lf tho gentleman is here, as you say, we insist that you obtain his per mission before we proceed to another ballot. This is a male rial fact in the case, and we desire to have it explained. After somo further debato, Mr. Gillis with drew his amendment. The report was then unanimously adopted, and also a resolution severely censuring Messrs. Ranken and O venshine. The convention then proceeded to vote for a candidate for Canal Commissioner, as fol lows: BALLOTS 22d 23d 24th 251h 261h Hubley, 86 84 80 35 Strickland, 34 31 29 18 4 Vansant, 23 27 28 20 18 Morrison, 6 8 13 42 106 Martin, 10 9 10 15 1 Creswell, 11 1 The President announced that W.T. MOR RISON, of Montgomery county, was duly nominated the Democratic candidate for Ca nal Commissioner, and on motion his nomi nation was unanimously confirmed. Alter making nominations for Surveyor General, the convention took a recess of ono hour, before proceeding to ballot for a candidate for that office. EVENING SESSION. When the convention again met six bal lots were taken for Surveyor General, with the following result.' BALLOTS Ist 2d 3d 4th slh 6th Brawley, 25 45 66 58 63 71 Carpenter, 17 32 42 47 48 56 Dieffenbach, 15 28 32 35 16wilh Watson. 13 11 withdrawn Ives, 14 15 " Jackson, 9 withdrawn Kelly, 10 " Marks, 3 " Baily, 8 " Montgomery, 4 " Robinson, 3 " Ilein, 2 " Madden, 1 " The President announced that J AS. POR TER BRAWLEY, of Crawford county, was duly nominated the Democratic candidate for Surveyor General, and on motion, his no mination was unanimously confirmed. The convention then proceeded to nominate candidates for Auditor General, during which the following interesting episode came into the proceedings: Mr. Hutter, of Northampton, said ho no minated Valentine Best. Several membeis—"Who t" Mr. Hutter—"Valentino Best." % A member—"Where ftom V Mr. Hutter—"Felly Best, o* No-county." President—Mr. Hutter, of Northampton, nominates Valentine Best, of No-county. One member offered a resolution that the nominations made here be confined to De mocrats. Another member ofTered a resolution that the convention refuse to receive the nomina tion of Valentine Best. Mr. Fraily said that such procedure seem ed out of propriety. If this convention wish ed to reach Mr. Best it could do so through a resolution of censure; but it was to bo re membered that we would this fall need the entire Democratic vote cf the State for our candidates, and not drive away Mr. Best's friends if they desired to vote our ticket. A voice—Has he got any friends 1 Mr. Fraily hoped that the nomination w'ld bo withdrawn. Mr. Fullmer said that as he came from that part of the country where Mr. Best liv ed, ho thought it right to say that he hoped the nomination would bo withdrawn. Mr. Hutter said he only offered the nomi nation in jest, and now withdrew it, remark ing to the Recording Secretary "I don't want my name to appear itt connection with it." The Convention then proceeded to ballot for Auditor General with the following result: BALLOTS Ist 2nd F.phraim Banks, 30 67 J B Guthrie, 24 40 Murray Whalley, 17 12 A Beaumont, 10 9 Thomas Power, 13 Kaine, 11 Forsyth, 7 Jamison, 5 Dougherty, 3 Armstrong, 1 So the President announced that that E PHRAIM BANKS, of Miffiin county, was duly nominated for Auditor General, and on motion, his nomination was unanimously confirmed. Mr. Frazer, chairman of tho committee on resolutions, then made tho fallowing re port : 1 That the federal government is one li mited powers, derived solely from the con stitution, and the grants of power shown therein ought to be strictly construed by all the departments and agents of the govern ment ; and that it is inexpedient and danger ous to exercise doubtful constitutional pow ers. 2. That the constitution does not confer upon the general government the power to commerce and carry on a geueral system of internal improvements. 3. That the constitution does not con con fer authority upon the federal government, directly, or indirectly, to assume the debts of the several States, contracted for local inter nal improvements or other State purposes; nor would such assumption be just and ex pedient. 4. That justice and sound policy forbid the Federal government to foster one branch of industry to the detriment of another, or to cherish the interest of one portion to the in jury of another portion of our common coun try : that every citizen, and every section of the country, has a right to demand and in sist upon an equality of rights and privileges, and to complete an ample protection of per sons and property from domestic violence or foreign aggression. 5. That it is tho duty of every branch of tho government to enforce and practice the most rigid economy in conducting our pub lic affairs, and that no moft revenue ought to be raised than is required to defray the necessary expenses of tho government, and for the gradual but certain extinction of tho de.'H created by the prosecution of a just and nccest'try war > after peaceful relations shall have bee" restored. 6. cTOgress as no power to char ter a national ba n ' c I 'hatwe believe such an institution onr o* deadly hostility to the best interests of the cojmtry, dangerous to our republican institutions -0" the liberties of the people, and calculated ,0 place the business of the country within ihe control of a concentrated money power, and abpve the laws and tho will of tho people ; and i.ha? the results of Democratic legislation, in this and all other financijl measures upon which iss ues have been made between ihe two politi cal parties of (he country, have demonstrated to candid and practical men of all parties, their soundness, safely and utility in all busi ness pursuits. 7. That Congress has no power under the constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several Slates, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the constitu tion ; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take iucipi] ent steps in relation thoroto, are caloulated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tenderoy to diminish the happiness of tho people, and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought notto be oountenanced by any friend of our political institutions. 8. That the separation of the moneys of thegovernment from banking institutions is indispensable for the safety of the funds of the government and the rights of the people. 6. That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Indepen dence, and sanctioned ix the Constitution, which makes ours the-land ot liberty, and the atylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles the ..... -i- \ i Democratic faith ; and every attempt to •- bridge the present privalege of becoming cit , zens and the owners of soil among us, ought to be resisted with the eame spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws from our statnte books. [The above is the Baltimore platform.— ' An additional resolution was inclnded in tho report of the committee declaring it the sense 1 of the convention that Congress should im- I mediately admit California as a State with t its present constitution, and also immediate ly establish territorial government for Utah and New Mexico.] Afier the resolutions were read, Mr. EL A. Penniman, who, in the evening, had been admitted as a snbstitute for one of the Phila delphia oounty delegates, called for the sep arate reading of the resolutions. They were so and unanimously adopted until that one was reached which relates to slavery, j Mr. Pennin?an opposed its adoption. Mr. , Thompson, of J5C> P ok o against Free soil . ism with vehemence. Mr. Magraw then offered as an amend -5 ment the resolution last ye'ur adopted at the 4 Pittsburg Convention. He said it was no ar } guinent for the gentleman from Erie to say that we had triumphed in a presidential can . test with the Baltimore platform, or at least it was a sufficient reply that we had also last year achieved a glorious victory upon the Pittabnrg platform. He proceeded to read a letter written by Jndge Thompson in 1840, when he was a candidate for Congress, in which he declared himself of opinion that Congress had the right to legislate in the ter ritories of the Union upon the subject of sla very, and that that body ought to exercise that power in tho case of Oregon. He said, if what he had often beard Judge Thompson say in private conversation was true, that gentleman had quite as much to do with the preparation of tho Wilmot Proviso as poor YVilmot himself; and indignation against Free-soilism would therclore come from him now with a poor grace. Mr. Snodgrass, of Westmoreland, made some personal remarks about Judge Thomp ' son's connection with the State Convention of 1635, but tho President called him to or der. Mr. Thompson hoped the gentleman from Westmoreland would bp allowed to proceed. Ho then retorted with some personal allu sions to Mr. Snodgrass, which the President decided wore also out of order. He then proceeded to explain his view of the Wilmoc Proviso. He said he believed that Congress had the power to legislate upon the subject . of slavery in the territories. In 1846 we were told that slaves were taken and held iu , bondago in Oregon, and for that reason he , bad desired to seo Congress exercise its power and restrain slavery. With these feel ings he had written the lettor just read by the gentleman from Allegheny. Now in New Mexico and Utah the case was different. There the Mexican law had prohibited slavery, and that law continued in force after wo acquired those territories, until it was expressly repealed. Henoe, no. necessity for a new prohibition, of slavery in those territories, for it was already excluded as well by the law as by the soil and climate of that region. Oregon was a part of the ~" Louisiana purchase, where slavery was tole rated by the French law, and hence the ne cessity for legislation in that case. Mr. Frazer then went into an able vindica tion of the doctrine of non-interventiOn. He said, if Congress has ever exercised the pow -1 er of legislating for the territories of the Un | ion, it was a usurpation of right, and a vio -1 lation of the great and glorious constitution ■ of the republic. So too we have had •U. ' §|fttes Bank chattered against the spirit and power of the great charter of our freedom. r And so too have we had the nation's money i squandered in unconstitutional and unrighte -1 ous projects of internal improvements. Aad where does this negro creed lead youf The poor deluded Van Burenites got beside ' themselves, cowardly ran away from the great Democratic army, and took refuge un : der the negro flag, until their defection and treason helped to elect a southern slavehold -1 er. Oh that was helping to emancipate the i negro and restrain slavery! Shame that men should become so lost! 1 was sorry | when I saw Wilmot fall from his high emi r nence. I had loved that man for his noble stand upon the tariff of 1846. I idolized him when he stood tearless and unmoved, faith fully among the faithles. I could have wept over his fall. 1 went to him and be sought him to come again into the great Democratic fold. I said, take your pioviso into the House, and there before the assem bled statesmen of the nation, mako an offer ing of it, tear it in pieces, trample it to the dust, and let the whoio people know that you will be an American patriot—an Ameri can Democrat. But he is joined to his idols. Ho is lost. I was sorry to see tho Fitsburg convention pass such a resolution as it did. I ,was sor ry to see Mr. Gamble write such a Jetlet as he did. It didn't gain him one vole, for jj was the great Democracy of the state that elected him. I was grieved too to see my friend here from Allegheny in bad company I have known him for many years as one of the best and soundest Democrats of the state. I thought, when I heard him here that I must rescue him. It was too much to bear in silence. Oh Harry, never do so any more. Ihe only true course is to hold to a nation al creed. It is the only course that will wear. These sectional faction can never do any good. I know no Pennsylvania Democracy. Tho wholo American people our countrymen —our brethren, and the American Constitu tion is otir political guide. Let us hold to that as our creed ; for it is by it that this country has grown great and glorious; un der it our people have spread from ooean to, ocean, and under it have tho Democracy.- goneto victory year afier year! Whenever you set up Peon sylvania against the nation, you go wrong. It was so in the tariff cry; and it will be just so if you try to tot up the North against the whole country. Pennsyl vania con have no interests that conflict with Ihe prosperity of the wholo nation. We must grow great through the prosperity Of the whole country. The so people found this out who gotaMrav on the tariff t
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