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THE UNlOfi STATE C0HVEHTI0H.
Tlic I.oyal Mcu of the State in
Council Assembled" Harmo
ny and Enthusiasm A Good
9Ian for Governor, on a Good
Platform Full Report of tlie
Proceedings.
The Union State Convention assembled
in the hall of the House of Representa
tives, Harrisburg, Wednesday, jlarcb. 7,
at 12 o'clock, m., and was called to. order
by Hon. John Cessna, Chairman State
Central Committee.
The roll of delegates was called, for the
purpose of securing seats for these enti
tied thereto, the floor of the House being
crowded to suffocation.
The Chsirnian announced that the
election ot a temporary Chairman was in
order.
Hon. Geo. V. Lawrence, of "Washing
ton county, nominated Hon. W. 11. 31ann,
of Philadelphia. Hon. O. J. Dickey, of
Lancaster, nominated lion. Louis W. Hall,
of Blair county. A vote of the Conven
tion was had, which resulted as follows :
Mann, 57; Hall, 80.
Mr. Hall was declared elected, and
Messrs- Mann, Dickey and Lawrence were
appointed a'committee to conduct him to
the chair.
Temporary Secretaries were appointed,
and a commute on contested seats. ..'
Mr. Lawrence annouaced the presence
of a. delegation from the Loyal League of
Washington city, who were admitted to
seats on the floor of the Convention.
A committee ou pcrmaaerit organiza
tion, co:jtU.ting of thirty-one members,
was appointed.
A committee on resolution?, consisting
of oi:e meirbtr from each Senatorial dis
trict, vto.9 announced.
After which, the Convention took a re
cess until 5 o'clock, p. m.
Eiatiug. The committee on permanent
organization reported Hon. John Covode,
of Westmoreland county, as permanent
Cliairmjn.
The committee on resolutions reported
the followiug
RESOLUTIONS.
1st, He&olvi'dy That this convention, rep
resenting the Union loving and loyal
people of Pennsylvania, who never de
spaired of .the HcpTJSlic, and who poured
cut millions of treasure and devoted yet
more precious bleed for the rescue of the
country from the felonious attacks of a
wicked and causeless rebellion, whose
sons fought on every battle field, atd suf
fered in every Southern prison pen of
torture and starvation, whose coble dead
lie on the coil cf every State where they
fell under the folds cf the national banner,
hero rcr;w their pledges of unfaltering
devotion to the Federal Union and repeat
their determined purpose that it shall be
preserved.
2d. That it is the most imperative duty
of the present , to gather the legitimate
fruits of the rar in order that cur consti
tution may come out cf the rebellion
puriSed, our inctitutions strengthened,
and cur national life prolonged.
3d. That failure in thei-a grave duties
would be scarcely criminal than wouM
have been an acquiescence in eccesi-icu,
and in too treasonable machinations of
the conspiratcre, and would be :in insult
to every soldier who took up arms to save
the country.
4th. That filled with admiration at the
patriotic devotion and fearless courage
with which Andrew Johnson resisted and
denounced the efforts of the rebels to
overthrow tho national Government, Penn
sylvania rejoiced to express her entire
confidence in hi3 character and principles,
and appreciation of his noble conduct, by
bestowing hr suffrage upon hint for the
second position in honor and dignity in
the country. IIi3 bold and out-spoken
denunciations of the crime of treason, his
firm demands for tho punibhment of the
guilty offenders, and. hi expressions of
thorough eympathy with the friends of
the Uoion, secured for him tho warmest
attachment of her people, who, remember
ing his great services and sacrifices while
traitors and their sympathizers alike de
nounced his patriotic actions, appeal to
him to firmly stand by the side and repose
upon the support of the loyal masses,
whose votes formed the foundation of his
promotion, and who pledged to him their
unswerving support in all measures by
which treason shall be stigmatized, loyalty
recognized, and the freedom, stability and
unity of the nation secured.
5th. That the work of restoring the
late insurrectionary States to their oroper
relations to the Uoion, necessarily devolves
upon the law making power, and that
until such action be taken, no State lately
in insurrection shall be entitled to repre
sentation in either branch of Oougress;
that as preliminary to such action, it is
the right of Congress to investigate for
itself the condition of the legislation of
thoe States ; to inquire respecting their
loyalty, aud to prescribe the terras of res
toration, and that to deny this necessary
constitutional power, is to deny and im
peril one of the dearest rights belonging
to our represeDtative form of Government;
and that we cordially approve of the action
of the Union representatives in Congress
from Pennsylvania on thi3 6ubject,
6th. That no man who has voluntarily
I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. Hesrt Clat
EBENSBTme, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1866.
engaged in the late rebellion or has held
office under the rebel organization, should
bo allowed to sit in the 'Congress of the
Union, andjthat the law known as the test
oath should not be repealed,' but should
be enforced against all'claimants for seats
in Congress. . ' i', .
7th. That the national faith is sacredly
pledged to the payment of the national
debt incurred in the war to save the coun
try and to suppress the rebellion, and that
the people will not suffer this faith to be
violated or impaired, but all debts incurred
to support the rebellion were unlawful,
void, and of no obligation, shall never bo
assumed by the United States, nor shall
any State be permitted to pay any evi
dence of so vilfi and wicked engagements.
8th. That the public faith is 'not less
solemnly pledged to tho protection, in the
enjoyment of all'their natural rights, of
their persons, property and domestic rela
tionsof the colored population who have
becnmaneipated by the Cat of the people,
and under the providence of God; and
who deserved liberty by their kindness
and fidelity to rur soldiers in prison, or
wounded, or seeking escape from their
tormentors, and by their courage in bear
ing arms for and fighting the battles of
the Union. Even as man is more pre
cious" than money in every ju?t. account,
so the honor of. the nation is more sacredly
engaged to these humble but never treach
erous friends, than to those who hold its
bonds stamped with the broad seal of the
United States, that their freedom shall
not be a mcckery'nor their just hopes of
security, education and elevation in intel
lectual and moral improvement disap
pointed and this faith must be kept
inviolate;
Oth. That protection to all branches of
useful and productive industry is the only
wi.e policy in our present rational condi
tion is the true plan of restoring the
losses and . ravages of war of advancing
the national prosperity, increasing the
national wealth, and supplying the means
of maintaining the public faith with
the public creditor, and ultimately wiping
out the rational debt; that in the provis
ion of internal revenue and the laying of
duties on importations from foreign na
tions, the object should be to cause the
former to press as lightty upon, and the
latter to protect as fully as possible our
owa citizens who arc engaged in works of
labor, mining, manufacturing ai.d every
other province of home industry," against
unequal and unfair competition with for
eign capital and policy, which neither
contribute to develop the resources of
our country, assist to pay our taxes, nor
are . concerned to maintain our Govern
ment or confirm our national power or
authority, which, during the recent life
struggle, they insiduously and maliciously
strove to subvert.
10th. That the administration of public
affairs of Pennsylvania by Gov. Andrew
G. Curtin duriug the years of trial, toil,
responsibilities and anxieties which have
recently passed over us. has been marked
by such patriotic devotion, unyielding
courage, constant watchfulness, unwearied
labor and shining ability as have made hi.
name illustrious in the annala of this
Commonwealth, and given him a place in
the affeciions and memory of the people
which cannot be lost. His enviable title
of the soldier's friend is in itself expres
sive of the highest eulogiunis that could
be pronounced on any public officer; and
when his term of honorable, useful and
most beneficial service f hall close, he shall
not be forgotten, but honor, love, affec
tionate remembrance and the plaudits of
a grateful people shall cluster around his
person, and make his name memorable.
11th. That this Convention congratu
late the people of the State'on the passage
of a law relieving the real estate of the
Commonwealth from taxation for State
purposes, and tender to the members of
the General Assembly their thanks for
their considerate attention to relieve the
popular burdens, while they confidently
refer to it as a proof of the superior ca
pacity of the Union organization for the
beneficial conduct of public affairs, that
after a long and exhausting war, the debt
of Pennsylvania is reduced, and the taxes,
imposed in a time of peace by their polit
ical opponents, are diminished by the ju
dicious management of executive officers
and a General Assembly cbxsen by the
Union party. . ' ; ,
; 12th. That the loyal people of Penn
sylvania, having steadily manifested, thro'
the war with the rebellion, thefr warm
regard for tho rights of the gallant defen
ders of the Uhion, and never having voted
to refuse them the right of suffrage when
in the camp and on the field a right in
estimable to them aud formidable to trai
tors and their sympathizers only we take
pleasure in expressing, not now for the
first time, their gratitude for their gallan
try and devotion, and declaring again a
long-settled purpose to appropriate ,the
means and resources of the Government
to the comfort, consolation and support xf
the disabled survivors, or the widows and
orphans of those who fell in the conflict.'
13th. That the -service.", labors, con
summate ability and unyielding faith in
the destiny of the country manifested by
the Hon. Edwin M. Stanton, as the head
of the War Department during the rebel
lion, have been of inestimable value to
the country, and entitle him to tho warm
est commendation of the people.
,14th. That Congress should not fail to
make an equitable adjustment of bounties
and allowances to tho brave men who were
engaged - in the military service of the
"country ; and that we heartily approve of
the liberal appropriation now pending in
the Legislature of Pennsylvania for the
care and cducati-m of the orphan children
of the soldiers who gave their lives for
tho salvation of the republic.
16th. That in this crisis of public af
faire, full of ipateful recollections of his
marvel dus and memorable services on the
field of battle, we turn to the example of
unfaltering and uncompromising loyalty
of Lieut.-General Grant with a confidence
not the less significant and unshaken, be
cause at no period of our great struggle
has -his proud name been associated . with
a doubtful patriotism, or used for sinister
purposes by the enemies of our common
country.
lGth. That any attempt by foreign, na
tions to establish a monarchical govern
ment ou this Continent, is evidence of a
design to destroy the Kepublic. liegard
for our own -safety and for the future
security of the Republic, demands that do
such an attempt should be permitted to
succeed.
- 17th. That the Honorable Edgar Cow
an, Senator from Pennsylvania, by his
course in the Senate of the United States,
has disappointed the hopes and has for
feited the confidence of those to whom he
owes his place; and that he is hereby
most earnestly requested to resign.
ISth. That the State Central Committee
be constituted by the . appointment of a
Chairman by the President of this. Con
vention, in consultation with the Union
candidate for Governor, and that the
remainder of said Committee shall consist
of one member from each county in, the
State, except that the city of Philadelphia
shall have citiht- members, and the coun
ties of Lancaster, Berks, Dauphin and
Allegheny each two members, to be named
by the representative delegates from .said
couuties in this Convention; and that the
Association of -Loyal I ennsylvainans res
ident at Washington shall also be allowed
one member to be appointed by their del
egates present.
The resolutions were adopted.
BALLOT FOR OOVETINOR.
The Convention then proceeded to nom
inate a candidate for Governor. - :
General John W. Geary, of Cumber
land ; IIou. Winthrop W. Ketch urn, of
Luzerne; Hon. Kennedy Moorhead, of
Alleghany, aucGen. Harry White, of In
diana, were placed in nomination.
The first ballot resulted as follows :
Gt-ary
Ketchuin
Moorhead...
White
.81 vote3.
f it
19 "
3
Sixt3-seven votes being necessary io a
choice, General John W. Geary was "de
clared the nominee, amid great apphujo
and enthusiasm.
The nomination was made unanimous.
RESOLUTION OF ENDORSEMENT.
lion. Thomas E. Cochran, of York,
offered the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted :
Hcsolved, That this Convention having
completed its work by the nomination of
Maj.-Gen. John W. Geary for the otSce
of Governor, cordially and confidently
recommend bira to the people of.thc State
for their suffrages. His, long devotion to
the welfare and honor of his native State
his unqualified support of the principle
of protection to American indistry his
early espousal of the part of opposition to
the extension of slavery over free territo
ry, and his ftiithful attachment to the
caue of human freedom," advancing with
every opportunity to extend and enlarge
the boon of liberty to the oppressed and
enslaved his patriotism, valor and mili
tary skill first displayed in leading her
sons to maintain the national controversy
with Mexico, but signally and most glo
riously in the deadly contest with armed
treason on Southern soil, above the clouds,
and in the grand march from Atlanta to
the sea, a? well as in the fierce and bloody
battle on Pennsylvania soil at Gettysburg,
when tho haughty invader was -hurled,
defeated, from her borders his pure in
tegrity and fcigh personal character com
mend him for Chief Magistrate of this
Commonwealth to all who honor sound
principle, . generous feeling . and heroic
conduct, and cherish grateful emotions
toward those who exposed their lives lor
their country and to maintain tho honor
of its flag.
gen. geary's address.
At the. request of the Convention,
addresses were delivered by Thomas M.
Marshall, Hon. John Cessna, A. K. M'
Clure, Hon. Galusha A. Grow, ex-Speaker
of the National House of Representatives,
Hon. John Scott, Wm. B. Mann, Thomas
E. Cochran, and othera.. Gen. Geary was
introduced, and said:
"Mr. President, gentlemen of tho Con
vention and fellow citizens, I -meet you
under circumstances that, fill my heart
with the deepest em'otion and the pro
foundest awe, and I know of no language
by which I can adequately express to you
the feelings which this signal and most
emphatic manifestation of your favor and
confidence - has - impressed me.. And, in
deed, I think I would be wanting in the
great characteristics of our nature if I
were not deeply affected.
-ii a stranger Had entered this city to
day, he would scarcely have failed to be
impressed by the enthusiasm aod earnest
ness with which the deliberations ot this
Convention have been characterized. The
enlivening straius of music, the tumultu
ous cheers- of the crowd, the exultant
roar of artillery, 'and the general enthu
siasm which has everywhere pervaded the
people around us, may well be taken as
indicative of the . general endorsement
which the people of the State at large
will accord to your action. And among
your own assemblage, as well as in the
- ' nt f . . . .
streets of this city, you may readily rec-!
ognize many of the men who have done I
battle for the country and her institutions
amid the curling smoke of well contested
fields. ' Under all these circumstances,
you, gentlemen of the Convention, in
duced, no doubt, by considerations which
you considered satisfactory, have chosen
me as the ' standard-bearer of the great
Union National Republican party in the
coming contest for Governor of Pennsyl
vania. Great applause. And you have
thus selected me from among the many
worthy, honorable, patriotic and intelli
gent gentlemen who were my competitors
for the nomination gentlemen whose
patriotism . and intelligence- no one can
doubL I feel, thereore, that you have
imposed upon me a debt of gratitude
which long years aye, a life time devo
ted to the public service and the interest
and honor of Pennsylvania can never cancel.-
i I have to ask, in all humility, that
I may be made fully sensible of the great
responsibilities which devolve upon me,
and that I bay "be strengthened with sin
cere, determined purposes to advance all
the true principles ct humanity and the
best interests of the country in every
worthy, houorable and patriotic enterprise.
Profoundly sensible of and grateful
for to distinguished an evidence of your
esteem and confidence, with a firm and
unwavering determination to sustain" the
great principles of eoual iustice whish
underlie our republican institutions, with
a hearty endorsement of the principles
embodied in the platform, I accept the
nomination. 1 accept it, not in the belief
that in my own person I possess any in
trinsic merit, or have rendered any servi
ces to my country which entitled me to
receive the nomination, but. accept it as
a matter due tc 350,000 soldiers cf Penn
sylvania, who huve done battle for their
country and have rendered services whose
value can never be estimated, and to whom
vseare indebted for a home and a country.
Oil their account, as one selected by them
to accept and receive this matter at your
hands, and viewing it as a compliment to
them, I thank you most heartily. And I
assure you, my fellow citizens and gentle
men of tho Convention, that as far as I
possess the ability, and with the aid of
the powerful and eloquent Union men of
Pennsylvania, the coming grand political
battle shall be fairly and honorably con
ducted to its legitimate termination and
still grander victory..
"I beg to asain return you, fellow citi
zens and gentlemen of tha Convention,
my thanks for the honor you have con
ferred upon mo."
The new State Central Committee was
then appointed; after which, the Conven
tion adjourned sine die.
FIGHTING JOE IIOPKER's SENTIMENTS.
During the sitting of the Convention,
the following dispatch, from Gen. Jeseph
Hooker, endorsing the nomination of Gen.
Geary, was read amid loud applause:
Iew York, Mirch 7, 18C6.
To lion. John TV. Forney, llarrisbury :
My acquaintance with Gen. Geary is of
longstanding. I knew him in California,
in Mexico aod during the rebellion. It
gives me great pleasure to bear testimony
to his mo:t excellent character as a mili
tary leader and as an honorable man. I
know of no officer who has performed his
whole duty more faithfuf than General
Geary. JOSEPH HOOKER, Maj. Gen.--
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Horace GrecSy's Hide.
When Mr. Greely was in California,
ovations awaited him at every town. He
had written powerful lender in the New
York Tribune in favor cf the Pacific Rail
road, which had greatly endeared him to
the citizens cf tho Golden State. And
therefore they made much of him whon
he went to see tfiem.
At one town, the enthusiastic populace
tore his celebrated white coat to pieces,
aud carried the pieces home to remember
him by. -
The citizens of Piacerville prepared to
fete the great journalist, and an extra
relay of horses was chartered of the Cali
fornia Stage Company, to carry him from
Polsom to Piacerville, a distance of forty
miles. The extra was in some way de
layed, and did not leave Folsom till late
in the afternoon. Mr. Greely was to be
fetd at 7 o'clock that evening by the cit
izens of Piacerville, and it was altogether
necessary that he should be there by thit
hour. So the. Stage Company said to
Henry Monk, the driver of the extra
"Henry, this great man mut be there by
7 to-night." And Henry answered
"The great man shall be there."
The roads were in an awful stats of re
pair, and during the first few miles out or
f i - i x i ,
X' oisodj, duc stow progress was maae.
'Sir' said Mr. Greely, "are you aware
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NUMBER 22.
that I musS be
to-niccht ?"
at Piacerville at 7 o'clock
'l.ve irot mv orders I" 1
plied Heury Monk.
At I.
Still the coach
sleepily forward.
dragged slowly and
"Sir," said Mr. Greely, "this is not a
trifling matter. I must be there at 7." :
Again came the answer "I've cot mv
orders !"
But the speed was not increased, and
Mr. Greely chafed away another hour
when, as he was about to remonstrate once
mora with the driver, tho hnrs cn.nU
started into a furious run, and all sorts of
uucourainns: veils niled the air fmm
throat of Henry Mouk.: : - -
"ihat is right, my gyod fellow 1" cried
Mr. Greely; "I'll give you ten dollars
when we get to Piacerville. Now we are
going I" "
They were, indeed, going at a terrible
speed: - . -
Cra.ck ! crack ! went the whip, and aaia
that vaicu split the air with "Git upf hi
yi! g'laDg! yip yip!"
And on they tore, over stones and ruts
up hill and down, at a speed never before
achieved by stage-horses. - '
Mr. Greely, who had been bouncing
from one end of tho coach to the other
like au India-rubber ball, managed toet
his head out of tho window, and said :&
"Do on't on't you u u think k
we shall get there by 7 if we do on't co
SO. fast 1", , : '-.;:.
"I've got my orders!" That was all
Ileny Monk. said. .And on, ever on, tore,
the coach. " ' . ' .
It was becoming serious.'" Already the
journalist was -extremely sore from tho
terrible joltiug, and again his head mi"ht
have been seen at the window.
'a'
Sir," he said, "I don't
.1-
care caro
sir, it we
don't tret there at 7
"I have got my orders !"
Jbresh horses, lorward again, faster
than before. Over rocks and stumps,
regardless of anything and everything. '
"See here !" fchrieked Mr. Greely; "I
don't care if we. dou't get there at all!"
"I've got my orders this is what
Henry Monk said. "I work for the Cal
ilorney Stage Company, I do. That's
wot I work lor. They said, 'get this man
through by sevingV And this man's go
in' through. You bet ! Ger-long hi
whoop I"
Anoth-r frightful jolt, and Mr. Gree- "
ly's bald head suddenly found, its way
through the roof ot the coach, amidst the
crash of small timbers and the ripping of
strong canvas
- "Stop, you maniac !" he roared.
Again answered Henry Monk, : -"I've
got my orders I . Keep your seat.
Horace!" '
At Mud Springs,
a villa-re a few rnilea
from I'lacerville, they met a larc dele
gation ot the citizens of Piacerville, who
had come out to meet the celebrated
editor, and escort him to town. Them
was a military company, brass band, and
a six-horse wagon load of beautiful dam
sels, iu milk-white dresses, representing
all the States in the Union. It was near
ly dark now, but the delegation wero
amply provided with torches, and bonfires
blazed all along the road to Piacerville.
The citizens met the coach-in the out
skirts of Mud Springs, where Mr. Monk
reined in his foam-covered steeds.
"Is Mr. Greely ou board V asked tho
chairman of the committee.
"ie was. a f tic miles lack !" replied the
Monk. "Yes' he added, after looking
down through the hole which the fearful
jolting had made in the coach roof; "yes,
I can see him. He is there I"
"Mr. Greely," said the chairman of tho
committee, presenting himself at the win
dow of the coaeh; "Mr. Greely, sir, wo '
are come to moat cordially welcome you,'
sir why,. God bless me, sir, you are
bleeding at the nose !"
"I'vo got my orders!" broke in Mr.
Monk. "My orders is as follows : 'Git
Lira there by seving.' It wants a quarter
ol seving ! Stand out of the way !"
; "But, t,ir," exclaimed the committee
man, seizing the off-leader by the reins,
".Mr. Monk, we are come to escort him
iuto town. Look at the procession,' sir,
aud the brass band, and the people,-and
the youug women, sir!"
"i're yot my orders .'" screamed Henry
Monk. "My orders don't say nothia'
about no brt'.ss band and young wimmen.
My orders say, 'Git him there by sevin !
Let go them lines ! Clear the way there !
Keep your Beat, Horace !" And tho
coach dashod wildly through the proces
sion, upsetting a portion of the brass band,
and violently grazing the wagon which
contained the women iu white.
. . Years hence, gray-haired men who were
utile boys in this procession will tell their
grandchildren how the stage tore thro
Mud Springs and along the road, and hew
Horace Greeley's bald head ever and
anon showed itself, like a wild apparition,
above the coach-root.
Mr. Monk was on time. There is a
tradition thaFMr. Greely was very indig
nant for awhile; then he laughed and
finally presented Mr. Monk with a'braa
new suit of clothes. -
Mr. Monk' is still in the employ of the
California Stage Company, and is rather
fond of relating the story that has made
him famous ah over the Pacific coast.-
But he says he yields to no man iu admi-
ration of Horace Greely,
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