The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-08-22
aBLOONIsBUNo, PA.


Absorbing to promise. we this week give
lengthy although an abridged account Of
the proceedings of the Lancaster Conven-
lion. II is made up Of extracts from the
Lancaster Intelligencer.
From tho Lancaster Tntelligencer,
PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION!
4 THE GREATEST GATHERING EY-
Err SEEN IN AMERlCAl
Tie keystone STATE speoh;ngP gProeiGinling
uictory 10 the Democracy Of The land
tArough 1'W,ENTK-HTE THOUS-
.fND of her sons!
,rhe hrh Of August, lS4o, was . great
day. /. has already passed INTO Proycr6.
sl'be thousands Of Gsemen who met here
,hen 10 swesr feafly 10 their democratic
fai,h here tramplod upon, like the dust un-
der their crowded feet, The best hopes oil
the British Wings They have lett an i'm
nression behind, and carried with them
feeling which foretoken alike victory in
Pennsylvania and triumph in the Unon.-
7Neu haze settled the question, which Brit
ish Whiggery, through its iorked tongues,
Thev have shewn, like the " meme tekel'
on the palate-wals of Belshazzar, the in
evitable destiny Of party which, in its un-
hely lcngings after power and place, appeals
10 lie brute passions of the mob, not 10 the
;n,ellicence of the people. They have ex-
ploded and refuled the calumny which has
declared the people tired of their principles
thus proving themselves not only un-
ehsnreable. From the green hills OF old
Ponnsvlvania--(ro her quiet valcys-her
luxuriant ields--her country and her town
tho rushing thousands came. The hard
hands and the tried hearts Of the keystone
STATE were here, gathering together to pre-
serve her from pollution and sacriege.
'Fhe gathering of Wednesday last was
emphs,ically tie very iarge8t political IS
sembiage that evcr came together an the
Dy,ion! 1t was Old Pennsylvania herself!
II was her democracy in it's true, natural,
unadorned garb her sieadI9sl mechanics
and farmers and workingmen We're here and
there was not one eye that did not uasp
win Enthusiasm as the wctd OF ihe rich
s,promise came rolling from the lips. Every
county spoke, through her assembled dele
gates. in bold mistaken confidence of the
mart which it intended to take next fall in
behalf Of our eternal principles, and every
delegate had some especially glad tldngs to
add 10 The glorious prospect Nothing
marred the harmony Of the whole, but the
great mass moved on 10 its goal with sml-
ing faces and laughing eyes, the Sine welkln
farly uuiverng to the laundering sh"n's OF
a Cree. haHnonous, bnt insulleG rc"pIe,---
God Bless their honest hearts the .c"no'ry
IS in no Ganger while they stand l'ke a
wall Of fire, round its institutions and It's
laws.
4 Mature itself seemed 10 have declared in
%, ,lkyor Of the people. For weeks belore'not
ID. drop Of rain, save an occasional hal-earn-
Seu shower, blessed the parched earth with
b i,s refreshing influence, but on the Monday
and Tuesday evenings before the conven-
10 aion, The very windows of Heaven were
lHs Hsonened, and the fruits and grains OF the
n season looked glad under the genial bless
~ ings. ,r.,o.
The delegates began to arrive on Tues
ra .day afternoon and evening. An oVerhoW
inc meeting of our citizens and a number e
ID AZ delegates from distance, assembled IN
ID she court house in the evening" at whlch
JAMES CAMERON, ESD. Pres'ued' ou'