lAMOCRAT S. S. WINCIIESTER; EDITOR. Tilieflia - nntkk,Tilftlay, - N0V.26;1 850 • The•Or eeetlings of the Standing Com mitttvkill be )4:ttind in another.cptigop,, by . iibiakit will be seen, that they have taken upon themselves the responsibility of Maltinc , a nomination for cgrrress— an exercise of power ,not helOnging to them'. The right to` make nominations h‘,Abiiita - e'xclusiVely to the ebfile, - to be ilirtormedbitheirown select ion : 9t del= C,;:ifes in the several townsbipi - and IlOrbughs„ andiene inbo 4'generalCoti!i Conveniibri, *ere ; fo make, choice - of candidates. :It is no part' of the 'duty of the Committee to make nominations:, unl is in cases of cOlinty, officers, offer a convention has been held sada iiCancy , occurs b . ..yleath or -resignation; z but in i'lOt•riitance' Can it be shown ihat- the standing` .loininittee of a county ever aiithority to make; noriiiiiii- VOnaWithbut bolding a cons We Y Vv'ouid lire they got the power to Way \ .5 ., ; it fi Colinty ConVi.ntiorii,stbm ed of delegates fr al . l' the precincts, the bld ai (1 a te - fo r the -party? `say that 'liiiCOMMittee possess nb such *Aver, ariethe'i&e - rcise of it is a'cleir 'arid pal- *able - lossiiMption tit the rights of the people. The people have_ little, enough to say in the natter:of nominations at Wf t v-P4 theY , R9g4, l l9t -4 , de:PriSed 1 4,:that,- 7 yeta Portionliat, the Stariding gonamitte of„this county hare, seen prop g/: todo, it. . , 1311 t this is riot all.: Airy ; go . 6 a,..stek further, andasslyne „ths, right to 141 ( yicancies in _the„Corrimittel 7 , No;4' we. would inquire, who ever heard of such proceedings? By.this rule, one man .could act for the whole county— VeCaieie tiae. - a • ' ;I% right to appoint five, five would have a `ten ;;"and 'one member had come here - on Satii'rday, tre tm 11 . ae'appOinted one for ifie - OtE persons as suited him .Si:lC-Jar:the Ciiiiii4 . l6rWhoin" he acted and their proc'erded . eta' make a nomination !fir the Triity. -. With ill' due.deference qty the eniirie the Cominittee have taken r►lt 'this matter; eve submit -that' a mini ttie one t,asci would be just as tbet: l •,:„Ttiey - would 'nnt ations and-therefore tat the 'binding npon the - party."-We take position now that-we took before the Committee met or the call was-=publish ed: that the Committee had no right or authority to make -a . nomination. This twe.rriaintain to be correct. -.,When the, call of the committee was published, we supposed the farthest that they would go- 7 (provided they did not call a CountY'Convention) be to '-nripointCorifeteei add rev Minend the conferende'of the amntielid - grant to I VVyorning the 'candidate, if it was , , --'thought best to clainiOF accept the can- Aidate and ,nointdation tot:" this" short lerm l But.we , nevyr "supposed for one iiiinent that they Wottiti_ nomi iptioti; of any particular indwidubi for the: impoitint office Congiess,' That being 'the ghiei'af 'underitainlino in the 'tatter, 4ndidatei 'with 14 leeptionoi-dne r rettised to, or at knit did _ tiot, before tlie-'olm- ' - Theie is a strong 'and 'ppposi tion throughout the condi to the'couise the coininittee have taken -, - -and it is not when..ire look 4 at the novel and unheard of course thev - have pursued: The People have a right to be heard in this matter, andit iitheir duty to act: oilytrue coursertr'them Eo taire'ii to ele.tt dele&ates 'in' the differ= int tumnisliiPsfonteei in general Connty onvention and 'make d norrtination an the usual arid leg:hitt:fate -way, and then ° the fiarty.will acquiesce, spit ot before; at least this-hvould seer the gen.; et! expresiiton.:'" `fr:. ' •-• . ' people have been told that . thin matter isol little f or no irinitinaEtee and; that it made. no, difference ,bow itFai. disposed isagreat as of tast trnport s ance . to . ,the I PariY ‘nd such shoiild be loOked 20 ;caredoll •at all event's - , it is wbith miking nointnation — for ,at all,. it ought to he' triage the - fight'wer: if the See 'proper ` t endorse Com mittee's gboa; must' adh l eie lip' the old: andwell-established of; the party, if we would preserve itilezeitgili and, rity. I .will no ao to al#4'Won:l r • -1 5 all RrecedOt rind i your Rua l ung in thp-tlark without lOart .lcolmphsi,, sugering Oufsek;es tnfbkled by arid intried experirnenta:.,„Theilistory pfititpag, aiiords a useful lesson to all who deiire the union and harmony of the party.— Let ustie warned hy,the.Rast_andavoid. the rock on which we have split so of-, ten. Let us be guiJed by the sttrn-light.4 41- t -experienc,e,-aW,Ansleacl... 43l, , platting new-.theaties,folloin. the Old, _beaten track ofithh:radical tlem?cracyi that: bas lead us on to victory in days ;that:are Ili If he Editor.of. . the Starof the ;Moth tak4 any - tatisfactiOn -in %partici paling with sock-papers as-:the; Biwa ford Reporter:in • a .systeni of • malicious detraction and falsehood,lhe iltmiltortte .o whatever' •",c.onsolatiori it 'may 'afralii But!it i is a so'u'rce: of deep' regret 11 l'at• an editor of "a -public joUrnal Icaanot' speak his honest 'cOavictions'upOn a subject of public policy -without, having laid at his doOr the base chary of levying black mail. ,It, is-iurplising that any ,respect , able editor of - a newspaper will;so far I 11 - 'llir ' org,et uat ts (le to his own respect, - the Ogard fOi - trath;:and' the righti of • others engaged in' the same *business,* to 'give 14teriance' to charges against an other , without a' single' evi dence upcin which to 'found so gt!ave charge ; ani yet this is the case :with every_ paper, that hal Dien curt4nCy to the libels agninst us Upon the subject of black mail. There is not a particle of - tr:uth'rn any of charges, and icv'e defy ank.liv_ing. man , to make them appear to the, corttrary. fife SY/n. classes us n•ith Eerrnet of the ew York Herald, and then 'Toes cozily to sed with the , • 14,• Reporter -truly anerrviable.situation. On motion of Andrew,Gordinier,lEsq., Robt. R.' Little '.d Wm. M. Platt, and : were ; • unanimously appointed Concr o es'sional, Conferees to mret with • conferees from Luanne, Columbia, and Montour counties, at such • time and place as may be fixed upon, for, the,pur pose of putting in nomination a =di-, date for Congress. On . motion of Samuel Stark, 20, the following resolutions were unanimously ado[t ed : . 2 Resolved, That we deeply dyplore the existence of the, divisions and dis sensions in the Democratic party,i f this Congri 4 s4onal District; ivhich have re peatedly . W defeatetd , the Candidates 9 f our party, and that e earnestly Pnt-it.M our brethren in the oth.:r counties of this • District to l, forget past diirerenceS and hailrioniouily unite 'in 'the election of the Democratic candikte: I ReSolved, That in the opinion of this committee, the ''randidate at' this; time should be conceded to l this county.' Du -ring the whole perida, of oor 'connection With district, we h'ave not had lasan- American Art-Union. didate, nor have we claimed one. And The following are some of-the princi- having, on all occasions, acted in good -pal inducements to subscribers for: the' faith towards our sister counties in the present yeir support -of their candidates, we trust - In the first place, a chance of draw- 1 they will haVe do hesitancy in giving ing a prize; from a collectionof several `the nomination to the man of our choice. hundred pictures, many of them of high kesblved, That in presenting to our cost and by well known artists, as Cole, sister counties - the name of_ JtitiN ` Bats- Durand; Leutze, Huntington,- flinikley, BIN, Esq., we do it with perfect ctmfi and others, and all of them • - sefected dente that it willineet their approbation. with''reference to artistic merit. the'abolitiOn Re porter,still persists irr the . ,vaitv attempt to dreg us down. to the lever of himself; .but when he finds - itis no go.-and he has spent- all-his billine gate slang;. he will ;probably - take a .rest; , and look:around hid/ to see What plan he can startib raise another $2B: • •i Meetinc , held in Phil adPlphia the 2st 'ult.', - wa's ,a great 'graiheiinb , 'Of the pe i fiple: Hon. John Sargent, presided. 'Letters were received fro'm'Webstei, Clay, 'Cass, CoOper, 'Chanan 'and Other distincruiSed men. Thb' 'meeting was a grand pat riotic dernbnstration in favor 'of the Ticiion. Secondly. each subscriber will receive sir :Line Engravings; the cost of which, if executed fora private publisher, would at least be sold at four times the,price of the subscription:: These engravings con sist oLari :engraving (size , ,2oi, by 1611 inches) from-Alt.-Leslie's celebrated pip- . ture.of Aspic PACS, SL,CNDEIX AND SHAL- Low, a acme from ; the Merry, Wires'ol ,Windsor, gad a set of five line ,Eng,ra- Ning",3 (s4O 71 by 10 inches) from paint inzs by* following eminenl. artists.:— The .Bream of Ara:dig, by• Cole i•• Dor vet Plus,. by Dunind ;