FROM THE SOUTH.
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TAYLOR. r ARM, NonioLK ' V.4.
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Feb.- 21, 18 66 , .
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Perhaps II can best tell what we do
here by giVing a journal, in part, of two
or three • days.
• Last ThUrsday morning' we wolle up
to find a chilly wind blowing. Theweek,
till then, had been warm nod spring-like,
,but the indications now were of a cold,
snap. I remembered that there were . yet
three blankets to be given out, and felt
that it would got answer to let them lie
any longer.; So I. went down to consult
Mr s.Bewie)aud we went out before break
fast.to call ion a woman who we knew was
suffering c and another who professed to
'be. At the first house we _had to wait
for the man to get up. His wife.was sick'
in bed, as! we already knew. We had
withheld a blanket - before, hoping the
mean would provide one . for himself, but
he bad not and we decided to lend them
one Theo we went to see the other,
who had been quite indignant at not being
supplied un demand. Finding, the bed
not very Warmly dressed, add she and
her husband wero elderly people, wo con
cluded to Send her on. Next to see
some Old People wlnl have lately been Ii
brought toy the Faruth—an old man and j
his wife, who had a well furnished bed, ; !
Uncle Winn, an old one-legged won,
occupied tto same room. His bed cou-1
sisted of a,sjtirt and pair of pants spread i
on a slat bedstead, and a blanket, which i
we had alrFadv furniihed hint, to wrap I
himself i in.l Make a n eutal memorandum!
of Inv case, gu homel to breakfast, and
hurry off to, school. We get home and '
get our dinner about two o'elock. There
were calls to attend to and writing to do,
to occupyi the afterioon. Just before{
dark little iSarnuty cu ue in and wanted;
some alum; fur his Um her. his father i., ,
in the aru.4, we know, his mother is des- I
\
perately peer, and if
looking aber. So I
weather h4s grown co ! '
low the pilthway
to Caroline's house. '
core throat, sick in be
and two children are
low Lire. !All the w
been edrried on the S
laud her children, an
they cannot wake a h,
have a blanket so w
school, Miss. C. and..
house and; carry it to
Meanwhile, at tht
Dudley, the overseer
you sowe clothes
Wilkins ?j Her baby
cold." "il'es," we
aumethiug." But it
Friday !worniug tl
ten degrees, and tl
We can tin nothing l
sebbol closed, I loon
required copies, the
write ,Valentines foi
nuon—thy must see
to those they have
bundle of copy boo
promise of one Val
1 went, tO, work, afte
hoping tct get tirrougl
spell, before night.
drawn for a Valentit
knock atitho door, ai
in to elaiin the fulfill
had wade several d
Ipttor forioue of the
Work aside, read trl
answered, and cow
Which she wanted ,6
in Texas! She tak
tess children, while
l
His 'oucr expreese ,
alight lad' kept at scl
When that was wri
lines to her cousin
she is one of the p etty, pleasant spoken
women, lives at some, distance, and is sick
I
t lunch of( the time,Wcth the ague, I cannot
bid her cibme again dispatched that,and
then went on with y Valentine . Before
they bad gone, the was another knock,
and one of my echo are, a youngwoman,
as large and strong the largest,strongest
girl you! may happen to know, came in
:,and crouched down by the Sre.• When
she thoaght her tutu, had come, she coin
silenced begging, fir t for a blanket, then,
fora dress, then fo something else, none
of whio we had, nd which we would
not hav given to her if we had had, till
'some ot4ers had ben supplied. When
aho found that she ould get nothiog,she
began toy complain , and • talked so saucy
that she will have he privilege of con
fessing it in present of Mr. Bemis, before,
comb:g to school again. Knock again,
ui
• and Mr . Bemis wa sme to hunt up some
shoes for', a littliigirl whose mother is beg
ging far pier down a airs. Tap, and little.
Aleck,` , aiseven year old orphan, comes in
and wants some pa ts. He has come a
good niftily times a d never ,been turned
- away yet, so I put la' in the corner to
, wait till; I am rea y. Thb door opens
again and I bear M i ss G. who is tired out
:arid in lied, greetio
dudly, and present!
ioned" Woman com
a "bright complex
.s forward to the fire.
'new wife—she has'
bite flowers we lent
or a bridal wreath.
, Henrietta, a pretty
ia . , .aad wants some
fie not got, and a hood,
,lianil she goes on her
a a sickly, red-faced
i :.
George—wants some
f stockings. I give
yingtops to ravel for
bhooses. Meanwhile,
lendid woman," Miss
a waiting a ehance to
garment for her old
tuber the pious old
It . is Li 4 Leyton's
brought ibaek the
her a math ago ,
When she has goni
young girD eocupS
shoes, which we ha
which her,
Mrs. Hawki
atm/ant-mother_ of
yarn to root a pair
her iota old nee .
that parpase, if she
Chaney IBiggs, a "8
calla lbor, bag be
link for dome warm
suother, I We xe
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STATE CONVENTION,
S'K ' ATE
liAttlitincuu,' March 7, 1; - -u.16.
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e delegates to the Union State Conven
ias i
stuulfled in the llalfofithe House of lie
; I I
mtativs fat twelve Wel, l ock 'to day, 3111 d
Icalledko .l order byl the Iron. Joint Cessna,
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rnian qf the State Central Committee.
twit WI 11;61, of IlUntingtion, l was elected
1.
orary Fh l ;tirnian.
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Tlie Hon••Eilwaril M!Plierson, and other re
pre4ntati4s from DILI Loya 1 Union League of
Wa4ingtOn, %iere act;orthjl!the courtesy of
eat in the t. 1.; iimntioll.
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7.,VlCommitte was appointed on Permanent
Or.z:in.zation,Fo l usisting of '
;
M .s'.r . s. (;;ill., Evans,Mann,Dicicion,Menden
lial,ll3rcioke, Ochs, MitAtle, Jacobs, Corryell,
Stroll], Bonnjl l l,.Moone! . ,ri, Chatham, Simpson,
fltm. .'yr, Jordqn, Mehaffey, Patterton, Minim,
Tankersly, Icliontz, Wods, , Anderson, M Cul
itiulf M'Ateti KirkpalrM, Collier, Irwin„aw
renqe; Purvice, Ilutlit.ers and Derrick sun.
Alconmitttl,e equal "iin - nutliber to the isena'-
tori,lll represdntatiou liwtis also appointed to
report on resclutions, f;onsisting of
4
Messrs. Shultz, Hill, King. Junes, Futliev,
lliti V
er,ardib, Nlour4, Mull, Green,Di ILI IllOCk.
Mar ill, Lee, ...‘ 'Alarney.'.,Sinipsdn, lagharn,Kiin
kell Dickey, Whitesoq, Cochran, .MTherson.
Ce4rta, Pattdrson, illewitt, fletiderson,Swope,
Co ode, Curuttute,La;wretice, Wallace, John
son i and Sill.( t'
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(''hail
L
she is sick, needs
wrap up, fur th i e
dd all day, and fol
°ugh the cornfields
Find her. with
d. her old mother
cowering over the
od they burn has
uulders of Caroline
when she is sick
rge tire. She must
ien we •go to night
I go round by her
her.
supper table, Mr.
has said "Haven't
eau give Lucinda
!. is near dying with
aid, "we could find
to Lou lute to-night.
'thertnoineter is at
e Bay frozen over
efuro school. When
the writing books
girls besieged tue' to
• them in the after
-1.1 immediate answers
received—bU with a
is ou my arm and a
entine, I came home
• dinner with a will;
;h and get_a breathing
I had a serail partly
ue, when there was a
ad two women came
]went of a promise 1.
vs before to write a
. So L pushed my
e letter she wanted
menced the few lines
) send to her brother
)s care of his mother
he is in the army
the wish that they
00l and wade to learn.
ten she wanted a few
in Connecticut. As
A motion having prevailed that all resoln
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tious be referred to the above committee, Mr.
Ce4ana moved that the functions of said cow
, . ;
;nit.tee be continued ••nring the entire session
of : the convention, which,i alter i considerable
demte, was greedßl, and the COnvention ad
jo rued till 5 1 o'clock] P.M. -
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The Convention riassembled at five o'clock.
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It Jeing announced ithat Gen. l'Aartranft WaS
present, he Las itiV led to a seat .011 the floor
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of!the convention. I ! ,
111. Jones i
Brodke,l from the 1 COtornittee on
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permanent- Organi• l ation, rePorted - that lion.
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Jo i hn Cov l ode was selected as the permanent
I t hi
chairman oft the convention. l
!The folleNiing a 4 the officers of the:conven
tiOn : I ~'! / -
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Preside/LH-Hon. John Covode, of Westmore
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land county: 1
1 Vice Presidents-Liphilip S. Schultz. D. C.
' Roberts, ROM. P. hug and Charles Thomp
' son Jones, of Philadelphia; Dr. S. D. Mere
dith, Cheseer ; Mini i'.‘iintzer, Montgomery;
A. S. Cadt4fallader, [perks; John M. Fuller,
Lehigh ; ki l inry S. lake, Schuvlkill ;. J. H.
Jacobs, Bu ks ; L.Ai IDimmock, Wayne:; 11. J.
' Madell, B 'dford; Thos. Dixon, Luzerne ;
.WarrenreolVles;M'Kan ; A. C. Simpson,Sny
' der • Thos. .. flighaln, liorthOmberland ; A
J. Jones, l D u nphin ; \L S. Fry and JohnMe
halfy, Lane tster ; Gin. L. Todd, Cumberland;
E. G. Faht estock, ]Adams ; S. E. Duffield,
put on : 1 bA, Baker, Huntingdon ; John Ir.'
win, Centre ThOs.MlClullough, Clarion; Wm.
M. Stewart, !Indiana: l s E. X Ewing, Fayette ;
S. H. Hard and I Jchn F. Draw, Alleghany ;
George V.lLlaweeneel, 'Washington ; B. Aud- I
ley Brown, Ilawren oe ;1. Thomas Hoyt, Terturs
go ;S. G.lXeick Crawford. ,
Secretaries;—John, O. 'Stewart, Allegany ;
James Allisen,Philadelphia; Joseph Sill,Erie
A. B. Ander:son, Perryl; D. L. MLeltan, Ches
ter ; Lewis Pugh,Luzerne; F. Meeliling,Arm
strong ; ili. B. Swope, Clearfield.; John Hall,
Washington ; Henry pelany. Philadelphia ;
J. J. Moore, Lehigh ; tind Samuel Patterson,
Lancaster. I,
Mr. Hall Aid thatihe would now introduce
Mr. Covode, l and resign the duty of chairman
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into mote able bands! 1
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On tairinglthe chair , Mr. CoVode returned
t
thanks for the honor: conferred upon him,and
asked th'e inhulgencq of the body..inasmuch as
he was not f t l amiliur with parlimentary rulings.
In the course of his re arks the speaker sta
ted that all the present l indications favored the
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nomination of the gallant Soldier, the man
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around whoin the peoble of Pe-nnsylvania
with en - t
might rally with ent‘nusiasmi ' Referring to a
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published letter 'Whrch had i been writted by
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Gen. Geary ;some years since, and which it
, t , years since ,
was now attempted . to Ease to' his detrinaciat,he
said that li t eving lived in that, gentleman's
• t t I I
neighborhool t d he cot. Id speak knowingly of
Iris sentimedts. lAt bill times d en. Geary had
. t
placed himself on the side of liberty and juin
!i
ciple. .Befdre .be was sent tr Kansas,] and
time het
i , t
about that tkrte,! hel IMd said to the speaker
that his grelge,si,amilion wasito brush up the
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slave democ!racy
The railit[ty r ecord of General Geary, as
well as his etv I erd,ices for the conntry,l was
a glorious vinlßeatioir of the sentiments wriiiell
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he had everirirolesse l d. , He it was who 74ip.-
ped loongStreet and Inflicted upon that boasted
, , .
some one very cor
wornlao whom we talked with when we
firsticame on the place so Miss G. finds
3 pair of steckido,s and II a shawl, Chaney
thanks us warmly, and goes her way, and
then I fit out Aka'. 13u the copy books
have progressed Slowly, ,and it is only by
writijng while the family 'are at supper,
thatithe books are ready to take to night
school.
Next day 1 visited Lucinda, carried
sonic clothes to her baby which I found
wr4pcd in a bundle Of rags in the cradle.
engar i ed t a boy 'whom I had furnished
with a pair of boots, toi take as much wood
to Caroline as he could Carry by going
twice, and did a few 'more such things
*Desk e r e sting some. . j
Ir mylast letter, f e sentence, "There
are done on the place; should 4ve read,
"Tlire are some on ;the place,", The
fruits of slavery are' ,Pretty well renre
sent,lmi on the Farm, add I 'pertainlyhave
no tOter opinion of! the 4ystern than I
had r efore; coming here. ! E.C.a.
Til_F A
Coudeemport. ea.
JOurtNAL.
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Tiesclay - , I\l.:reh.l3, 19(1(3
31. W;kIcALAhNEY, EniTon.
OR GOVERNOR:
CIZIN' L J. ANr. G EARY,
Of Cumbeilpnd county.
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rebel leaderithe first castigation he received.
Look Out Monntain attested his courage and
skill. In conclusion, the speaker warmly
commended the course of General Geary.
Peitunnet4 Secretaries were then appointed.
lIOn. Tnoinas Cochrane, ichairmatt 0 7 the
ComMittee On Resolutions, reported a series,
as follOws :
1. Re . solimd, That this Convention, repre-
sentmg the VnioMdmiri::..g and loyal people of
Pennsylvania, rho never. despaired of the
Republic, n:nd ;who poured out millions of
treasure and dOvoted yet more precious blood
for the rescue of the country from the feloni
ous attackslof it wicked and causeless rebel
lion—whosii sons fought on every battle-field,
•
land suffered in.every Southern prison pen of
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I torture find !starvation—whose noble dead lie
lon the soil of every State,-where they fell un ,
' der the folds of the •nin'tional banner—here
renew their pledges of unfaltering devotion to
j the Federal Union, and repeat their deter
'mined pu'rpose that it shall ho preserved.
1:. Resoirrd, That the Most imperative dirty
of the present is to gather the legitimate fruits
of the war, in order that Our Constitution may
come out of the rebellion purified, our insti
tutions streng'heued, and our national life
prolonged.
! 3. ',Wilfred, That failure in these grave
duties would be scarcely leSs criminal than
' would have been'an acquiescence in secession
, and in the treasonable machinations of the
conspirators, and would be an insult to every
soldier who took up arms tojsave the country..
i .1, Resoirtd, That tilled With admirrtion at
t le patriotic devotion amlj fearless courage
a l itli which Andrew Johnsoit resisted and de
' !outlined the ellbrts of the rebels to overthrow
irem
National Governent, ,Pennsylvanla re-
J need to express her entire [confidence in his
character and principles, find appreciation of
his noble conduct bestowing her suffrage up
i - M him for the second position in honor and
dignity it) Ile country ; his bold and out- j
spoken dennociations of the eriMe of treason, :
his firm demands: for the punitment of the
guilty offenders, and hisC. pres -ions of thor-
wig); sympathy With the ft i•; .ids of the Union,
secured for him ',the warmest attachment of '
her people, who, remembering Iris great 'sere-
j i
ices and
j sacrifices while traitors and their
sympathizers alike denounced his patriotic i
action, appeal to him to stand firmly by the 1
side and to repose . upon the support of the!
loyal masses, whose votes furtbed the founda- 1
tion of Lis promotion, and who pledged to
him their unswerving support to all measures!
by which treason shall be Aigmatized—ldy.!
ally recognized—and the freedom, stabilit y
and unity of the nation secured.
5. "ir.ill+frel, That the 'cork of restoring tile;
date insurrectionary States to their proper re-
lationS to the Union, necessessarify devolves ;
upen the law -making power, Katt t hat ; II Mt I i
such action shall he taken, 'DO State, lately in !
insurrectiUn, is entitled to representation in
either branch of Congress ; , that, as prelimi
naryto such action, it is the right of Congress!
to investigate for itself the condition of the I
legislation of those States, 'to inn - Mire respect- i
ing their loyalty, and to prescrile the terms
.of restoration ; and that to deny this necessary j
Constitutional power is Jo, deny land imperil j
one of the dearest rights , belonging to our
representative forrn of government; and that I
we cOrdially approve of, the action of the
Uniem representatives in Congress from Penn-1
sylvania on this subject.j
tf. Resolved, That. no man who has volun
tarily engiged in tine bite rebellion, or has
held office 'under the rebel organization.
should be allowed to sit in the Congress of
the I illittll ; and that the law—known as the
test oath-should not be repealed, but should
be enforced against all claimants fur scats in
Congress.; !
7, Ile.y4e , d, That the national faith is sa
credly pllged to the payment of the national
debt incurred in the czar to save the country
and to suppress rebellimi, and that the peo
ple will :Mt suffer this faith to be violated or
impaired, :but all debts incurred to support
the rebellion were unlawful, void and of no
obligation—shall never be assumed by the
United States, nor shall any State be permit
ted to pay any evidences of so vile and wick
ed engagements, I
8. Res6lved y That the public faith is not
less soleiiinly pledged to the protection, in
the enjoyment of all their natural rights—of
their persons, property and domestic relit
ons—of the colored population who have been
emancipated by the fiat of the poeple, and
under the providence of God i and who de
served liberty by their kindness and fidelity
to our soldiers, in prison, or . wounded, or
seeking escape from their tormentors, and by
their courage in bearing arms for and fight
ing the battles of the Union. Even as man
is more precious than money in every just
account, so the. honor of the nation is more
sacredly engaged to these humble but never
treacherous friends, than to those who hold
its bonds stamped with the broad seal of the
United States, that their freedom shall not be
a mockery nor. their lust hopes of security,
, education and election in intellectual and
i:
1 moral improvement disappointed—and this
faith must be kept I violate.
1 9. Resolved, That protection to all branches
of useful and Produdtive industry is the only
wise policylin our present national condition
-is the trim plan, of restoring the Josses and
ravages of warHof advancing the national
prosperity; increasing the national .wealth,
and supplying theimeans of maintaining the
public faith with the public creditor, and ul
timately wiping out the national debt i that
in the provision of internal revenue and the
laying of duties on importations from foreign
nations, the object should be to cause the
former to press as lightly upon, and the lat
ter to protect as fully as possible our own
citizens who are engaged in works of labor,
mining, manufacturing and every other prov
ince of !mine industry, against unequal and
unfair coMpetittort with foreign capital and
policy, which neither ColitHbute to develop
the resources of our tour:try, assist to pay
our taxes, nor are concerned to maintain our
Government or confirm oar national power or
authority which, during the recent life-strug
gle, they insidiously and maliciously stove to
subvert.
10. Rea4ved, That the administration of
the public affairs of Pennsylvania by Gover
nor Andrew G. Curtin, during the years of
trial, toil, responsibility and anxiety which
have recently passed over us,has been marked
by such patriotic devotion, unyielding cour
age, constant watchfulness, unwearied labor
and shining ability, as have made his name
illustrious in the annals of this Commonwealth,
and give him'a place in the affections and
memory of the people which cannot be lost ;
his enviable title of "the soldier's friend" is
in itself expressive of the highest ettiogiums
that could be pronounced on any public ()M
-eer, and when pis term of honorable, useful
and mast:beneficial service shalt close. he
shall not be forgotten, but honor, love, eine
tionate remembrance and the plaudits of a
grateful people shall cluster around his per
son, and make his name memorable.
11, Resolved; That this Convention con
gratulate the people of the State on the pas
sage of a law relieving the real estate of the
commonwealth from taxation for State par
poSes, aud!tender to the membera.Of the
lend Assembly their Wanks for their consider
ate attention to 'relieve the popular burdens,
while they confidently refer to it as a proof of
the superior capacity of•the Union organize
tion for the' benefiCial conduct .of public af
fairs,
that after a long and exhausting war,l
the debt of Pennsylvania is reduced, and the
toles, imposed in a time of peace by their'
political opponents, are diminished by the ju
dinions management of executive . officers and
Generat Assembly chosen by the Union party.
12. Msolved, That the people of Penn
sylvania having steadily manifested, throng!)
the war frith the rebellion, their warm regard
for the rights of the gallant defenders of the
Union, and never having voted to refuse them
the right of sulfrag,e when in the camp and
on the field—a right inestimable to them and
formidable to traitors and their sympathizers
only—we take pleasure inexpressing, not now
for the first time, their gallantry and devotion.
and declaring again a long-settled purpose to
apprbpriate the means and resources of the
Government to the comfort, consolation and
support of the disabled surviVo'rs, or the wid
ows and 'orphans of those %rho fell in the
conflict.
13. Re•iolved; That the services , labors, con-
summate ability and unyielding faith in the
deStiny of the country manifested by the lion.
Edwin M. Stanton, as the head of the War
Department during the rebellion, have been
of inestimable value-to the country, and en
title him to the warmest commendation of the
people.
14. Re.soloq, That Congress eboutd tiot fail
to make an equitable adjustment of bounties
and allowences to the brave men who were
engaged in the mijitary service of the countryi
and that we heartily approve of the liberal''
appropriation now pending - in the Legislature
of Pennsylvania for the care and edueation of
the orphan children of the soldiers who gave!
their lives for the salvation of the Republic.
15. Rotoircti, That in this crisis of public
affairs, full of grateful rectiqetions of his mar
velous, and memorable set.% mos un the field of
battle, we turn to the.exam:ple of unfaltering
and uncomproniising loyalty of L C
eral Grant withia cuntidenee7not the less :Rig
ni...ncant and unshaken, because at no period
of our great strnggle Lots hiS proud name been'!
associated withia doubtful patriotistmor used
for sinister purposes by. the enemies of our
common country.
IG. Resolved. That any attempt by foreign'
nations to establish a monarchical government!
On this Continent, is evidenee of a design to
destroy the republic. Regard for our own
safety and for the future security of the Re
public, demands that no such-attempt should
be permitted to succeed.
17. 'Resulted; That the honorable Edgar
Conran, Senator from Pentisylvania, by his
course in the Senate of the 'United 'States, has
I.llSapirnillti`l.l the hopes :Hid has forfeited the
confidence of those to whom he owes his
place ; and that he is hereby most earnestly
requested to resign.
18 ii!, , ,0/e. , /,That the State Central Commit,
tee be constituted ht. the appointment of a
Chairman by the I'vesident of this Convention
in consultation with 'the Union candidate fur
Governor.and that the remainder of said Com
mittee shall consist of one-member from each
county in the State, 'except that the city 01
Philadelphia shall have eight members, and
the counties of LanCnster perks, Jiatiphin and
Allegheny each twu members, to be named by
the representative delegates from said counties
in this Convention ; 'and that the Air:sock - Rion
of Loyal Pennsylvanians resident at Washing
ton shall also be allowed one member, to he
appointed by their delegates present.
Resol red That this Convention hating
completed its work by the nomination of Maj
Gen. Jidtu W. Geary for the 'oilice of Gov
ernor, cordially and confidently. recommend
him to the people of the State fur their suf
frages- His long devotion to the welfare soul
honor of his native State—his unqualified
support of the principle ofpeotection toAmer
lean industry—his early espousal of the part
or opposition to the extension of shivery over
rrre torritur), anal his raithlul atillehment to
the cause of human freedom, advalneihg with
every opportunity to extend and ¢tlarge the
boon of liberty to the oppressia.l and en
slaved—his patriOtistu, valor and military
skill first displayed in leading: her sous - to
tnaintaill the . national controversy with Ale,x
ico, but signally imp , ' most gloriously in the
deadly contest with armed treason on South=
ern soil, above the clouds, aud in the grand
march from Atlanta to the sea, as well as in
the fierce and bloody battle on Pennsylvania
soil at Gettysburg, when the haughty invader
was hurled, defeated, from her borderS"-L-his
pure integrity and high personal Character
emninend him fat Chief Magistrate of this
Commoutrealfh to all who hunorsound prin-:
eiple, generous (belling and heroic conduct; ,
and cherish grateful emotions toward those
who exposed their lives for their country and
to maintain the /Miler of its flag. • ,
The resolutions relative to Congress,
tenar,t General Grant, Governor Curtin, and
others, were received with continued cheers.
'On motion of, 0, J. Dickey, of I,ancaster,
the convention proceeded to trolled fur a can
didate for Governor. Mr. Cessna having been
nominated, declined to be a candidate, and
expressed the iptentitm of casting his rate
for that man whose name promised to ensure
more strength for the Union cause than ang
other,
The first bullat resulted as follows; Major
General John W. Geary received 81 votes
Winthrop W. Ketchum, J 0 votes Gen. Harry
White, 3 , votes.
On motion of Mr. Conn.ll, of Philadelphia,
the motion was made urtanirnotm, antic? In 4
tense enthusiasm.
On motion, a committee r consisting- of P.
Kiog c Geo, V. Lawrence• and Wm. B. Mann,
was appointed to wait upon the successful
catedidate, and also upon the gentlemen whose
names had been mentioned before . the con
vention, and invite thew to address the
!meting.
During the absence of the committee the
convention called upon Hon. Thomas Mar
shall, of Allegheny, for some remarks. Mr.
Marshall endorsed the nommatioro f arrd stated
that in a conversation he had ihad with Gen
eralt Geary- ; that gentleman expressed his en
dorsement of the course of Thaddeus Stevens.
if he aloud up in the positiare he then an
nounced, he would receive such a majority in
4lleghany county as would hake Heister
9lymer wish he had never received a nomi
nation, [Laughter and cheers.]
El am John Cessna was next called upon,
He congratulated the convention and the loyal
men of the country upon the r'esult of the de
liberations of that body, and he then referocl
to the importance of the struggle npon which
they were about to enter. Those wha had
predicted division and contention in the Union
ranks would soon be undeceived, fur Pennql•
yank' wits as much iu earnest now as she had
been in the war. • , •
Addresses were also delivered by. Messrs.
A. K. McClure and Gulusho, A Grow.
Major Ge.teral Geary, the Ilitndidate of the
convention, was then introduCed by the corn-
. . ,
mittee. i.
.He expressed his appreciation l of the high
compliment which had been 'bestowed upun
him,and accepted,it in the hope that he might
be made fully seniiible of the great resPonsi
' bilities -4 ., rhi . c.11 devolved iipon him, and that he
might l')e strengthened with a sincere purpose
to adva'nce.the true principles of humanity and
the true interests of the conutr.,c. Ile accepted ,
the nomination with the limn and unfaltering ',
deternd natiou to sustain' the great 'principles
of equaLiasticy which underlie our I:epuhlie , n
institukons, and a hearty endorsement of the:
princiiiles embodied in, ace platform. He re
ceived:it also as due to the three hundred end
fifty thousand soldiers of the State of Penn
sylvania who had done battle valiantly for
their c l ountis and for ,iberty. He assured the
conventiOn that as far as he posesses the
With the aid ¢f intelligent Union then
of the State the' comihrs, grand political con
test should be fairly and honorably conducted.
to its legitimate terwipatiudaand a still grander
future.
•
Hon. Winthrtip Xetehuin, of Lucerne ;
Gen. Morehead, of Allegheny": Colonel Hurry
White, of Indiana county t lion, John Scott,
and William B.Thinn,fullowed in endorsement
of the nomination.
`Mr. HA, of Blair county.-presented the fol..
lowing dispatCh from General Joseph hooker,
endorsing, General Cleary, - Ivhich was read
amid loud applause i
:NEW YORK, March 7 ,•teoti.
,Tohn IF. Pyrney, :
lly decqualutonec With General Geary is of
long 'standing. I knew him in California; in
Mexico and dining the rchellibti, Ft gives me
'great pleasure to bear testimony to his most
exeellentleharaetor as a military leader,. and
humble man. know of no offleyr 'who
has perfdrmed his whole duty with wore fiicl
ity chap lieuetal Geary-I . ,
JOSEIIIf IfOOKE11;
(Mai. Gen.- Cosn",g, '
Eflltorial Convention.:
Ptirsuil.nt to a call issued some time since,
a: Convention of Republican editors met at
the Jonet Iluuse, in flarrisburg, Tuesday lash
The rullowing editw f s were present
E S. Durban, Courant, New Castle,
J. M. KneSter, Juurnnd
J.A,.lliestand, Exouthierand herald, Lancaster.
T. T., Worth, Courier, Lebanon..
J. 'AI, W. , Geist; Daity Exprrn-. Lancaster
Jactth Ktiabb, Journal, Reading .
Il.WDeritt,Journaiamblmeriran. Huntingdon.
ly...A r llopert,lieeetriond Courier,Contleautvilte
F. 11. Baldwin, bully and Weekly .Tudeuraph,
Corn City.
'E. W. Capron, fluttetirr, Williamsport. -
.1: 31: Weakley, If,-{id; Carlisle.
IC M. Jenkins iferaid, Norristown. I
111. T. Darlington ' bip
buei-/ic,,- ; Doylestown.
[ George Bergner,
fidify Teb.grvh, Harrisburg,.
i E. 1/. Moore, Amer, B , Tublican, West Chester.
I J.H.Selleibley,Peeph'B_ldroode,.Nywildnomrldl.
Geo. Washington Fenn, ffe t /ixo.)., I,vsells, Pa.
M. W. McAlarney, JoOns.tt, Coullekwort.
I NI. H. Cobb, Ayitatur, )V ellsboro'. i
1 Lucius ROgers, .[liner, Stnetliport.
1 11. 11. Wilson, Sell tincl,..l.lilllintowni ;
I J..J. I. Qrwig, Telegrripii, Milllinlutrg,,
I D H. B. Brower, Az/us-lean, DanTiHe.
11. Bart J'elfries, IVe4trrn lirmiThe i re, Tyrone.
It. Durborrow, inquirer, Bedford.
B. Bannon, :liners, Journal, Putts V WC.
J. Lutz, Inquirer, Bedford.
11. B. Maser, American, Sunbury.
Samuel Young, Banner, Clarion.
John C. Harper. Commercial, l'ittsborg.
, John Bulger, Tribune, Middleburg,..,
' Col. John W, Forney and J .IRobley Dunglison,
I I Preas, Philallelphia,
John T. M'llbeny, Star, Gettysburg ;Pa. I
1 1
i Hiram Young,iTnee Democrat, York.
;
L. IL Funk, ,f/f/to/f/:/tn,Milton. , 1
Emanual W ilvert,',-1//ruican Sunbury, I
ID, - K. Wagner, Repittilie;tn, M'Connellsbufg,
S. 'IL Miller, Dityatch, Merger. • I
A Committee consisting or Got. John / W.
,
Forney, Dr. Brower; aud :Messrs, Geist, Dar
,
i lington, Barman, :Moore and,linabb,. »ere ap
pointed to prepare resolutions, ' .
The committee on•resoluti?ns made the fol
lowingreport which was unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, We have an 4 , biding faith in the'
[ principles upon !which !the .great Union party
of the loyal States! twice elected Abranam
Lincoln to pre - side !over the destinies of the
nation, and upon which that lamented patriot
and statesman so successfully carried the
[ Government through the most trying ordeal
to which any people were ever subjected ;i
And Whereas,! These principles were fully
accepted and endorsed by Andrew- Johnson,
in his' cceptance of the nomination to the
second office in the gift of the American-peo
ple, by which he affirmed that the foundation
it
of our Government should be fixed "On prin
ciple!! Of eternal justice which will endure for
all time;' that in'the reconstruction of the
rebellious S:ates "treason-must- be made odi- ,
otts and traitors , !punished"—that the me -n
who voluntarily gave their means and influ
ence to destroy the Government, should not
be allowed to phrticiplite in the great work of
recrrganizatioa t and that the traitor even "for.'
felted his right to vote with loyarmen when
he renounced his citizenship and sosght 'to
destroy our Government ;" therefore,
Retoleed; That in the future, - as in the' past,
lwe will adhere to these . principles '
because
;we regard them as those only which will "ax
!the foundations of Our government on the
principles of etersalaustice s which Will endure
for all time."' , : !-•
Resolved, That ours being a republican
form of government. deriving its pewers di
rectly from the people, it is the duty of all
loyal citizens to sustAin their Senators and
Representatives in Congress, and that while,
in this crisis, we counsel moderation, we will
give them our hearty support id a fair and
faitbfol discharge of their duties to loyal peo
ple of the nation:
Resolved, That we have full confidence in
the integrity, patriotism and discernment of
Congress, who have faithfully labored. to
maintain what we believe to be the true in
terests of the loyal people of all the States
that they alone have the right to determine
the question of reconstructicin of the States
lately in Sebellion,and to ducig-e of the quali
fication of members asking admission to
either branch,
Rdplved, That it is the imperative intent
ape
as well as the duty of every nat r
ion to protect
its labtor, which creates the wealth and netts
to thc grandeur of the country. We, there
fore, earnestly calf upon Congress to so ad
just the present tariff that if will protect our
different branches of industry, and at the
same its proportionate revenue to
the coffers of the Government.
Resolved, That we would I earnestly recom
mend to Congress such a change in the rates
of tied present , tdrriff : is connection with itt-.1
terest taxation, as will give ample pr o t t , e
Lion to tilt 'branches of American i! d ust ,:
and thus remove the question as Lir as
ble from legislunron, which •alWayi;
busines and deters investment 'of I :capital, b r
authorizing the secretory of the Treasur, l ,
increa!se duties to a certain per ventage 1 ,64 .
in one importations are excessive, until
e'iportations, exceed the importations, tbea
adcpting a sliding scale, which will su re ,
equality or trade_With other nations,ana k eep
our coin - at home 'as a basis for resuruptk,a
when it is prudent to do so without utinects,
sarily contracting our currency, or distutbi,,,
the business of the country.
Respired, That inasmuch as the intleen;,.o,l
of the press depends largely upon the liber.l
ality, dignity and impartiality with ni t t,h
may be conducted, we earnestly urge tipo i
our brethren of the Republican pies,:
poriance of upholding the character oft e
profession, and establishing its position yt
the instructor and leader of the people, •
F rhe (7ommitteeVa permanent or i ganizmi oa
reported the folloWing named persons as
officers I :.
President—Benjamin Barman, of 'pottsl:::i%
Vice Presidents—E. N. Capron, of
port; Samuel Young,' of Clearfield ; ; Col.
Wokh, of Lebanon.
Secrthirie..=john Lutz, of Bedford ; tt,
Moore ; of West Chester.
Cerre,yrini ! liny Secretary—H. 51. Jenkins, nf
Norris town:,
Yrrasurei—J. A: ifejitaud, of Lancaster
011 motion, adjourned.
Our Wftslaisagtota Correspondent,
- WAs'imutos, Match 1, I;‘',.
In• 1861, when Andrew Johnson, t f
Tennessee, was standing up so manfully
against the traitors in the Senate, he dii
so, as he said, -in On belief that the
"South - could secure Its "rights" hetil
in the union than °Oka of it. In view
!of his many madly, and extremely radical
I utterances since that time, we have been
led to suppose that this belief had ceased
:to be the key•aote of his Union! song,—
I we had hoped he had conic up obt of the
narrow spirit of sectional pride,; to a patri.
otic solicitude for the welfare of the tc-14 !
country—the "good of all mankind,"-:-.
but it 'seems we were mistaken. It is
very ;hard' to give up one to whom we
have 'given our confidence ; bui Andrew
Johnion s deeds and words of late, iiho/
conelUsively, that he is , still, fighting the
ba tt Is of darkness, and hatred and wrong,
agains t
liberty, equality, humanity and
lustier, merely choosing to fight them lit
the If nion and under the Constitution ou
aceoUnt of the superior facilities offered,
We have: two lines of. policy, known
respectively as the policy of the President,
and the policy of Congress. if a division
indsr come, as it seems it Lutist; and /on,
noW, as in '6l, true tnen, shotild he foetid
i n la id loyal ranks. Th'e patty whoa, the
President has called.arOund him, is com
posed of notorious rebels / with a very few
deserters from the Union ranks. They
are the identical men who have ever op:
posed Andrew Johnson,, and Who have
ridiculed his humble origin. All hie
noble and patriotic utterances for the
past five years, they have persistently
characterized as the "driFel of a drunken
fool," to use one of their classic et.
pressions, • • i
The leading spiiits'am.ng, his endorsers
here are personally ave 9 known to ilia
writer. Speaking of El similar throtigaf
ex-rebels, met in Sash Ole, Team, to
endorse the President's veto, Parson
Brewelow says all he knows of them is
unfavorable,and going on to particularize,
of one he say's: "He has been a thOrangb
rebel throughout ; we know of but one
thing in his favar, and that, io justice to
him we will state. Ile had a eon who
fought bravely through the war,l in ; the
Union ranks—a private in the 15 h (LS.
Colo!ed Infantry." This mach May be
said in favor of many here who row ens
darselJeff. Davis and Andrew Johnson—•
hut who hold the memory of the martyred
Linooln in undisguised execration. Not
a more intensely disloyal, profligate and
villainous set of unmitigated rascals can
be found either on this or the other side
of the Infernal %%toed than now curse the
city of Washington with their presence.
They are infamy, malice and treason
boiled dawn and covered with the oily
scum of hypoerisy. But f eatr'i l datheta
justice—it's of no use :With this crowd
the President of the 'United gtatee has
cast his lot. What a foolish lamb to lie
down With such a wolf 11 'Many of his
frierrds(Toars Tiniy,among the number,)
have eltrng to the fond hope , that he would
get sober by and by, and behave more
sensibly. John Sherman still cherishes
that fond hope with a tenacity that bor
ders On deiTeration. . The Doble Senator
is barking up the wrong tree, beyond a
doubt.
What is the President's policy ? He
insists !that Congress has none; and that
his ishe only plan by which the Wain
)gent S ates can 'be brought back to theit
io
"Conatito ' nal relations." Ia other
words, he prophets to legislate, execute
and all 1; t take the duties, and the -Con
stitutiolnal powers of Congress ; and to
bring the el:milieus States back into the
EJnion .l ho ily, with all their defective
local tostqations, and their insufficient
(ruaraotees, for the pfoper protection of
of r .the Wok, and white loyalists now
within i their borders, or the emigrants
who may Igo thither. Tine he advises
that none but. "loyal ran" shall be ad
.l ~
rintteaZbut that that great , difficulty in
the path of his .polity—the teat oath—
shall b e removed. He would pay no re
-1 gard to the condition of the Stetes, would,
in a word, permit the, white rebels of the
South to represent millions of colored loy
alists; q*let only that, !but to inflict new
atrocities upon them; to reduce them by
local legislation, 'to a legal status little
better- ? —if not absolutely worse—than
slavery itself. It is indeed the' bight of
presuniption, and the etrolness of impu
dence to ask the loyal Masses of our peo
ple to submit to such arr outrage!
Three Hundred Thousand bravo and
II