Lewisburg chronicle, and West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1850, 1850-03-27


bu. 40 an impor,an, Executive documea. IL
10 worthy 40 attentive psrusal.
Letter from the Editor.
Nxw BERLIN, March -.
The Special Court called for the trial Of
tho case Of Hayes ". Cud, kunss. i" IN
session. The trial Of that cause will prob
ably occupy the whole Of this week.
The Democratic County Convention mo,
yesterday. and appointed JAnrs K. DAVE.
jr., oil selinsgrove. Representative Delsgas.
to the Williamspor, State Convention. With
instructions TO support EDwAaD b. HuslkH,
Of schuyIkil county, for Canal Commis-
sioner. They also coneurrsd in the sP-
poin,men, Of WIN. P. Cooper. of JunisIa
county. Editor Of the Junia,a Register
a. Senatorial delegate.
The Democratic County Meeting called
in reference 10 the slavery agitation, asd
the tariff, assembled in the Court House
this afternoon. will send ,ou the pr
eeedings in exienso for publication, an d
therefore con,en, myself now With brief
sketch oi the sayings and doings upon this
occasion.
Maj. C. H. Shriner FIRST took the floor,
and advocated, IN bold aud animated style.
| the orthodoxy Of the JefjersonIan ordinance
Of u, and the Resolutions Of the Puts
burg Convention Of July iasi-opPosed the
extension Of slavery rj-comnenied In s.r~sg
Terms upon the exiieme Southern tenden-
ciss Of the meeting in tho Chinese Muse
Urn, PhIlad.. On the 22d Fsbruary-and.i ID
q warm and pointed manner, conirasret
the pres. Mt position Of Mr.. Casey on The
Slavery question, with the Profe'slons BE-
made in The campaign oi l046.
I,oae Ne,aker. ESQ.,, followed with .
statement OF the origin Of the Baltimore
platform in 1870. and its subsequent his,o--
ry. and proved BY = clsar and conclusive
argument, that the Baltimore resolution on
Slavery did not, and could not from its
phraseology, fully u,e-. tho e1igencies ot
| the times .. and the issues which have since
been raised upon this subject, and he tho't
. democratic National Convention il one
were now assembled would not adopt ii
without essential modification. He tho't
the resolution Of the Plusburg Convention
in July last, embodied sound and reliable
principles very happily expressed-that i.
had carried the party safely through To a
triumphant victory at the last election, and
said that he would stand firmly by the fu.
ture platforms Of the democratic party
when established by ,.s authorized delegates
in State and Nsiional Conventions, yet
until other and better standards Of political
faith we're thus laid down, he would adhere
10 the doctrines Of the Pittsburg convention
as right in principle, and an authorized
exposition Of the sentiments Of the democ-
racy Of Pennsylvania. He next referred
to the extradiiion Of fugitive slaves, and
said that under the decision Of the Supreme
Court Of the United States. he thoug h, the
ia. act Of lS47 was right, and ths; slave
owners could properly invoke only the aid
OF the U. s. Courts and the assistance Of
the U. s. Marshals and their deputies ,c
rscapiure fugiivcs from service'-bu, he
was Of opinion that laws imposing severe
Penallies should be passed BY Congress,
and enforced. to punish ali persons who in
ferfsre with the proper officers or their as
slstanis in the recapture Of runaways. He
also said that Mr. Casey had abandoned
the ground he stood on in '4s, and had
come over great ways onto the democrat.
&c platform. in opposition to which he had
been elected.
Hon. John Snyder made few remarks
denying the power Of Congress over Slave.
~ in the territories, and vindicaiing Mr..
Calhoun. a-s ,.--
H. c. Hiekok replied briefly. dissenting
from the novel doctrines on the Slavery
question broached lately by Mr.. Calhoun,
and sanctioned in whole or in rar, BY other
Southern gentlemen, and endorsed BY some
small portion Of The North.
! K. b. Bsrber Esg. denounced in severe
lsfms the aboliiionisis Of New York and
New England and their coadju,ors in Phil.
adslphia who were petisioning for disso-
luton Of the Union.
Al the speakers advocated an unyieId-
ng adherence 10 the compromises Of The
Constitution. and urged the immediate ad.
mission oi California into the Union.
Ma. SLIFER-This gentleman, The talented
nd a.'abls Representative from Union county.
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