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DEMOCRATIC STATE ;;0151INATION8
FOIL SUPREME JUDGE,
- WI LLIAM PORTI47,I{.
OF PHILADELPII IA
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
WESLEY FROST,
OF FAYETTE COUNTY
'..ATIC CON VE:4 T lON
THE DEIIIOe9
We publish this morning the concluding
proceedings of the Democ,ratie Convention at
Harrisburg. The entire action of the delt4
gates shows that no matter what differences of
Opinion may have existed among them, that
each and every one of them 45 / ad nearest his
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heart the good of the De cratic party. The
issues brought before the Convention were of
vast importance, and - that ,ody has felt and
has acted with a full and realizing sense of
the responsibilil which rested upon them
The great Democratic axiom that the "ma
jority shall rule," triumphed over all persona:
feelings, and no heat and excitement of de
bate whic'h the occasion may have called fora
has prevented the Democracy of Pennsylvania
from uniting in their approval of the due-
trines enunciated, and the course of actioi
pursued 4.,y our Pennsyli - ania President
In the choice of Chairman to preside over
its deliberations, the Convention was l ectili-
urly fortunate in its selection In Pennsyl
vania there is not a man of purer patriotic
devotion to the general welfare, finer forensic
talent, or more thorough and honest Democrat
i4rinciples, than Hon. John L. Dawson, of
Fayette County. His thorough acquaintance
with the political topics of the day, his ma-
Utred expAience, his devotion to the Demo,
. static party, his thorough knowledge of par
liamentary usages, fitted him peculiarly for the
position of presiding officer of an important
Convention iik'e this. His eloquent address
upon assuming the position assigned him by
the Convention,.ie full of genuine Democratic
spirit. 'l'he applause with which it was so
Warmly received by the Convention will be
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rc-echoed by every Democrat in the State who
shall peruse it, and as an effort of forensic
e oqueucc, it will ..dd to his already brilliant
reputation as a close reasoner, and a skilled
popular orator. We give his spe,•,!, at length
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to this issue.
The large majority by which the course of
President Buchanan has been endorsed by the
representatives of the Democracy of his na
uve State. is a high tribute of respect for the
h onesty, capacity, uprightness and patriotism
of a man whom every true hearted Democrat
in Pennsylvania must delight to honor. Such
testimonial from the oil Keystone State will
!zie dearer to his heart than '' apples of gold."
The nominations made by the Convention
Will meet the cordial and helrty approval at
the Democracy of the State.
Hon. Wm. A. Porter, the candidate for the
Supreme Judgeship, in law and in politics has
• been "brought up at the feet of Gametic]."
his nomination by the Convention is a high
-endorsement r:t t,'-c sagacity and sound judg-
Ment of Gov. Packer, who selected him for
jthe high judicial position which he now holds,
. end in which the Democracy will be proud
to retain him.
Hon. Wesley Frost, the nominee for Ca,
nal Commissioner, is a man of great judg
ment asd experience, and withal a thorough
and approved Democrat, The "Democrats of
the West " are rejoiced at the nomination of
limit a man.
The Democracy have always treated with
respect the opinions of a minority who are
honest in their opinions. In this Convention
there were some whose opinions upon the
Kansas glestion, did not • gree with the ma ,
Uority. It was right that they should be heard,
and they were heard through one of the mos t
;talented, and eloquent speakers which the
( state can boast of. The argument of the mi-
I nority will b., found in the eloquent remarks
!Made by William A. stokes Esq., which we
intend to publish.
• The questions covered by the resolutions
have been ably and amply discussed for
months past, and the Democratic ground has
been taken and be sustained. We give the
resolutions at length.
The eloquent speech of our townsman A. E.
M'Catinent Esq.,will also be found in to-day's
paper. We commend it to the careful perusal
of our readers. We are not deceived by our
partiality, in stating that the impression made
by Mr. M'Calmont, in a Convention which
contained more f the gifted minds of this
State, than arc usually found on such ac
-casions, was of the most flattering char
acter.
The Washington Union publishes an inter
esting letter from the commander of the
Utah expedition, and in the some connection
an official order from the General-in-Chief
of the army, directicg supplies to be forward ,
ed immediately, Colonel Johnsen reports
that his Supplies are sufficient to last until the
middle of June. The army is in comfortable
quarters, and good,health generally prevailed.
The supply train will be prepared with the
utmost despatch, and it will be accompanied
by sufficient force to protect it from all as
saults.
The latest dates from the Utah expedition
are, from Fort Bridger to the 9th of Januar),
and from Colonel Cook's camp, on Henry's
Fork, to the 11th of the same month.
The Mormons are organizing an expedition
to cut off Marcy's supply of animals on his
return from New Mexico. The opinion seems
to be general among the army officers that
Young intends contesting Johnson's further
prqgress to the utmost of his power. Still the
feeling for a forward movement is general. The
general health of the army is excellent but
one officer—Lieut. W. D. Smith, of the Dra
goons—being unable to attend to duty.
By way of California we have received in
telligence from Salt Lake City up to the Christ
mas holidays. According to the most reliable
accounts, much want and destitution prevailed
among the Mormons. 'l'ie Legislature had as
sembled and Young. a.; governor, had sent in
a very long message - , in which he discusses
the approach of Col Johnson's expedition in
his own peculiar way.
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MARCH 8, 1858
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DEROCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
SPEECHES OF
JOHN L. DAWS'3N,
ALFRED B. M'CALMONT
esolutions of the Convention.
THE MINORITY RESOLUTIONS.
THE NOMIENALTIONS
Speech of John L. Dawaoa,
Mr. Daves , ,in, on taking the Chair, addressed
the Convention as follows :
In taking the scat which your partiality Las
to preside over your deliberations, I
mount return you nay hearty acknowledgerneut4
for the honer done we by your selection. The
w i
easiou s one of no crdinary iwportanci.i; and
rurn the number of tried men from every pert
f the Commonwealth, who I see around me, I
loubt not your action will be fully up to the
line of a common duty.
It is also the occasion fur mutual congratula
tion, R 3 this is the first convention of Democrat&
which has assembled at the capital eiuce the elec
tion of Ott , . present Chief Nlagistrate, of the State.
(Applause.) Elected by a rtuti)rity of most
flattering magnitude, he has, in that election.
the seal of approbation of his past acts, and an
P.1.11)4 of a warm support, in the new career upou
which he has just entered, simultaneously with
the inauguration of new constitutional ref,rne,
providing additional guarantee for the rights of
property aid for the gradual and certain reduc
tion of the State debt, and effectual security
ttr•tiv. , t impruvidence iu the future
In addition to th ,, regular nominations, in
which, I tritO, all will he well and for the be , t
iuteresi,; the party, it proper that we shwuld
give some deei.iett expres-aou upon thti one ivied
tiLio which, mere than any other, is now agita-
ting the cou❑try. (Applause.)
The Lilansri.s que- ion----which events have iu
some degree complicated, and which, for partizan
pu:Tn.ies, has become Involved in perplexity
until, to the imagimitions of many, it seems
fraught with portentous evils—is itt fact a simple
and plain one.
It is to be remembered that this Government
is not a pure Democracy, such as existed in an
cient times. It is a Government of written law
It is, in form and iu fact, a representative rr
public. The popular will is ever ascertained
and embodied iuto law through the legal action
of the Representative. There can be no liberty
without law.
IT was incontestably the principle of the act ,f
18:4, organizing the Territories of Kansas and
Nebraska, (for which 1 had the honor of voting.)
that the people of those Territories should b , al
Itberty to form their own institutions in their own
way, subject only to the Constitution of toe
United Sates. It is also a fact, which no one
will venture to deny, that in pursuance of I^giti•
.not. authority, a Convention of \ delegate: was
t, frame a Constitution for Kansas, under
y regular proceedings on the part of Con
.,.t !,. admitted as a sovereign State
NTonal Confeleracy. Too members of
11 were elected by the people with
Jul, ig of their sentiments upon thin
, nq, involved in the ow-e,
and refer:nee to the i , troduction or
~f slaver;, as of the domestic: in
-tittitt.ri.i of the new Stale. Now, it :tt. nll
if et the validity: of tho-w proceedings, that when
hn po :ply were atf int,' to ,-oportunity, by tile
tai :iutherity legally competent to do so, of '
, ermining by their own votes Dv political corn
:l- sioa of the Conv,mtien, an i so of th. , charac
n e e Constitution to he formed by them. that
port-inn of the people, from whatever purposo,
choose absent themses.7es from the poll=, and
:11.‘w to their titiveisarte- the victory? The Cett
,tnil..tt t:tt plected watt still a legal Convention ;
1.11•3 Constitution adopted by that Convention was
legal C mitilution and if perchance it emood
les the views of a minority, it was the fault of the
majority who voluntarialy absented themselv: ,
from the posi tsf duty, to allow another sentiment
to prevail. Surely their nea:ligence or wilful
dereliction of public duty is no reason why oth
ers should fad to meet the question manfully and
-decisively.
- But why should it he insisted on as so essen
tial iu the case of. Kansas•tdone, -that the whole
CoirL=Eriliftra — rifictild haVe been submitted to a
vote of the people, when the practice, as settled
by precedent, shows the point to he one wholly
of dis motion. There is nothing in, the terms oi
the Kansas and Nebraska law, nor in the_Cinciu
nati Platform, n.,r in the act of the Kansas [...p.-
islature, authorizing the el, orlon of a Convention
which exacts suet submission The proposition
is an after-thought, and the te.:tt a new one.—
((hnat applause.) What is there in the case of
Kansas which requires a different rule from that
which was applied in the case of Vermont, of
Kentucky, of Tennessee, of Missouri, of Indiana,
of Arkansas, of Ohio'. Is a punctilious et mph •
:ince with her caprices due to the rebellious atti
tulle which she has occupied towards the Feder
al U vernment, from the time of the formation
of the Territory down to the present moment?—
Although I—and-I have no doubt, all of you—
would have preferred, with the President, in t•is
Annual Message, that the whole Constitution
should have been submitted to a popular vote,
we still must regard the action of the Convention
.t.s the legal expression of a sovereign people.--
Non intervention—popular sovereignty—forbids
enquiring beyond that expression. Such inqiury
would be a palpable usurpation of authority—a
virtual condemnation of the great principle which
the Democracy has struggled to establish.
As a practical question, then, what have the
people of Pennsylvania to do with it, except to
insist upon its speedy settlement—to uphold, sus
tain and approve the course cf the National Al
ministration, in its patriotic determination to ac
cept' the Constitution, so as to entitle K..LISAS
to a prompt admission into the family of States?
There is one other point which I will notice in
connection with this subject ; and that is, that
the admission of Kansas, even with an objec
tiouable Constitution, by no moans fixes perma
neatly the character of her institutions; hut, on
the contrary, it withdraws her from the national
arena, in which, as the President has said, she
has occupied too much attention, to the prejudice
of the best interests of the country ; and it will
give her the separate and independent existence
and organization of a sovereign State. It is the
hest enabling acts that can be passed by Con-
gross. •
Let this he done. and Kansas, in her sovereign
capacity, which invests her with the right at -moo
—an] without delaying until 1864—t0 retain or
I.l,oltsit slavery—proceed to strikeout the 0bn , ..5.-
ious provision. This will give peace and secu
rity to Kansas. peace to the whole country, and
Aability to the National Administration.
Geutlemen. the integrity of the Democratic
party, the memory of its for Mer triumphs and
glories, demand that we should stand firm au
united in urging its speedy settlement. (Ap
plause ) There never was a time, in my opinion.
when it was more the duty of the citizens to look
b tore him and around him, to examine the se
curl y of the ground upon which he stands, and
whit ner his pathway directs him., The occasion
may h momentary. It is not to be disguised
oat ill: to is a party in the North, as well as in
the S uth, who consider the dissolution of the
Mahal ns the sovereign remedy for every real im
agivary grievance Let us suppose for a mo
ment that the Union were destroyed, and that an
east and west line marked the limits of free and
slave territory from the Atlantic to the Rocky•
Mountains. By this arrangement, the subject of
slavery south of the dividing line forever passes
from the control of toe North In this condition
:f things the South would have a community of
interest which would render her a unit upon
every question of vital importance ; and I hest
tale not to say, that she could form a in w and
;:able government in a month's time. The idea
so popular in the North that the South is depend
eat upon the North for protection of slavery,
would then be found to be a delusive one. What
ever the evils of the institution may be, within
her own limits a common interest would unite
every section. As growing almost exclusively
the great staple which enters so largely into t ;le
consumption of every portion of the world, Film
would then be sustained in the enjoyment of her
institutions by England and F.-anoe ; perhaps
the other European powers. If cotton is not in
: dispensable to the manufacturing prosperity of
New England, it certainly is so to that of Great
Britain ; nay, it is indispensable to her domestic
tranquility. Take away the cotton manufactu
rers of Eligland,... her myriads of operatives
thrown out of employment and rendered d-sti
tute, are from necessity ready to grasp the sword
of revolution. English statesmen underi tatid
this well, and are ready to guard against it,vehen
occasion requires, by giving protection to the
cotton growing interest. They would, in a mo
: meta, unite with the slave power to protect this
great interest.
"he only hostility which England has to the
.:eople, is to our Republican example.
- -;tnatiou to her soil by means of
- upon the ocean, with our
and intimate social
through
- through
' eet-
less anxiety for enlarged privileges and Republi
can institulio,is. This di-turps the quiet of her
Miniotry, and the :iecurity of the Crown. She
struggles to iv.i.rd , df the bl,.w, and to soy the
gre: , t progre:4sive movement by the dissolution of
the Union. She hopes to see this affected through
the agitation of the slavery question. This az
complished, a treaty of peace and alliance would
at once follow with the Southern section. This
would euit England, hut be fatal to us The
Venlig America would nut instruct by example.
Her power and glory would he gone forever, and '
the patriot left to mourn over the melancholy
catastrophe.
Nor would the line of separation deprive the
South of any advantages of loo.maotion or trans
portation which she now enjoys. Cast your eye
over the map of the States, and you see that ev-
ery river west of the Hudson to the Rio Grande
its outlet to the Atlantic and the Gulf ct
Nlexico through blave territory.
On the other hand, in the event of the dissolu
tion of the Union, what would be the position of
filo, North ? Could s as readily unite in the
Constitution of a new I.l)verunieut. There ay.•
numerous considerations which forbid 111,2.• ideo
Au insuperable ba.rri.r to the formation of a com
mon government would present itself in the want
of fellowship which would be found to exist be
tween the States of New England, and those of
the Ohio valley, and of the upper Mississippi.
The New &gland character, intellectual and
learned as it is confeetcd to be, by its oenstant
itmlination to novelty in politics, morals and re
ligion, and to its morbid love of isms, has, ever
since the landing of the Mayflower, invented it
with a peculiarity rendering it alien from the
tastes of its more Southern neighbors. Then
what would he the proportion of influence as
signed to .N,w England in the new government
Would It 'r sa l little States—comprising altogeth
er a territory and au.gregate Npulation no great
er than that of t'antir,ylv4.nia--- -, e allowed a rep—
reseution by twelve Senators? Or would not
Pennsylvania and New York, and the rest, insist
that two Senators wouli be the fair allotment cf
all New England.
Then again, how will you reconcile the inter
ests of New England, which are manufactur;ng,
with the commercial iutere of New York, and
the agricultural iulerte3 of the West'.' While
the. former will be anxi-us for hixti dutie , for
protection, the latter will be eager fur free trade.
Before embarking on such a sra of troni.l.),i"
as that prospect discloses, it may be the part of
true `wisdom to ascertain whether the evils of
the to:resent system 111,1 y not be tolerated, or
whether, indeed, they ale I‘ught more than the
creatures of imagination rc lea-ed from the whole
some restraints of reason; whether they are not
the offspring of reckless ambition, of narrow
and selfish motives and contracted views, alike
unpatriotic, used destitute of every quality of
statesmanship.
But asetune that the organization could be
;node complete, what man of reflection will say
thee any security can be found in any imaginary
beundary, such as Mason and Dixon's line? Ber
der conflicts would be inevitable, finally embroil
ing the adjoining States in deadly strife, teaching
again the lesson so often taught by history, that
the love of battle and of conquest will prevail
over civil organization The pursuits of peace,
the simpli city of our republican habits rt:.d exam
ple, will then be at an end. Our commerce, our
manufactures, the great. line of our public
works, comprising the system of our national
development, and all the monuments of our na
tional glory, would decline and perish.
For our encouragement and guidance in ref
erence to this Kansas eubject, we are not with
out precedent. The past is fraught with inetrue
lion It will be renit inhered that when, a few
years ago, the ttempt w made to iittach tee
Wilmot Proviso" to rill future Territorial gev
cram, nts, the timid and nerveless hesitated, fal
tered, and many precipitately abandoned the
national standard, whose colers they had hitherto
assisted to support. A SIMII:Lr stampede once
occurred among the Democreeirt members of the
Legislature, when the question regarded the re
moval f the charter of the. Bank of the United
States. Then the timid anti nerveless attend tied
the post of outy, and at once vaniehe t trom
their places in the puldic esteem.,
Again, the same wavering wits exhibited in
the Convention which, in 1854, met here for the
nomination of Governor. That Conven:i'-n
failed to endorse the principles of the Kaneas-
Nebraska bill, adjourned prematurely, and with
a hurried step, to escape .he imaginary danger.
In all these eases it has been seen that the Deed
neratic party sustained no permanent loss. Con
tending always for prirciple and law, with a firm
and deterreined step, it marched steadily t'er
ward, w,thout a stop or stagger, to the tweet])
plishment of its purpose. It. is the party' of
freedom and of progress. This review may sag
gest to us the fugitive nature of the excitemen ,
an the subject of Kansas. From its very nature.
having no true basis of principle, it moot he
short-lived. The sober second thought of the
people will again come to the rescue of the ef'lllr,
try.
Whatever the enemies of both may ever, there
is really ne hostility between the people of the
North and the South. There is no just ceese
for hostility. It is an error to say that the S.iu.l)
has been aggressive. True to the cause of lib
erty in our revolutionary struggle, and sleet
the& true to the Federal compact, now, that She
is comparativeli wei,k in political power, it is
natural that she Fhoold be jeal 'Ud and tenacious
of her rights The North is strong, numerically,
and can afford to be just, if not generoue. The
aspiring demagogue works himself to place end
to power by addressing the worst passions of the
community. It has always been so, front the
dt4ys of Cataline to Robespierre, and the Se
wards. I say without hesitation, that in any
serious difficulty iu which the welfare of the
South was really in peril, the North, certainly,
from the Hudson to the Missisissippi, would
rally to the r , eerie and makecommon cause.
Who that has read colonial history, will not
remember with pride the generous bearing of
Virginia, when Massachusetts was oppreeed,
and Boston harbor blockaded by the mother
country? Virginia was at that time the favorin
colony of England. Her tobacco crop was nearly
as great then as now. She was full of wealth, sec
enjoyed a prosperous commerce, and her people
were generally communicants of the English
Church, which existed in every hamlet. She had
many ties to bind her to the crown. Still she
made common cause with the people of Maseii
chusetts. At a somewhat later period, her Jef
ferson, aided by the counsels of Franklin, pro
duced upon the soil of Pennsylvania the Decla
ration of Independence, for the permanent es
tablishment of which her soldiers met with out
soldiers, and marched hand in hand to the bat
tle fields of Trenton and Yorktown.
Notwithstanding the importance, however,
which this qeestion lots assumed in the politic
of the day, it is evident that Kansas can nevt'i
be a slave State. The character of her popula
tion is an insuperable harrier, as well as her cli
mate, which is as cold as New England. Tin
efforts of some of the Southern people to estab
lish slavery there are as unwise as they are fee
ble. They must look in another direction f.
Southern expansion. Cuba, Mexico, and Cet.-
t al America are all fairly in the pathway of out
destiny. Their acquisition is but a question et
time The climate of those countries is the not-
tural abode of the African race prior to its il
parture to its native home. The North is watch
ing with an eagle eye for those acquisitions, tad
could readily unite with the South in any boo
orable effort to obtain them. We want their ex
tended market for our maoufactures. We want
our republic to be conterminous with the Attar,
tic and Pacific Oceans, to rdont our institutio..t
throughout its vast extent to bring the whole
under the influence of our National sEgis, aid
to make it prosperous under the indomitable
tread of the Anglo Saxon race.
We must be satisfied that the Adtninistratien
has met this question with the right views arm
in the true spirit, and with a breadth of state ,
manehip which merits the mature apprehatinu of
the whole country. Penn-ylvania at least stn
not hesitate. True to those antecedents wlu,h
kive made her name a terror to ftilatieienc,
fixed her position as the stronghold of the Car
stitution, she will not falter in this &Inger wit!,
her chosen son at the helm.
Relying upon your kindness, and with but
little experience in presiding over deliberative
bodies, I shall endeavor to discharge the dutieF
of the Chair to the utmost of my ability and the
great est impartiality.
Speech of the lion. Alfred B. MOOramon
Alfred B. M'Calmont, of Allegheny, then
dressed the convention. He said :
Mr. President: I have merely a word to, say
on the amendment offered by the gentleman from
Somerset, (Mr. Coffroth,) on the subject of
Americanism ; and that is that I presume the
Committee on Resolutions in their action were
governed by the motto, Dc mortuia nil nisi bo
num.
But there are other matters of more import
ance contained in the resolutions and in the
amendment as offered by the gentleman from
Westmoreland, (Mr. Stokes.)
Two years ago a large and respectable conven
tion assembled in this Hall. It was composed of
delegates from every quarter of the State. There
were present many men distinguished both by
talents and position. The old and tried leaders
of the Democracy were here, and with them were
some younger and more ardent, but alljniluenced
by one common wish, to meet the great sectional
struggle which was agitating toe country, and to
bring forward by acclamation the only name that
could cal - ry u through the struggle trium-
phantly.
Those around you, rir, who were present an
that occasion, either fls delegates or spectators,
will wed recollect the unanimity which marked
the deliberations of that body. So well was it
understood, as rf by e n , , (1-ctrical sympathy,
what V1C)..8 the Cr. , 112.111 ,, 1t de:dre ~ f every heart, that
when the Prt-ideitt. took the chair, he did what
would otherwe have been coneidetud
ranted, and announced that the convention had
assembled' for the purpose of declaring that
Pennsylvania had but one choice fair a candidate
for the Presidency, and that that one was James
Buchanan. Sir, when that t , entialetit was ex-
pressed two pi:ix: , ego, it received no divided or
faint Lie:ott.rd re3ponee. It was nut
" Month honor breath,
1$ Lich the ty•or heart vronttl Pint deny, but dare not.'
It W 11,13 the tumultuous cheering of patriotic
mos, who realized, in all its connections, the im
port:thee of the movement which wa. here coat
menced. They saw in it the return of peace t.,
a country tos:;ed on the w...ves of uncertainry and
threatened with dissolution. They welcomed it:
it the return of fraternal feeling to a great na
tional br - otherhood too sadly divided.
It is not one year sing their noble work vv.i.s
consumated, and the first President that Peon
Sylvania ever gay:• to the country, - assumed the
responsible duties of his great office. A vague
rumor, which I never believed, for a time pre
vailed, that on the eve of his inauguration, pie
on had been mingled with his toed. But curtain
it is, that fr,,co tar day to this, be hae found the
malignity of hatred t.Jo often faintly concealed
in the smooth fi :Ater) , of pretended friedship
A portion of the Democratic press, which t , hould
have every toorning come to his table, bearing
sustenance, support and streagth, which should
have confirmed in him, etleh wcil formed purpose,
and uerved his intellect f :r the faithful discharge
of his duties, has been" drugged with the art
fully contrived means of his political destruction.
The hands which should have held up his owl.
until the sun had set on his official career have,
in its very morving, been turned in bitter hos
tillity against hm. And now, sir, this day—this
anniversary of his inauguration—in this place,
where, but two years since, we, with one voics,
proudly presented his name to the Union,—here.
on his native heath, we ore asked to record our
solemn protest against his official course, to de
nounce hint as unworthy of our confidence. Ob,
sir, when the Democracy of Pennsylvania are
called upon to immolate her Fay. , rite Son, it will
require something little le , s than the mond.d , cf
Omnipotence, and even then I am incline i to
think that before striking the blow, we should,
like Abraham of old, look around for some stray
sheep from the Democratic fold, some former lead
er of the flock, entangled in a thicket of Re
publican inconsistencies, as a convenient sub
stitute.
Some of those Democrats who have arrayed
themselves in hostility to the administration of
Mr. Buchanan, on one great question of National
policy, have pursued a course 80 open, so active,
so determined in its hostility, so public in its
manifestation, and so systematic in its Drove° t
tion, that it would be in vain for us iu an as , em
blage like this, to attempt to evade the i isue
which has been presented. The terms of bitter
denunciation employed by some of them, have
been hardly less vindictive than the wholesale,
stereotyped charges of the Republican press.
Indeed, the symptoms are not wanting of a dis
position to create a new political party, while
Americans and Republicans in waiting, like
sharks for dead bodies to be thrown overboard,
are already inviting men of all creeds to unit:
with them on a common platform of anti slavery
principles, sufficiently lilated to suit the delicate
nerves of the infant orantoization.
At such 5 time it does not become us to resort
to error or delay. To avoid the great question
presented w4mld be more disastrous than defeat
in a madly contest could be. The simple ques
tion with us is, will we stand by the candid. , !e Of
our choice, or will we desert him and pass a vol e
of ceesure upon his policy Y If the forme:, let
our decision go forth to him and to the country.
Let it inspire him with renewed confidence, and
give assurance to the nation that sectionalism
has no foothold here.
The tenor of the amendments submitted, indi
cates that no attempt will bo made in this con
vention to call in question a single act of the
present National Administration, or a single re
commendation which the President has made, ex
cept tdiat contrived in his special message accent
pyaittng the Kansas Constitution. It is against this
Point - Attat the assaults of our enemies may be
expeCed, while faithless sentinels, instead , fde
fending it to the utmost, are exposing to theie
foes what they conceive to be its weakness.
It would be a piece of vain presumption on my
part to assume the task of becoming the defe!-der
of the positions assumed in the message of the
President. I feel happy to say that be does not
need assistance. His message is ita own advo
cate. Before it appeared, I confess to having
felt something of tae same trepidtWon that was
experienced when we learned that one of our
noble Generals, now gone, was advancing Into
the heart of Mexico, in the face of a superior
numerical force. But I feel now as 1 did when
we heard of that General's triumph. It is this !
power of surpassing expectation that distin
guishes great men from the 00'330100 mass, and
that qualifies them to be leaders either in war or
in peace. And it may be eately said that no
document ever issued by any President has
/ wrought a more complete change in the public
mind than has been produced by this identical
Kansas message. It has carried cohvictien, not
because there was power behind it, but because
there was power in it. While it scatters to the
winds the arguments adduced against it, there is
a spirit of deep and earnest patriotism in its
tone that touches the heart. We feel that the
man who penned that paper was actuated by
no other motive than that of a common good
to all.
That the people of Kansas almost unanimously
desire admission into the Union is conceded.—
Even before the Territory had acquired therequis
ite population, before the infant State had attain
ed its full clevelopement, Me country was convuls
ed by its efforts to effect a premature delivery.
The Free State men, so-called, claimed admission
under thea'opeka Constitution long ago. They
still persist in this claim—still keep up their or
ganization Their legislators sat until a few days
age, like Millerites in their ascension robes. wait
ing to be translated. On the other hand, those
who participated in the selection of delegates to
the Lecotnpton Convention, are equally desirous
that the Territory should pass from its present
condition. Admission into the Union is demand
ed in some form by the entire population of
Kansas ; the Territory itself is convulsed, while
the whole country is in tho throbs of labor with
tilts unn , tural double presentation. If there
could be such a thing as a Caesarean operation in
the birth of States. Kansas affords a striking in
stance of its legitimate application.
The mere act of admission then is not objec
tionable to any portion of the people of Ran ts.
Considered Inc,a.. it bas given no ground of com
plaint The objection is not to becoming a State,
but to becoming a State with the Lecompton Con
stitution.
rue first position assumed against this Consti
tution is one purely technical, destitute of faun
dation either in precedent or reason. It is that
no enabling act was passed by Congress to au
thorize the people of Kansas to form a Constitu
tion and State Government. Suppose for a mo
ment the objection to have any force, whose fault
is it that no euabling act was passed ? In June,
12-i56, the United States Senate, by a Democratic
ruajvrity, passed such an enabling bill for the
purpose of settling ail the disputes which had
, tilicted the unhappy Territory and of giving
peace to the country. It was fair in its provis
ions. It was opposed by the entire Republican
force in the body in which it originated, and
u. ver received the sanction of the House of Ri p
resentatives, where our opponents had a decisive
majority. On the contrary, their favorite pro
ject was the admission of K.LIIS. - 1,9 with the Tope..
k Constitution, adopted without an enabling act
without the sanction of the Territorial
ture,and which had been sent up,ouil is still main
tained, in armed hostility to the governithnt
established by Congress. It illy becomes the op
ponents, then, to make the want of an enabling
lion a ground of objection to the Constitution now
presented.
But while we may safely say that the Repub
lican party are estopped by their own act from
setting up this objection, however valid, it has
been most conclusively established that no such
preliminary measure is necessary to give validi
ty to the formation of a State constitution, nor
to justify the admission of a State. On this point
I need do no more than refer to the message of
the President, and to the admirable speech and
report of Mr. Green, of Missouri. That distin
guished Senator has shown, by a reference to the
admission of Kentucky, Vermont, Tennessee,
Maine,Arkaneas, Michigan, Texas, Florida, lowa
and California, that for a majority of the States
admitted into the Union since the adoption of
the Constitution, no enabling act was ever pass
ed. What does this formidable array of prece
dents show, when taken in connection, with the
fact that, in the cases of eight other States, en
abling acts have been passed ? It establishes
this proposition, that an enabling act is proper
as a matter of form,
but by no means essential
to give validity to a State government. It shows
that Congress is the acconchenr—not the parent
of infant Constitutions.
And is not this equally sound in reason ? What
is the object of an enabling act? It is to give an
opportunity for the proper systematic co-opera
tion of the inhabitants of a territory in an act
which eventually concerns their future welfare.
It is to give duo notice of the time, place,
and
conditions of the election of delegates to form
a coustitution. It is to impose a legal obliga
tion on the persons conducting such election,
tind place safeguards on the faithful perform
Ir is to nrevent the confu
[MCC of their trust
almosr necessarily incident, especially in a
time of fierce party conflict, to any effort on the
part of people scattered over a vast extent of
territory with night facilities of communication,
to act in concert without a legal and authorita-
tive initiation of their proceedings. But every
oneof these advantages is secured by an act of
the Legislature. The Topeka movement had
neither to give it the semblance of a legal com
mencement, or to make it in any way carve the
act of the people of Kansas. And yet senators
and puliticiaus who clamored for the admission
of Kansas under the Topeka government, now
hold up their noses in ostonieha-nt ai the out
rage of a...un.tting the State, because no enabling
act had played Gad father to the Lecomptuu Con
stitution.
But, sir, speaking of enabling acts, brings me
to the next objection urged against the admission
of Kansas—and that is, that the whole constitu-
tion was not submitted to the people for their ap
proval or rejection. I say that this is suggested
by the consideration of the subject of enabling
acts, because the language of those acts possesses
a peculiar significance.
I read in section 4, of the act of April 18,
1818, for the Territory of Illinois :
"And be it further enacted, That the mem
bers of the convention thus duly elected, be and
they are hereby authorized, to meet at the seat
of government of the sail Territory, on the first
Monday of the month of August next, which
Convention, when met, shall first determine by a
majority of the whole number elected, whether
it be or be not expedient at that time to form a
Constitution and State government for the people,
within the Territory, and if it be expedient, then
the Convention shall be, and hereby is, authorized
,) form a Constitution and State government; or
if it be deemed more expedient, the said conven
Lieu shall provide by ordinance for electing rep
resentatatives to form n Constitution or form of
government, which said representatives shall be
chosen in such manner and in such proportion,
and shall meet at such time and place as shall be
prescribed by the said ordinance, and shall then
form for the people of said Territory a Constitution
and State Government. Provided, that the same
whenever formed shall be republican "
This language, with immaterial variations, i
employed in the enabling acts for other Terri-
tortes. It had been used for Ohio. It was used
for Indiana and Missouri. In but one case, I
believe, did any enabling act ever require On ,
submission of a constitution to a popular vote.
Thiq form, thus repeated in every enabling ac:
but one that has been passed, speaks the common
understanding of the country, that the peon'e
may delegate the power to form for them a Con
stitution. With the great precedent of the adoi -
tion of the Constitution of the United States be
fore them, it is not strange that Congress should
have so frequently recognized this right. Nor i
it strange that the very first act ever passed for
the admission of a State, should contain a recital
that whereas a convention of delegates, choeen
by the people of the said district of Kentucky,
have petitioned Congress to consent that on the
first day of June, 1792, the said district should
he formed into a new State and received into the
Union by the name of the State of Kentucky
therefore, Be it further enacted and declared
That upon the aforesaid Ist June, 1792, the said
new State, by the name and style of the State of
Kentucky, shall be received and admitted lot ,
this Union as a new and entire member of th
United States of America."
There, sir, is the first act ever passed for the
admission of a new State into the American
Union. The act was passed by men who knee
what self-government meant. Many of tl •n,
had fought in its support. The act received tle•
approval of Washington. And we do not read
that the admission of a new slave State
on the mere petition of a convention of delegates,
convulsed the country or endangered the perpe
tuity of our institutions.
Two weeks after Washington had signed thi:
act, he approved the act for the admission et
Vermont, and that young State sprang into ex
istence without an enabling from Cougie-e
and without the sub Mission of her constituted,
to a vote of the people. It might be interest
to pursue the history of the admission of otb. 7
States, and refer to the - fact that the States of
Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Illinois, L )u
isiann, Mississippi and Alabama, as well as Ken
tucky and Vermont, being a nu jerity of ta o •
admitted since the constitution was redepeee,
were received into the Union without a ratifies
tiou, by the people, of their several consfiteeti
But the sub.ect, as is well known to those prey
ent, has been so completely exhausted, and te.
arguments drawn therefrom so pawerfully en
forch by Senator Green, of Missouri, that 1
shall content myself with a mere reference t..
his able speech and report. It is enough to Sc:
that he has shattered the assertion that a eel)
mission of the constitution to a popular vet , is
essential to the admission of her as a State into
the Union. What then is the result of all thi:
accumulated moss of precedents? We find the
a majority of the States admitted since the adop
tion of the Constitution have not come in v itb
constitutions ratified by a popu'ar vote. Wt
find that where enabling acts have been passed
there has been but one case, that of Minneseta
in which such an admission has been required
We find that in one case, that of Michigan, the
assent of the people to her precribed boundaries
has been required to be given by a convention of
delegates. And we find that whether the censti
tutions have or have not been ratified by a pop
ular vote, the acts or resolutions of admiseiuu
have referred solely to the action of the Conven
tion as the basis of the consent of Congress.
It is in vain for any one, however gifted by na
tare, however strong in intellect, or fortified with
courage to attempt to overthrow the conclusion,
from this array of precedent, that the mere fact
of the non-submission of the whole constitution
of Kansas to the people, is no ground for the re
jection of the State.
But there isncone portion of the Constitu - it n
submitted to a popular vote. The all absorbing
and existing question of slavery was left to thai,
for their decision To quibble about the form of
submission is iu vain The convention assumed,
and had a right to assume, that the Constitution
framed by them had been adopted. But they
chose, whether bound or not by the organic act,
and I think they are not so bound, to refer to
the people the final decision of the ono great
point which had convulsed the Territory. That
question of slavery was the onlyisubjectofconten
non either in Kansas, or Congress, or in the
country. It was to decide that question that
money and emigrants and arms had been s nt
from the Eastern States. It was that question
that excited the people of Missouri to engage in
the bitter struggle which ensued. Republican
organs and speeches are eloquent in defence end
support of the men who had gone from the
north to take part in the contest. They were
compared to the pilgrims who left their hones
to establish liberty in a distant country. It was
for this that they had crossed the great river,
for this that they were willing to encounter the
privations of border life, and, if necessary, to
shed their blood ; and yet history records agadeei
them, in the teeth of these eloquent enlogian-,
that when the time arrived, when, according to
their own boast, they were permitted by the
simple, peaceful means of the ballot box to
make Kansas a free State, they preferred agi
tation to peace, discord to order, and refused
to vote.
The sympathies of mankind were never pe-
manently enlisted in favor of a dishonest agita
tion. The earnestness of sincere fanaticism wit.
sometimes attract admiration and respect. But a
miserable trickster, either in politics or religion,
who makes hie pretended love of principle the
means of stirring up strife for the sake of ern
fusion, becomes, when exposed, an object of con
tempt. As such, some of the leaders of the
Free state party in Kansas stand revealed to the
world. And those who expect to prevail by
making the policy of such men the ground of
their appeal to public support, have grossly on
derated the common sense of the American
people.
I had intended, sir, but my time is nearly out,
to devote a few moments to a consideration of a
point which is the key to this entire difficulty.
I believe that point should reconcile all parties.
I mean the impregnable position of the Presi
dent, that the Constitution making power, like
the law making power, cannot annihilate or re
strict itself. But I content myself to the admi
rable report of the Senate Committee, through
their chairman, Mr. Buokalevv. I conceive that
it ought to Bettie the qitestion, at least in Penn
sylvania.
But, sir, it is idle to disguise the fact that,
after all that has been said on both sides, there
is in reality but one question in the case. That
question is not whether there was an enabling
act; for no pretence can be made that it was re
quired. It is not whether there was a submis
sion of the constitution to a popular vote. That
point, too in the light of precedent, is rendered
utterly worthless. It is not whether the consti
tution prohibits amendment until 1864, or there,
too, the weight of reason and authority sinks
the objection into silence. It is not the clause
in the constitution requiring the governor of
the State to be a certain number of years a cit
teen, nor is it the clause relating to bank- concur in the general sentiments of the Inaugural
ing, for no person heard of an objection to either, Address and the Annual Message to Congress.
until it was made on the floor of the United 10. That the ardent hopes of the people of Penn-
States Senate. Let us nut attempt to disguise Sylvania, centered in Wm. F. Packer, as their chant
from others, or conceal from ourselves the real pion to reform the abuses of the State Government,
nature of thu crime. It is the old and often re-
to secure economy in all branches, and to vindicate
viewed struggle against the admission of a slave theirint o er e e trn s i ts e b lo f the theper 3 3etual practical application
Democratic part y,havep ar
b ty e , en in
realized z th e
State. It is the `'earns question which in 1812 of
the
doctrines
of the administration, convulsed the country on the admission of Lou- in every act and acclamation since he assume the
isiana, and produced the Hertford Convention. Executive chair—especially as in his Inaugural
Ad-
It is the same quest ton which In 1819 and '2O, on dress he vindicated the right of self-government by
the admission of Missouri, threatened the per- the people of the Territories and States.
petuity of the Union. Is it strange, sir, that
our brethren in the South become restive and j The Nominations.
discontented when they witness this recurrence The convention re-assembled at 8 o'clock.
of Northern opposition to their expansion and The nominations ofJudge Burnside and Brown,
prosperity ? Is it strange that they regard this as candidates for Judge of the Supreme Court
jealousy of their advanoeweut with aversion, were withdrawn.
when State after State is welcomed on our flag, On motion the convention proceeded to ballot
to number the free States added to the corded- for candidate for Supreme Court, and William A.
ersoy, and when the bare mention of the admie- Porter was nominated on the first ballot.
sion of a new slave State shakes the country to W. A. Porter, of Philadelphia 109
its ceutre. Ale Fir, we have departed a long George Sharawood, Philadelphia 13
tance trete t t e r...et . co of the fathers of the I Thos. A. Bell, Chester
Republic, to whom the late Republican plat- I G. P. Hamilton, Allegheny
, The announcement of the result was hailed
fit referred us. When Kentucky and Vermont
twin I:i•e..i . rra, 'sprang into the embrace of a joy- with much enthusiasm, and the nomination 'Sias
ful country, the one a free, the other a slave made unanimous.
State, no voice of lamentation—no angry de- The convention proceeded to nominate a can
bate—no bitter protest was heard either in the didate for Canal Commissioner. Three were
nation or in our legislative halls. Why can we taken, when Wesley Frost, of Fayette, received
not in this same spirit of brotherhood and unity, a majority, and was declared nominated.
welcome the new born States of Kansas and Min •
neseta ? Are we willing to join the forces of the
Republicans, and adopt for the sake of a short
lived victory, the motto of "No more Slave
States?" That, sir, is the real issue presented ;
we may disguise it as we will, but the man who
declares it anything sleet, does violence to his
conscie-ce. If Kansas to day were presented
with a free constitution—if the:question of sla
very alone had been submitted to the people,
and the pro-slavery men had been in the major
ity, but declined to vote, I firmly believe that
nut a solitary voice iu the entire Northern States
would be heard to object against the admission.
This lee tility to the admissioe of more slave
States is now the dividing line of political par
ties. If we, the Democracy of Pennsylvania,
cross that line, and plant ourselves upon the eec
tiunal platform of Republicanism, which we have
so successfully hitherto opp tsed, there will be
but small hepe for the perpetuity of our Union
Resolutions Adopted by the Convention.
Mr. Wright, from the Committee on Resoin
tl. us, then read the following report:
1. Resolved, That the principle invrlved in the
repeal of the Missouri Compromise and asserted in
.the Kansas-Nebraska act, chat the people of the
Territories shall have the exclusive control over
their domestic institutions, is the only sure guaran
tee against the agitation of the nation in regard to
the local institutions of particular States and Terri
tories.
2. Resolved, That by tho uniform application of
this Democratic principle to the organization of
Territories and in the admission of new States, with
or without domestic slavery, as they may closet, the
equal rights of all the States will bo preserved; the
original compacts of the Constitution maintained in
violate and the harmony and perpetuity of the union
of the American States insured.
3. Resolved, That it is the right of the people of
any State or Territory to exercise their sovereign
power through duly chosen representatives, and
through them enact a constitution and government ;
or they may delegate to such representatives the
more limited power to prepare their form of govern
ment, reserving to them Yes the right of ratifica
tion, and that either mode of giving existence to
State inetitutions, is consiste it with the doctrine of
popular sovereignty, and the established practice of
the States of this Union.
4. Resolved, That the Kansas-Nebraska act having
asserted and recognized the right of the people of
the Territories to term their own way, and the duly
organized government in Kansas having by regular
process provided for a Convention of Delegates by
the people, with instructions and power to f rw a
Constitution; and such Delegates having assembled
in Convention and enacted a Constitution under such
instructions and power, such Constitution being re
publican in form and tho Territory having the num
ber of inhabitants to justify it, Kansas should be
promptly admitted into the Union.
b. Resolved, That the people of Kansas under the
Constitution enacted by their Convention, may " at
all times alter, reform, or abolish their form of gov-
I erntuent in such manner as they may think proper ;"
th ,t the provision contained therein, as to a particu
lar mode of alteration, after 1.864, does not forbid any
other mode the people, by regular process, may
choose to adopt, either before or after that time, and
this construction is warranted by the practice of
Pennsylvania and other States, and may be regarded
' as based upon a settled principle of Constitutional
law.
6. lleeolved, That it:is tho opinion of this Con.
vention that the time has come whoa tbo difficulties
and troubles in Kansas should eoase, and to determ
ino whether ii the schemes of bad men aro still to
agitate that Territory ; that the question should be
local, not national; and that.great peril and danger
art to ho apprehended to the Uni.m and the cause of
free g•Jcerc went, by the further delay of her admis-
,i01:1 as a State.
7. Resolved, That if the Constitution of Kansas is
not acceptable in some of its provisions to the major
ity of the Free State men of that Territory, their own
obstinate conduct has produced the result) they have
no cause ter comp ain, and their mouths should be
forever c'osed.
8. Resolved, That we have evident reason to be
lieve that the Abolitionist:, in Kansas and out of it,
have a much greater desire to overthrow, the Demo
cratic party of the nation than to ameliorate the con
dition of the slave; and while they are bold in their
protestations against what they call "the slave
power," they conceal a thirst and desire for political
place, which they would grasp at the oust of the bro
ken and shattered bonds of the Union.
9. Resolved, therefore, That we unhesitatingly do
approve of the measures of Mr. Buchanan in his
Kansas policy, and are ready and willing to sustain
him in all other measures of his Administration thus
far disclosed ; and we entertain the belief that he will
net abandon an artic'e in the Democratic creed.
10. Resolved, That the Democracy of Pennsylva
nia acknowledge with pride and commendation, the
able and timely support which the Hon. William
Bigler has given, in the U. S. Senate, to the Nation
al Administration ; his wisdom in council ; his logi.
cal skill and talent in debate; his industry and integ
rity, constitute him a representative, to whom the
interests of his constituents may be safely confided.
11. Resolved. That in electing Wm. F. Packer a:
Governor of this State, the Democratic party has se
cured the services of one in every way well qualified
to administer all the affairs of the State for its best
interests. With an enlarged experience,he combine
administrative ability of no ordinary character, and
we have every confidence to believe he will, by hip
advocacy of the true Democratic policy, secure tLe
pr asperity of the people and the honor of the Com
mon wealth.
12. Resolved, That we recommend to the Legisla
ture of this State such measures of reform and econ•
omy as will aid to lessen as much as possible the
heavy burdens imposed upon the people by taxation,
and we particularly recommend such a revision of
the system of Banking, as may prevent in the future
the troubles and difficulties that the people of the
State have lately encountered.
The resolutions having been read,
Mr. Wm. A. Stokes, of Westmoreland, sub
meted the following as a substitute:—
The Democratic party of the State of Penn
sylvania, in convention assembled, do resolve.
1. That the fundamental principles of American
liberty is tee right of the people without distinction
of locality, circumference or result, to make the laws
under which they live.
2. The great right assailed during the late Presi.
dential contest, by our opponents, was gloriously
vindicated by the election of the Democratic candi
date.
3. This victory was supposed to insure to all, and
especially to the citizens of the Territories of the
United States, the free exercise of all political rights
by wh:ch to declare, establish and maintain such in
stitutions, policy and measures as a majority might
deem best adapted to promote their prosperity, se
curity and happiness ; and this without any dictation
or restraint from any person or officers in any un
authorized interference whatever.
4. Such independent Ireedom of popular will can
only ho attained by a full exercise of the individual
right of the elective franchise, and this therefore is
the true test of the validity of Constitutional Gov
ernment.
5. Therefore, Congress should admit no State into
the Union except with a Jonstitution ratified and
adopted in all its ports by a majority of all the citi
zens to be governed by such Constitution, which um
j.rity should be real, not fictitious ; fair, not fraudn
lent ; direct, not implied; and anything short of this
is . a mockery, a delusion and a snare, infamous in act
and disastrous in consequence.
S. To abandon the people of a Territory to politi
cal intrigue, unfair intrusions or lawless violence,
and thus defeat the true exprevsion and absolute ex,
pre:sion of the right of self-government would be a
violation of the honor and abandonment of the
maxims of the Democra is party, and must finally
result in the rupture of the bonds by which the party
Is held together, and consequent sacrifice of all that
secures the freedom, greatness and glory of our
ri entry.
7. That the policy of forcing Kansas into the Union
upon a Constitution already rejected at the ballot
box by a large majority of the people for whose gov.
crnment it was framed, is ruinous; that it involves
an act of Congressional intervention and commercial
usurpation, accomplished, if at all, at a sacrifice of
the plighted faith of the principles of self-govern
ment ; and the Democratic party of Pennsylvania,
now in Convention, most solemnly protest against
the moral treason of the men sent to Congress from
this State who ehall approve of, or vote for, dragging
Kansas into the Union upon the Lecompton Consti
tution.
8. That while the radical element of Democracy,
the declaration of the supremacy of the popular will,
is essential to party unity, in as much as it concerns
the existence of the Republic, it never can be he'd
that difference of opinion in point of policy may lut
he tolerated in perfect consistency with the organiz
Lion of the Democratic party.
9. That we cordially approve the views of t.l
President of the United States on questions of
ign relations and the currenoy of the country, and
Wesley Frost, of Fayette...
David Laurie, Lehigh
Thos. Osterhout, Wyoming
Wm. F. Murray, Dauphin...
Adolphus Palluson, Blair...
Robt. P. Linton, Cambria..
Thos. Brooks, Crawford
David Riddle, Washington
George A. Irvin
Thos. Adams, Indiana.
Charles R. Foster
William Elliott
On motion, the nomination of Mr. Frost was
made unanimous.
A vote of thanks was tendered to the Presi•
dent and other officers of the convention.
The president returned his thanks for the
courtesy and kindness extended to him during
the sitting of the convention. He hoped the del
egates would return to their homes willing, and
determined to elect, triumphantly, the ticket
nominated, and battle manfully for the princi
ples re-asserted.
Mr. Caseiday, replied to a call, thanking the
convention for the compliment paid to Philadel
phia, by the nomination of Mr. Porter, and
pledging that Philadelphia will give a hearty re -
sponse to the nomination, and give a good ac
count of herself.
_ Messrs. M'Calmont, Hugus, Hughes, Buc
lew and Haldeman, were severally called and
made short speeches which were received with
applause.
The convention then adjourned sine die.
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WIDOW BEDOTT:
And tho Inn an Maiden
HIAWATHA,
IN COSTUME-YOE ONE NIGHT ONLY
Miss Eloise Bridges,
The celebrated Dramatic Reader, takes pleasure in annm - n
cing to the citizens of this nlace, that she will give oue of
her Drawing-Room li'utertainrueuts at
MASONIC HALL,
On Monday Evening, Mar - oh Bth, 1858.
Tickets of Admis:tion, TWENTY-FIVE, CENTS. Pool's
open at 63,4 o'clock. Relding to commence at 7;, , C, o'cL(k.
Two Through Trains Each Way
I:Daily; Sundays Exceptod.
Wheeling, Cleveland and Chicago, bg the Cleveland
and Pittsburgh Railroad
COLUMBUS, CINCINNATI & ST. LOUIS
PITTSBURGH, COLUMBUS AND CINCINNATI R,41.1
ROAD LINE ilia STEUBENVILLE.
The Cleveland and Pitq,nrgh and Pittsburgh, Columbus
and Cincinnati Railroad Companies, Laving meib , an ar
rungement with the Pittsburgh. Port Wayne and Chicago.
Railroad Company, for the joint use of their track between
Pittsburgh and Rochester, will run their trains horn Penn:
Street Station daily. Sundays excepted, commencing Mon
day, March Bth, ISbh.
CLEVELAND, WHEELING AND CINCINNATI MAIL.
Leaves Pittsburgh. L Arrives.
Steubenville
Bridgpor t, opposite
6:00 A. M.
Wheeling.
Belleair....
Columbus
Cincinnati.
Cleveland .
Buffalo ....
Chicago....
eland has 30 minutes at Alliance, foc
Through to Cin
cinnati with but
ono chango of cars.
This Train to Clo
Dinnor.
VELAND AND CHICAGO EXPRES:-
CINCINNATI, CL
Leaves Pittsburgh.
2:35 P. N.
Steubenville
Newark
Columbus
Jineinnati
Cleveland
Buffalo
Chicago
LING ACCOMMODATION,
Through to emu
chinuti wi t
chango of cars.
I NLIEE
Loaces Pittsbargh.l
L,
m ,Steubnville
P
4:0• -•, Bridgeport...
j Belleau
CONNECTIONS ARE MADE BY ABOVE TRAINS,AS FOLLOW
By 6:00 A. at., and 4:00 P. M.,
At WHEELING, for Cumberland, Harper's Ferry, Bahia.
and 'Washington City.
Only at BELLEAIIt, tor Cambridge, Zanesville, Lancasi
Circleville and Wilmington.
By 6:00 A. at., and 2:35 P. AL,
At XENIA, for Dayton Indianapolis, Mattoon, Cairo,
Loafs and New Orleans.
By 6:00 A m ;and 2.35 r. M.
At CINCINNATI, for Lexington, Louisville, Cairo, Bt. Levis
and New Orleans.
Only at BAYARD, for Carrolton, Waynesburg, Dover end
New Philadelphia.
Only at HUDSON, for Cuyahoga Falls, Akron, Clinton and
New Portage.
By 6:00 A. at., end 2:35 r. M.
At CI EVNLAND, for Erie, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Cat a
da, Sandusky, Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, and all points in
the Not th.west.
air The 4:00 P. M. Train steps at all Was-Ztations on the.
River
Returning Trains,
EASTERN MAIL, YIA STEUBENVILLE.
Leaves Cincinnati 6:00 A. M.
Arrives at Columbus 10:30 P at.
Do Steubenville 6:50 P. M.
Do Pittsburgh 8:55 P. at.
PITTSBURGH AND WHEELING MAIL.
Leaves Cleveland 1:00 P. at.
Arrives at Wellsville 6:61 P. M.
Do Wheeling 8:46 r. m.
Do Pittsburgh 8:55 P. M.
PITTSBURGH ACCOMMODATION.
Leaves Be'leak 5:00 A. M.
Do Briageport, opposite Wheeling.... 6:15 A. at.
Stops at all Stations.
Arrives at Pittsburgh 1125 A. at.
WHEELING AND PITTSBURGH MAIL.
Loaves Bolleair 4:30 r. at.
Do Bridgeport, opposite Wheelmg... 4:43 r. M.
Arrives at Pittsburgh 8:55 P. M.
EASTERN EXPItt SS, VIA STEUBENVILLE.
Leaves Cincinnati 4:20 1. M.
Arrived at Coltunbna 10,03 r. 11.
Do Steubenville 1:45 A. m.
Do Pittsburgh. 3:50 A. at.
CHICAGO, BUFFALO AND PITTSBURG-II EXPRESS
Leaves Cleveland 10:20 P. M.
Arrives at Wellsville 5:35 A. at.
Do Wheeling 11:05 A. M.
Do Pittsburgh 7Mo A. 81.
Connections are made by the Bail at d Express from same
points when returning, as aro formed as above when going
from Pittsburgh; also, with the Pennsylvania Railroad for
Harrisburg, Lancaster, Baltimore, Philadelphia, .\ w York
and Boston.
The above Trains will stop on signal of the Station Agent
at any Station between Pittsburgh and Rochester, to take
up passengers going on or beyond the line of these Roads.
Trains will also stop to leave passengers coming from tilts°
Roads, at any Station INA Vrttal Rochester and Pittsburgh.
Pathengers desiring to go to Chicago, or points beyond
Chicago, via Cleveland, must ask for tickets via Cleveland.
Passengers desiring to go to Columbus, Cincinnati, etc., or
any points beyond Columbus, via Steubenville, must ask for
tickets via Staub- nville.
Baggage checked through to all principal points, and
transferred free of charge.
us_ For tickets or information, apply to
trEORGE PARKIN, Ticket Agent,
Penn Street Station, Pittbburgh
F. K. MYERS,
General Ticket Agent, U. t R. 11, Cleveland.
I. A rIUTCIIINSON,
General Ticket Agent, P., C. ik C. It. R., Columbue.
JAMES FARNIkIt,
Superintendent C. Ai P. R. If., Cleveland,
W. W. BAGLEY,
Snperintrndent P., C & C. It. 8., Columbus
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JOURNAL 4 ,
CASH. BOOKS,
DAY BOOKS,
INVOICE BOOKS,
And all kinds of Blank Books with, or without, printed
headings, on hand or made to order at short notice, and in
the best manner, by Val. O. JOHNSTON A CO.,
lilankßcok 14Iansfacturers,
Printers and Stationers, 57 Wood street.
JAPER HANGINGS, FOR SPRINT f OF
185 B.—The best a.sortment ever brought to Pitts
t ere'. Prices range from 6 cents to $5.
Walt Paper for
Dining Rooms,
Chambers,
Entries,
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Ledges,
Plain Oak, Panel Oak, Walnut, MarLk, Fresco, Borders.
amines, Paintings, Testers, Ceiling, Fire Bcreens, Windo,v
Snadee. Come and eee. W. P. MARSIIALL k Co ,
mrB 87 Wood street.
WANTED. -300 bus. good Dricd Apples,
by JA "ES A. lelinhlt,
rnrB Corner 'Market and First atrents.
ItoLL BUT'I'EE.- 5 bble. prime roll Butter
Plat received, and fcr anlo by
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t : Corner Mark. _t and Fiat
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And liar sale by JAMES A FETZER,
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