THE GLOBE. Ciroulation---the largest in the County. HUNTINGDON, PA. Vireanesdayi Maich Democtatio State Nominations. CANAL COMMISSIONER, GEORGE SCOTT, of Columbia county AUDITOR GENERAL, JACOB FRY, Jr., of Montgomery county SURVEYOR GENERAL ) TIMOTRY_IVES, of Patter count. Democratic State Convention. The Democratic State Convention assem bled in the Hall of the House of Representa tives at Harrisburg on Tuesday last, and ad journed on Wednesday.. The full particulars will be found in to-day's paper. Every dis trict in the State'was represented. No Con vention of the party, for years assembled to gether such a body of men, composed as it was of the best talent of the State, men emi nent in character, dignity, and all the virtues that ennoble and elevate mankind. And their proceedings throughout were character ized by the greatest unanimity—their every act manifested their heart's desire for the public good. The very admirable and com prehensive series of resolutions submitted by the Hon. JOHN L. DAWSON, declare in plain and unequivocable terms, the position and purposes of the gallant Democracy of the Keystone State, and admit of no misinterpre tation. The nominations made by the Con .vention, also, are calculated to carry weight, ensure confidence and command success.— They are in every sense unexceptionable, and the candidates men of ability and intelligence. GEORGE SCOTT, of Columbia, the nominee for Canal Commissioner, is favorably known as a man of large business experience, famil iar with our public improvements, and emi nently fitted for the responsible position.— JACOB Far, of Montgomery, the nominee for Auditor General has served a number of years, -we believe, in both branches of the Legislature, and is a gentleman of the strict est probity, and of very large personal popu- larity. TIMOTHY Ives, of Potter county, the nominee for Surveyor General, is also well and favorably known, and coming of a stock that has been largely identified with the prog ress of Northern Pennsylvania from its ear liest settlement, he unites to fine abilities and great gallantry as a bold and unflinching Democrat, a popularity second to no man in that section of the State. We congratulate the Convention opon . tho harmony of its pro ceedings, the patriotic purposes manifested throughout, and the unexceptionable charac ter and strength of its nominations. THE FUNNY CANDIDATE.—The declaration of ANDREW JACKSON donelson, that . he did not leave the ranks of the Democratic party, but that the Democratic party left him. The Philadelphia Daily Argus says that while General Jackson lived, he controlled donelson and kept him in the path of duty, just as he controlled Benton, Houston, and Blair: Pres ident Polk, mainly out of respect to "Old Hickory," bestowed office on donelson ; ani the latter expected, as a matter of course, to quarter himself and his family on President Pierce, as he had done on Polk and Jackson. But President Pierce thought he had enough ; whereupon donelson became disgruntled and turned Know-Nothing. Such are some of the antecedents of Gen. Jackson's shadow. Ua - The Pennsylvania School Journal for Marchhas been received. We wish we could impress every school teacher, parent and stu dent in the Commonwealth with the excel lence of this , publication, as we will it a cir culation and perusal commensurate with its intrinsic merits. MR. BROWNE'S license bill, which passed the Senate recently, a synopsis of which we published last week, was materially amend ed in the House, reducing the rates of license. In these amendments the Senate refused to concur, and the bill consequently goes, to a joint committee of• conference, consisting of Messrs. BROWN, WHERRY and JoanAN, of the Senate, and' Messrs. WRIGHT, (Luzerne) GETZ and HUNSECKER, of the House. We have reason to believe that this committee will so reconcile the differences between the twc•Houses as to insure the prompt passage' of the bill. BREAECDOWII.—The passenger train . east, broke down near Mifflintown, on Sunday morning, caused by the breaking of an axle of the baggage car. The first passenger car was torn from one end to the other, but luck ily no one was seriously hurt. A portion of the mail was destroyed by fire, from the" up setting of a stove. • MAKING A LION 07 Rte xr Rostr..—ln a letter from Rome, dated January 1, we find the following interesting paragraph : ".Our friends ex-President Fillmore, Dr. Foote and Mr. Jewitt, were at the Church of the Jesuits, and appeared to enjoy the cere monies quite as well as others. The ex-Pres ident has only been here two or three days.— Cass makes a party for him on Thursday even ing of this week. I think the Papal govern ment will make something of a lion of him, as they did of Mr. Van Buren last winter." Think•of that 1 Mr. Fillmoreenjoying the Jesuits at Rome, and the Papal government making a lion of him. Would it not be well for Gen. Gustavus Adolphus Scroggs, who it is said, initiated Mr. Fillmore into Council 177, to interfere at once for his rescue from the Pope and the Jesuits of Rome? If they make a lion of the Americans' nominee, how can the Americans be expected to " rule America,"- we should like to know :I- The 'United States Democratic Review. it always affords us --pleasure to meet with sound political arguments embodying healthy national and paiiiotic principles.— And in these times, when there is such need for a cultivation of a spirit of devotion to the Union and loyalty to its laws, when the fell spirit of discord holds so powerful a sway, it is especially gratifying to meet with such sentiments as the following, coming from such an able and sterling magazine as the United States Democratic Review. We take ttie extract from an exceedingly interesting article entitled "The Union—The dange,s which beset it," which is e6ntinued through two numbers, and portray& its subject in its true colors "To 'avoid these woful results and sad Ca lamities,(the dissolution of the Union and-its consequences,) the Democratic party, North and South, is most ardently stiuggling—pro, claiming its determined purpose to maintain the Constitution and the lights of the South, or perish in the struggle. And What do we see ? It is the Soutbet n wing of the 'American —party of which we do not intend to utter, an unkind word, or of whose motives make-the slightest impeachment—which is engaged in a league, and making common cause with the Whigs, Abolitionists. Free-Soilers,• and 'American party' of the North in a furious and uncompromising war upon the Democrat ic party; while the Southern 'American party,' if we are to believe their professions, are dia metrically opposed to the objects of the North ernparty Thus the South sees in the hands of her inveterate enemies an arrow feathered from her own wing, ready to be sped to her heart. Does not the Southern wing of the 'American party' see that to overcome_ the Democratic party is but to put fanaticism, folly, and Northern domination into power? We wish the limits of this article, already so protracted, would permit us to cull from their various sources the unmistakeable evidence that every party and fragment of a party at the-North save the Democratic party, is hos tile to the South, and that in crushing the Democratic party they design to crusa the rights of the South, if, by any means, they can acquire the strength. "In this fierce and almost unequal contest of the Democracy with these fearful factions, there is one thing that-strikes us with peculiar astonishment; it is, that there are so many members of the Whig party, who know and feel that the Democratic party are engaged in desperate struggle to save the Union and Constitution, and 'yet who so far' remember and cherish the animosities and'prejudices of by -gone conflicts as to aid the traitorous and disorganizing factions by either affording di rect assistance or by standing idly by. Eter nal honor and gratitude await the noble self sacrificing patriots who, true to the sublime instincts of liberty, rally to the support of the Democratic party in this evident, portentous, and doubtful struggle, on which are staked liberty, republican institutions, and the Union." Whig Sentiment. In relation to the fusion movement propo sed by the Know-Nothing members of the Legislature, the Lancaster Eiaminer, a paper which sticks to its Whig integrity, says : "We, at least, will never act in co:.c -rt with any party whose operations are shroud ed in secrecy, whose members are oath bound, who proscribe for conscience sake; and that such practices do still prevail among the K. N. party the late Convention at Phil adelphia affords but too sad evidence. So far as this paper is concerned, then, we can promise an unyielding opposition to the pro jected "union for the sake of the union," and to all the fruits resulting therefrom. We go for a union for the sake of truth, honor, and fair dealing—for a restoration of the practices of those good old times when a party, could venture to believe the assertions of its candi date." o We admire the spirit and honesty of the Examiner. The'proposed movement for ef fecting a union without regard to principle, merely for the purpose of securing office, is shameful, and should be repudiated by every honest man and press in the State. How THE K. N. NOAIINATION :IS RECEIVED. —The Philadelphia North American :says that Mr. Fill:nore's nomination in that guar:. ter "falls coldly and impassively' on the pub 7 lie mind." . The New Haven (Connecticut) Register_ says : "We take it for granted that no important section of the American' party in the free States will support the nomination of Fillmore-and Donelson made by the Phila delphia convention." A. very large number --estimated as high as one-half—of the lodges in New York openly repudiate the nomination of their "favorite son." in New Jersey, but one know-nothing paper has hois ted the names of Fillmore and Donelson. A Renegade Without Shame. Major Andrew Jackson Donelson, the Know Nothing candidate for Vice President, when Editor of the Washington Union, in the columns of his paper on the 31st of May, 1851, spoke as follows: "IDII4IGRATION .-T he Republic of Wednes day containsa long article on immigration to the United States. .1t portrays in vivid col ors the rapid and unparalleled increae in the number of those who are seeking our shores. The Irish e.namigration is so . great -that the court journal classes it ,among 'the phenome na of history.' We (Andrei,v Jackson Donel son) are glad to see this , emigration from the Old World. It brings to us the physical force we need to fell the forest and, to. build our improvements. We-have yet, and will have for many long years, scope and range enough for their industry and enterprise-- But it was not our intention to discuss this branch of the subject at the present time.— The Native party' is now .prostrate, and it will be time enough to commence the discus sion when another attempt is made by the Federalists to revive the principles .of the alien laws." Since then Donelson has met with defeat in his aspirations for office, and presents in him self the pitiable spectacle of one who, through petulance and revengeful feelings, professes doctrines utterly at variance with his honest convictions, and deliberately belies his whole previous. careeF. DEMOCR.ATIC STATE CONVENTION. Platform of the Democracy of rennsyl - vamia on which they sb,i 1111‘ g i i e •:C4ll. Q ; STATE NOMINATIO.NS. ROUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES, Hariinburg, March 4, 1856. The . Democratie State Convention, to ap point delegates to the Cincinnati National Convention, Presidential Electors, and to nominate a State ticket, assembled in the Hall of the House of Representatives at 10 o'clock A. M. The following were the permanent officers President,- - Hon. HENDRICK B. WRIGHT, of Luzerne. Vice Presidents, Thomas Gorgee and Wm. Lamb, Philadel phia; Phillip D. Gerhart, Montgomery; 'no. P. James, Delaware; Jacob Wicklein, Berks; Paul Applebaugh, Bucks; Abraham Peters, Lancaster; Samuel Bigler; Dauphin; Main Hannurn, Lehigh; F. M. Chane, Wayne; H. J. Stahley, Adams; John Rankin, York; -Jas. Black, Perry; Samuel Strohecker, Centre; Theophilus Snyder, Blair; B. M. Throop, Luzerne; John F. Means, Bradford; David Baiclay, Jefferson, G. W: Scofield, Warren; Wilson Laird, Erie; David Tidball, Law rence; Henry M'Cullough, Allegheny; Jesse Lazear, Greene; - John D. Roddy, Somerset; Seth Clciver, ClariOn; Reuben C. Wiler, Union; Westley Frost, Fayette; Ed. Kearns; Schuylk ill. Secretaries. B. F. Sloan, Erie; Ed. J. Keenan West moreland; D. W. C. James, Potter; Vim: M. Breslin, Lebanon; George R. 'Berrill, Phila delphia; John M. Cooper, Franklin; Lewis Z.-Mitchell, Butler; Wm. M. Potts ige7, Berk; Lafayette Westbrook, Pike; Charles M 7 Grath, Philadelphia; Mathew Harbison, Allegheny; Moses Bricker, Cumberland; H. S. Peck, Bradford. Mr. PURVIANcE offered a resolution that the members of the Convention proCeed to vote viva voce for a candidate for the Presi dency of the United States, as the choice of Pennsylvania; which was twice read and adopted. The roll was then called with the follow-. ing result : Messrs. Anderson, Berrill, Buchanan, Bid dle, Barnett, Brodhead, Brawley, Bricker, Bigler, (Dauphin,) Brewer, Black, (Perry,) Brady, Browne, Barclay, Breslin, Black, (Al legheny,) Campbell, (Philadelphia,) Carter, Cooper, Cochran, Cushman, Corgee, - Craw ford, Crane, Clover, Dawson, Davis, 'Esser, Evans; Ellis, Frazer, Frost, 'Foster, , Gibson; Gillis, Gerhard, Given, Gilmore, , Guernsey, - Hagerman, Harbison, Hannum, Hodgson, Ha.; zleton, Hassinger, Hopkin a, James, (Deral ware,) James, (Warren,) Jarries, (Pc*ter,) Jacoby, Keller, Keenan, Kerns, Kerr, Larhb; Leisenrincr Larriberton, Laird, Lazear, Low; tie, Lusk, c. M.'Grath, Means, Mitchell, M'ul - Miller, Marsh, Montgomery, (Coluna, bia,) Montgomery, (North'd,) - Montgomery, (Washington,) Murray,agraw, M'Mahon, Mott, IVPDonough, 'Cormick, M'Combs, Nichols, Noble, O'Hara, Packer, Patteron, (Blair,) Patterson, (York,) Phelps, Pury.i ance, Potteiger, Peck-, Platt,. Par ker, Peter, Plumer, Porter, -Reynolds, Renily,, Rankin, Roberts, Robinson, - Ross, Roddy,. Ralston, Satherwaite, -Strickland, Stable, Stuart, Shannon, Sloan, Spang; Snyder, Smith, (Wyoming,) Smith,(lVlontgamer) Stiles, Stroheck er, Scofield, Street, Thronp, Tidba . - Turner, Westbrook, Wright,. White, (Cambria,) White, (Potter;) Wicklem, Vcri ler, Wunder, Ward and Welsh,-127,, - voted for JAMES BUCTIA.NAN. Messrs. .Applebaugh, Barret, - Ely, 'Harris and Vansant-5, voted for GEOR6E,M. DAL LA S. Col. T. P. Campbell,'.(Huntingdon,)-4, for the Nominee of National Convention. Mr. VA ANT said that the Bucks coun ty delegation had voted for GEO. M. DAL LAS under instructions, and moved that the nomination be declared unanimous; which was agreed to—one voice dissenting. Mr. REILLY offered the following resole- Lion : • Resolved, That JAMES BtrCHANAN -beirio• I the first and only choice of Pennsylvania for the Presidency, the President of this Con vention do now appoint a committee of twenty-fitre, one from each Congressional district, with instructions to report to this Convention, subject to ita approbation, the names of fifty-four delegates, four senatoil al delegates from the State at large, and twa representative delegates from each Con , gressional district, to represent the Democ-. racy of the State in the National Cciiven tion to" be held at Cincinnati in June next"; and for the purpose of advocating with earn est sincerity before the delegated power of the Democracy of the Union the true posi tion and sentiments of the people of the old Keystone Commonwealth, the commit tee shall report no person as a delegate, nor shall any person be chosen as such ' dele gate, who is not known to this Convention to be the firm, consistent, and under all circumstances, reliable friend of our nomi nee, and who feels no other preference. And further. That the said committee be instructed to report, subject to the appio bation of this Conventions, the names of twenty-seven persons, two senatorial and one representative 'from 'each' Congressional district, as candidates for Electors of Pres ident and Vice President of the United States, to be supported by the Democratic party at the next election. Mr. REILLY addressed the ConventiOn eloquently in support of the resolution, after which it was adopted. " Mr. DAWSON moved that a committee of thirteen he appointed to prepare resolutioni expressive of the sense of the Convention; which was agreed to. - After addresses had been delivered by Hon. Wm. Bigler, Hon. Chas. R. Buckalew, Sam. W. Black and Wm. Montgomery, Hon. Jas: M. Porter from the committee to select Delegates to the National Convention and Electors; reported the following DELEGATES AT LARGE Arnold Plumer Venango. Henry . D. Foster, Westmoreland. Davidlii"Porter, Dauphin. James 'L. Reynolds, Lancaster. DISTRICT DELEGATES. Ist—Edward G. Webb, John M' Carthy: 2nd—James C. Vandyke,. Chambers M'- Kibben. ad—John Robbinsfir., Charles W. 'Carri gan. 4th—Jos. Lippeneott. John - G. Brenner. sth—Owen Jones, (Montgomery,) Thomas J. Roberts. 6th—John Rutter, (Chester,) Charles D. , Manley, (Delaware.) j 7th—John D. Stiles Edward Niche'eon. Bth—J. Glancy Jones, P. K. Miller. 9th—H. B. Swarr, Jos. B. Baker. 10th— John Weidman, .I.M. Kreiter. 11th—Wm. L. Dewart, C. M. Straub. 12th--sH. B. Wright, J. G. Montgomery. 13th—J. N. Mitchinson, H. B. Beardsly. 14th—V. E. Piollet, C. L. Ward. 15th—Wm. F. Packer, John H. Morrison. • 4.6th—Henry Welsh. John Stuart. .17th—John Cessna, A.P. Lusk. 18th—John C. Everhart, Richard White. 19th—Jacob Forney, Alex. McKinney. 20th—John L. Dawson, William Hopkins. 21st—Andrew Burke, Charles Barnett. 22nd—Saml. W. Black, Jas. A. Gibson. 23141-- - -M. C. Trout, John N. McGuffin. 24th—J. L. Gillis, J. Y. James. • 25th—d. Porter Brawley, Wilson Laird. ELECTORS AT LARGE. Ct'arleS H. Buckalew, Wilson McCandless. Ist District—Geo. W. Nebinger, Phila. co. 2d " Pierce Butler, Phila. city. 3d ' Edward Wartman, Phila. co. •4th " Wm. H. Witte, sth " John McNair, Montg'ery co. 6th " John Brinton, Chester co. 7th " David Laury, Lehigh county. Bth " 'Charles Kessler, Berks county. 9th " - James Patterson, Lancaster co. 10th " Isaac Slenker,-Union county. 11th " Frs. W. Hughes, Schuylkill co. 12th ' Thos. Osterhaut, Wyoming co. 13. h " Abraham Edinger, Monroe co. 14th " ' Reuben Wilber, Bradford co. 15th " Geo. A. Crawford, Clinton co. 16th " James Black, Perry county. 17th " Henry J. Stable, Adams co. 18th " - John D. Roddy, Somerset co. 19th " Jacob Turney, Westm'land co. 20th " J. A. J. Buchanan, Greene co. 21st " Wm. Wilkins, Allegheny co. 22d " James G. Campbell, Butler co. 23d " Thos. Cuningham, Beaver co. 24th " John Keatley, Clarion county. 25th " Vincent Phelps, Crawford co. The report of the Committee was adopted. Mr. JOHN L. DAWSON, from the Com mittee, reported the following admirable se ries of resolutions ;which were read and unanimously adopted : Resolved; That in the present distracted condition of parties, in which sectional end partial issues have been allowed to attain a dangerous •supremacy, we recognise in the policy of the Democratic party, that which rests upon the Constitution as its basis; and that it is the party which above all others has, in t 2 • anguage of the illustrious Madi son) ever . :ntinued "to hold the union of 'the States as the basis of their peace and happiness;, to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as its authorities ;to respect the rights •and authorities reserved to the States and to the people, as equally • incorporated with and essential to the success of the general system ; and to avoid the slightest interference With the rights of conscience or the functions of religion, so wisely exempt ed from civil jurisdiction." Resolved,• That by' the generid consent of the wise and virtuous of all nations, the framers of the Republic of the United S tates, exhibited in 'their individual characters and in the' result of their public deliberations,-a degree of virtue and a practical statesman ship,'to which •the history of •the world af fords no t arallet ; that in no part of the Federal Compact is the wisdom of our fath-. ers• more. zonspieuous,•• than in leaVing tie whole question of: - slavery to the states in theii Separate capacities; and that, in the provision for the re-delivery of fugitives es caped from labour or • service, they demon strated a sense of justice—an appreciation of the value of the' Union—an attachment to its• preservation—an avoidance of one-side philanthropy, and impracticable theories of government—which present a proper exam ple for the • guidance and imitation of us, their descendants. Resolved, That we look .only to the Con stitution, and the exposition thereof which teas b een afforded by the practice of. Dem ocratic administrations, for the chart of -our pOlicy. That these constitute, till the fun damental law is changed by methods which itself provides, the highest lczw.of our, obe dience as citizens; and that we utterly discard that partial and exaggerated sympathy, the attempt to carry which into practice, is at the peril of our dearest interests as a nation, and threatens the infliction of evils of tenfold magnitude to those which it proposes to heal. Resolved, That the equality of-the States is the- vital element of the Constitution itself, and that all interference with the rights of the States by .those who seek to disregard the sacred guarantees of the past, and by all others, should be rebuked with the same spirit that would denounce and repudiate all attempts. to erect odious distinctions be tween those who are -entitled to share the blessings and benefits of our free institu tions. Resolved, That the effort to direct the power of the Government by anti-slavery agitation, under the various names and pha ses of Free-Soilism, Anti-Nebraskaism, Fu sionism and Republicanism; and by interfer ing with the rights of conscience in estab lishing a religious test as a qualification for office, by the secret oath-bound society of the Know-Nothings, is opposed both to the letter and the spirit of the .Constitution, and to the earnest teachings and practice of its earliest and most -honored administrators. Resolved, That we are now as ever un alterably, opposed to the doctrines and de signs of all organizations which.contemplate the overthrow of the civil . and religious rights of. the citizen ; that the equality of the citi zen, like the equality of the States, is a sacred and inalienable right, never to be in terfered with by factious parties and reckless legislation, without a subversion, of the pri mary objects of our political system, and a repudiation of the.guarantees of the past and the hopes, of the future. , act known That in the repeal of the act known as the MissourLComprotnise act, and the passage of the act organizing .the Teiri tones of Kansas and Nebraska,. free from un constitutional restrictions, the last Congress performed a work of . patriotic sacrifice in, meeting the demands of sectional excitement by unshaken adherence to the fundamental law. Resolved, That this legislation cannot be deemed unnecessary, but that is was expedi ent to meet the questions of which it dispo sed, and which could never admit of a more easy settlement than at present. That we recognize in it t be application to the Territo ries of the United States, of the rule of "equal and exact justice to all men" of all sections of the confederacy, which was design ed by the framers of our government, and which was defined as one of its essential principles by the immortal Jefferson. Resolved, That the Democracy of Pennsyl vania, following the council of some of the wisest statesmen of the north and south, were ready on more than one occasion in the past to extend the Missouri . Compromise line to the Pacific, so as to make it the basis of a final settlement of the question of slavery . in the Territories; but when this proposition waR rejected in 1848, on the ground that it involved an undue concession to the south, by the very men:who now clamor for a resto ration of the Missouri line, there seemed to be but one wise alternative left, and that was to refer the whole question of slavery in the Territories to the people thereof, to be regu lated as they might deem proper, _and we therefore cheerfully extend our hearty sup port to the policy of the government as recog nized in the Compromise measures of 1850, and embodied in the laws organizing the Ter ritories of Kansas and Nebraska. Resolved, That unering indications point to the Hon. JAMEs BuCHA.Nitbr—distinguish ed alike by his high personal character, his tried Democracy, his great abilities, experi ence and eminent staternanship—as the na tion's choice for the office of President of the United States, for the term commencing on the 4th of March, 1857.; and that we .do hereby instruct our delegates to the Nation al Convention to assemble in Cincinnati in June next, to use their efforts to secure him the nomination to that office. Resolved, That at a period when section alism, in its worst aspects, attempts to un dermine the foundations of the federal con-, stitution, and when art abolition majority aspires to supremacy in the popular branch of the national legislature, and with the prospect of difficulties with foreign natiens, who for their purposes may seek to intercept and stay the progress of free institutions on this continent, in order that they may more effectually arrest the advancing footsteps of our republican .example, the statesman like qualities of loins BucHANAw=his long and well tried services in defence of the Constitution—his intimate knowledge of all our relations with foreign countries—and his large and enlightened experience—point to him as preeminently the man to lead the victorious ccrlumns of the Democracy in November next. Resolved, That we fully endorse the ad- Ministration of President PEIRCE as nation al, faithful, and efficient—fully equal to all the important emergencies which the coun try has had to encounter, and that he has worthily maintained her interests and honor at home and abroad. Resolved, That in the rise at home (inactions based upon a single principle inimical to our government and Constitution, and in the stir ring and warlike condition of the times, we behold dangers to our peace and prosperity, if not to our perpetuity, which should cause every good citizen to ponder well the steps of his political action ; and that we earestly invite the lover of his country, of .whatever name or creed ; to join. us in upholding the Constitution in its purity, and transmitting it unimpaired to our successors. . Resolved, That whatever cases of dissatis faction with the working of our laws and in stitutions may exist in different sections of the country, the proper remedy is to be sought in the temperate exercise of the right of discussion, and the ballot-box; that all other evils are insignificant in comparison with that of danger to the Union ; that all others can ;wait th sure amelioration of time, if the Union be maintained ; but ,that , disun ion would at once prove the destruction .of our present interests and liapPiness.as . a peo ple, and the death-knell of our hopes. Resolved, That it .vas upon, the Sidi of Pennsylvania that Independence was decla red, and the Federal constitution constructed, and that it therefore becomes Li a special sense the duty of Pennsylvanians to watch over its safety, as secured by the great char ter of the Union ; to resist the first approach es of danger to its perpetuity, and forever to cherish and maintain it inviolate, as the pal ladium of our happiness, political, social and civil. Resolved, That all vacancies that may take place in the delegation to Cincinnati, now se-' leeted, shall be filled 'by a majority of" the whole number there present, and that the said delegation shall have full poWer and au thority among themselves :.to regulate, by, whom and how their votes shall be given in the Conventien.. • Resolved, That the Democratie State Cen tral Committee shall require a pledge from each elector, to vote for the candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, who may . be nominated by the Cin cinnati Convention, and in ease of the ne glect or refusal of, any elector so to do_ with in a reasonable time, the State Central Com mittee be and they are hereby empoWered t o substitute. The. Convention proceeded to ballot for Canal 'Commissioner with the following re sult : Georae Scott received 41 votes. s Nimrod Strickland, " J. H. Zimmerman Bernard Reilly cc 10 " Wm. Hatfield cc 7 it John T. Hoover cc 7 " Joseph Morrison If ' 7 " Edward Nicholson " 6 " Adolphus Patterson " 6 " The names of Messrs. Hoover, Morrison, Patterson, Hatfield and Reilly were with drawn: Mr., Black, in withdrawing the same of Bernard Reilly; presented the fol lowing letter, which was read and ordered to be entered on the minutes of the con vention. . To the President and members of the Demo _ cratic State Convention GENTLEMEN :—ln compliance with the earriest solicitation of many Democratic friends ; I bave':Suffered my name ' . to be used in connection with the office ,of 'canal commissioner. In yielding my consent,' in, this' instance, I beg to, assure you that it was riot in accordance with the wishes of my own heart,, or, the prornptings of my own nature. Aware of the difficulties with' which the common enemy, of 'our party surround an adopted citizen when he ceases to' be 1"a hewer of wood and a, drawer of water," to those who arrogate to themselves not only the exercise of the physical, but the mental energies' of adopted -citizen, I 'have no disposition to place myself at once con trary to my nature as a citizen and derog otary to my dignity as a man. 'I am proud to be identified with. the Democratic party as an humble co-laborer in the- work of univer sal, political freedom, because I believe the principles of that party are in strict con sonance with the feelings of those who foun ded this mighty republic. To remain in the ranks of that party as a worthy mem ber is the utmost of my ambition.. At' no period of my life have I supported the Democratic cause on account of political or personal preferment, but from a desire to subserve the best interests of my adopted country, to the success of whose interests I am bound by the most sacred ties that can bind humanity. have cherished this feeling so long and so ardently that it hae become a sentiment, yea, tringht with pro priety Add, a cardinal principle of my na ture. . Coming, as T did, to this country an in fant, with all my associdtions here, having no home to live in/ or 'country to serve but oar beloved .Union,: it is to• me the proudest 'of privileges to be not only called but considered a citizen. It was under these infiuenceq, and these alone, that I suffered my name to be used in connection with the office of Canal Corn missioner.—For myself, I have no particu lar desire to be the 'nominee of your Con vention. • " With the decision of the ConventiOrri whatever it may be, I shall be satisfied ; and am willing to do battle manfully against the common enemy for the Democratic par ty and its cherished principles. I therefore wish that my name may be withdrawn as a candidate for Canal Commissioner, and trust that every man will labor, as I shall, for the success of the Democratic -party both State and National. I have the honor to be, very respectfull)li Your obedient servant, BERNARD REILLY. , The Convention proceeded to a second ballot, which resulted as follows : George Scott, received 71 votes Nimrod Strickland, cg 49 " I. H. Zimmerman , c: 9 it Edw. Nicholson c( 3 if GEORGE SCOTT, o f Columbia county, hav ing received the highest number of votes. was declared the nominee of the Conven tion for Canal Commissioner. Mr. HOPKINS moved that the nominatidn be made unanimous, which was agreed fo. The Gonvention then proceeded to ballot for Auditor General : On the first ballot, Jacob Fry Murray Whallon John Rowe Joel B. Danner H. L. Dieffenbach " William Workman " Daniel Kane The names of JOEL B. DANNER and D.Arn.rx. KANE were withdrawn, when a second bal lot was had, which resulted as follows : Jacob Fry received 49 votrs Murray Whallon 43 " John Rowe cc 25 " William Workman. " 9cc H. L. Dieffenbach " 8 " Neither of the candidates having received a majority of the whole vote, the Convention proceeded to a third ballott--the names of H. L. DIEFFENBACH and WILLIAN. WORKMAN having first been withdrawn—with the fol lowing result : • Jacob Fry received - 57 votes- Murray Whallon " 47 41 ohn Rowe is 26 4 ' There being no nomination, a third tiallot was taken, as follows : . Jacob Fry.. lc received .64 votes Murray Whallon 46 " John Rowe • -. gc 19 " • The fonrth ballot - resulted as follows : Jacob Fry • received • 78 votes Murray Whallon " 51 " JAcop FRY, Jr., of Montgomery county, haiiti,g teceived the highest number of votes, was declare•l by the • Chairman the nominee of the Convention for Auditor General. On motion the nomination was made unan imous. , , The Con vention then proceeded - to * ballot for Surveyor General : - • !exec W. Moore received 21. votes. Wm. T. Alexander " 21 '" Timothy Ives - cc lB - "' ' Thomas J.Rehrer cc ;- - 13 '' Hugh McKee it 13 ' 1 Michael K. Boyer " 12 " William Fry IL . . 9 ti Philip Johnston cc - 7 , cc John Horn, Jr., cc - 6• ic William S. Garvin " 5 cc John Hodgson- cc 4 " - Neither candidate having received a majOri ty of the whole vote, the Convention pro ceeded to a second ballot —the.names of John Hodgson and Michael K. Boyer baVing first. been withdrawn. Timothy Ives received 30 votes. Wra. T. Alexander. 4 " 25 " Isaac W, Moore, " 21 . " Hugh M'Kee, it .. 14 • " Thos.J. Rehrer, " 9 si Wm. S. Garvin, " 9 it Philip Johnston, a 7 4: John Horn, Jr., if - 6 " William Fry, ...... i 4 4 " The mantes of Thomas J. Rehrer and Wil liam Fry were withdrawn, when, a third bal. lot was taken, as follows : ~ Timothy Ives received 42 votes. Wm. T. Alexander, " 32 " Isaac W. Moore, cc 24 " Hugh M'Kee, cc 13 cc Wm. S. Garvin, cc 1 i '‘. Philip Johnston, , " . 8 cc 33 " 15 " There being no nomination, a 4th ballot was taken, (after the name of Hugh IVl'Kee had been withdrawn,) with the following result: Timothy Ives received • -69 votes Wm. T. Alexander, ' 40 " Isaac W. Moore " 9 gc Philip Johnston, n . 8 n Wm. S. Garvin, n ' • 5. (I . . TIMOTHY IvEs, of Potter county, having re ceived a majority of the votes polled, was de., Oared the nominee of the Convention for. Surveyor General. The nomination, on motion, was made un animous : • . , . Mr._ REILLY offered the following resolu tion, Which was read and unanimously adop ted: • Resolved, That , the 'nomination of George• S. ott, of Columbia•. county, as the Demo cratic•candidate for the office of Canal Com missioner ; that of Jacob Fry, jr., of Mont gomery county, for the office of Auditor• General; and that of Timothy- Ives, of ;Pot-• ter county, for the office of• Surveyor Gen eral, be and the same • are hereby. •unani mously ratified and confirmed by this Con vention ; that we confidently present •these• gentlemen to the. people of the State as can didates in every way worthy of their con fidence and support—knowing them, as we do, to be men of tried integrity, faithful irtr their devotion. to Democratic principles, and well qualified, to - discharge the . 'duties •of the several offices for which they havebeen nominated. _ Mr. REYNOLDS moved that the Chairman have power to appoint the State Central Committee, after the Convention 'has ad journed • which was adopted. The following resolution, offered by Mr. WELSH, was read and adopted. Resolved, That This Convention appoint a Committee of Correspondence, to consist of five from each county, whose duty it shall, received 43 votes I; 29" 23 " 15 " 12 " 8 " 2 "
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