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to be,...paid half yeariy . in Advance.
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• /7 VIC /2 "./'/SFIM PINDS eki in Ai gh are
fii three insettions•ONE, - 1.79,LLA1t, and' every'
'4;ll3a . antent. I ODi "L'.iventy = fiyG Cents, lenge ,
ones lit ptainnytion'..
-,Lettett toTthe publishes on hnsir
nessi',:MU:ST isr,,POST• L'ALD, .6therwhie they
. silrnot be : attended ' -
AGENTS;
:Tie 'following persons , baye been appointed
Agenti, tor The 'Clar,lfsle-fferald and f:xpnsitor
to, whom,payinant tor aubserilition and advertise
tneTi ts 'Can lie' made.
TE - Thralt.t.sr-.—Esq, Shiremanstown, Climb.
SCOTT CUrt,l3, E.Scl .YeTY fit
P. lino Newburg, do.
Tttos.-W. Sliipppnisburg, •
Jon ti'ltto:.! , • do.
J. lit ATEr.n, floguestown, do.
R. Wi.r.sopi.. neehanicsburg, do.
It.uNtiti t , Esq. Hopewell, „If):
R, S•re:•croyv. Egu.-C..hurclitoWn; •• ',..d0.
nrr yrs, New Cumberland,
Troy Esq. Bloomfield, Perry county
--A. Bi. A CIC;-Etfq,l3ATiiiisliurg,_ do.
!or the CorlEsle' Herald and Expositor.
BY D. A. smrrn.
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- 9 the 5t.tri,...1"3, are sitinitig.aq . pretty and bright,
And-th'elnild moon is shedding so clievfitra light;
o. And the :04 ,
-I'd lovi:to
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l'tM . reMeMSer mama, when our sweet sister died;
AO brother tyr J, wept - 4 lie': bed side ;
'You fold os r spirit to Heaven : wonld reptiir,
- And sliilie iiki . 2.-itiuse p - rott we 'see
MIMI
O Ma, there is one, that. I fhiiik must-be
Fprit S;;:emetil ho p!seitl, yet sths, when :1 stir:
smileth ,;(1 sweelly, as if it might know,
_Thc_hinne
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O .mother, diar mother! I'd loye to go there.
with my sister, aS.Mtee I played. here,
That pretty bright star seems to,-eall mc. away, .
AM) tho' I.'llll not here stay!
•
The iiicaliil spiike,—wiliht•lLlein:4ini'd the eye
lathe 'nattier, as still she gazed iiri in the liky:—
Arotitul Child het: stvliite arms she Rath
ihrown—' •-• •
ou bast thy wish, lov'sl :Nit)
' i9d mllCr: uc'
ventibn:
. . . .
The . COnvention was called to order
_b_y Fraticis Parke, w,ho ltad been approiht
y 4
ar7ittritYformal
.l
eel irg."_pyt'Vi9llSli : !le tiL. Mr. 301 m
Thompson, jr. of Philadelphia, from the
• c onimit tre - appointed to select °Riders for
Or convention, made the fAlouing re,
port, Oz.: ~ • •
For Prfaident, , , ,
NER .MIDDLESWARTH, of Union.
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Trite Presidents,
of AllegiCeOy, •
7J - Omrl3E - Aw, or-Lnitcaeoes,
,-1-113Gari3p.a.A.5_, of Northumberland,
lonN . BALDWIN, of;_ii,.4.-ster,
ANCIS PARKE, of Philadriphia,
WiLLIAN IVICILVAIN, of Y( ?! .k,
Joat..fie-fiTicitn Err 3 fEi
.:"•,• 1 5'eeretar.:4*. -
Infcl4ll Smyarr, -
, C .7hompson•dones,
fl ? iliant* ilddainf., •
John Ewing.
0 n !in nirOn . he irolifitie - i-7.tire - fe.' — trend
over . in, alphabetical order , when the . rot=
yipwing,lDelekateis'
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'Kenned ;, George
PhillitY4'trio!te
Chester T — A rt 119 r A nd'iews; 11414:
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Conitrit. • ' •
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eraufor'd—J W• Fd Dan 13enii;:,
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'Zook, ,J(inathan O'Nen, :George :Ford;
rpr,Sintow:lVlTer,edith.
Leiiikii:::lVal!ei• C . Liviitston;
:Mercer Walter Oliver, :Thomas S
ennnin &hank, John J Years9ll.
m Sehall, Chri,otan
: Snider; Abratisip Hantsicker, .Frecleiick
B - J;r
,l'Orthumberilind;-.Vilin T:. Wilson, FT
Mil/win/2 tork--- Peter Spy dc r, E. A'.
Beesley, .• •
CYty -- and County.:Joh.n :
Francis Pai ke i :chas - ;
Jesse Moore, John Thin`pso.n r , printer,
-SamtieLahirk, John Part, Jacoh's Sink
et, Nathan L
ham,'.Frederiek Enaharti Michael -Day,
Joseph -MelcalKjames. Buckman, John
Hanna,' GeOrge . Hoffner',.Ddvid
William Sim iison,. Sanidel.-Weyant.
Pullez and maed n a rticia
Perry—isaac
Pike andlrayne-:-Willidm Brodhead.
. •Scineiiiq - aiireteirtbria--MP Magellan,
George Pile, Joshua F Cox. - -
—L_Suarjuthitima—lesse. Lane. '' •
NV 7k-u to. --:S am
Leib.
. Union, 707 in •iiiq - junir - zra - =- - iiih - rr-Val - - - . -
ali4li; Re . rd; Thomas
Patter: 7
soii, Ner
,_:Voiingo----LiT Reno. •
tV4shingt6?i—Robert Moore, Samuel
Livingston, T jr. John H'
Ewing. • -
.1-liesonorelancJohn Armstrong, 'Cy
Painter, Willianct Graham.. -
James-K.• Men
ough, Benjatn:n Nltaser, ''An`drew
ClaTitson, : )aines McConkey: •
- • Mm John H.En in IVashkngton,
tilen:moVed_that - the•tonvention:proceed
to the nomination of candidates Tor - the
dike -ofreoivernori-which . - - 4eing_agreed
to: General Thoinas 5..-Gunningharn, - of
Mercer; „norniriat'ed.l-eploliiner,' of
Washington county. . -
On motion, The notninaticins wereTheri
clotted, and the:•colitrention proceeded to
ballot viva twee,' `The Secretaries having
_reported that they agreed in their tally:
it appeared that JOSEPH RITNER, of
IVashitigton.•county, had ONE HUN
DRED. & TWENTY-FOUR VOTES
unanitnotts -vote of the convention.
•- -Whereupon, JOSEPH RITNE,R, of
. - -11Pashing.toir-county, was declared to.he
Pennsylvania-for the,year 1838.
Mr George F i ord then'moved the fol
lowing.resolution:
stentuivemr.
Resolved, That a committee be appoin
ted to prepuce iTigifFis for firillce - r — aTetit - it
(4-tiltol-Colvve-Mion,---which,-beittra grey
to, the•Cbairman announced thelulloy
ing Committee - to carry writhe resolue
don: Messrs Fold, of LanCaster, Coo-.
per, of Adams; Cox of Somerset, Irvin of
Centre; Beach of Luzerne,,Thompson of
Philadelphia, Parke .of . Philadelphia,
Ewing of Washington, Brodhead 'of
..•-
-A motion was then . made that:the-Con 7 ..
eention adjourn for Ittilf - a - n - hour - whicli''
- was - agreed-to.. The-time--or adjourn -7-i
mcnt having expired, the Convention
again came to older. when the foll Owing
report was' inadet "4 ,
~ • -
.
Resolved, That a committee of eleven
be' appointed to prepare
eraliy for the action of. this Convention.
•Raolved,_ That- a committee of seven
be appOinted: in. prepare_a_n_ .A4dress to
the people of .I'ennsfOania;:on. the sub 7
ject of the- next General Election.
Bivio/ved,:Thitt a-coMmittee of nine be
appoint'eci-ott-the_s' Presiden!
That a'comtnittee of eleven
beAvointed to not - opiate a State Com,-
rnitte:q arid also a committe e: of give to
iiiiimint,COMMitteis, of , Correspondence
for the 'several coun ties of this Common-
weak •
.
2 , Peso/yet/. That .a committee of three
be appointed for the purpose of mane
ging-the financial concerns of the Con
-
, Which) being' adopted, another tpm'-'
porary adjotlfiyment took placeao enable
the PreAident.,to appoint the cotumittees
ealied,.foE:itt the report. -%Shen-the Con
wentio.n again met, the. Chairman
...t repor
eil-thefollowing-Gommi tec
Opt Resantions.
• • •
• Ewing,- of Washington,
Daniel W. Smyser Of Attains'
_ L S &WU:el, V.t• - 61 - 1 1 11:i lad, el p"
• ' 9f Philadelphia go.'
.. rktinio t,y,ben i rig.; • ;
' w es*; 4 'Of Lane
Win Orib . arir, 'Weki.moy:elpticig*
W. .Aucletried, , if, S . 01114101; 1 . ,•
Wm Ad , :*•* •
'.:rayed., 13. Le w la, !of 1146 - n renal* rt.
Jame§,Cooper, of Adarnst
Cunningham,, of .Mercg7 o , _
iMoPrf'; Pf IV4stiiiigtPni
Simon 141ereditb , :of,I.ttnc. ! Isterfi s r
.61c_zandtlr - Aillg, , iit Bedf o rd,
Y.'S'. NYalter, of IkelaylialV
eoid t
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OttCdx, ,o 7
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tif ''Chntre",
~W rirlYl ?9 ;gril`PPOEirifiol ; i.,-`-:
)3 epj ' 11V eat? eic,ritlAllekti*fiyv.,
J,vtin•C@ld.,We
- Jopathati.Ctinen, or tiancgatei:, , • •
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Palate ti a»d Publ Jed, 111Nekly, by George 2PhilliPi;a i Carlisle; , 'CumOperland County,' Pa
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J. L. AN atson Northumberland, ,
Arthur-Andrws l 'of•chester. - , ,
• r..nigh t; of :Butler, offerud,th4 fol 4
lotv'ing resolu thin '
Reso/yed,That this s eon.ventiortAppoint
a special . e . comniittee to report re§'cilutions;
whose object it 'shall bp to - set 'forth the
principles which - influence our .delibera-
Linos and gitivPrn-ouractiona, which Was
laid on the table. . .
. .
The CQiivention then,aajcioufned.to
o'clock. - on Tuesd4yrnortiing., . • •
TuEiOA wri, NIG 9t
Yhe tonvention,.assembled and pro
ceeded to. business ; • -
•
-Mr. Cooper, from the committee to
prepare tin A d tiress.,to • -the peorilel of
:Pennsylvania, reported the following;---
-..Cretzsns:—,-In-diseharging
the, ditty imposedd-upon us by- -, the Cau l )
r,!ention assembled tOrroininate d candid=
ate - for the Offlee...of Governor, it is not.
.
our purpose to write an eulogiiim anChe
distitikuished individual put in . nomina7
tion- for ihat.office•for a, second term -- 1
I . A .brief statement of the condition - of-the
'Commonwealth
,at the time -of hii
the. proMinent nicapttrys
I ministration'and - their effect, in. promert,
shall attempt. . These form-t-he,best en•
Is r Omiurn. of -IQovernor_..Riln - er, and his..
Istrest: passport to the conficlenee . of the
I. people of . t his. Common wealth.. • -
- It a fact well . knoWn to etrery
ligent man,, that, when Joseph Bitner - Was
_elected .6,ciVeinor,_ this, CoMmonwealth-
Avas:ilivolvect in deep ernbarrassmentS ;
the People bUrthened with an enormous
- State tax - ; the public works unprodut-:
tive, - theiew - ProCeeds derived from - then -I .
being' consumed by tile officers and a
gents :whci•had • their --sopervision. A
enniplete sytitem . .Of fraud and specula•
Lion which had been encouraged,-at least
rJffectirally, shielded, -lby the'. : former .adt.
in inistratiorn-prevailerlevery.wbere upon
•them.; Such is 'a .. brief"Outline of the
eonditionof things wherrGoV.Ritrier was
7iTtitictell °inii~ufficc ;`snit this state rif
things was remicred the more desperate,
by the fact, that the measures of the-gen . --
eral government were ore kind' calcula
tecito cripple theenergies and- shut up
the avenues of prosperity which the tual, ,
administration bf the State government
had failed to destloy. The last - session . .
of Congresi, before his inauguration, the
fatal series. of "e4periments" - upon the
priTiatftire . Tarin-rm-rtrzrrir d d--b-&e-ri--fear r :
ced, - and several important sources of
Pennsylvania prosperitOthereby greatly
Unpaired. But e• view of all these .
eulties did , not discourage the manly mind
in-spired-him--witiv-additional-ardor_and
a firmer determination to • surmount
.
.
'them.
• But how .was this be „effected. , We'
have Seen• that the State was greatly ern-
barrasseti, owing a .debt 4 near ,82.3, - -,1,
000,000, without a cent in the Treasury,
and the public works; instead of being al
.source of
. I:evenue, were' kept up . .at,an
annual expense:,..o . many - thousands of,
dollars tothe - CotnniOnWealth.---H ow then_l
Were- the'eipense_tfleeping v ap.theitiM! 1
tic improvements; the current expenses 1
of the goitel:nment, and:' the interest, of I
this immense•debt to lie,clefrayrdi Howl
was this' to be • Totaiion - could
:not-be_ resorted•to; thisiutil been •puslted
to Ili utmost iimit by the late adniiiiis,-
tration; the people, b,2sides tlitl taxes for
ortiinaiy_ p.urposes, were
,ptlg annually
a . ,clirect taXof. ,ii30(),000. „- To have'ye-,
sorted to the usual expedient of -it ,loan,
would have been:purcliasittg.tempovary,
..relielitt the expenge - of
* greater • future'
embarrassment. - At this crisis the char
jer of -1 1m -- Uttited - r - StateS*43rank.,-:whichlt,
[ hait ClCri.ved frorii"tlie.gational Ligisla.
' lure, flail eXpired. - The administra
tionnew.
at once conceived the,ilesiin of r •
lievingiht 'people,at - the expeiise of this.
Institution.. A charter was accorilitigly
tendered to it by z.theliftite•l,,egislatutt op
cobilitiop • th - at 'it, would. pay a certain
sum, about Fk4,00 -- ,flOp,io the.,Coriamon-,
Wealth, besides akrecing,,io_payAnto the.'
Treasery anntially,,for peenly years ihe
'stira of . Zloo,ooo'-to beTakiropriatril 'to
'theSeveral tonnttt:i"tf - .the COindion
.wealtlifdi SOitioli)firpoS&s,-,theieby-lt
netting the - pebble of whit was iiecesia
i'illii-heavyrliuriKenl,..;..'l iietiank• gedep • '
'led the charier; dnd.'4.. thesaMe law,
under 'Which .it ' was incorpOra,ted ..the
$ rate , tax was r-repealed,. and, a fund :pro-,
vided•to Ray•a,.portiottof the e - 4
St s atebt:
about to-,beconie:.clut, to ileflity• which,
if this, Measure. liad.otit•heep 411 - opted;:i" -
-tvoulilihavt,:bCtil necirgsaiy•to rei - ort ; t9 .
additioit I fax.aiiini.. l : • -.-, • .
,ey finer : nextturned 'fii's . 'iqtert::
.
iitit't Crthe'pabliC works.,' 111111TOns,liatr
:breti spent id tleir:emiStructicit yet they
' .Vieitted ' . ii;; - 'l.4'tkt•ti,' btn were,' on t he: 'con
tr - titit; .i, 9fitinual' Source' of •emiease,
-tvlitrebY they lied-heCoineialmiii,stimiyer.'
liaffruttpopujar;• . TIM Whole,ilyStem, as
ctildu9ed - ,undr thelate atimmistration;'
ivAiiitne. of favoritism• and ft arid,: and, tile-I
IGl'vernt, tlefthwitli, Set...about!to Worm
j 440 11 . 1 :1 0 1 , .; • gD)Y• ,cr9*.Al .4: qigatumprs
'that. surep:tel - bt . yopeit,therrt Were disc,h,ark 7 ,
, gds in .4711',6nrst aqtitaiillf4 s . ifrace - ri, - a rk .•
i)leitedrit) iliery:o,-, - „1,.:,(1`4,.r6, 54 4,v i *
O•g:C_.o,giti't - i?f - being 'iti l l -- e?.co,elOse:, - :ihe
Ito
bagi,. : t?_ lad ' it' :re vttme , l
rtit - the; ttlittkiett*talth;'aodijiirtOrig'fromil
iftioarrioutil. r Of - 'tOlis tellecteiVtifion item '
rbtatietli&-lkst'' , .year-:- . _rc.7l.ar,',,for•ln any
,reasonrunfavOrable,-,We Mayjit,stlyl:clen 7 -
'dude that the; di"yis. nOtZtliatant: when_
tEnctet the pot/Umlaute-a . )i,,is.a•••lll6naar'.•
trEsb.wv, m4Lifjecimf,l3; I sa S.
MMMII
ment, the debt contracted 'in 'their
will - b - e' - entKly 7 t:l.tingu'ish - e - d - '; -
ari - d it is a fact worthy of e'spec,iattloilce,
that daring - the. PaSt,,Year, , the tolis : ott.
the - slew York
. fincl'Ohiti Canals,',and'otb 7 .
er public ifirtprot+ernentsjn,,thcfse;staXes;
materially .decreased, while in.Pefinsyl•
yania theygrailtiallY increaSed...
.restilt. is not to tie ascribed, entirefY, tó
the rn.ore,faithful and prudent conduct of
. the offieerx.iPpOint - ed to Stiperititerichhe
public works.• A different line Cit.policy:
was itibiptedliy tlie•present Chief, Magis
tr.ate; it was his.object to finish the'main
routes before - "Otherkwerq 'commenced
but if. instead Of adopting this course,he.
had. pursued the policy ; of his:predeceN
soi•s,.tin pushing. the SWetp,izi",o , erysdi•
- r_ection_without : regard_to the expense or
the means of defraying at
_tvoulThhare, taken tti,laceioitit contrary,
the, tommonwealth, must have been'
plunged -. into embarraSsinents,-.±-from
which,,nor fatt3t:ewisd'orn could have re
•,-
-But not the inteAtion- oethe
r mince to particularize the measures 'of .
the administration of •Got•ernor ltitrier,
the-happy-penults-which_they_ba.v_e_:pro.,
duced,. or the mischiefs hich they Kive
Pre.vented,---The-litiiitS allowed to art ad-
Aress of.tlii.kind will not permit it; but
it is enough reniark,Ahat_like , cincinn
flatus, he lio.as.
-the - -.Gbief-Magistracy.-of . the -ComutOnl ! .
weaith - at 'the moit — dangerous crisis
. had, 'occurred in her affairs,„ancl,
<like him; -- on-ntore.than one- - occasiiiii. - , by
his injlexible - integrity-rand-enerietic-and ,
statrgenap like conduct, - : he. Saved - the'
Commonwealtk frit:lnv the'
,effect of men-
stires-which , -must have been. disastrous
to the best interests of the'pebple—first,
in avoiding the_ consequences of the rne . a•
spies of the Generi — il:GOVernitient; - and in
replenishing a bankrupt 4 7' re.astiey, 'and
incurvetoing the, so - called, Improve
inent Bilt,"_passerl at - the.7seSiict . 'oFthe
Legislature of 1836-7, which if it had
lieen•permilted to
. become a law, must
---ha_v_e_vrolten--burthensorne to the-people
for generations to'Come. Btit the
dition ..of the ..Com mon weal th,raf.Pennsyli•
vania compared with that of most.
'Of the otber'States of the Utiion, speaks
icons. 'for the wisdom of -Governor Rit•
net's administration than any language,
however strong. While they tiad.been
overwhelmed, in distress, the result of the
'iniquitous measures of the Genet:al:Gov .
nliiti -. 4 1 a-",se,Wile:Eirlultiliiii;Critnitialce- d
. credit tletroyed,. their metchants bank•
rupt, their thechanics without employ
ment, 'and in many instances without
.hread, and eve);y cla,ss of citizens involv•
- e d--i tt--suffe -11 n n syl
citize s, shielded b i?teesutivc_foresight
and n;isdoin, ha — v'eTscapeci,liat indeqr
untouc.hcd, het inju•
The competitor of Joseph Ritner in
the contest- which has now commenced,
besides being an advocate of those meas
ures so disastrous in their, results; is -- an
adhering subject 'of. that , Institutio.n,
whose:, cereMonies are impiouspek-
Le iles_of_ the-sacred - rite - s - or - reli gi-orriand
w Misc. oaths and obligations are incon•
sitent„with morality, and al variance
I with the. majesty of the laws.
,The Van,,
I Buicn paity have, atJastoendered to the
people the proper issa.e . —:Ofasonry or, no
'/Ilasonryg '.For Oliva more,;than "'men
ty candidates, twenty of whom, were no
Nlasons,, they selected pavid,ll. -Porter, a
Royal 'Arch Comrpion of the Qrder._
The question is fairly,inade., tlnd - to the
people we appeal fora decision. '
. Fellow, citizens,!Joseph Ritner, 'under
Ivlictse .auspices' you havil escaped Crorn
all il‘e,most ieyrible effect's of t ht. flood of
ruin rvhiclp the national in
its wick ed n ess nirfeilinitnire' &Oat:upon
the.land,• is' agaib *Sewed to; Yfkii - as a '
:canditlatecor 'kite offt4e G .. overnor.'.We
reCOrnmenti hini . to - You for' his stern and
inciirruptibleintegtity,iSli nteasing and.
consistent opposition th, Free •MaSonry.;'
his jealousy of, the, honor of the . State,
I•noll his resistan ce, to 11)e . .ilictatiim.a . th
grneral govkinmetit, and because, .uriaer' .
Vep iish - C-rtisP i rht.c:
period has becn- r ,Ptlnnlylvattia„ha's gone
on towards the fulfilment orui noble a
destiny is , the most Ls arl g ine - of hik'
iends ever-an tici Pate& for. her. I , ; .
MEN - ET?Kg
second.readin , 4. was `dispensed with, and
t ,
report I.!t!anii - tiou“y;adoptid.
:Vile:Chairman AT tho-;Committoe. on.
,Ewing,.,. of Washing-'
ton, .mitde a report as follO,Ww:' .
' petiod when ti
Magistrate.o... l ?!v4yka)tia.i . t'q4.oP t,o,
be
.electe,d — T la approaching. , at.„w birch
selco 6,l o ............. g!:eor.
are tii•he snlitnitted.to the deeibion o f; the ,
ped'ple s . than,t?Je.Ordingrily esented
sitnibte 'oe.e.a;i6n, and upon the result Of
witch "the full and
'6111 . * phy's.iettrand;
Cal resources of 'Sta.te'"afe li' keyed
mainly, to deP'eitdOnil wherea% thepub.
lie voice, pleitrly • . and tine(' tt gentry t x'.
pretaed 'op nn erou operi4p,6:3;! clear)y,
iliti'itti.tes'to Ibis Convention and,lp.,the',
country, rhat have he . ett,. n ,
.the'rattles Af
paat-„snee.eaa'and'iihtt r i,ni i ‘ t st,
of 1119pe4, t
veiit4onl4'l34;o 11;d. hail" ,
IPhavilliat ori4Letftionr• stint tP'
!Iwo: faction;
6 "t'on. ,patriotic
:Sittte tpriAleliaPti , f1 . 9111:01e11C.e.. +SU I .'•‘e-Yjnl7l' .
4he.br*l7fiel - d7olthe past -- .and -.p.resenti
vicw ,Lich unmingled 'the -
SEM
cheering contrast.presentedl4r - ,the,pres.,
ent as eect,ofthe affairs of this,COnimonT
.as contrasted' with ',her .situation
thro.years since. At:present, they see
an . ovetSolving, treasury, state 'taxes, re. -
Pealed; flnances_floyrishing,•.the- state
works.vapidly,pcogrGssingto completion,
and that top, without, adding-in St4e - bitc•
thens; affording at the sacrte i ticne an atii
-pie reyenue; and Pennsytvatila elevated.
to the commanding _station to - which the
proud ••appellatiOn of the Keyst'que: state:
entitles; whilst :on the other hand 'we :kee
at tlie elevation of our preien,t Mag 7
-lactate, an exhausted treasury, dependent
on daily loans, a regularly
,increasing State
debt, the immense, resources of this great
State neglected or ignorantly oveclooked,
and it's meticit — ifielessty - drained . airily- in
a ruinous system of peculation, favoritisin
and unbounded prodigality:. - • .
Resolved", That in this wise policy of
Guy. -gitner_amithase_s - ollnedted.viith his
-administration, and the Wady adhit'eliti
to-its principles,"unawed by influence and
.unbri,beci by gtiin,", we - recognize . then
cause of IltiOgratifying revolytiop, and in
the continuance of the same the
_guaran'tee'of its perpetration. ' •
Resplved, That we believe by the steady
adherence to Pennsylvania policy anti
measures; ay:tie attribute
inotthezeneral_wreck_ot national. prosperi,
fy and honor, brougiit abont
Aiwp_olley_otthe_•general 'government, un
der- the . ••ausPices ofNartin --Van .13tiren
those in, whose footsteps he , •
1 ; r: 1 -Rent/tied; That the steady • o.pp'osition
• .
With Milks]
every KOject to aild to the State:sleiii' and
increase the public -hurthens,
►
,form:a prom - nent - frittsr su s .adminis-.
- r --
--- g - (kr r .
\
tration, and en titles jUirito • the thanks of
his country as' a public benefactor. ; •
, Pr:volved. nixt.--th,i ... Cqpiention woul d
deem it injuitidt upon this. occasion to §.
yeyl.o.9lllet that whilst Perinytvanias„
- pa de - Ft te7'lll -- -e - sent 7- i - Thitrattem ".±.1.. s_been
steadily advancing in IsOr :career o s
provement, meeting every
,warst . .by..• her
own unborrowed resources - ,- and making
I abundant P - r — oiitiitiiiiiiilir," - ellitcationi
not only withow increasing.the „burthens
or the - pro : pig,: but ctctually .at the, saute
tintc dimiitishingthem,•the value and p . m:
ductivenesSbf herpublic. works have gone,
on steadily augmenting until she has out.
stripped even the empire state,"as eviden
ced by the fact that the revenue• derived.
from' her. ituuretumentsirtilm_first Itspn)
tban_that_olliter great rival ancLcorneti-_
tor. ."
lhaolved, That in submitting-the nom•
ination . of our present Executive Josanl
RiTriVc., to the . suffrage& of -the people
-of-this.grent—Commontv_ealthinr re•
tion, this Convention is conscious zthatit
only respotfclto the demands 11)11.- g ent
wishes.uf a inajority of her ,voters,, who
will triumphantly confirm our choice at
,the polls in OCtober next..: .
. •
-Revived, -I'ha,t the,r/Üblie acts Of Josift;
Ritner throughOut-liis whole career, , have
been marked. with .an uadeyiating regart)
for the u strakion ,of Democrat
ic p_r_inOples. - and a stern devotion to those,
only, w
the gilfitre. and „happiness. of -the, whole
people. and the perpetuation oria'ur free
Republican Institutions,,.
Resolved, That in refusing his sanction,
to Mete Ina m nioth - 1m p rovernen t Bili
,p,f tut-
laat sessiOtt of the Legislature, the F4xecp-
live acted•with:prud ‘ ent 'forecast intl. .en;
lightened' patriotism, The soundness-of
his reasons for-that act, -haa-been—fully
confirmed by ~stibsequent.events. •
~, - Resolved. That,the• pecuniary distress
under .w hich the. people of the conntry•are
oppressed; and • whicKis...paializing., the
• industry and .enterprise of the ,country,
had its origin in the destructive policy•uf
and Chat rto
Pernianent, restoratio,kpl,prnsperity- can
he 'emiected until that abanditn.
•eti,' or the - GOiternment 'tefofrned by the
peole.•''' ; • • • • •
Resolved, Thai — .the- Shb-Treastiry•.biff I
now pendirkbefore Congress is :a- Meas.
Sutefranglii Withciangers..to - the •Prosper..
ily'Ltinfliberty- j a-tile-coutitrylaaneasure_
'unsuited colhe genius, ancl'utt worthy the
sanction.of a free ifeoplr:. a measure. which
must give, the..Etectitive. tlie--,Whole.••con 2
,troui„of the reyi..ctu of . the , cciuntry,• end
7)11G re a se—t he2E*c4iicit;v—pathetatito-a!),
unlimited • .. • ,
Resolved, That •the.siatid which •Pertri
aylvimia
,has taken against the Sub-Iyear
.surysystem,, is
. .wot thy of
. .er high char..:
acter ! iinAl• destiny, and '
shows that sho,wski
hnows her int t .t . • • 'k
, , own; eS t
them, dares tri : protect the* ;- • •
- liffbleTed, 7 ,Tlitit - i:Wlif - ti' -- 31 1 v
• , g
position which Gavein*cir 11 ‘ itne'r hai as s ,
• f • • ' 'h
against
,oreign ' dictati' on, s 1011, as
S h to A riierfc.ari ' free in erc thzt P •
is nOt•; Ca4tlo 4 4l)tit
tl Ph! is 'hex :golierning Motto'.
Mcso/uedatsi this ConVention re'corn,
irieni).4cif.Jhu,_...peruociatic', Anqinas;riic
patty
Throughout• tlueanite, to" ptisevir,e
ateadily in "1,1,rut4 orkoni zed. - oppositi2Wict
,Vrge„hlasnory, antall
w,l!hout suffe,t,ing themselves tu,bu
ihC•refroiin' by, any.. of the .quplqrqu,
fAse if.ases made 'up for that porpoat
those stii(miit:e itiexcud
sable Uri) rink' Ptei'enan or Ili,
i. t anrtc..sFd obligitia'os;` :'su ff er ;
to be madd'iliitistrliiviio(s
'plishnVenr of *hat iC‘tiols
.itsnickwun.l r -
That. i hnu r.- , l4,::sii , i4.ss
nd -- with t tic-:pic,pts , St-ilrfs ri
urnOls befclic them, it - U °Ur& he buleidtir
- .. : .. •
.pplicy,., in the Anti . Masonie .ptrity .- to he' and - crilisideration - OFtbe-ettmei-and:Aber.______ -- - __.
'ejilierled-' - or'driveif,into :an abandonment ..were.unaniniously.adopted. - • ' • .- •
~ ,'!!''' . '
af.theii. prineiplea',._and- that .this ,Con Veil- I • The committee •to nominate it ?stite .
thin dO'cnnOilently7loplt to the geod'sense. Ciommittee,.throngh their chairm4n,..tret.:
and intelligence',of their - constituents to- parted. the names.Of.thefiallpwing,per.acinx
baffle alt such attempts., :. ;-: ,- - ;,: „! to compose said .committeelorixi .. •
~L,
Reo/0.//,• , That, . the „whole' cistern - or 1 . :„!viesari,f.,liemas;H Sigrcivires, - 1 11iiiirni4o .
Freemasonry, apart from its. dangerou4 - ; Eider, Theopolis:Feitn. Antos ,Ellma/4r4
[character and. tendency,ris oppoaed.to-,the*, Francis Jarneii, . Writ .W 7.• Irwin,:Williiß
•enligittenm,ent of, the age in whice . tv,c,: i:.Ay res. Har - MarbertiiY, , Sembelliislrr
live, and o u ght ; to . be,,volunti - iilly abail.7. er,, Willaim Smith , lsl'er,MiddleawariN
dotted by those who appreciate and respect --W iliiarri M7Clure . , George . . Moll•,• 1244
the•sPiy - tt, of the times. :• • t . ' .. Merkel; And,' illairwell.KinCaid., - ; 1 ' - •
', ..,Whicli having ber'n,read; and the Con.: '•ACcecn_erLand.adiiiiited.• , • t
yen - tit:ln, having proceeded: to the'7-trecond i •
reading' and conaiderationof•the sa me,
the re'portNas.unanimonsly adopted... ' I
—Nle:•:ll , lq..leehan offereil f the following
resolution:. ' . ,'- -
_
• ~
- Resolved,' That this Convention - would - 7
`,reCoriurnend to the Democratic-Anti-Ala
sonic young-men of, Pennsylvania the pro . ..
s prietrof hOlding two ConventitinsvOne.p.,
Reactiti6-on-ilie4th-inne , the,_o_ther et
Pittsburg, on the fir stNonday of SepteA.
ber next,Tto further and early out the
great-princiTiles'of.ourjree instittnirins._,H
.„ Yhe.resolutOn_yas amended byluser.
tinethe word •Stato - hefore Convention - 5
- and - theril he -rei - olu• ion,-. as : amended-, vita_
adopted. , . ' •.. , . .. .... - ~. ~.
-1-The-following re!tolotion_was offered he
,en.. Thomas S. Ctinnini.c.ham of Meteor:
---- - - igesoltietk44tat-a--Coni 4iittee;be-:apPoilitA
ted.to,inforrii Joaeph - Ritnee of hii nnoi-.
'nation by this' Convention, as the : cat
ate ol'the Democratic A - ntimaaotlic party 1
for GoVernor at ilie next. decti in-whic h.-
being arlopted, it WdS ordered :that tlit '
committee consist of - three. -
.T • . 1
--- riii - it t - thair,appoi,. - red Nteasrs. T S Cult;
ningham, C;illittgharrioand--13ette,=to_corn
pose said c ommittee: ~ :; ; -- ,
.1111.,, Co x;. from, the .conimittee,on the
Ikesidenclonacte,the following report: ..-
esolzief4.l.• brat liii.hiii - F.:lficigafe& ciitid
•ficrence
,in . .t . h_e-patriotiril
s, stere,integri . y,
And de v.#tion :to, tie best li - o,eresia 'ofliii
punk- wliitli - haa; - al - Ways. beeninanifea-
tetl by. Gen. Williatitit„.lll`rri , i.in, of, 0.-
Ho, in, the .tlisnliarge7a- - the. rat-lona:civil
-ancl--milit,ar_y_l4Lea with 'which - he has
1 .T..
been honored from - ,litne,td.ttme. • .
. .
Resolv6(l, That
.we rerogtoze• in •him . a
soldier whose acts have all_ terfch:d. , and
whose. aim has ttlw..tys beef) to advance
the hohbr.and glory of hissountly, whew
ever in .its service, , and when rt,) longer
required in the field to avenge his Coun
try's wrongs and diend its_ liberties, re
with a ,full deterrninatton that, should his
§tiv . ice,s - aptri - be'tecitilettdilre would again
-0154 - the call. . ; • ; . ,
Relayed, That it is the firm opinion of
this Convention. that the selection of Gen.
tlartisou;74s ,the .candidate
for Presidericy,
. - -
d s id. ard
i - frftimpliatirsuc.cess:o sauncrp - 15
correc.t . ptinciple,. and the .snpreolar y of
the, laws:.that.,with him fur buy candtclate..
we Oioulct not' fear al! the r ffortsof the
4eiitrpetives..
,:The Convention then - proceetra ni.ke
up
the:Res - olntioni repot to by the'ecOn
inittee on s econd renal') - - -w,henthe.sa,nle
were considered and unanimously aclopt-
My Cunningham, of the Comtnittee-tn
- apprize - Govi -- -Rivne-r:of-his-nomination,.
ynadc•the following repot t: ! ;
•
The .committee appointed to 'inform
13evernor'illifnef heat he was initnindied
by Ihis - Copv.ention : their
,cunditlate for
Governor at ybe -- net-election. •
. •
Report, 'That Alley had the honor of,
performing that pleasing duty: and that
Arlr",,,•Rktner. - itifornirci theni that cherr
ftilly sacceptecl .norninaiion, aiiil felt
gratefur,Tof..thel.: continued . ' confidence
.evinced in .him by his fake. citizoils•gf
'this (esPectable Convention ;•a . nd that, if
elected, all,l)e ; .cp.ll,ld promise wasobat hG
_w_oulikpieitbrm the duties of the office of;
Governor with, lionetity.;fiAt•l4 l and to.j
the peat. of the abilities' haS plea•
sed,a . kind Pi'ovidenceto tieslowon.bitit
—Th_e ,(_littir :announced .the_ following
cOnstritittee,to?,:nornioate:a State
tee: Messrs. Fotd, Faerelly;l:
Pfle,lati; Mitt'Pby,-
Cae,•and , •
,
journmi4g-i
-• • : 4esday,'4,lfter,ePort. 4,ciocle;• - •
Coz
offemciliteftilloWing?'rc
tiont „
of„ibi
Gonvention.pledge.t . thenasely;t.s to v tide air
WY";irid liondrii:bie • meiins Secatie .. the
re 4eieetiott of InsePh - flittler Gub'•
ertiatorial (:tiair';at'.oe :ensuing general
Oeelloo; 3. 1 V Welt. was, -on Motion,, ftnan-'
imously adoptyd.. - ' ;
Mr..Cokolso ialrercc . the following res.'
tonls
.ReBo/1.7,ec1, 1141: 114‘, Convention" dews
With,*
..01iicrkt!nb-.slt-styuciv,s,cloorn,imacl-,
1/9cated . u,p3ik by
ren.„lo‘c? attacking,
1e Oh;ed; rjghts,, 1 - • . TT. „ i
T • h'at if •tiie
hY:tliiii-jfifit'y'ci;'•l6.ti,e, '
ffiri c Af'opti to
its i'Zgli,inl'ate ' . •*ictrnt,,* t
-or in ono.
instikko;:,tl4liCe;c7ea4tis: . to ti?Amily
t ioa• for: tha')forrne el t - vrlynlica • 4iiiidort• :t4e.
en,tite.claim:fof Ifni' Corn raltlr the
• ,• • .
:Repolvell „That : . t CoOvetitioo, My;
o, tto .hy 14U1
f v4it,l t, s ';° 4 ,
to
the ciapgiro9,:iil() de
.titsiitijty of , 'tite 'tit t)rtiers of
.(tithrttnettei•ittititlt't!ti tite , iiesiructive•
ptot}k. :• to.,ta
ion - then .1/I.ucelclt,-d'to
IMIII
s'VE SERIES, - relfk:
- 40, 'VI
Set pre
MEI
-M r Ford .offered the tollOsrtng Viso u. •
lions: -- • ••
- .
I?csolved, That-we-consider the Instit4: •
tton..of speculative Precmps,oyeryat,it.ari.
an ce 'with !he Juncla Mental kincipjeq_ of •
our reptiblican governMerit,subyereime4..•
the equal rights of its citizens. and .
• !sled frcirn
,the. very nature. of, its organf....
nation to -.'afrogate :its members, tbat
power Which - it:oomq! beloligi to, 04.4
is:inhere:hrin the peopld.:: •
..Resdpetl, .That inasmuch as masOhlik
lids upon more occasions thate.One,ethovM,
itselltoopotierfuf - tor the strong.arns
civil.. law:-...
• more' t).arOculßFly,.i.4l.,
attempts
' vihic,h have, beq,4.
' made to, bring to -con digirf pSlirshtueritt
the busy : actorsin ; the .bloOtly•tragi4yi.-
tliic.ll, was renacredifyon - the-shnrp - of:140 ----
I (.:STEgas,a'it've.Litlik.w
of Captain William
orplians—wa , are siimtihited - •
e friends Of, :the - COnittitteion;:the
laws and good order, to continue an un
.
extrrmihating.isr,uhtil there
.
1-shall-no r -longer-remiin,ingiyesrige7otthis
lniqtitous institution to tursoour -•
th.:
Pe(Mit. •$ •
,;.• - ---
Resulved,_That regard ,masonry as
41 - rolit ical.,engiiie,,.l)y. means of whiCh
- thon - btirspperating,:t hrough
ed - gt:d oaths which bind. them together, 'to
secure :tcr.the:mgelvers - honor, office,. arid .
the- emolOrrnerits.;ariaing_ _the rerripait;:ty,
-• . •
./te4oeued, - That it •itionly . ,-6Ylthe.itlin-' •
iviiihment
of its members that peaee c andsoCial order
can be restoredin the crlite here rl,nu
Masonry exists, end public mind ho
brought once moreintO' a lhealthy,tiatidti, • _
Resolved, that we pledge ouritelve&to
use our be'st.enileavours to effect the, pros. .
koiv. ,,, r • ."- ..!••
.Li lawful means, dettrOloed to yield
only when su pet for•force" shall trarnp,le..ni
in the ;lust— . and - public„ opinion, will no
longer :sustain us....in ttiplttrlffing.the ,sup
premacy of theiasirs- 7 ip_maintakning the
freedom of 'th€'prtss„:the right!; of free
discussion, and the equal rights of the
. , -
[ --- dreTacTorid-rf-a rig -atid-tonside
ti o n,Lo f said Resolutions, they wereiever:
ally adoivedusion)rtiously. - .
:;11. " Irvin riffered' the -follnwihg: -
.• Ilooteed, 'fitat the practice of duelling
is one which ought to be clisBountenanced •
in all civilized countries,, as at oricpbarst* •
harouir and subversive of morality and
Resnlved. That this-Convention r 4171.1
mend it to Congress, to pass sue._ _
Las. will, effectually_
bloody and wicked . practice In the
Dis:riet !if Coluiiibia, ti,' niakii4 it perm!,
either c hall en ge my perzon, t. o
challcn r. .be.
the be . arcr ol:
citi any
dittlying'__any_such person iir ipersoni s'
trum.hi,lyJing any office of honor 'or' profit..
• • j?csoive,l, :that the ,e6'etarietti of this
Co;. venrion be.a'cominittee - ,19 - oVisrnit
copy of. . these *soln,tions tp eacti..pk,onr"
en..,tors, earl. albo to each of the' mgmw
be(spf the House. pf ,Itepresenttives in
1. Pr. Minion nfrek•sil-tlie tolioyen l e,
was unak)inio9?ljr'ridalited:
That die thinks or this Con-
ven:ionlie terictered - to - Ner IVliddleswatthi
President, And to the ieireraL:Vice-Presi
'dcbtriand Seeisetarigot this t'Acnltention,
'fur the able nieniier Which they hive
conducted its proceedings. '
..On !notion
'Resolved. That th,o ifian)ts
,ventionlle,tevicietcsltol4e,ponimissioners;
. P;T I
fiF the,natta) motion !Or signing
ptiltling firoi•Vedings,, the ' Copr4tiiion
then action' tied line die.
7 • „„
ilseilereer Co. RA;f.kunOctr:Vi of 1 b:' 2 q=
. „NOVEL,CASE.‘ •
• Consitlet able exciterriOpti
,vre•thruletl . =.
;alai
:C(1, Mie s otithwelit.ttat < t of
t his eounty,• , ca,ase4 by sc4ne,7 recent- 1 11 e.
••viloliment 111 Abe
9t - tWt ; Sit tzi'll'd• 7e 9?") l ;Pficlr, 3 eles en'
,ter i ,i9toa discussion of" themerita t of; th 6
,•C:4Sys ht!!,picie!y, to , state onerfir 4 iiito IF' : 18
th.e :testirnsiwey taken
be'fore hOnor,'AuAi,eliatwri. 'From
that
, onte .
part id the (.curdy. alluded to) -ratitroed
471)10,0i' tA iiet: - .earOardl-klalit . fall,
-hringlßg ith binrit yogpg"OudOtiippa•
rentlyabotie 9.13 years orage;i l wll39,calpin,
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