THE STAR OF THE NORTH. B W. Wearer Proprietor.] VOLUME 7. THE STAR OF THE NORTH 18 PUBLISHED EVERT TIIURSDAT JTLORNING BY I 11. W. WEAVER, OFFICE—Up stairs, in the new brick build ing, on the south side of Main Steert, thild square Lelow Market. X E R M S : —Two Dollars per annum, if paid within six months from the time of sub scribing ; two dollars and fifty cents if not paid within the year. No subscription re ceived for a less period than six months ; no discontinuance permitted until all arrearages •re paid, unless at the option of the editor. ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding one square will be inserted three times for One Dollar .and twenty five cents for each additional in sertion. A liberal discount will be made to those who advertise by the year. CHOICE POETRY. PRIDE. BY JOHN G FA XT. 'Tie a curious fact as ever was known In human nature, but often shown Alike in castal ar.d cottage, That pride, like pigs of a certain bred, Will manage to live and thrive on " feed" | As poor as a pauper's pottage. Of all the notable things on earth, The querest one is pride of birth, Amqpg our ".fierce Democracy!'' A bridge across a hundred years, Without a drop to save it from sneers— Not even a couple ot rotten Peers— A tiling for laughter, fleers, and jeers, Is American aristocracy! Depend upon it mv snobbish friend, Your tamily thread you can't ascend, I Without pood reason to apprehend, You may find it waxed at '.lie farther end, By some plehian vocation ! Or, worse than that, your boasted line ( May end in a loop of stronger twine i That plagued some' worthy relation ! Because you flourish in worldly affairs, Don't be haughty and put on airs, i With insolent.piide of station! Don't be proud, and turn up your nose At Morer people in plainer clothes, But ream for the sake oS your mind's repose, What wealth's bubble thai comes, and goes! 1 And that nil Proud Flesh, wherever ilgrows, ! Is subject to irritation. America as Reviewed by an Englishman. Great Britain has yet a long score to settle up in relation to this country. Only a feu years have gone by, since the abuse of the United States formed the staple of many of Hie leading London Journal*, as well as of not a few of the popular novelists. It is now admitted that the Americans are a Deo ; pie, that their progress has been more extra- ' ordinary- than that of any other modem na tion, and that if they be true to themselves ayd their fnture will be still more remarka. ble. Witness the following from the last number of the Westminster Review : American "emigrants subdue the wilder ness. establish their own munioipal institu tions, coalesce into a "Territory," receive judges from the central executive, and final ly, when their numbers reach the requisite point, can demand to be accepted to the Union as a constituent, State," OD submit ting to a few broad and necessary principles, i notorious and universal. 'This point deserves the more attention, because. Ebgliah Whigs throw dnst into our eyes, by ascribing the superior well-being (which they cannot de ny) of the American millions, to the abun dance of unoccupied land. Why ! in Cana da and in Australia there is as little lack ol land as in the United Stales ; but our aristoc ratic cabinets at first jobbed it auay in vast grants to favorites or to the church—so as to keep it wild and obstructive—and now cith er let it in wide tracts or refuse In sell, or sell it so atVitrariiy that it is no resource to our poor. In this whole matter," it is by, fairness, by publicity, by bail unchanging end judicious princi|i'e,thal the United States Ims.produced so great results; and Canada has begun to thrive, just in proportion as she > lias become emancipated from English con trol. The cardinal point is, that the Ameri can system promotes freehold cultivators, while our Colonial Office snuggles to keep rioh landlords, and indigent peasants or shepherds; workiug for wages—that is tho secret of the whole; our rulers do not wish Ibe lower classes to be independent. But thirdly, the Moral Movements ot the United Slatea ate carried on with . an energy lo which there is no parallePJn England.— The very fanaticism which mixea-ilself up with the Abolitionists, testifies to the earn estness of ihinr sjruggle. The war against intoxicating drinks (whatever may be our auguries as to its final success,) is an evi dence of the thorough going determination to strike at the moral mischief, and top off tlw'tng vices. The efforts of "be Free States tor .Vn'iona! .Education (about which we talk much and do hiiie) ore unparalleled in all the world, and hold out a obeeriug hope of American futurity, in •pita of the dark shadow which slavery casts. The coursge.with which all ridicule is despised, in the effort lo open employ ments for females, and qualify females for employments, deserves all honor; it will sus tain the morality of the sex, and (except so far as foreign immigration interferes) prevent the formation ol that curse of " Christian'' Europe—Parian casts in the great cities.— Even now, Ihs jails of the Free States have hardly any native born Americans aa their inmates. Orphanhood of course must exist; i>ut orphans are adopted in families with a freedom rivalled, we believe, only in Tur key. These are speolmons of moral energy 'in a community, which augur lot it a splen did future, HP New York City, ii getting to be an old villege, as it was ineerporated one hun dred and ninety years sgo, on 1685. BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1855. A Chapter on Angling, NV C. r. SEYMOUR. "A contented mind," says the proverb," is a continual feast," and a contented mind, as a continual feast, is the peculiar prorerder of the brotherhood of the angle. I have been living on contentment for the past week— with a few trifling exceptions—and as the good nature and liberality of anglers are world-famous, I propose in this letter to diffuse a little of the articles among my read* era. It is well to premise that I am a mere dab ster in the 'gentle art.' My experience in the way of fish hooks is of a limited charac ter. I have not yet overcome the difficulty of catching myself, before essaying the fisb. I am invariably the first hooked, and the last. Until my line is fairly in the water, I experience no personal security, and when I get a bile, 1 must confess it is not unattended with personal apprehension. There is an impossible amount of science required in pulling out a big tisb, which rather distresses me. Ii is perhaps an open question whether I catch the fish, or the fish catches me, inas much as the former, as a general thing, re gains his liberty quicker than I regain mine. The theory of angling reduces itself to this formula: Ist. Extracting the hooks from_ the tail of your coat, where, by a perversity of their crooked nature theju invariably fix themselves; 2d. Untying impossible knots in running tackle; 3d. Rescuing the said run ning tackle from the loving embrace of six foot weeds; 4th. Trying to catch a fish ; sth. Trying hard to catch a fish; 6;h. Managing a bite; 7;h. Catching a fish; Bth, Olh, 10th, 11th, ar:d 12th. Landing him. This lake has some reputalion*Tor its fish ing. If the natives are to be believed, every thing that ever s* am can be caught in it. You ask if there are any trout : the answer is, "Not hereabouts, but plenty a few miles down." The same with salmon ; you have only to gel into deep water (wherever that I may be) and you can pull 'em up at every two or three second''. 1 intend to inquire if any whales have been seen taken here late ly, and fully expect the answer will be, ' Not here, but plenty a few miles down the lake." There is one great advantage in this invaria ble answer. If you should happen to have a bad day's sport, it is easily accounted for—you havn'l been far enongh down the lake. c There is, I fancy, plenty of fish to be caught if one can only lake them while they are an the humor—a difficult thing to do. Rass of a large size are continually being miked about. 1 myself have bragged about a bass weigh ing four pounds to every one wbo was not in the secret. An ambitious and unscrupulous native has recently raised his weight a pound, so that for the honor of New York, my next quotation must be six pounds. The most perfectly distracting occupations I have ever attempted is catching the baits. Grasshoppers are used itcre nearly exclusive ly. They are found among the high grass everywhere, but around most plentifully in the churchyard. Thither I went with a tin box, a pair of spectacles, and a superabund ant faith in my own agility. The process of catching a grasshopper may seem to the su- I perficia! and flippant a trivial matter. But I, Sir, who have undergone it, am prepared I t'p pronounce it one of the most absorbing and intense occupations in the world. Any one can dig a worm. You have but to turn , up Ibe soil and grasp the object of your re ' searches; it may squirm more or less, but it cannot get away. But with a grasshopper it is entirely'different. You have to contend with a power—the power oflocomolion—and in addition to that, an intelleatual force which will not be coerced, and loves free dom. The way I secured a few grasshoppers was this: Having wiped my spectacles so as to secure a goad vision, I crept stealthily into the high grass. Immediately twenty or thir ty grasshoppers darted upwards in as many directions. By the lime I had considered which one to pursue,they had all disappeared. Another step ot two produced a similar re sult, bqt instead of reflecting this time, I sur rendered myself to instinct, aud followed him who first caught my eye. Now it is not easy to follow a grasshopper, for he dives into deep places where you cannot find him, unless you have been accustomed to extract a needle from the historical bottle of hay; and he pos sesses also the happyfacully of changing his location at the moment he thinks it insecure. With the best of intentions, however, you creep up to the spot where you saw him alight; sure enough he is there, running along a biauc of crass; in the face of such an en couraging tac^l> al you betid your fingers in to a good grasping position, ami make a grab: you perceive at the same instant that a grasshopper has made a bolt, but faith be ing strong in the human breast, you do not apprehend it is jours. So rising slowly into an upright and rather proud position, yon begin to draw out threads of grass one by one, firmly persuaded that the residum will be a grasshopper. Presently the idea occurs to that if such were the case, your captive, being gifted with very strong hind legs, would surely use them. A cloud of suspi cion crosses your brow, and yon determlhe at any sacrifice to investigate the truth. With i heroic intention you slowly unbend your fin gers, and at the laat critical stage, when I thought is suspended by tbey very breath tessnes* of expectation, you discover that you have seized a— -stinging nettle. For an hour or two I prowled about the churchyard,making desperate grabs at every thing tbel bore the remotest resemblance to what I wanted. If poor fancy can*picture Guy Pawkes in spectacles, with a tin canis ter in bis hand instead of a lantern, you will realise your correspondent in his arduous oc cupation. After a while industry was re warded—for, during the day, I succeeded in capturing at least half a dozen grasshoppers. This comparative wealth was not unattended with trials and tribulations, for every addition I made to it exposed me to the risk of ruin. You must know, Sir, that the aperture to the tin canister was of a fatal size, imperfectly barricaded with a knot of paper. Like the gales of a citadel, it was much easier for the inhabitants to march out than for a stranger to march in ; and so when I had an addition to the general population, consisting of one, 1 generally experienced a desertion, consist ing of two—so, that, in the long tun, it was not my interest to hunt grasshoppers for more than an hour at a time. If J continued the occupation for along period, 1 worked stead ily backward to the point whence I star ted. I believe I am a very earnest sportsman, but I confess the tranquility of catching noth ing surpasses, in my estimation, the excite ment of catching one, beyond which number it is not easy to progress. Why should I be expected to pull out a fish every time one br.es ? Why convert a delightful contempla tive pastime into a laborious occupation? It better suits my idiosyncrasy to sit with the line in my hand, sr.d know there is a fish at the end—lo-pull it up occasionally—not cru elly, with intention of breaking its jaw by extracting the hook, but fondly, as something that belongs to myself, than to lug liirn to the shore. And if the beggar should happen to get away—as I confess the little beggar very often does—l philosophize on the insta bility of piscatorial riches, and fling another grasshopper to the Fates, with a contented mind and a virtuous resignation. But to pull up my 1 ne every lime an erratic perch or greedy bass chooses to seize the bait, would be work, Sir; and I came down to play—not to work. Next to the passion for angling, the strong est in my nature is- gunning. I have had some sport here lately in tho wild duck way- CHANGES OF CLIMATE. The following, from the Scientific American, contains some interesting facts, and treats of a very feeling subject, worthy of a careful investigation : History it-.formes us that many of the countries of Europe which now possess very mild water;, at one time experienced severe cold durine this season of the year. The Ti ber, at Home, was often frozen over, and snow at one time lay for tort) days in that city. The Euxine Sea was frozen over every winter duiing the time of Ovid, and the ri vers Rhine at Rhone used to be frozen so deep that the ice sustained loaded wagons.— The waters of the Tiber, Rhine and Rhone, now flow freely every winter: ice is un known iu Rome, and the waves of the Eux ine dash their wintry foam uncrystalized upon the rocks. Some have ascribed these climate changes to agriculture; the cutting down of dense forests, the exposure of the upturned soil to the summer's sun, and the draining of great marshes. We do not be have that such great changes could have been produced on the cifinate of any coun try by agricnlture, and we are certain that no such theory can account for the contrary change of climate—from warm to cotd win ters—which history tells us has taken place in other countries than those named. Green land received its valleys and mountains; and its cast coast, which is now in accessi ble, on account of perpetual ice heaped upon its shores, was in the eleventh century, the seat of flourishing Scandinavian colonies, all trace of which is now lost. Cold Labra dos was named Vinland by the Northmen, who visited,it A. D. 1000, and were charm ed with its then mild climate. Tbe cause of these changes is an impor tant inquiry. A pamphlet by John Murry, civil engineer, has recently been published in London, in which he edeavors to attribute thesechanges of climate to the changeable positioo of the magnetic poles. The magnet ic variation or declination of the needle is well known. At the present lime it amounts in London to 23 degrees west north, while in 1658 the line of variation passed through England, and then moved gradually west until 1816. In that >ear a great removal of ice took place on the coast of Greenland, hence it is inferred, that the cold meridian, which now passes through Canada and Si beria, in ay at one time have passed through Italy, and that of the magnetic meridian re turns, as it is now doing, to its old lines in Europd. Rome may once more see her Tj ber frozen over, BUtl (he merry Rhinelander drive bis leam on the Ice of the classic river. Whether tbe obanges of the climate men tioned have been caused by tbe change of the magnetic meridian or not, we have too few facts before us at present to decide con clusively ; but the idea, once spread abroad, will soon lead to such investigations as will no.doubt remove every obscurity, and settle the question. BV Mr. Jqseph Hiss, was expelled from the Massachusetts Legislature, is sus tained by the Know-Nothing council to which ha belongs, in Boston, and it now the del egate to tbe State counoll that will meet this week. t#" Tbe salary of the Governor-General ol Canada ia leu thousand dollars a year more than that of tbe President of the United State*. Troth and Right God and our Country. Is There any Forgetting t Dr. Rush tells ns that when he was called upon to attend, on their death-beds, aged Swedes, who for forty, fifty, and sixty yearn, had lost the use of their native tongue, the long suspended faculty would be recalled in approaching death, and they woulJ talk, pray, and sing in Swedish. Dr. Johnson, also, when it oamehis turn to die, spoke not in the march of his own majestic rhetoric— passed by even the cadences of those Latin hymns in which he onco had so much loved to dwell—but was heard with his sinking voice muttering a child's prayer which he had learned on his mother's knee. Strange, indeed, is the providence, and yet so wise ly illustrative ol the absence of time as an element in the divine economy, which thus brings together the two extreme points of hu man history, birth and death ! This same re markable quality is thus touched npon by Coleridge: "In a Roman Catholic town in Germany, a young woman of four or five and twenty, who could neither read or write, was seized with a nervous fever, during which she con tinued incessantly talking Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, in very pompous tones, und with most distinct enunciation. The case bad at tracted the particular attention of a young physician, and by his statement many emi nent physiologists visited the town, and ex amined the case on the spot. Sheets full of her ravings were taken down from her mouth, and were found to consist of sentences co herent and intelligible each for itself, but with little or no connection with each other. All trick or conspiracy was out of the ques tion. Not only had the young woman ever been a harmless, simple ciealure, but sho was evidently laboring with nervous fever. In a town in which she had been a resident { for many years as a servant, in different fam ilies; no solution presented itself. The young physician, however, determined to trace her past life step by step ; for the patient herself was incapable of returning a rational answer. He at length succeeded in discovering the place where her parents had lived ; traveled thither; found them dead, but an uncle sur viving, and from him learned that the patient had been charitably taken in by an old Prot estant pastor, at nine years old, and had re mained with him some years, even till the old man's death. Wi'.h great difficulty he discovered a neice of the pastor," of whom anxious inquiries were made concerning his habits, and the solution of the phenomenon was soon obtained. For it appeared it had been the old man's custom lor years to walk up and down a passage of his house into which the kitchen door opened, and read to himself with a loud voice out of his favorite books. A"considerable number of these were still in the neice's possession, and the physi cian succeeded in identifying so many pas sages with those taken down at the young woman's bedride, that no doubt could remain in any rational mind, concerning the true or igin of the impressions made on her nervous system. "This authenticated case furnishes both proof and instance, that relics of sensation may exist for an indefinite lime in a latent slate, in the very Bame order in which they were originally impressed ; and as we cannot rationally suppose the feverish state of the brain to act in any other way than as a stim ulous, this fact (and it would not be difficult to adduce several of the same kind) contrib utes to make it even probable that thoughts are in themselves imperishable, and that if the intelligible faculty should be rendered more comprehensive, it would require only a difierent and apportioned organization, the body celestial, instead of the body terrestrial, to bring before every human soul the collec tive experience of its whole past existence. And this—this perchance, is the dread book of judgment, in whose mysterious hierogly phic every idle word is recorded 1 Yea, in the very nature of a living spirit, it may be more possible that heaven and earth should pass away, than that a single act. a single thought, should be loosened or lost.— Presby terian. From the Middle States Medical Reformer. " There are many scenes in the life of the .physician, which are calculated to awaken the strongest sympathies of his nature. He is to witness disease, Buffering and distress, in their various forms. His duties are alike in all eireumstances and conditions of soci ety. The rich and the poor are alike the re cipients of his skill and attention. In mar bled halls, with perfumed couches, adorned with costly drapery, his services are re quired ; in the cheerless hovel, with* its un furnished apartment, and pullet of straw, his attention is also demanded. Doctors are public servants. Wealth makes no distinc tion. The governor ond his subject, the man of affluence, and the beggar at his door, the philanthropist and the miser, equally demand the ntteolj|atfndskill of the physician." ■ ■■* I ST Rashness borrows the asms of coar .age, but it is of another race, and nothing allied to that virtue; the one descends in a direct line from prudenoe, the other from fol ly and presumption^ tW Our very manner ia a thing of im portance. A kind no is oltan more agreea ble than a rough yet. Travellers can now go from Allentown, to New York, via Railroad, for *3,00. Cheap. OT Time is a grateful friend; use it well, and it never fails fo make suitable requital. The Democratic Convention AT HARRISBURG. haltols for Cu DO I commissioner. ARNOLD PLOIER NOMINATED. PROCEEDINGS, RESOLUTIONS, ffc. $-c. WE give below a full report of the proceed ings had at the Democratic State Convention, which assembled at Harrisburgon the Fourth of July. They will bo read with much inter est. The Convention assembled in the Hall of | the House of Representatives on the morning of the Fourth. At precisely 10 o'clock the Hon. Hendrick B. Wright called it to order by nominating John B. Guthrie ol Pittsburg for President. The nomination was unanimously confir med. On taking the Chair, Mr. Guthrie said : Gentlemen of the Convention, I am sin cerely thankful to you for this mark of your confidence and respect. In the discharge of my temporary duties I shall of course be very greatly dependent upon your liberality and kindness, and I hope you will lend me all the aid in your power, that I may discharge them faithfully and impartially, (applause). The convention is now ready to proceed with business. The Convention proceeded to tho nomina tion and election of the secretaries. Messrs. Wm. B. McGrath of Philadelphia, Rielly, of Schuylkill County, Joel B. Danner, of Adams County, and Thomas B. McGuire of Cam ! bria County, were placed in nomination. On motion of Mr. John Sherry it was re solved : "That the two first gentlemen put in nomination, act as secretaries." Messrs. Reilly and Danner declined serv ing. Messrs. Wm. B. McGrath and T. B. Mc Guire were declared the secretaries of lhe Convention. The districts were then called over and the delegates reported. From Dauphin county there were two sets of delegates, and it appeared that those who were chosen by the regular Democratic coun ty Convention of last fall were suspected ol j being Know-Nothings, and also the majority of the Standing Committee. One of these delegates, Mr. Sailer; confessed that he had been a Know-Nothing, but said that ho had now left the lodge. A convention of the peo ple and also the Standing Commilte had sup plied his place after declaring his seat vacant. The State convention was of the opinion that he must first go back into the ranks and there prove his fidelity by works before he could pretend to be a leader in the Democraticpar ly as the representative .ot honest men He was voted out almost unanimously. Messrs. Reel and Ferree, the other dele gates chosen by the regular county conven tion last fall were not proved to be Know- Nothings by any other evidence than the fact that they last winter favored the election ol Simon Cameron, the Know-Nothing candi ( date for United Stales Senator. They were voted out by a vole of 91 to 28, and their pla ces supplied by Dr. Lewis Heck and George Bowman, who had been chosen at an ir regular county convention on the 2d of July. I The Senatorial delegates were appointed a Committee to select officers for the perma nent organization of the convention. A discussion here arose ou the propriety of requiring a pledge from the Delegates pres ent, in regard to Know-Nothingism. Mr. Lougacre offered a pledge for the mem bers to sign. Mr. Orr wished them lo 6wear to it. Mr. J. Richter Jones said that many of i the delegates present, (and he among the rest) were conscientiously opposed to taking i extra judicial oaths. Col. Black, of Allegheny—l offer the fol lowing resolution as a substitute (pr the pledge submitted by Mr. Lougacre: Resolved, That in the estimation of this Convention, any man who belongs to the Se cret Order, commonly called Know-Nothings, or iir hny way sympathizes with them, is not and cannot be a Democrat—he is not fit to hold a seat here or in any Dernocratio assem bly. If any such man ventnred, or will ven ture to claim a seat in this body, we denounce him as a bass, black-hearted deceiver, and easenlial liar, who deserves the scorn and contempt of every decent man and woman tn the country. (Tremendous applause.) If any man will vote aye on that, and yet be a Know-Nothing, God forgive him. (Re newed applause.) Mr. Alricks— I move to strike out all those hard names after 'man.' Mr. Black—l would remark that there is not an unkind word used in that resolution in regard to any man wbo is a Know-Noth ing. He may do just as he pleases, so long as he does not interfere in our private affairs. This resolution only applies lo that portioX of the Know-Nolhlitga who came here to practice frauds on us. 1 think they oan be called essential liars, and .everything else bard, and yet not get half_ what they deser ve. We do not go among them as they come fraudulently among ua. Let them aland on their aide, aud we will stand on our*. We want to fight them a fair, open fight, and God be with the right, (applause.) Mr. Alricks—Expressions of the kind made use of, will detract from the dignity of the *proceedings. The yeas and naya were oallod for and or dered. Mr. Ludlow—Aa the question reltls, I must vote no. 1 will not consent lo prostrate the dignity ol this Slate Convention by the u*e of such terms, and I will uot vote any other way . than no. A motion was here made (at five minute* past one o'clock, I'. M.) to lake a recess un til three o'clock. The motion was agreed to, and the Con vention adjourned. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Convention re assembled'at 3 o'clock, Mr. Guthrie in the chair. Mr. Ludlow, from the commitlee appoint ed to report officers for a permanent organi zation, made the following report, which was unanimously adopted. PRESIDENT. Hon. J. GLANCY JONES, of Berks Co. Joel B. Danner, Adams Cameron Lockhard, Carbon Jesse Lenzear, Greene John M'Carly, Phila. Co. Nathan Worley, Lancaster Thomas Adams, l'erry J. R. Jones, Sullivan Thomas Grove, Yotk, John I'iatt, Lycoming, - David R. Miller, Allegheny Jesse Johnson, Bucks Wilson Laird, Erie Riter Boyer, Chester -Charles CarleT, Beaver Timothy Ives, Potter Joseph Lippincoit, Philadelphia Azor Lalhrop, Susquehanna R. W. Weaviy, Columbia. SFCRETAKV. Nathan Worley, Lancaster John A. Innis, Northampton Thomas A. Maguire, Cambria William B. M'Grath, Philadelphia John Orr, Franklin. Mr Ludlow then conducted the Hon. J.| Clancy Jones, Presidentelect, lo the Chair. | On taking the chair, Mr. Jones eaid : Gentlemen of the Convention, I sincerely thank you for the honor you have done me in selecting me to preside over the delibera tions of this Democratic Convention of Penn sylvania. I know q| no higher honor. The Democratic parly, geniflrtien, at this partic ular crisis, occupies a peculiar position be fore the country. Surrounded by enemies, well organised in their common hostility to Democracy, although convulsed to the very centre with the elements of disorganization and demoralization, on all the great questions of national and constitutional law. They now present the nobie spectacle, not only lo the country bnt to the world, ol an otganiza lion resting upon the firm basis of unbroken political national faith, bound together by the ligaments of a constitution which, in all po litical matters, reoogniz.es no h'gher law, and exacts implicit observance lo a strict con struction of its decrees. I Efforts, it is true, have been recently made j by other organizations in our country, to es | lablish a National platform, which would en ] able them to go before the whole country, and all the ingenuity and power of interested : men have been brought to bear to effect this J object. That it has signally failed, every man in this Convention and in this country knows. While d'scussions on the question of platforms, occupy the papers of the day for other organizations, the Dernocratio party is spared the trouble; because in all the essehllßis ot nationalities it is and has been nearly always unanimous. This is a proud position to occupy before the country:—it is a proud position to triumpls upon, and the proudest of positions to fall with. Who is there in whose veins the true blood of De mocracy runs that would not be proud even lo fall in such a cause t Not only would be fall upon principals pregnant with trutb, se , curing his own self respect and the respect of | all honorable men, but he would have the j approval of hie conscience in the justice of I his cause, and the dertainly of future success, because it is just lo nerve him for renewed efforts for his country, his whole couutry, and nothing but his country. It is not for me to pretend to diolate lo you what should be your action, not do I intend to occupy the time of this Convention in attempting it. We do not assemble lo make a platform, but to declare one. Our platform is already tnade and understood. We are in power. Oursen timents have gone before the country and triumphed, and many years of practice in ad ministering the government have changed what was once theory in our political creed, into fixed and sober historical facts by these facts we are willing to he judged, which of our enemies can say the name : is this a free happy, prosperous country? if so, then what purty T uot by loud professions of political faith, but by actual government upon fixed princi ples, has made and kept-it so let our enemies be our judges ; history shows that all the lit tle experimental success they ever had, has been in the ratio of the incorporation into (heir creed of our principles, _never it is true voluntarily adopted, mnch less believed in,, by (hem; but used for the occasion under the stress of a popular necessity. Recently, our party has met with some reverses; the cour age of some began to fail, and those not hear tily with us, took French leave, so as not to be behind in the new organization, as they were in the old one; but truth is mighty and will prevail. This freshet has carried off the drift wood of the party; what some feared was going to be a permanent disease, has only proved to be a slight epidemic, and our party now rises prouder, nobler, and higher than ever. (4ppleuse). It is some years since I had the honor of a seal in a Democratic Convention of the State of Pennsylvania. On this occasion, whenoalled upon by my oollaaguea to serve; I availed myself of the opportunity of con tributing my aid to my party if she needed .my bumble services. I believed this Con vention was not one merely for the purpose of nominating a Canal Commiaiioner| but [Two Dollars per Annaa NtJMBER 25. - one lo reiterate principles and whose acts done this day we may not hear the last of for the neat twenty years. We may differ among ourselves about minor matte ft, bttt in essentials we agree. In ntfa-eisetitiais we agree Id disagree—in essentials the party hat nearly always been a unit. Tho opposition press with peculiar pleasure publish thai we are divided into "Haids" attd "Softs," Ne braska and anti-Nebraska, Free .Soil arid pfo- Slavery, Temperance and anti-Temperance factions. Tltey forget that in the Democrat ic party every man may hare his own pri vale opinions on all subjects not organic, while on the essentials of the, National Dem ocratic faith we are and aiwayb frlli be a unit. I regard this Convention, therefore in that light. The nominee pot forth Id tho people is a secondary consideration. To rilif the best recommendation is a character for integrity and honesty, and I hare not adoubt but <hat you will nominate just such a man. Yon are now one year in advance of Ihd j Presidential election, and you are declaring a platform out of Which yod dare not-take one plank in this nor the next election. ,Ydu are'now planting the seed and this fall and next fall you will reap the harvest. Wheth er that harvest will be good or etVil your dct* this day will show. "[Applause.] I have j unlimited faith in our parly—l have the ful , lest confidence in you its representatives. I Gentleman—l shall endeavor to discharge j the duties you have imposed upon me with impartiality, and to the extent of my ability. I hope, therefore, that I may have not only an indulgence but your cordial support. [Great applause.] The first business before lite Convention is the appointraent[of a committee on resdill tions. A motion was made by a delegate to make the number of the committee one from each Senatorial District. Mr. Chase moved lo amend by adding that the delegates from the respective districts choose one their number to represent them in the Committee. Mr. Wright objected to making the num ber oftlte Committee so large: • The question was then put on the amend ment, and it appeared that the ayes had it. A division was called for and taken—47 vo ted In the affirmative; and 43 in the nega tive. The question then recurred on the motion as amended, which was that a committee of one from each Senatorial District, selected by their respective representatives, be ap pointed to draft resolutions. On this question a division was had— -52 voted in the affirmative and 45 in the neg ative. The resolution as amended was therefore adopted. The committee were then appointed, by the respective delegations. Mr Black—l offered a resolution this morning intended as a substitute for the res olution, accompanied by a pledge. It seems that some of the expressions used in my res olution are not agreeable to the general sen timent of the Convention, and I-therefore ask leave to withdraw it, provided that the gen tleman who offered the other resolution will withdraw his and allow the whole matter to go to committee. Mr. Longacre withdrew his resolution and pledge, and, on motion, both his and Mr. Black's resolutions were referred to the Com mittee on Resolutions. Mr. Wright— f no* ttioVe to proceed to Ihd nomination of a candidate for Canal Com missioner. The motion was agreed to. The following gentlemen were put in nom ination:—Messrs. Geo. Scott, of Columbid county; Wm. S. Campbell, of Allegheny county; John Row, of Franklin oounly; John P. Hoover, of Centre county ; Bernard Red ly, of Schuylkill county; Robert Irvih, of Chester county; H, P. Hacker, of Lycoming county; James Worrell, of Daupbin county; Arnold Plumer, of Venango county; Murray Whelan, of Erie county; General John Wi rel, of Lebanon county; and Alexander Small; of York county. A motion was made that the successful nominee of the Convention should give td the State Central Committee a pledge which they should prescribe, in relation to the sub ject of Know-Nothingism, and thdt If he de clined to lake such pledge, that then Ihd State Central Committee be authorised to make a nomination in his stead. An amendment was offered to the motion that the State Central Committee be author zed to call the Convention together, to nom inate another candidate. * The President—The chair ia of opinion that the amendment ia not in order. The question was put on the amdnJrtient, and it was not agreed to. The question was then put on motion, and it was agreed 10. Mr. Guthrie asked that the pledgd of Win. S. Campbell be read. The Clark read the pledge, and also a let ter from Arnold Plumer. The Convention then proceeded to ballot for a candidate for Canal Commissioner, with the following result: Ist. Ballot—Arnold Plumer, 30 ; Wm. S. Campbell, 37 ; John Rorr, 9 ; Geo. Scotl, 7; Robert Irwin, 4 ; Alex. Small, 4; John P. Hoover, 4; Murray Whelan 3; H. P. Pack er, 3 ; Bernard Reillyt; 4. 124 vote*, neces sary lo a choice 96 votes. The friends of Messrs. Robert Irwin, Jal Worrell, Murray Whelan, H. P. Paoker, Jno. P. Hooper and Bernard Rielly,herrf their names. 2J. Ballot—AtnQld I'lammcr, 90; W. 9 .
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