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he Exile—Smith,O'Brien—English Cruelty.
The followiewarticlo appears in the
Dublin Nation ' redeived by the last stea
.:i. although• Mr. Duffy, the editor of the
.;; • , tion, is a man'of perfect honor and truth,
nd not, by any means, prone to exagger
, ion, we confess our inability to compre.-
;;91(1' how the British Government can bo
. •litilty of such brutality. If it be true, the
hole World should cry shame at such at.
• ious conduct. It rather surpasses the in.
mous conduct of the wretched 1 - Immiu,
hose bloodthirsty soul has been crimson
:, with the blood of so many brave HO.
arians. But even HArigne, we think,
have scorned to heap unnecessary
nsults upon his, victims, and to lacerate
.. heir minds and bodies in a loathsome
'risen, by a slow and malicious process
mental and bodily torture. Mr. O'Bri
`:n is a gentleman of the purest and most
: . chivalrous character—the ideal of his fam
ly, friends and country. His humane
exalted character—exalted by cour
eige, honor, bravery, fortitude, patriotism,
nd a zealous philanthropy—has won for
`-him the respect of friend and foe—ofnear.
y the entire British That such
man should have been conveyed across
e ocean, in a prison ship, to a penal
- Olony, is bad enough. That a husband
-nd father should he thus separated from'
iis wife and children—his home and his
riends—is deplorable in the extreme.—
•ut the idea of subjecting Mr. O'Brien to
course...el degrading insult and con turn e
. wanton, unnecessary and maliciously
el, such as he is described in the Na- I
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an deserves the scorn and contempt of
),-'t.;.:. t fevery decent man. The British aristoc
,''l:iracy are answerable for this crime, and
is this and kindred crimes that will
Ai in,
,elsefes
To If
[ i !L !! •' , rnalce the day of retribution rapidly op
an ordeal of fire and blood for
Ahem. The next (*rent popular movement
in Ettrope—certain to happen lfefore long
will, we hope, reach England too, may
people not leave a single head for a
down or
.coronet in Great Britian and
throughout the continent ;—Pennsylvani
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ttigned.
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OGRE.
"Cruelties the most terrible—cruelties
which maddens to think or, and shames
to mention—are inflicted upon this de
fenceless man by the executioner ofilritish
Ea
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-; vcngence.
... 4a4 )1 ;:, Ile is caged in the closest solitary eon
t'smat, • [
:a linement. . His food is scanty and loath-
Ma'am* '-
eap o r. , ,, , v some. He has no comforts, no attendance.
0.444 (0,...
.a;gl:' lie never sees the face, or hears the voice
~,,,„-; • . 4 .4:1 of a friend. Ile is denied the common
ft k Vl ' 44 . requisite% oldecency. For months he has
1
ilri i m - ..,, no n allowed a change of raitnent,.or
AT IT p mn e his dress
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,stioned, disputed, dis
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ii‘oe• f-*•-•
tiontxot : . v believed. o . wonder ; tor it is monstrous
1104 - 0, and incredible. But we write every syl
or invArr• ~,,i.:
Oilirptarid '%- able of it on the authority of one as Inca.
PamP4 loo, -IV gable, of falsehood or exaggeration as of
woo? au 1:0 i" •
OW eau , J. murder. It is the literal truth.
ittSimovo, ~ !'.r
4 Wait. 12i4 In solitude, in privation, in filth, in mugs, '''''"" ; lives this Irish gentlemanthis noble man
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'll,t! —who lost his liberty, home, family—all
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f Ireland.
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fff lor 'rota.. t.
", Nor Is this the whole.: In the foul (Ten
0 . 4 ;„..- where he is thrust, like a • chained reptile,
/ Apo one gnnarmis Wrl. of the ago of' ten yea is,
cne•Pek daughter of the Governor, sought, with tilt'
' a " s4 •-f - V• instinctive charity of her sex, to solace the
~• 1 'a a :' , ' 4, :, captive's core, and lighten hissufThring, by
ii;:iii , 4 11,„ '• kindly offices ; and forthwith, on pain of
now privation, O'Brin was forbidden
1 . • wer of i• ?
me * au .' ever to speak to her again. Ho lost this
4 1,04- ,-,..„Pc 14 . ' ....: innocent fiuniliar, whose childish beauty
t - ..' :' il r i and guilelessness, perhaps spoke to his
~ ift;,i„„: „ I , i,', father's heart of the orphan'd darlings
tffriti 4 who weep for him at home.
;3 1 I P. tci ' What multitudes have melted into tears
r;,;` , ." " .
414 ") . over t . 'rylncident, in the prison rev
, elati. se" ---- livio Poltico. And here we
have i' • • - .11 the life of a man
from'W ' - - man creature ever suf
fered a wro L .
1 .These atrocities are. inflicted by the
Governor of Maria Island ; an official
whose brutality has'earned for him, in the
colony, the title of 'the . 'The Black Ser
ipenti'''. a tyrant whose name is a terror,
and whose presence is diapair of the hap
less victims of his infernal cruelty. i N.
In this monster's power—tortured, out
raged, maddened— lives y untryman
the son of your Itinglies ••theten
,erous patriot who fought a II for you
and us all. . . .
Is this lawl . Is, this, justice? Who is
so brutal hinette to'Cidend such barbarity?
.' WhSt partisatt ofßritish 'rule—what rep
resentative of Britsh authority---darn. stand
up in these islands and vindicate this: dark
~, cowardly, and ' hellish persecution.:
, 'Does the law. Of God' justify y it? Does
the law of man ordain it? Will the peo
ple of England sanction-it? Will the peo
ple ef, Ireland:endure 4,...- , ~;
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It is a crime-horrible enough to . provlip
e indionatiOn of humanity. What-Min
ot'
if the burning
,ManhoodOf Ireland :a 7
rose in :,arrnS•against the government that
thus Sins against judgement and our race
—that thus truirders,','bY '-sloW degre . nS,
' our brother—the stainless, • licroic .C.-litim
;, viol of our liberty, ,,. , ,, 2 „ , , . ',,,
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Men & Ireland!-and let 64,Ufilitigt,
cthe'tinitf- and the eternity, witness the
~fiolertinitY and truth of our invocation !
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A•WEEkLY PAPER: DEVOTED TO , LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE, MORALITY, AND FOREIGN AND, DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE
Volume I.
,
whether 'you be Protistants or Catholics—
Whether you arc ranged beneath the green
flag .of our (Milers, or under the crimson
banner of St. George—Whether you de
sire Irish Independence or cherish Union
with England, your sacred duty is identi
cal! You must inferior° and save this
tritire-slor i - - AVe tell you, both arc
threatened.
Wo say this advisedly. No human
constancy can long withstand the tortur
ing cruelty O'Brion suffers.—No
strength can triumph over the privations
O'Brien endures.
If Gltvill not be accomplices in the
murde i r which is designed ; if you would
not have O'Brien's blood red in judgement
on your souls—we say to you, interfere.
Denounce this iniquity. Terminate this
dread agony. Expostulate with this
cruel, malignant assassin government.—
Save this man from death, or worse than
death,
The tidings have produced a profound
impression in I)nblin. They have exci
ted intense indignation. A committee is
being formed, amen atilt parties ; and,
if we. have not mistaken Irish hearts, there
will be a denunciation that shall ring
through the land like a judgement peal--
a remonstrance whichlt will not be pru
dent for any governtnent to despise,
or safe for any government to diso
bey.
We hear, indeed, that Queen Victoria
comes to Ireland again this summer—
comes for the ovation that monarchs love
from petted slaves. Rut we warn her
and her ministers, that as surely as she
sets her foot on Irish soil, while O'Brien
is thus tortured and deg raded, so surely,
wherever she turns, s hall t his name be
thundered in her ears, as a malediction—
so surely shall his blood be flouted in her
face. 'This promise we will see fulfilled.
THE ALPINE TUNNEL
To give an idea of the nature of the
great seven mile tunnel through the Alps,
we we enabled to inform our readers,
from descriptions given in English jour
nals, that in.its progress the tunnel must
pass under some of the most elevated
crests of Mount Cenis—one, in particular,
where there will be 117450 feet of mountain,
capped with eternal glac;iers, over bead,
at the middle of the tunnel ; so that not
only will the workmen and machinery in
construction, and the passengers and trains
in transit, be buried to that depth in . the
heart of the mountain, but all idea of
sha!ts, either to facilitate excavation, or to
proniote ventilation, must be out of the
question. The breath of life itself must
be respired, from either extremity, with
artificial aid, in the shripeif currents of
fresh air transmitted, and of •foul with
drawn, by mechanical appantitus ever at
work, at least during excavation ; which
is also itself to be effected by machinery
of a new and simple nature, worked by
water power of mountain streams, where
by the trains are also to be run through
the tunnel, which ascends, from the nor
' thern.cw Savoy side, at Modane, all the '
to. ita_c_in._tiLliariltump.tho, with a ,
gradient equal to 19 in 1000. The ma- 1
chine, once presented to the rock, projects
into it simultaneously four horizontal se-1
4 ries of sixteen scalpels, working back
wards and forwards by means of springs
cased in, and put in motion by the same
water power. While these are at work,
one vertical series on each side works si
multaneously up and down, so that togs.
I dler they cut four blocks, or rather insti
-1
late . four blocks on all sides, except on the
rock behind, from which they arc after
wards detached by hand. It has been al
ready ascertained that each of the two ma
chines, at the opposite side of the tunnel,
will excavate to the extent of twenty-two
feet a'day,'and it is estimated that the
whole excavation will be completed in four
years. The gallery to, be perforated by
the machines will be thirteen feet wide by
seven feet high, and this once cut through
the bore will be enlarged by ordinary
means to twenty-live feet in width and
nineteen feet in height, and a double line
of rails laid. The estimated cost of this
great' tunnel is cnly 13,804,04'3f 'or about
$2,700,000. It is to . be immediately com
menced at tlfa north entrance.
DEATII FROM CARELESSNESS.
• `OnThursday, : tho ,80th June, as the
steamere Sun. was coming to her wharf,
ono of the hands, James Whitehead, when
in the act of pushing the chain box, used
in "trimming" the boat, to get a purchase
propped himself against thd gangway rail-
Unfortunately, the iron bolt that se
.
'cures the railipg, • ;,vas not in its place.
The railing, having nothing to hold it, gave
way under the force of his pressure, and
'he Was suddenly precipitated backwards
into tho„ . riwr i between .the boat and *the
pier 4; 'Being Wild& tai • Swirif, lie; soon
perished. - _ 'rho. deceased was •„about 40
years of age, and leaves :a wifo , and child
at Bristol, 'where' he resided'. - .;' Through
whose. fault the railing was left uotiolted,is
not known.-= Meal's; Ga:::etip. •
The - cross•cycd man who.shoots with a
crooked rifle, has ,gone, out Wqst, to,. fire at
two targets At once. '
CM
The annual convention of delegates e
lected by the Whigs ofthe various districts
of din State of Pennsylvania, assembled
yesterday morning in the upper saloon of
the Chinese Museum building. The attend
ance was large and the best feeling appear
ed to prevail..
At 14 o'clock, Gen. E. C. Wilson, of
VenangO county, called the convention to
order, and upon his motion,Jlavid Leech,
Esq., of Armstrong county, was called to
the chair as temporary President.
C. 0. Loomis,ofAllegheny,was thcu,on
motion, appointed Secretary, but he de
clined.
IC 1 Johnston, of Cambria comity, was
then, on motion appointed Seeman., and
Anthony S. Ely, of Lebanon, Assistant
Secretary.
On motion, the Secretaries then proceed
ed to call the roll of delegates.
A motion offered by J. J. Clyde o rp n p_
phin, to refuse seats to substitutes for dele
gates, unless they reside in the districts
they represent, elicited considerable debate.
An amendment was ofThred by C. 0. Loo
mis, that the resolution should only apply
to districts %% ho had not any representa
tives present. On this point a most inter
esting discussion took place, in which Gen
Wilson, of Venango, C. 0. Loomis, of AI.
Icglienv, Bausfwm, of NVashington,
F. Carey, of Mercer, and oil e rs anticipa
te,l, and some animated si.ceelies were de.
livered.
At length, on motion of .1. 8. Jr,l ois t on ,
of the consideration of the motton
and amendment was postponed, ayes 67,
noes not counted.
On motion of the same gentleman, all
the delegates regularly appointed at dis
trict meetings, or residing in the several
districts, were then admitted.
A motion of C. 0. Loomis, previously
made and laid on the table, to appoint
committee consisting of one from each
Senatorial district, to nominate officers for
the convention, was taken up. An amend
ment was then offered and accepted, that
the delegates from each Senatorial district
nominate their member of the committee.
Another was also offered and accepted,
that each district have as many members
as it is entitled to State Senators. The mo
tion was then agreed to.
On motion, the convention then took a
brief recess, to give the members an op
portunity to select the committee.
Upon the convention being called to or
der, the Secretary announced the com
mittee.
The President then read the following
communication:
21) the delegates to the Whig State Con-
2•r•ntioll—
GENTLEMEN—Thu Whigs of the city
of Philadelphia, through tho Committee of
Superintendence, desirous to express their
appreciation of the honor which has been
dune them by thcconventien being called to
moot in this city, n Wed as with a view
to promote that li.illowship which should
ever exist among brethren of the same
"political faith,"' have instructed me to
tender you the hospitality of the " Whigs
of Philadelphia," by a dinner in the upper
Saloon of the Chinese Museum Building,
to take place this evening, at Tp'clock, and
to respectfully ask your acceptance to the
same.
Very respectfully you] obdk servant
V.DWARD DITI'
June 19, 1850
The invitation Art's, accepted, anti the
Convention then adjourned until 2 o'clock
P. M.
The Committee on resolutions wade re
port, which was unanimously adopted.
Daniel 11. Smyser ; of Adams, elected
as President of the Convention.
The President elect was then conducted
to the chair, and in a short address, replete
with good sense arid genuine hearty Whig
sentiments, returned his thanks for the
high honor conferred upon him. He said
that he felt gratified attire honor conferred
upon him, and hoped that the Convention
would be characterized by a harmony
which would redound to the'henor of the
Whig partyand the advantage efthe.State.
At the conclusion 'of dies° remarks they
wore greeted by loud applause.
The resolution offered in::•the morning
relalive to substitute,delegates het rviding
in.the districts they represent, was then
called up. The , amendment offered by
Mr. Loomis, of Allegheny, was negatived,
and the resolution. was then'approved.
Mr. A. K. ,Cornyn; of Huntington, mn
ved that a committee of 13 be appointed,
to prepare resolutions ,expressive of the
sentiment of the convention: -
An amendment was offercth' by 11),Pr"
bons, ofPhiladelphia, rp,AiNr,
. ,
ofthe'Committde 03,r
'of* members ofthil • •
On. this, u mend ry i r
were called, and N'A z ,
52, nays
.5O
The , resolution iv
1 2-
ed to appoint th . V ' •
IMO
Clear•tield, Pa., July 6, 1S:10.
IVIIIG , STATIR CONVENTION.
FIRST DAY
PittLADELPOTA, .1000 ID, 1850
AFTERNOON SESS.ON
T
Mr. W. W. Penrose, of Cumberland,
then in appropriate terms, announced the
demise of JAMES M. Pownt, late Canal
Commissioner of Pennsylvania. lie de
livered an eloquent eulogium on the char
acter and services of the deceased, and
offered the following resolution, whili
was unanimously adopted.
On motion of Mr. Dicky, the conven
tion then proceeded to make nominations
for the several offices of Canal Commis
sioner, Auditor General, and Surveyor
General, as follows :
Canal corn 727
Mr. Dicky, of Lancaster, nominated Hon
John Strohm, of Lancaster,
Mr. Barker nominated W. R. Sadler of
Adams.
I\ll.. Soul It nominated John A. Dungan, of
Mr. AdanistioniinatolSherinan I).
' ofWvoming.
lion. A King nominated 11Pnry M. Ful
fi. r7 orLazorno.
I .llr. Gibbons noniinatcd thdoon J. Ball,
4 Eric:
IVoodwit n 1 nt - Cinina tr. d 1:11()rgan L
Reese, of Chester.
Mr. Stoke. , . norninated Mathov.• r!‘‘ right.
At the re(itirst of Mr. Pall who
was present, his name w a 3
Mr. King, also, upon advisement, mith
dre'v the mime of I bury
M. Full , r.
Auditor Gcncral
Mr. Johnson, of Elie, nomiliated John
of I.3,2tiver.
Mr. Hough nominated Thomas E. Coch
ran. of York.
Air. Ki!linger noininaled Andrew C,
Curtain.
Mr. led Major AIGNIur
trip, or.fluniingdon.
1111.. li.o.ree nominated David Sanky,
of 1 .aw rrne.e.
Hon.
.11. King nominated Hen. John
Strohm, of La rielster.
Letters from Messrs. Sankt/ and Cur
tain, declining any nomination, were sub
sequently. read, and the names withdraWn.
Siaregor General.
Mr. Bailsman nominated Jos. Henderson.
Dr. Luther Thomas Baird.
Mr: Killinger " A. P.llibshrun
Mr. Hemphill nominated J. MaGkey.
Mr. Keer nominated Samual HofThr.
Mr. Cornyn norninrted Jacob Criswell.
Mr. Johnson aominated Jos. F. Quay.
Gen. Wilson nominated Richard Irwin.
Mr. Sleiffer nominated 11. W. Snyder.
Mr. Sellers nominated John M. Pom-
roy.
Mr. Hendricks-nominated John Ander
son.
Nfr. Jones nominated Walter Hibbard.
SECOND DAY
Tho Convention resumed its session
yesterday morning.
Mr. Ileistand, or Lancaster, was alient
to offer a paper, formally withdrawing
the name of I lou. John Strohm as a can
didate Jor Canal Commissioner. As the
name of Mr. Strain had been verbally
withdrawn the previous evening, a ,ques
lion was made as to receive a second with
drawal, where upon the paper was
drawn by the Lancaster delegation.
On motion, the Convention then pro
ceeded to a second ballot for a candidate
for Canal Commissioner. The names or
Adam Grittinger and Sherman D. Phelps
Were withdrawn. The ballot stood as
7. Resolved, That this Convention
would ill discharge its duties, or do justice
to the sentiment of those who sent them
here, the Whigs of every part of Penn
ows : • .
. • sylvaninia H . riles; were to withhold from
Win. R. Sadler, of Adams county, 41.' the preshient of t h e united States, and
Joshua Dungan, of Ducks county,
Whole numl7cr of votes cast, 67.1 his Administration, the tribute of sincere
108.1
approval of confidence and respect. It
Necessary to a choice, '', 3 .. 5 . ' was Pennsylvania—the State which settles'
On motion of John V. Killinger, t he I all the great political contests of the coati- I
nomination of.loshua Dungan was unani-1 try—Nadel) made Gen. Taylor President
mously confirmed. The nomination was'
received with general applause. • lof the United States. It is NnnSylvania
, and her honest yeomanry that yet sustain
On motion of Mr Cornyn, the Conven-; him, and it is Pennsyl'vania that does not
tion then proceeded to ballot for a candi- ' lightly *turn her back on a brave, and
date Ihr Surveyor Genelnl, which on the' honest, and faithful Public servant.
fourth ballot resulted zuefollows :- ? n• Resolved, That in electing Gen.
Richard Irwin, of Vcnango, 4 0 . Tityloi', we chose him 'without reference
Joseph Henderson, of Washington) 70 to sectional feelings, which Pennsylvania
Whole number of votes, ' questions tinder the Constitution'ex-
Necessary to a choice, 56.., -.1--
and earnestly repudiates—but with
110. :' l 6 ,ll l., i,si T y
On motion of Mr. Loomis, the nowina. I reference to his national character; earn-
DESTRUCTION OF THE MORMON TEMPLE
tion of JOSEPH . lIF.ND,RSON, as the . ed on the field of his country's batlicti A fatality seems to attend the temple at
candidate foritrveyor General was thenlby a long life of severe public service in Nauvoo. It was finished by the Mormons
1 the cauSe of the whole country—and no- in 1845, :was nearly destroyed by e ,o: . --' 7
unanimously Confirmed....
On motion,
,tho,.convention then pro-,,p lily has our confidence lice - re gi'd_. . 1 ,0 7 .... ----...: , ~. . ,
, ii, i i . Ills, 1848, aniLon.,lo; 4 . : . ..., , If ill . ) !,
Audi. i heart, =Oiling ;beyond mere h?cal influ- dous;fir'—'..ld....i:;• .r , - . ;,
ceeded . to ballot for 1.1 condidtne for
has beat high ih unison kith the is, - '4 4 .' 1
for General; which on the second ballot ! once,
resulted
. as follows : .;, tiog re litr and never faltered in R d, ; I cy'
insj ~r . . . -the
William .Williamston, of Chester. , 14. Inl,ll I , . " Jr16 40. 40.19n .). -i4.
J.
henry, W. Bnyder, ofUnion, •., 7-1 - r-. • APlttee i _rie-, ,
Paul S. Preston, of Wayne, . . • • -,i,, i;'' i I '"' ••'';•
Gen. E. Cr.Al l ;thilyx.o(Vmuang4.4.:' ' : . •
Whole nurn':' ilm L "'"'"'" '"'-... IV
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ecessaryti.b , .„,.-
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portunity now afforded them of renewing
the expression of their undiminished con
fidence and respect; the more earnest, as
founded on tho realization of all their
hopes and expectuttons. The Whigs of
Pennsylvania have watched with deep in
terest the course of the State and Na
tional .10rninitratiens, conducted, as they
have been, under usual embarressments—
and the result is, that they aro proudly
content with both.
2. Resolved. That to William F.
Johnson, Governor of Pennsylvania, their
gratitude is especially due, for his noble
conduct, his steady fidelity to his friends,
and his party, to the interests of the great
Slate he represents, to her relations to the
Union and
. the Constitution, to her well
settled and unwavering loyalty, and old
fashioned opinions on subjects of domes
tic policy, formed during the revolution,
and never for one moment abandoned,
from that day of trial to this.
3. Resolved. That our thanks are
particularly due to Governor Johnson for
arresting One measure of dangerous rind
unconstituthinal legislation, the first Ap
portionment Bill of the late session of the
Legislature, and thus forcing an unscru
pulou: majority m recognize the obliga
tions of the Constitution, which arc
equally bound to sustain, and whose fun
damental principle grossly violated by that
bill, is fair and equal representation, and
no disfranchisement for opinion's sake.
3. Resolved, That to Governor John
son, gratitude is due fur his anxious de
sire, manifested in every word and act of
his ()Meal life, to maintain the public cred
it of the State, and enforce, by the accu
mulation of it sinking fund, the certain
and gradual reduction of the public debt
and the public burthens, so as to release
the energies of Pennsylvania front the
weight she has so long and so patiently
borne, and give her new capacity to im
prove every portion of her soil, complete
her unfinished improvements, and give to
every county of I the Commonwealth facil
ities for the desclopment of its resources.
Resolved, Tina one other public ser
vant has earned our gratitude, and that
every right-minded man in the Common.
wealth, by faithfully administering his
responsible trust, and seconding the eco
nomical views of the executive—and this
Whig Convention would not faithfully.
represent its constituents, if it did not give
inv.:renal of earnest gratitude to the late
State Treasurer, Gideon J. Ball, of Erie,
for all he has done, and all he has preven
ted.
6; Resolved, That, with a view to
sustain the Executive by the association
of men—men of high character, sound
political opinions, and large experience,
we have this, day nominated Joshua Dun
gan, Joseph Henderson, and Henry W.
Snyder; surrounded by such men, and
no longer embarrassed by adverse asso
ciation, the Whig Governor can without
fear or difficulty, carry into successful up
oration all measures ncoessary for the
public guoll ; (or their election, and with it,
tlw election of a Legislative majority, so
importcnt in every respect, we invoke ac.
ity, harmony awl lidclity'lit the Whig
ranks, front one cud of the State to the
other.
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abandoned by our public men, are yet as
dear to the vorking masses of our Yellow
citizens as they were 'sixty years nge,
when, under the administrationof' Wash
ington, they were first asserted.
10. Resolved, That the prostrate con
dition of thC industrial interests of Penn
sylvania, produced by the repeat of tir!
Ta riff of 1842, and the enactment of '6u r
present revenue system, is a subject tlia
demands the serious and early cOnsid
oration of Congress. While our .brethern
of the South are denouncing: the Free
States of this Union for suppoSed-aggress
sions upon what they claim ris•thei.r:con
stitutional rights; we invite them to.:,con.
teMplitte the injury they have inflicted up
on the North, which now threatens,: ane
in some instances, has already caUsed , the
most deplorable distress and penuery a
mong large classes of our people;---a
people who are devoted to the Union, who
are ever ready to support the Constitu
tion and law of their country, to sustain
her honor whenever rissailed, and to shed
their bloud'in her defence ; amd who are
justly entitled, in return, to the:ProteetiOn
that she has withdrawn from them,::and
given to the manufactures, the work shops
and labor olother countries. The Whigs
of Pennsylvania desire to present theqUes
tion to the present Congress, whether
their action upon the subject is to ho con
trolled by the wishes of the British Minis
ter, or the voice of Northern freemen of
the American Uniou.
11. Resolved, That while the Whigs
of Pennitylvania are opposed, as they have
ever been, to the extension of ,slavery,
they hail the 'people of the South, as their
brethern, in whose prosperity
.they re
joice, and whose constitutional rights, they
are prepared to sustain and defend. That
in the spirt of good neighborhood, when
ever the interests of. different .sections • of
our glorious Union aro supposed to, .con
flict, they arc prepared now, as they ever
have been, to stand upon the ground of
mutual forbearance, beartily..rosPontling
to the sentiment expressed by Gren.Ttrylor,
in his message to Congrrss, that the great
clement of his strength is to be found • in
the regard and affection of 'the people for
each other.
12. Resolved, That this Convention
cordially approve the recommendation of
Gen. Taylor tbr the admission of Califer
nia into the Union with her present bound
, ariei : that WO hold it. to be the duty of
Congress to receive her with the free Con
stitution that her citizens have formed,
without imposing upon them any condi
, tions or restrictions of any kind, it being
j the inalienable right of the citizens of ev
cry State to make such provision for their
security nut welfare as they may deem
, expedient, and' subject only to the proposi
tions and guarantees expressly set forth in
the Constitut ion tne of the United States.—
. That as the soil of the territory ceded by
the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was free
when it was acquired from Mexico, we
do solemnly protest against any polic7.••
by which the laws of Texas, carrying
with them the institution' of slavery: may
be extended over pny part of it.
1:1. Resolved - , That on all these great,
questions the Whigs of Pennsylvania stand
neither on the Baltimore Platformi nor the
Nash% illc Flatforen„nor any other local
or temporary footing; but • standing •on
the great structure of the Constitution,
find it a platform strong enough, broad'e
'lough to sustain - them, their industryi
their principles and their political faith.
' 14. Resolved, That this : convention
scperates with renewed confidence, that
bybv.union, harmony and a zealous co:oper
union,
strict adherence to principlo, and no
abandonment cherished.ppinions,
by cordial support olthc i rnep anci.uipas
ures of the State and
,NatienalAdminis
triftions, and by Übriviorkpc_all : NEV.'
differences, they can, in Octqbekr, IV !
pure, another triumph. of the
fur which they. have so long contiiingd,!_ii.
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