The Alleghanian. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, March 15, 1860, Image 2

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DISSOLUTION ov PARTNERSHIP.
The partnership heretofore existing
between the linn of Hob inger X llvitidiiuson,
in the publication of The Allrghanian, has this
day been dissolved by mutual consent. The
subscription iml aceimnts due the firm will be
left with J. T. Hutchinson, who is alone au
thorized to collect the same.
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J. TODD JlCTClIlNStj-V.
Ebensburg, February lSCO.
People's I'arJy rtouiiuutiun.
ron governor :
AXDUKW G. C l RTi, Centre Co.
People's Electoral Ticket.
1st District Edward C. Knight.
2d " Kobert I'. King.
3d ' lieiirv Humnt.
4th " Robert M. Foust.
5th " Nathan 11:11s.
Cth " John M. liroomal.
7th " James W. Fuller.
SM " Levi 1!. .Smith.
Uh " Francis V.. Christ,
loth u Iavid Mumma, Jr.
lltli " ' David Taggart.
12th " Thomas It. Hull.
Kith 44 Francis K. l'cuniman
14th 44 Ulysses Mercury.
13th George llressler.
l'Jth 44
17th 44 lbiuiel O. Gchr.
18th 44 Samuel Calvin.
HUh 44 Kdgar Cowan.
20th 44 'William M'Kennnn.
21st 44 John M. Kiikua'.riek.
22-1 " James Kerr.
2:;d ' Richard I. Roberts.
2-Jth 44 Henry Souther.
25th 44 JohnGricr.
ELKCToItS AT LAP.r.R.
James Pollock. Thomas M. Howe.
fiSon. lieiivy E. rosier.
As our rcader3 are well aware, the Loco
Foco State Convention which assembled at
Reading, on the 29th ult., nominated Hon.
Henry D. Foster, of Westmoreland county,
for Governor. Thus the State campaign is
now fairly opened, and full opportunity is
given to the political press to discuss the
merit and demerits of the men who aspire
to gubernatorial preferment. We trust
this may bo dune freely and fairly on both
sides, and that the political sentiments en
tertained and avowed by the rival candi
dates, as well as their personal qualifications-,
may be duly considered and set
forth. If the truth thus brought out
happen to injure any candidate or any
rartv. there can be no iust cause of com
plaint. Those who do the voting should
vote understandingly ; and if they do so
vote, we have no fears its to the result in
the contest of October.
Against the private character of Ilcnry
D. Foster we will not say one word. We
could not if we would ; we would not if
we could. Prudence, if nothing else,
would prompt us to pursue this course.
Here where he is known, we should have
but little to gain by a personal attack upon
Henry I). Foster. Politics aside, he is a
general favorite with our citizens, and his
tituess for the office for which he has been
nominated, is unquestioned. Rut while
we concede to him many good qualities,
we must not forget to take a slight peep
at his political principles. For it is not
Henry D. Foster the man, but Henry 1).
Foster the politician, that we have to deal
with in the campaign in which we have
engaged. And here let us say, that in
politics he is in very bad company. Ever
tincc we have known him, he has been
an active, working, prominent, uncompro
mising member of the Loco-Foco Party ;
a fact which, standing by itself, is suffi
cient to damn him in the estimation of
every sincere and enlightened patriot.
It may bo that, at times, his conscience
has checked him, and he has refused to
endorse the conduct of those who would
force Slavery upon an unwilling people
So much the worse for him now, when he
consents to be their champion ; so much
the worse for Lim now, when, as their
standard-bearer, ho endeavors to rally that
old party which, upon that very issue, was
rent into fragments. As the nominee of
the Loco-Foco State Convnfion, he is
placed upon no platform for the Conven
tion made none for him. Utit in accept
ing the nomination, he takes down Loeo
Focoisni at a gulp. Ho winks at ex
ecutive usurpation, shuts his eyes to
Kansas outrage?, connives at fraud aud
corruption, and bends his neck to Southern
domination. "Who will vote for such a
man ! Nobody but a Lcco-Fccrt.
It is tirged by certain Loco-Poeos, tliat
beeause lie is well known here, Henry D.
Foster will run a large vote tit the coming
election. This is a magnificent mistake.
If the gubernatorial question were the only
one in the present campaign, it would not
be true. The members of the People's
Party have a man of their own to support;
a man who is not only equal to Henry Pa
Foster in everything but Loeo-Pocoism,
but who in almost every respect is hi.s
superior. That mau is Andrew G. Curtin ;
a man whoso record is clear and whose
principles are right. Around his standard
all the members of the People's Party of
Cambria County will rally, and if any
votes are lost in the canvass, he will assu
redly gain them. Xo one but a Loco-Foeo
will throw away his vote by supporting
Henry 1). Foster. Ever' member of cur
glorious Party feels the importance of elect
ing Andrew (J. Curtin, not merely because
of his pualiueations, his merits or his prin
ciples, but because upou that event may
turn the election of a Republican President.
Hon. S. S. IHuir.
We, in common with many others, have
had the pleasure during the present week
of taking by the hand our able and worthy
Representative in Congress, Hon. S. S.
Rlair, who has been in attendance at our
Courts. Although the present is the first
session that Mr. Ulair has been in Congress,
yet it is conceded upon all hands, that he is
one of the most active and most useful mem
bers in that body. The Standing Commit
tee upon which he has been placed is one
of great importance, and involves duties
which, in their performance, are exceed
ingly laborious. In addition to this, he
ha3 been appointed a member of the Pacif
ic Rail Road Committee, a position which
he is admirably qualified to fill, and one
which is of no small moment to the people
of our Iron District. We rest satisfied,
that in this as well as every other matter
relating to the common weal, 3Ir. Rlair
will discharge his duties with acceptance
to his constituents and credit to himself.
He is emphatically a Representative, and
as we have reason to know whether he
be met at home or at the Capitol of the
Nation, he is a gentleman.
Court I'j'oceetllsigs.
Court last week was unusually dull,
and the attendance thereat but small.
There was a very material falling off in
the Commonwealth business, and such
cases as were tried, of rather an uninter
esting nature. The following is a list of
those disposed of:
Commonwealth vs. Thomas Jenks Indict
meat, Assault and Battery. Verdict Utility.
Sentenced to jiay a tine of S and costs of
prosecution, itud undergo an imprisonment in
tiie county j.iil two months.
Commonwealth vs Illlen Devlin Assault
and Batlerv. Nolle Prosequi eutered on pay
ment of costs.
Commonwealth vs. Patrick Powers Keep
ing a lippling House. J'etenilant pleads
guilty, and sentenced to pay costs, and u fine
of S'io for use of Yoder tp. .school district.
Commonwealth vs. Uliam 1 aimer, htq.
Assault and Ualterv. Verdict guilty, aud
sentenced to pay a fine of Si and costs.
Commonwealth vs. John Dougland and
Wm. M Lane Assault und Battery. Settled.
Commonwealth vs. Ostratter Keep
ing a Tippling House. Deft, pleads guilty.
and sentenced to pay costs, and a fine of S-U
lor use of lo-lcr township election district.
Commonwealth vs Klizaheth Ilaker As
sault and iiattciy. Deft, pleads guilty, and
sentenced to pay a fine oi S- and costs.
Commonwealth vs. Patrick burns Asr-ault
and Battery. Acquitted oil the irrouud of in
sanity.
The following civil cases were disposed of:
Isaac Teeter vs. N. K. Haynes. Jury find
for plaintiff $00 damages.
Georpre Lister vs. Pennsylvania E. II. Co.
Jury find for plaintilf. SSO.Su.
John Thompson vs. Uev. John Burns. Cause
reached aud plaintiff takes a new suit.
An Argument Court is fixed for Tues
day, the 3d day of April.
The following is a list of the licenses
granted :
Peter Ryan, Cambria city; John J. Glass,
Hemlock : 1. Kinney, Loretto : George Shear
er. Voder ; David Metzgar, Johnstown; Pat
rick M Hugh, Munster; George Knglebach,
Johnstown ; Samuel Holes, White.
The remaining applications were held
over.
Counterfeit Coin. The counterfeit
gold coin recently offered in New York,
and which answered every test of the gen
uine, sadly puzzles those familiar with
counterfeiting processes, to account for
it. writer in the Philadelphia Jjahjer
Cjives the following respecting its orgin:
'The white metal is known only to the
Chinese, and workmanship on the reuu
ine, to render them of less value, is done
by them, and it the United States officers
will trace back, or examine future coins
they will find them emanating from the
Chinese quarters of San Francisco, Cal.,
where I have seen many $Us and one 060
"old coin, or slu, all of which were well
executed, and were taken in the California
Branch Mint. This metal, like the ron
metal, and the manuer of soMerir." the
lead paper in tea chests, is still, and I be
lieve ever will remain, a secret with the
Celestials, unless Chemists may hereafter
make the discovery oi those invaluable
secrets.
CamlDrifl 0r37
CHAPTER III.
General Description.
A very incorrect impression prevails in
regard to the soil of Cambria county. All
the books upon the subject state that -'.the
soil along the streams is unproductive;
and elsewhere rugged and cold." The re
verse of this is actually tho ease. A large
portion of our upland is equal to that of
the valley of the Juniata, producing
wheat, corn, and particularly buckwheat,
oats, aud potatoes, iu the greatest abun
dance; while the vicinity of the streams
is wet and cold, being much better adap
ted for pasturage than for grain. The
agricultural productions of the county do
not supply its inhabitants, though in some
particular articles, such as potatoes and
butter, the supply exceeds the demand.
The storms of winter, which arc here ex
perienced in the greatest violence, strip
the fields cf their coat of snow, and expose
the wheat to the action of the frost; and
this important grain is; to use a familiar
term, 4frozeu out."
The best wheat-growing portions of the
county are the ''Ornish" and "Goughuour"
hills in Conemaugh, the table lauds on
both sides of the Conemaugh creek in
SummcihUl, the dividing ridge between
Concmatigh and Chest in Cambria and
Allegheny townships, the Chest Hill iu
Clearfield township, and the ''Glasgo" set
tlement in White township. Thebc-dcorn
is produced in the Southern portion of the
count". The other productions are equally
abundant wherever the soil has been equal
ly tested.
The CLIMATE of Cambria county is much
more severe than that of the counties East
or West in the same degree of latitude.
Vegetation is at least two weeks later than
in the neighborhood of Ilollidaysburg,
twenty miles farther East. The winter
season usually sets in about the middle of
November, and continues with almost un
abated fury till the middle of March. Du
ring this season the aspect of the country
is dreary and unprepossessing ; but the
merry jingle of the fcleigh-bells, aud the
shouts of the mountain 4'sledders," while
they take advantage of the snow to get
their produce or lumber to market, give
evidence that business and pleasure are
not. neglected during this unhospituble
season.
Rut if the winter is rugged, the summer
season is healthy and invigorating in an
eminent degree ; indeed, such is the rep
utation of our mountain climate, that in
valids from our Eastern and Western
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metropolis, in lame numbers, spend a
portiou of the summer season in our midst
That interval peculiar to American sea
sons, known as "Indian summer,' is of
peculiar grandeur and beauty, as well as a
period of great interest to our produce
beinr used by them in eollecnn'r their
crops and preparing the winter provision.
The principal mineral resources of the
county cous.ist in bituminous coal, iron
and limestone.
Immense veins of bituminous coal are
to be found in almost every portion of the
county, it abounds in Conemaugh, ash-
ington, Allegheny, Summerhiil, Cambria,
Carroll and Rlaeklick. A Ion: the line of
public improvements, and principally in
Washington township, it is worked very
extensively, and exported to the Eastern
markets. The coal mined in this neigh
borhood is of a hard and firm texture.
That mined in the Western portion of the
count- more nearly resembles the Pitts
burg coal, -containing more bitumen than
that found nearer the summit of the
mountain. The coal found near Ebeus
burg is not quite so pure as either of the
other varieties, but partakes of the nature
of both.
A very extensive bed of what is believed
to be cannel coal has been discovered on
the land of Joseph Rurkhart, seven miles
West of Ebcnsburg. Should this prove
to be the case, a new vein of mineral
wealth has been opened, of great impor
tance to the community.
Iron ore has been found in large quan
tities in Conemaugh, Allegheny, and Rlaek
lick, and perhaps in other townships.
It has been worked very extensively in
Conemaugh township, where quite a num
ber of furnaces has been erected, which
shall be described more particularly under
the head of Conemaugh township. The
Iron mines of Allegheny township and
of Rlaeklick township have been aban
doned. There are, doubtless, immense beds of
this mineral in our hills, which must soon
er or later see the light of day, aud add to
the wealth of our county.
Limestone, too, exists in considerable
quantities ; but in general, it lies too deep
to be worked to any great advantage
Still it greatly enhances the productive- j
ncss of the soil wherever found.
Salt-wTclls have been bored on the Clear
field, Susquehanna and Rlaeklick creeks ;
but the reasonable expectations of the ad
venturers were disappointed, and the en
terprise abandoned iu each case. Nor is
it probable that it will be renewed.
In Geology, Cambria county belongs
to that range of counties known as the
the secondary formation.
The Pursuits of the citizens of Cam
bria county are agriculture, lumbering,
mining, and manufacturing.
A majority of the people are engaged
more or less, in the science of agriculture.
The principal agricultural townships are
Conemaugh, Jackson, llichlaud, Summer
hill, Cambria,, Allegheny, White, and
Clearfield. Jackson, Conemaugh, and
Richland, being generally populated by
Pennsylvauia Germans-r-a people noted
for their industry and thriftiness contain
may excellent farms. The emigrants from
AVales, who settled Cambria township,
were remarkable for their patient endu
rance of labor, and their economy of liv
ing which quality they have transmitted
to their descendants. The subsist princi
pally from the products of the farm and
the diary. The German emigrants, who
compose the majority of Carroll township,
adopt the frugality of the "fatherland,'"
aud raise large crops off small farms. The
highly cultived farms of Allegheny aud
Clearfield townships point out a population
advancing to luxury.
Rut Lumbering is scarcely a less gen
eral or less lucrative pursuit than farming.
This business absorbs every other iu White
aud Susquehanna townships during the
winter and spring. The skiow of winter
is the season for lolling the timber, man
ufacturing the lumber, and netting it to
the river; and the rains of spring, by tre
ating a "freshet," or "Hood," as it is cal
led, afford the means of getting the fruits
of their labor to market. This lumber
generally consists of pine timber, some
times in lugs ready for sawing, sometimes
iu spars for vessels, and sometimes in man
ufactured boards. Iu the other portions
of the county, a large business is dune on
the public improvements iu Cherry and
Poplar lumber.
Mining for coal is mostly pursued iu
Washington township, and even here not
so extensively as the importance of the
business would seem to demand. Mining
for iron is pursued to a large extent iu
Conemaugh township.
The most extensive manufacture in the
count- is that of iron, or rather the metal
from which iron is manufactured. There
are in the county six furnaces for the
manufacture of pig metal, four of them
(all in Conemaugh township) in blast, and
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(.Hit III IJldtMKIV) vjiiu 111 1. 1 1. lit : I ,
not iii blast. There are also several foun
dries for the manufacture ed castings.
There is also an extensive manufactory of
stone-ware in Johnstow n.
The principal productions of the county
are lumber, coal, iron, horses, cattle, but
ter, oats, and potatoes. Of the first three
of these, I have spoken alieady.
The trade in horses seems to be a lucra
tive and increasing business with our
farmers. They have exhibited a praise
worthy desire to improve their stock, and
their efforts have been appreciated by
Eastern purchasers. The mountain hor
ses have, besides, a character for hardiness
and endurauce which procures for them a
ready sale. Large numbers of cattle are
also taken eastward anuually by our dro
vers ; and butter of a very superior quali
ty is shipped in large quantities by our
merchants. The oats produced by our
farmers finds a ready sale on the public
works.
In the size and quality of her potatoes,
Cambria stands unrivalled among her sis
ter counties in this valuable edible con
testing the palm even with the State cf
Maine. Epicures pronounce our potatoes
at least equal to those of the boundary
State.
JONATHAN OLDBUCK.
MO.NKBAP.SS, Oct. 15, isoa
Adulterated Liquors. The follow
ing important bill has recently passed the
Senate.
Ah Act to jrtrc7it recovery for the sulc of
at? uttru ted liquors.
Sec. 1. Re it enacted. Ac., That from
and after the passage of this act, in all
actions for the sale of spiritous, vinous or
malt liquors, or any admixtures thereof,
it shall be competent for the defendant
in every Mich case to prove that such liq
uors or admixtures thereof were impure,
vitiated or adulterated, and proof thereof
being made shall amount to a good and
legal defence to the whole of the plain
tiff's demand.
Ex-Gov. Ford, of Ohio,was elected prin
ter bv the Huose of Renrosent iriv- t
1 Washington, on Friday, 21th ult. '
The Increase of tiie African Slave
Trade. The correspondent of the New
York Times, at St. Paul de Loaudo pro
nounces the slave 'trade treaty between
the United States and England a dead let
ter, and says the facility with which ves
sels arc cleared, even if captured, causes
the treaty to be virtually inco-opcrative
for the suppression of the trade. 'I he
trade has increased for years beyond meas
ure. A few months' experience has con
vinced us "that the
whole slave coast,
as
we may say, lined with slavers, who are
generally from New York, cleared from
the Custom House, bringing all the appli
ances of the trade with them, and manovu-
veiing about the coast under vanou
pre-
fences and disguises of legal tralhe ;
particularly under that most specious
blind obtaining palm oil until the fa
vorable montert having arrived, the cargo
is shipped, and a lew hours finds them out
of danger, on their way to the West In
dies. The opinions that the palm oil trade is
flourishing on the African coast, and that
the competition between English and Amer
ican Merchants is eager, are wholly false.
There are very few or no English vessels
engaged in the palm oil trade ; during
eight months, hut one English vessel was
seen, and dozens of American oil traders.
The oil is scarce., and at Ambriz, to v.LieS
point these vessels clear, auetior i-ji
a mo-
ment. :md then leave, there is none to be
had. Moreover, these vessels leave New
l oik tilled with water ca-K.s, tided with
fresh water,undcr pretence of carrying them
for ballast, and on the co -.-t pumping out
the water and filling them with oi!. Now,
water ci.-ks and oil casks are two different
things, and the legal traders say that the
oil casks come out iu si jivs, are put to
gether here, and, previous to being filled
with oil, are whitewashed inside and
out.
The only way to carry out the treaty ef
feetnally is for the United States Govern
ment to declare any ves.-el a lawful prize,
which is found on the Western const of
Af idea uudT American colors, cam ing
any water casks, buckets, rice, fish, spo-.ns,
oic.
over a cer
.ui
number and quanti-
tv.
Y ALeCoLLKije has been called lo mourn
the death of the Rev. Prof. Chaum-. y Al
lan Goodrich, 1. J)., for nearly til'ty years
identitk d with tho interests of that institu
tion. He died of
puraivsis, at iiis e-i i- nee
iu New Haven
on the 2.";h ol February.
1;
e Was
bon
i m iNvw
l:ae:i.
v.- I
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r
-3, 17U0, and graduated In Yale College
in ISlo. From Isl-. to 11 1, he was tu
tor in the Colh-jre. In llo-iT, he wa
the pastor of the First church in Middle
t)wn. Conn. He was elected Professor of
Khe'oiie and Oratory iu Yale College in
117, at the accession of Dr. Day to the
Presidency. 1 u 1S2U he was elected Pres
ident of Williams' College, but declined
the appointment. In Is;;; h was elect
ed Professor of the Pastoral Charge in
the Theological Seminary, which office
he filled till his death. "Prfessor Good
rich's literary labors have been various
and successf ul. In IS 14 he prepaivd a
Greek Grammar, which was generally
used. In 1S:27 he superintended the
abridgment of Webster's Quarto Ameri
can Dictionary, which was widely circula
ted throughout the c-r.mtry. In 1 he
established the (hvu-i-
tutor, which he edited M r :.i ar'y ten years.
In he prepared a series of Lathi
Lessons, and soon ailor a like series of
G reek Lessons for beginners. In l.pj.i-7
he prepared Revised Editions of the
Abridged anu Ln:;bri 1.
.1 Dictionaries of
Webster, and in 1 ."'. the University edi
tion of the same work, in lSo'.i he pre
pared an appendix for the Pictorial Edi
tion often thousand new words and new
definitions, with a very full a?id complete
dictionary of synonyms. In 1So2 lie
published his work on Rritish Eloquence
which is superior to any thing of the kind.
Resides performing the literary labors in
volved in preparing ami editing these va
rious works, Professor Goodrich has
been prominently connected with many of
the most important benevolent Societies
of the country. As an instructor, as a
minister, and as a man indeed in all the
relations of life, Professor Goodrich was
conspicuous for his nobility and excellence
of character.
The Wreck ov the Hungarian.
Halifax March 2. An official letter
from Mr. Townsend, agent of the Govern
ment, at the wreck of the Hungarian,
says it is now ascertained beyond a doubt,
tliat there are no survivors of the disas
ter to the Hungarian. Only three bodies
have been found; one, that'of a woman ;
one, that of a man, supposed to be a fire
man, and one of a child supposed, to be
two vears old Tl,n .i,,. l i
- j v.n -u uun materials
ot the steamer are scattered alon the
shore, from Taskct around Cape Sable, as
far east as Ragged Island. Considerable
goods are uniting ashore at the mouth of
Shelbourne Harbor. The country people
generally are acting honestly. Three
stores are hired at Harrington to collect
the property, which is of considerable
vatue. Ihe ship s articles have been
found, and they show that the crews num
bered seventy-lour. No passenger list has
yet been lound. J he rumored finding of
tiie clearance ot the steamer is untrue.
rillO Olllv ? -i wr.i i v.--. I..... ,
j l...-.-.4via jn-i h-nowu to nave
been on board the ill-fated vessel, ar
William Eoukenhouse, of Sackville, and
it. jarrett, 01 .New lerk. A box be
longing to tho latter has been found, con
taming u number of letters from his wif.
and daughter. Particular care will be
taken, and the records of the marks
loumt upon them will be kept. The bod
ica wm i.e uuneu in separate graves. for
recovery !- their Is lends.
Ienusylvaiiia's iMatfoim AdoT
ted Ity the People.
Rexolvtd, That the present National
istration,by disregarding the just cluiJi
whole country, ly fostering sectioc&l u .'
menu & antf-onisins, )yconaiviiipatSti J"
oi lanu piracies, aim oy iim rauwtrt t err;
diffused throughout all the departn.ra-"'
forfeited the confidence and re-rr,,-
people, has disgraced Republican i
in the eves of all observers, hetLt-r ,v ;
or abroad, aud deserves a signal re':,;
the friends of constitutional order aud - "
litical justice. :'
Jieot "l, That corruption in the adu.;:,
tion of the general government, (;.,.; '. , '
witU federal usurpation, both of tLe deir-v"
rights of the Slates and the reserved f..
ihe people, have became- t-o fiugraU
audicious as justly to excite the ;"
rious apprehension? in the breasts f t:.t j
tcllcctual and thoughtful of our citizj
the stability of free institutions, aud
ly for the maintenance of personal liber;
State Sovereignty.
lifxolml. That believing slavery to
element of political weakness and of
felicity, we are unutterably opposed to:;;.-,
tensio'ii into free Territories.
Itrioh-etl, That the dogma that the Cor..-v...
tion, of its ow n force, carries slavery iK() Li
or any of the Territories of the L'niied
is a new and dangerous political Ltre.-r
variance with the explicit provisions cf u
instrument itse lf, with cotemporaiu-oas :;,,
sition, and with legislative and judicial i-.
cedent, that it is revolutionary ui its ttL
and subversive of the peace and Lariu:;,';
4"c i'
i . i . ,-
iple.
jh-fd, That the African slave t.-.;e.i ,
i t-vj;tz
of barbarism, condemned aiike 1 v . .
ttion, the humanity, the laws, &l:v.
religion of the age, and that the pour-; ;
darkness, to bring again the reign of
and old night," which patriots, phil-mL-ei
and Christians are under the i:.o;t wc.-::-
and solemn obligations to oppose.
HexoU-cI, That we view with just apprtbt:
sion and alarm the reckless extravagance z
expenditure which prcvades every der::;-.
of the Federal ovcrument. iwi.l tL xt?
and persistent cTcparture from the pr.n
and poli.;-' of the founders of uur institnuvis
that the restoration of a system of rlld
cmy aud accountability is indispensable u
rvstrain the plunderers who feast uon
Treasury, and te prevent our politics
degenerating into a wild and sLauuli.i v.iii-
ide for the spoiLs. in which personal di-c-iij
and public- morality shall be oertUru''i:. '
j." lr--J. Tlfit to maintain iuvii-iait
. .i- .! .. sr.....-: ; . . .
of each State- t ) order and control its owa-;.-
i:u ?uc institutions according to its own juij
meat, exclusively, is essential to the ial.i
of power on which the perfection ni.u tii.
fnnce of our political fabric depend?, aid e
uc-rK unce now, as heretolore, the la'fflts
viwion bv firmed force of the soil of ar.y s:
or Territory, no matter under whatprr'.tr
a? among the gravest of crimes.
R fired. Tlsat it does not enter into
scheme ol ti.e Opposition fartv to secKtLe:-
olitiou of (ilaverv iu the States where it 1.01
e.ei-as. out to leave lue amelioration aia u...-
uiate :'.!'i'.:ido;iment ot the system to iue !;;.:.
religious, aad economic forces which j-eruli
to the slaveholding communities, us-rei c-
the linal prevalence of justice throughout J
the l.u.d. amoug all the iuhabitauts tiit.-r::.
Ji(y.ht. J. That to the union of sitau
nation owes its unprecedented iucre2e .'.
population, its surprisicg devtlopuu-iit oi l-
terial resources, its rapid au2mtLtatn.11
wealth, its happiuess at home aud its ha
ihroad, and that, consequently, e Imi .
udoirreiicc ail machinations for c.isftis
come from whatever source the uiav. I
li---jlvrJ, That the threat of disunion a
se the Republicans aud their afliiiants s:l- !
eb ct the next President, repeatedly c;ai a
oth Houses of Congress by IJeuiocraiit '
oers, not simidv without rebuke. I'ul v-
uii.'oria applause from their oolitioil :-.. I
cs. is a denial of that ital principle uf; ;-
ular government, free election, aud a tv
avowal ami countenance of conttu.; --;
treason, v. hicii it is the imperative d..'..1 '
the people 10 sternly confront and forcv-.r;-
lviice.
ll-sulvfd. That while we now are nowcri
!. as we ever have been, to the exti'n---
01 slavirv. we liail she oeoi.lo of the SoU-fc
brethren, in vhoto prosperity we rejoice.
wiiose constitutional rigats and Drivnrirrs r-
are prepared to sustain and defend. lbi:s
the spirit of good neighborhood, U-:r
the p;:s-kns of different sections of our ec-
mou country come iu conriiet. v.e t.u:ni e
the ground of mutual forbearance, bt-lii--that
a fatcruitv of feeling is a chief cu'
of our initic-nnl strength.
AV.vf..'iv. That to tae enactment of ru'-'
!;.ws by ihe U cut ral Government, fair a::;. -;-I
'ji.ate protection should be s ste-nisii-' '
itl'orded t j the industry of all classes i
citizens. That we maintain a i'c ott :d a" --
ment to the policy of national cxiL-iV"-which
s; cure to the working raeu lit er.il
ges. to farmers and planters rcniur.cr:--
prices for their products, to uu-cbaiiiii
manufacturers for their skill, hvboi. ai.i c- '-!''
prise, and to the nation commercial pros:--'
ty ar. i inde pendence.
Ji'idnJ, That we approve the policy 0:
donation by the General Govcrumcul o:
homestead to every actual settler ujou
public domain, and we hereby re)' f:'.
Representatives to urge the passage of
law without delay.
!-.tlcJ, That the purity and safety tf
b.'.llot box must be preserved, aud that
upon the naturalization laws, coutiniau. in
serted to by our opponents, ought to Lt
teracted by proper aud wholesome K-g."'''
AV.Wiv, That iutlux upon us oi aTffJ
criminals is an evil of serious iniiga----
which demands the interposition of
and eilitient legislative remedy.
lltsoli ed. That this Convention most c! -y
fully recommend to the people of iV..'-'- i
vauia Col. Audrew G. Curtin, the r "-1'
of this Convention, as a candidate !l'rl'"
ernor. and mutually pledge themselves -
support : that on account of his leiig im
proved devotion to the protectionof Ar-i::"'
industry, involviug the dearest and na ';t '"'
terial welfare of the people ot this Ci-es5""
w ealth, and his earnest fidelity to the i;i:r:;
of the w hite man, und opposition tJ
tension of slavery over our Territor'---.
as a representative of the principle of rere
retrenchment, and integrity in the a5:,i;""
tration of govermental affairs, he w:i V(
qualified to receive the snftrapes of tin' !''' .
of this central, conservatire Conniio:-vo J .
which is unalterably and inalienably p--' 5
in the maintenance of the Union, andt.:f . '.
petuation of the Constitution of the
States iu its entire integrity, and accord:'
its ex ur.imo interpretation, and the reru
of its terms and language.
The New York Weekly Trilby. l
now reached the astonishing circulate '
22-' ,000 copies a larger list of rrf-;
than that ot any other newspaper ia l'"
world. It deserves them all.