The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-09-14
Number 21o]

ment which has Just been made by The
gentleman from Berks, there is a first
and sacred duty for this Convention TO
perform, before filling The void which
dea'h has made in the Democratic tick
e',to pay tribute to The memory of the
lhonored dead.
Mr.. President, it is we'll known that
al me iormer meeting Of this Conven.
uon' look an active part in favor oftbe
nomination of The gentleman who was
The principal competitor ofthe deceased:
ou', SIR, beg leave 10 say now, as I
Ea'd then, that though / had personal
preferences. l had no personal an,ips-
mes. 10 The honor Of The memory O
MIN who is gone,he had The magnsnim.
NY TO appreciate an open and generous
I'Ppos't'on, msgnanimi,y worthy Of
h's position and his character.
Mr. President, alas the uneer,ain,v
OF human life-the instability of bum,r
!randeur He,whose parental af1ec,ion
i!nused happiness round the domestic
c'icIe; he 10 whom a noble constituency
repeatedly confided important trusts: he
VINO was commissioned by his country
D De her faithful sentinel over her hiOb.
ea7j soroac;'o him at the moment when
ne was bearing aloft the glorious Stan.
dard OF Democracy which The Conven.
non had confded 10 his hands, came The
inevitable hour WHICH awaits US all. He
'eli under the stroke OF inexorable death
ana mas sunk into the grave-the grave
The 'neXorable grave. Oh !Mr. Pres.
'aen'' permit me 10 say in the sincerity
ot my heart, green and sacred be the
spoi where his honored ashes repose.-
Let Its verdure be The first 10 quicken
under The earliest dews of Spring-lct it
ne The last 10 fade under the fros,s of
autumn. Let his memory be enshrined
10 Inc hearts OF beresved relatives, ,affec-
uona'e friends and admiring country
men. All that can now be done to drv
up me tears which trickle down the
'e cheeks of bereaved orphans, and repair
IT Ithe desolstion Of hearts over which tho
sudden and awful tempests has swept. i,
"" " pay feeble and perfect tribute 10
j. ms memory. / beg leave, therefore, 10
: 'ner the following resolutions, viz:
III HeSo(Ued-That this Convention deem
= lament the premature death of the
hon. HENRY A. MuHL ENBER Re recent
Iy The nominee OF the Democratic par,v
81 his Commonwealth; and unite, with
'h'elgned sympathy, withthe Democra.
.FIIcy OF this State in bearing testimony v to
" MS unsullIed virtues as a private citizen
and the high toned patriotism which
~ marked his character as public man
= And that we deplore his sudden ,ransi.
- ION from time to eternity, not only as
v" mournful and irreparabe loss 10 ,bo..
y wl,n whom he was most intimately ssso.
c'a'ed in private life, but as public loss
. which will be long felt by the Demo.
y cratic party.
-, ResoiOed-That the members of ,his
Convention,as a testimony of their bich
u sense of the public and private y,r,ues
Iof The deceased, and in tes,mo.
} ny of their deep regret, will wear crans
j. on The left arm for thirty days
!, Re'otved-Tha. Messrs. FIndIay of Ian.
}, casl,F, Wright OF Luzerne, Penniman of
u PhHadeIphls CO., Dillinger of Lehipb, and
e Fys3E of Berks, be appointed Comml,es
d % communicate 10 ihe family of the decess-
}. cd the condolences of this Convention fo,
he los they have susisined,
The resolutions we're seconded bv NJ,
JcNEs of Allegheny and unanimously a.
y, dopied.
II On motion Of Mr.. WELSH, of York il
i was
u Resolved-Thsl committee of five he
-ispponied IN procure the erection of an an
T lpropriate tablet, iu honor of Henry A. Mph
E Ienberg, in the Lutheran Church at Read.
ling, of which he was for many wears q
\ lmembtr.
n The following gentlemen were apnoint.
ed the commttee. Messrs. Welsh. il 8
Magraw. Frazer, r. M. Barr; G. R,Fs.
,lpy.
Mr. BARR said Whilst we mourn ,ba
loss of erea, ard good man, we NAV he
permitted to rejoice that his mantle will fail
on one pre- eminenAy worthy of The honor
. TO be conferred upon him, snd ss the dnrv
) seems to have devolved upon me of nomi.
mating in this Convention Successor n
our lamep'e'l friend. | nominate FRANcrs
X. Skunk OF Allegheny, in the room of
HENRY A. MUHLENBERo, deceased, as the
/, candidate of the Democratic party of Penn
h sylVanla Tor Governor; and move you that
this nomination be concurred in by acclama
ton,
| JOHN NJ. READ, Esq. said that from