V.imil S1ITUII
Andrew J. Rhey, Editor.
EBEKSBURG, PA.
Thnrdy, September g, 1853.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President,
.-FRAiraiJKY PIERCE,
of New Hampshire.
For Vice-President1
If'ILLIAN R. KIXG,
of Alabama.
For Supreme Judge,
GEORGE W. WOODWARD,
of Luzerne County.
Por Canal Commissioner,
WILLIAM IIOPKESS,
of .Washington.
County Nominations.
For. Assembly,
THOMAS COLLINS, of Washington.
For Sheriff,
ATJGTJSTIN DUKBIK, of Washington.
Commissioner,
JACOB H. STTJLL. of Richland.
Auditor,
JOHN A. M'CONNELL, of Clearfield.
Coroner,"'
CAMPBELL SHERIDAN, of Johnstown.
The Editor is absent this" week which will
account for the lack of Editorial in this number,
The State Nominations.
We have the treasure of announcing to our
readers the harmonious termination of the Dent
ocratic State Convention, and the nomination of
lion. Geo. W. Woodward, of Luzerne, for Su
preme Judge, and Col. William Hopkins, qf
Washington county, for Canal Commissioner.
No better selections could have been niade.-
Both of these eentlemen were the choice or a
large majority of the party throughout the State,
and both 'will rally to their support a united and
enthusiastic Democracy.
Speaking of the nominees, the Pennsylvania.
has the following well-deserved tribute to their
worth and integrity.
"Judge Woodword at present occupies
place on the Supreme Bench a position which,
in a short time, he has adorned with the influ
ence and power of the most brilliant abilities
As a jurist he has no superior. Sound in all
his opinions well fortified and balanced by
great legal attainments incorruptible in mo
rals and generous principles, he is a man em
inently fitted for the high honors and responsi
bilities of a Sunreme Judge. No man in the
State has more thoroughly studied the histori
cal jurisprudence of Pennsylvania no man giv
en more attention to the resources, the wealth
and the Lwants. oftheMpcpjaeand thjwrejfcs
the Commonwealth will be eqnally fortunate in
securing the eminent services of Geokge W.
Woodward.
William Hopkins belongs to that class of
men who have made the prosperity of Pennsyl
vania part of their ambition. He is a stern, re
liable and uncompromising Democrat. A man
imbued with the largest principles of public en
terprise always successful in his projects for
the public good, ne has resisted for many
years the encroachments of Federalism in this
State and during the memorable buckshot war,
he manfully battled against the party that desi
red to treat the elections as if they were never
herd. He is known to the people of the State
has discharged every trust with honor and abil
ity and will be supportedwith that zeal which
attaches to every honest public servant.
Who Is William A. Graham.
The Cincinnati Commercial, which has an ed
itor who is a fast man generally, said the other
day :
"bince writing the above the telegraph an
nounccs the name of William A. Graham, of
North Carolina, as the nominee for Vice Presi
dent. Mr. G. was, we believe, Secretary of the
Navy at one time, and has acted as Representa
tive and Senator in Congress from his State.'
The Cincinnati Atlas gives the following ac
count of him :
Mr. Graham has been Governor of North
Carolina, and became a member of the Cabinet
after the accession of General Taylor, from
which he retired after the death of the Presi
dent.
So here we see how the present most distin
guished and highest admired Secretary of the
Navy has been perpetrating greatness to little
purpose. He is set down by this whig editor as
one of the squad of Galphinites who slid away
from the public gaze upon the death of General
Taylor, very much to the relief of the country
m general, and of whiggery in particular.
Whig Exiravagacta
Sixty millions of dollars a year I Only think
of it. Nearly one hundred and fifty tons of
gold, or twenty-five hundred tons of silver.
This is the annual expenditure of a whig admin
istration, and it is truly monstrous to contem
plate. by, the annual expenditure of the
government would load a train of a hundred wa
gons with silver. Two-thirds of the annual pro
duct of California cannot more than keep the
treasury supplied. The cotton crop of this
country is reckoned to be immense, but the an
nual expenditure of the federal government
would swallow up the whole of it. Sixty mil
lions gone, eonsumed and sunk in a single year!
This 6um would educate every youth, male and
female, in the Union. It would build three
thousand miles of railroad, nearly one-third as
many miles as have l.een built in the ' United
States up to this time. This is paying too dear
ly for government, as it would require all the
savings of nearly half a million of day laborers
to support the government. It is time that a
reform was made in thU kind of extravagance.
The Chnretf Against Gen. Scott.
In reply to the Nashville Banner, which stated j
that the charges against Gen. Scott were made ,
upon anonymous authority, the Nashville Union
has the following cogent reply, imbodying facts
which should be kept before the people :
"1. The first and most serious charge is that
Gen. Scott is in the hands of Seward, the abol
tionists, and free soilers. For the truth of this
charge, among other good and true men, Messrs.
Gentry and Williams, of Tennessee, are respon
ble. "2. Another charge against Gen. Scott is
that he is opposed to the existence of slavery.
The proof of this charge is found in his own
letter, in which he declares that it is 'a high mo
ral obligation of masters and slaveholding Slates
to employ all means not incompatible with the
safety of both colors to meliorate slavery, EVliJN
TO EXTERMINATION.'
"3. Another charge against Gen. Scott is,
that he is in favor of annexing a large number
of free States to the Union, and thus giving to
the anti-slavery power an overwhelming weight
In the councils of the nation. The proof of this
charge is found in Gen. Scott's letter, dated June
1849 which we have published in full in
which he says : 'In my judgement, the inter
ests of both sides would be much promoted by
the annexation the several provinces (Canada,
New Brunswick, etc.) coming into the Union on
equal terms with our present thirty States.1 And
further : 'Though opposed to incorporating
with us any district densely peopled with the
Mexican race, should be very happy to f rater,
nize vith our Northern and Northwestern neigh
bors1 The territory which Gen. Scott is thus in
favor of annexing to our Northern and North
western boundaries is nearly as large as all the
territory now embraced in the Union.
"4. Another charge against Gen. Scott is,
that. Tie is in favor of a national bank. The
proof of this charge is fouud in his letter to a !
committee of gentlemen, dated October 25, 1841, j
in which he says that he regards such an insti
tution as indispensable, in peace and in war, to
the operations of the treasury and the wants of
commerce.
"o. Another charge against Gen. Scott is,
that he is in favor of a practical destruction of
a bankrupt law. The proof of this charge is al
so found in his letter of 1841.
"G. Another charge against Gen. Scott is,
that he is in favor of a practical destruction of
the veto power. In his letter just alluded to, he
declares himself in favor of reducing the veto
now so essential to the slaveholding States so
aa to give a bare majority in Congress the power
to overrule it. This would be a practical de
struction of the power.
"7. Another charge against Gen. Scott is,
that he is supported almost entirely by the ene
mies of the fugitive slave law at the North.
The fact that Seward, Johnston, and Greely, the
leaders of the higher-law men, are his warm
friends, is sufficient proof of this charge.
"8. Another charge against General Scott
is, that he is in favor of modifying our natu-
tive franchise upon only one condition, viz : that
they serve one year in the army or navy of the
United States. The evidence of the charge is
found in Gen. Scott's letter of acceptance, an
in a communication written hy him to the Na
tionvl Intelligencer in 1844. Taken together,
these two documents show him to be in favor Of
this dangerous and unjust modification.
"9. Another and a most serious charge
gainst Gen. Scott is, that he stubbornly refuses
to define his position on the compromise. The
proof of this charge is abundant, but we wil
not go into it in detail. Suffice it to say that
Gov. Jones has declared that he, 'with a hun
tired to back him, implored General Scott to
define his position on the Compromise, 'and he
would not.'
"These are the principal and most importan
charges against General Scott. With the ex
ception of two or three, they are susceptible
documentary proof from under his own hand.
And yet the Banner would have its readers be
lieve that they are made upon anonymous au
thority ; and that no known person is responsible
for them."
Catholic Testimony.
1 The New 1 ork Freeman's Journal, in refer
ring to the statement that General Pierce had
sustained the religiouse test m the Constitution
of New Hampshire,' thus speaks :
"The Democracy have nominated a man ac
knowledged as an able lawyer, a man of a fami
ly, and of antecedents entitling him to respect
and confidence, and one who has the rare and
high qualifications of rather shunning than see
king official promotion. Every thing that we
have known or beard of General Pierce has been
in his favor, ne hails from a State that has an
invidious distinction as sustaining persecutin
laws against Catholics, but we have heard that
General Pierce has been one who has favored
the repeal of the shameful statutes imposin
disabilities on Catholics in New Hampshire.
On this subject we will have ample time to ob
tain correct information. He is a Democrat of
the old school not a French radical Democrat.
ne has not been mixed up with the base pand
erings to the mob, that have characterised too
many Washington politicians."
And the New York Truth Teller adds its tes
timony, refuting the unjust charge of religious
intolerance against our brave ond noble-minded
candidate for the Presidency :
"Mr. Pierce, it is universally conceeded, pos
sesses all the requisite qualifications to adminis
ter the affairs of Government with credit and a
bility. We are assured by those who have
known him long and well, that a more liberal,
high toned, true republican, does not live. On
the question of the -"Catholic test," which has
ever been a bone of contention in New Ilamn-
ehire, Mr. Pierce has been faithfully and zeal
ously arrayed in just opposition to the stain up
on the laws of that State ; and, although un
successful in his efforts to have it expunged, he
is nevertheless fully entitled to the gratitude of
every liberal mind, for his exertions in the mat
ter." I
'Gen. Scott as a Civilian In favor of the
old Laua distribution bill, United States
Bank, and Bankrupt Liw,
As General Scott has become the whig candi
date for the presidency, (by a small majority,)
his fitness for that highest civil station on earth
becomes a matter of most serious inquiry.
With his character as a general we have nothing
to do. As a commander of our armies he has
been successful, and so, as a general thing, have
all other commanders of our American troops. ;
It it would be important to canvass the merits
of a mere civilian who should aspire to the
chief command of our armies in time of war, it
certainly is imperative on the American people
now to seriously examine the claims of an ex
clusively military man who aspires to the chief
directorship of the civil affairs of our nation.
General Scott's name has several times been
mentioned in connexion with the presidency,
when the whig party have been casting about
for purely an available candidate, and as often
has the old General sat down and in "haste"
scribbled his opinions to somebody. Last Oc
tober, the 27th day, he issued from Washington
a"general circular in answer to numerous ques
tions, giving his views on civil affairs in extenso.
We shall from time to time make extracts from
lugubrious document. For the present we will
give our readers his views in his own words on
"land distribution," "bankrupt law," and a"U
nited States Bank."
Extract from the Circular.
"Leading measures of the late extra session. If I
had the honor of a vote on the occasion, it would
have been given in favor of the land distribution
bill, the bankrupt bill, and the second bill crea
ting a fiscal corporation having long been under
a conviction that in peace, as in war, something
efficient, in the nature of a Bank of the United
States, is not only "necessary and proper," but
indipensable to the successful operations of the
treasury, as to many of the wants of our
commerce and currency.
W INFIELD SCOTT."
Here we have it. The extra session referred
to was that called soon after the coon campaign
of 1840, at which an "old-fashioned United
States bank" was attempted to be thrust upon
the country, but was three times vetoed, in dif
ferent shapes and under different names, by John
Tyler. "Land distribution" was one of the
same nefarious schemes a measure to arrest
the increase of new States by giving the monop
poly of the public lands to the old States, cut
ting off all homestead bilb and all revenue ari
sing therefrom to the gauaral government. The
"bankrupt law," got up fr the benefit of stock
jobbers, defunct bankers, and unsuccessful spec
ulators, 'which did mora to doom and damn
that administration than all other schemes put
together a measure ol general repudiation
which even now stinks in the nostrils of the
people to this now, or as late as last October,
1841, Gen. Scott gives bi entire sanction.
This is all the democraScparty want to know
of Gen. Scott's ideas of a civil government. A
... ,
ranker blue-bellied, oia leaeraust ana iogy aoes
not live than hfi. and the honest .portion - J
orse Ureeley a opinion of
him, as expressed in a private lester to a friend
just before the Whig Convention in 1848. The
extract reads thus :
"Send a delegate to the convention, if you
can, for Clay ; if not for Clay, for Corwin ; if
not for Corwin, for Seward ; if not for Seward,
for Taylor. But last of all for Scott. Scott is
a'vain, conceited coxcomb of a man. Sis brains
all that he has are in his epaulets ; and if
he should be elected President, he would tear
the whig party into tatters in less than six
months." Cleaveland Plaindealer.
Gen. Scott's Hatred or nls Officers.
So bitter was the hatred of Gen. Scott toward
the gallant and lamented Worth, that ha suffer
ed no opportunity to pass, whereby he sould in
sult him, and bring him into disgrace, and so
palpable had his design become that the . De
partment at Washington were obliged to inter
fere to protect him. The following is from the
scathing, withering rebuke administered to him
by Mr. Marcy then Secretary of War :
"When a General at the head of an army of
freemen, who do not lose their rights as citizens
by becoming soldiers, sets up pretenfcons to
DICTATORIAL POWER when he
contemns
the authority of his Government, and is much
more ready to censure than execute its orders
and instructions when he denounces as an out
rage and a punishment the attempt to submit
his acts, charged to be an offence against a sub
ordinate officer, to an investigation in the mild
est form when he administers an indignant re-
proof to his superior for upholding the
sacred
right of appeal, upon which depend the
securi- j
ty and protection of all under his command,
such a General sets an example of insubordinate
conduct of wide and withering influence upon sound
military discipline"
It will also be remembered that Pillow and
Duncan were implicated in the same court
martial, and preferred charges against Gen.
Scott to the Department at Washington. In re
ferring to this, Mr. Marcy uses the following
just language : '
"The crowning outrage, as you regard it, is
the simple fact that you and "the three arrested
officers," are all to be placed together before
the same court ; "the innocent and the guilty,
the accuser and the accused, the judge and his
prisoners, are delt with alike." "Most impar
tial justice !" you exclaim. And why is it not
impartial justice T On what ground of right
can you claim to have your case discriminated
from theirs ? It is true you have determined
to be their judge, and have pronounced them
guilty ; and complain and repine that the laws
of the country do not allow you, their accuser,
to institute a court to register your decree.
But you are not their rightful judge, although
they were your prisoners. Before that court
you may have the self-satisfying conviction that
you are innocent and they are guilty, the gov
ernment could act upon no such presumption.
By becoming an accuser you did not place your
self beyond the reach of being accused ; and
unless you are clothed with the immunity of des-
potio power, and can claim the benefit of the
maxim 'THAT THE KING CAN DO NO
WRONG," I know not why your conduct, when
made the subject of charges, may not be inves
tigated by a court of inquiry, nor can I per
ceive what other, or better right you have to
complain, and arraign the government, that the
other officers whom you have accused, and whose
? cases, with yours, were referred to the same
court. If your's is a hard case, theirs is not
less so : if you can rightfully complain of per
secution by the government, so can they, with
equal justice, and an equal claim to public sym
pathy.
If your extraordinary pretentions are to de
rive any support from your distinguished servi
(on in thn field, vou oucht to be mindful that
three accused officers put under arrest by you,
! hivA lik claims for distinguished services. On
the pages of impartial history their names, and
deeds, must appear with yours, and to monopo
lizing claims, seeking 'malignant exclusions, at
th oTnpnsn of the 'truth of history ' will be
permitted to rob them of their fair share of th
glory won by our gallant army while under your
command."
Gen. Seott and Gen. Taylor.
Oen. Scott and his friends have calculated
largely on the prestige of General Taylor's tri
umph availing him in the canvass. They are
mictalron in that calculation. No two men
could be fonnd in the army of high rank, more
unlike each other, or impressing the popular
mind more unequally. Taylor was supposed to
be a simple-hearted old man, (they might have
added simple-headed, who was plain, frank, un
nsanTninnr and meaning well, and who would
honestly try to perform the duties of the office
of President, if elected. His manners wer so
plain as to amount to vulgarity on some occa
sions, if tested by the ordinary standard of po
lite society. His clothes were always made to
do full duty, and were never discharged, except
upon "certificate of disability." That old brown
coat of his, which was the subject of as much
comment as SuvarofTs old coat, won him thous
ands of votes. At a barbecue in Virginia in
1 848. I received the first foreboding of defeat
for the Democratic ticket, on hearing a gray'
haired old lady, who may have seen the revolu
tion&rv war. for aught I know, launch out in
y ,
blessings on the dear old General, and his old
coat, followed by a croaking warning to pre
pare for defeat as certain as election day came
round. How does General Scott figure in com
Darison with this picture ? He is known to be
the very quintessence of splendid show on par
ade, a situation he always seeks always wear
ing every inch of tinsel, and every button, feath
er and chain which the army rules permit as
vain as a peacock, evidently courting the admi
ring gaze of every spectator, down to the boys
and negroes while at the same time, his man
ners, not only to the masses, but to his equals.
I are haughty, presuming and aristocratic. Even
.
at a resneetful distance.
at a respectful distance, under circumstances
which would unbend any man's manner, who
had a soul of chivalry or kindness. Military
service and the participation in common dan
gers and hardships, bring all men, except Gen
Scott, to a certain community of sympathy and
feeling, or makes them feel like brothers.
General Scott is not a man of sympathy. His
vanity swallows up eveey noble emotion and has
made him a solitary man in the midst of thous
ands. Such is not the man who can rouse the
popular enthusiam. There is no element in his
character, which will inflame the love, affection
or esteem of the people. None but those who
expect to gain political preferment, will raise
the shout when his name is heard. The people
remember his concomitants, of Seward, Aboli
tionism, slavery agitation and danger to the U-
nion, and they fly instinctively to the standard
of the only National parties in the Union, now
represented by Pierce and King on the Balti
more platform.
WAYNE.
From the Daily (Indiana) Madisonian.
Gen. Scott and the Catholics.
The whigs have been making great efforts to
secure the Catholic vote, as such, on the false
assertion that General Scott is friendly to the
Catholic faith. We commend to these gentle
men and to Catholic Democrats the following
slur upon the Catholic religion in General Scott's
celebrated platform letter :
"I do not consider it respectful to the people,
tor otherwise proper in a candidate, to solicit
.fivor on a pledge that, if elected, he will not ac
j cept a seccond nomination. It looks too much
iite a bargain tendered to other aspirants-
yield to me now : 1 shall soon be out or your
way too much like the interest that sometimes
governs the cardinals in the choice of a Popo
many voting for themselves first, and, if with
out success, finally for the most superannuated,
in order that the election may tne sooner come
round again.
WINFIELD SCOTT."
Rendered into plain English, this sentence
reads: The Popes are elected by improper bar
gains, by voting for themselves : and not be
cause of their fitness, their piety, and a life of
devotion to the cause of religion but because
they will soon die and make room for other as
pirants. This is the slander upon the Catholic
religion put forth and endorsed by General
Scott. "
SThe editor of the New York Tribune,
Scott, whig paper, says:
"Strictly speaking, there is but one organized,
disciplined party in our country that which as
sumes to be the champion and embodiment of
democracy. This party enjoys certain advan
tages in a contest over any which can be mus
tered against it In the first place, it has the
more popular name one which the most igno
rant comprehends, in which the most deprssed
finds promise of hope and sympathy, and which
the humble and lowly emigrant, just landed
from his Atlantic voyage, recognizes as the
watchword of liberty in the Land whence he is,
for liberty's sake, an exile.
Proceedings ofthe Democratic State
Convention.
Hakkisbcbg, A.ug, 26.
In pursuance of the call of the State Central
Committee, the members of the Democratic
State Convention of the 4th of March last, as
sembled in the hall of the nouse of Representa
tives at 11 o'clock, A. M., when they were call
ed to order by the Hon, Wm. Hopkins, Presi
dent, who addressed the Convention as follows :
Gentlemen of the Convention: We have met
under circumstances very different from those
under which we assembled in march last. Then
we were full of hope. A large majority of this
body believed that the time had arrived when
Pennsylvania's distinguished statesman James
Buchanan, could be nominated for the Presiden
cy. To this end delegates were appointed who
were known friends of that gentleman. With
what fidelity these delegates discharged the
trnst that was renosed in them, let the four
days balloting which occured at Baltimore, ans
wer. Thev adhered to him with a devotion
"
rarely equalled and never surpassed.
Thev were not alone in their prdferences for
ef
the man of your choice. They had the prond
satisfaction of receiving the warmest co-opera
tion of the sterling Democracy of the 'Old Dom
inion,' of North Carolina, Alabama, Georgia
and MississiDDi. but they were obliged at last
to yield.
This great and good man had to be offered up
as a sacrifice to the union and harmony of the
Democratic party. The sacrifice was a grea'
one, and one which seemed like parting with the
last friend, but still, it was not too great to be
made, in order to accomplish so desirable an
end.
It is proper to state in this connection that a
respectable minority of this Convention express
ed a preference for another distinguished gen
tleman, the patriot and statesman of Michigan
He loo had a large, perhaps I might say, con
trolling number of friends at Baltimore, who
with equal fidelity adhered to him. He was al
together worthy of this support.
Then again, the intellectual giant of Hlinois.
and the scar covered patriot of Texas had their
admirers, who ebhibited as much anxiety for
their nomination, as did the others for their
favorites. Thus it became apparent that per
sonal preferences must be laid aside and some
one selected who would harmonize all the con
flicting interests.
After surveying this widely extended confed
eracy, the attention of the Convention was turn
ed towards New Hampshire's favorite son. The
moment his name was introduced (in the lan
guage of a delegate in my eye) "it took like wild
fire," and Pranklin Pierce was, by the unani
mous voice ofthe Convention declared the nom
inee of the great Democratic party. And who.
I ask, could have been selected that would have
been more acceptable to allt Superadded to
talents of the highest order, hi will bring to the
administration of the government a large amount
of political wisdom and experience, and besides
a nnrer. hrm posted patriot
does not live. As to his entire fitness for the ex
alted position assigned him, he has the endorse
ment of some of the most eminent statesmen of
the age. It is only necessary to mention two
James Buchanan and Lewis Cass who would
desire more ? Of th e nominee for the Vice Pres
idency I need hardly speak. The name of Wm
li. King is as familiar to the Democracy of
Pennsylvania as "household words ;" with them
he has long been a favorite. Perhaps there is
not a man in the Union who would command a
more cordial support.
But, gentlemen, now sadly different are the
circumstances which surround us now, from
those under which we last met. Then the Hon.
Richard Coulter was, so far as we know, in the
full vigor of health occupying a seat on the
bench of the Supreme Court. Now, his mortal
remains lie slumbering in the dust. He was, in
deed, an eminent jurist a profound scholar
and a courteous gentleman. Then, the lamen
ted Searight was a member of this body, with a
promise of many years of usefulness, and it was
my pleasing duty, as your organ, to procure
him thenominee for the office of Canal Commis
sioner. Aow it is my mournful duty to an
nounce to you that he, too, has "gone down
through the valley of the shadow of death."
This is not the occasion for pronouncing a eulo
gy upon his character, nor would I be compe
tent to such a task. But you will, I know, al
low me to make a remark or two. It was my
privilege to enjoy the personal acquaintance of
the deceased for upwards of twenty years, du
ring the last fifteen of which our .intercourse
was of the most friendly character.' I was both
nis predecessor ana ms snecessor m omce as
Commissioner of the irumberlandroad, and trans
acted business with him to the amount of thou
sands of dollars, and I here publicly (aa I have
often privately) bear my humble testimony to
his inflexible integrity. A more honest, honora
ble, or gentlemanly man I have never met. In
all the relations of life, he was courteous and
kind. His heart and hand were always open
to dispense of his ample means towards allevia
ting the wants of the necessitous. But the cha
racter of this truly good man was still more
strikingly exemplified in the domestic circle.
A more indulgent and devoted husband and
father could no where be found. But he is
gone, and I respectfully suggest, in view of the
relation he sustainel to this Convention, that
appropriate resolution should be passed expres
sive of our profound sorrow on account of his
demise. Thus you see. gentlemen, that an in
scrutable Providence has, within a few brief
months, stricken down two of our most promi
nent citizens each of them representing one of
the political parties of the country and thus
demonstrating the great truth that "death is no
respecter of persons" or parties, and reminding
us of "what shadows we are and what shadows
we pursue.
Should we not, therefore, learn from, these
afflicting dispensations of Divine Providence, to
cultivate a spirit or mutual forbearance and
brotherly kindness towards those of the same
political faith, with ourselves, but also our polit -
icai opponents T L.ct us remember that
is human, to forgive divine."
While we should adhere to our principle! -,u
manly firmness, we ought at tie same time to
treat those who differ with us, courteously a
litter cav vi uie uTing wnat we would r.
having said after they are dead.
But I must not detain you. It only remain
for us to proceed to the performance of tLe du
ty for which we have met.
In accordance with the recommendation 0f
the President, resolutions, expressive of tl
high regard of the Convention for the lamented
Mr. Searight and of sympathy with his family
in their bereavement, were introduced hj ylt.
Fuller and passed unanimously.
The following resolution, submitted by Jjr
Hirst, of Philadelphia, was adopted unanimously
Resolved, That the members of this Convcn
tion cordially approve and will support heartily
and enthusiastically the nomination cf Frank,
lin Tierce as president ofthe United States and
Wm. R. King as Vice President of the United
States, and that we adopt as sound and endur
ing Democratic doctrine, the National Platform
of principles of the Baltimore Democratic Con
vention.
Mr. Dougherty, of Dauphin, moved that tLe
Hon. George W. Woodward be nominated by ac
clamation as the Democratic candidate for the
Supreme Court
The motion was agreed to amid much applause.
A large number of nominations were made for
Canal Commissioner. The Hon. Wm. Hopkins
the President, being among the number, he re
quested permission to resign his potiition as
President of the Convention, which was granted.
He then named the Hon. Hendrick B. Wright,
as his successor, who took the chair.
On motion, the Convention adjourned until 2
o'clock this afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention re-assembled at two o'clock.
On motion of Mr. Badger, 'the Convention pro.
ceeded to a first ballot for a candidate for Canal
Commissioner with the following result :
William Hopkins
had 43 votes
44 13 44
" 14
4. n ..
" 9 44
c 44
1 u
" 5 44
5 44
3
( 1 t
Joel B. Danner
Henry S. Mott
F. R. West
Pery Baker
A. S. Feather
J. P. Tatters on
Forsyth
Thos, Ousterhant
John Creswell
T. J. Tower
R. J. Lloyd
No candidate having received a majority of
all the votes cast, there was no choice. A sec
ond ballot was then had without effecting a
choice, as follows :
William Hopkins
had 47 votes.
04 tl
" 1G "
" 9 "
j4
0 "
o "
5 "
Joel B. Danner
Henry S. Mott
Terry Baker
F. R. West
J. T. Tatterson
Forsyth
D. B. Kutz
TH1ED BALLOT.
William Hopkins had 70 votes.
Joel B. Danner 44 CO 44
II. S. Mott " 14 "
F. R. West " 11
Wm. Hopkins of Washington county, having
received a majority of all the votes cast, was de.
clared the nominee of the Democratic party for
tne omce oi canal Commissioner.
On motion the nomination was made unani
mous.
Mr. nirst, Chairman of the State Central
Committee,invited the members ofthe Conven
tion to attend the Democratic Mass Meeting to
be held at Reading on the 4th of September next
which was accepted.
Mr. Strong on behalf of the Berks county
Committee, promised a cordial welcome to all
who might attend upon that great occasion.
After a brief address from the chairman, tha
Convention adjourned sine die with three cheers
for the nominees, Woodward and Hopkins.
A Clincher.
The Baltimore Argus has been furnifheJ by
gentleman just from Accomac county, with an
account of a joint Democrat and Whig meeting
held in the district of Hon. Henry A. Wise.
The latter spoke four hours, and was replied to
by Mr. Mass, a Whig preaidential elector and a
member of the Virginia Legislature, who char
ged Frank Fierce with being identified with Free
Soilism and Abolitionism, and gave for his au
thority the Concord Democrat and Manchester
Democrat. He had been in New Hampshire,
some two years ago, and heard speeches from
John T. Hale and General Tierce. Mr. Wis
took the stand, and rebutted the charges most
successfully, and made Mr. Mass acknowledge
that Franklin Tierce was not what these Aboli
tion Whig papers (although called Democrat)
represented bim to be. The following thrilling
dialogue took place :
Mr. Wise. Were you in New Hampshire two
years go, and did you not hear Hale speak, and
say in his speech that "he would head an army
to march upon the South, to put down slavery ?''
"Mr. Maas. I was there: heard Mr. II ale
speak, and say what you state.
Mr. Wise. Did you not hear Franklin Fierce
reply to this and say "If Hale should head an
army to march on the South, he had first to
march over his (Pierce's) dead body, for he
would head an army to oppose him
Mr. Mass. I did.
The court house rang with shouts of applans
repeated again and again. Mr. Wise then re
quested his opponent to Btate the facts ag"1
which he did to an almost breathless auditory.
General Pierce did say (slapping his hand up
on his breast) that Hala would have to pass o-
ver his dead body before he marched upon taa
South."
A pretty figure these Southern Scott Whigs
cut in charging Gen. Pierce with Abolitionism,
No wonder such impudence is W'ateriooed after
this fashion. It ought to make every soul of
them, all their lives long,
"The sad burden of some merry son
ft