Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-02-01


of Delegates favorable to the nomination Of Geo.
F. Boal. This was disaster striking too near
the heart Of Gen. Pe,rikn to be tolerated, and |
accordingly the Brindle delegates, numbering |
some 80 out Of a delegation Of 81, seeded
from the convention, and formed an entire fac.
tional ticket against the regular one, with that
darling youth of his would be honor at its
head This high handed procedure and dsor.
ganizing act being ab initio wrong, necessarily
invaidnted all proceedings under it, and the
peoples verdict so pronounced it. Mr. Boal
was as he should have been, reelected, and Mr..
Brindlr, after having bargained and sold himself
to the Wings in the expectation Of obtaining
their votes, was most shamefuly defeated. The
ton was therefore abandoned, and he once more
threw himselfand his "seven men in buckram"
upon the paternal kindness Of the old Demo
cratic party, whose solid foundation he had 30
often attempted to tear to pieces. Such was
the disorgan,zing character OF Gen. Petrkin, as
well since as on several occasions previous to
1885, and such his political position in lS4i yet
with all his Inconsistency, fraud and treason to
the party, whom should we be asked to support
| for Congress last fall, but Gen. Petrikn, Most
men would have shrunk from the thought Of
asking from party they had so often attempted
to destroy, any OF its favors but the Generals
so often repealed trausgressions familiarzed
his error, and in his eyes it became almost avr.
| n 4 L
Was he the choice Of majority of the conven-
tion which nominated him in this county He
was not He and his friends attending that
convention well know that his nomination was
a coerccd one, and basey did he misreprcsent,
| through his miserable organ at Muncy, the cir
| cumsances of his nomination in more than one
vay. but particularly in asserting that he, a.
gan,t the efforts oftwo honorable competitors,
had received the nomination by almost unani-
nous vote of the convention. Who will be bold
enough to deny that his nomination was obta in
ed with a view ofpreventing his opposition TO the
ticket : Who will deny that some ofhis friends
and relatives threatened, that ifthe Gen should
not be nominated tina, they would oppose either
Of the other two aspirants for that office, should
either be nominated Did they not dare us to
nominate either w. C. Ellis or r. Fleming. and
say We should see if we could elect either, i
nominated
Under such circumstances what was TO be
done. The Gubernatoral and Presidential e
leclions were to take place, and every true de
mocrat felt disposed to look beyond their oxr
petty interests for the general good of the party
Bu' not 50 with the General His democracy
had not been accus' omed 10 extend bey ond h
own selfish views and this was too we'll known
10 hazard any interest of the party; he mus
be reunited with the main body of the party
or destruction must inevitably follow. Nariuu
councils were held as to what ought to he don,
in the premises, but the important consideration
OF securing as much strength as possible pre-
vailed with many. The Gen. himself IVES, G
course, the sine qua non OF compromise, an,
1t was agreed, under the full persuasion ,ha
the nomination of any other person would en
list his uncompromisng opposition, and the con
ventIon reluctantly consented to nominate hin
after the other cand dates for that Office eX
pressed a willingness to waive all their claim
ior the good of the party, and their most activ
friends in the convention yielded their prefer
ence aud voted Tor the General And now W
find him dressed in the undeserved houors of
democratic nomination flr Congress, extCrtr
from ~eildIsposcd but too forgving delega
ton Dues he conduct himself as the candidat
, OF The whole patty should, or has he still sbou
him his peculiar waysw assert his conduc
was u.'courteous aud malignant 10 those VIII
las before opposed him, and his great desir
for hls clectun seemed an insufficient induce
ment To smother ii for the time. | should ais
mention that son,e oflhe Generals warm friend
, traded oti our democratic canddste for Cana
commissioner, Mr. llartshorne, 10y voting 10
his opponent ,o get whig votes for the General
and, IN retaliation, a very few unwaverlng de
mocrats, feeling the injustice OF rewarciug 1
man for his dement's, could not be induced L
/. vote for him, and he was defeated, But tn,
, medicine which he had so often administers,
to others, became exceedingly nauseous whot
: forced TO swallow it himself, and hence lh'
bitter and unavaling complaints which nav,
since been poured forth from his bitter fig t'ee
ycleped the "Oliye Branch"
Submitting the whole case, therefore, 10 ia,
calm snd deliberate investigation of the demo
. cratic party all may confidently rely on ,h'
= uuerring verdict of just people upon il. w
! cheerlullY submit Il 10 every unpfeindlced anl