The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-08-08

~ BY reference TO the proceedings OF
the Democratic County Committee on
Tuesday last, and the Cali in to-day's
paper, il will be seen that mass meeting
of the democracy has been agreed upon
as the means of settling this long contested
question of Congressional Conferees. Va
rious opinions were expressed by the
members of the Committee as. to the best
mode of settling the difficulty, and mass
meeting was finally agreed upon as being
the best and most satisfactory. Every
man who feels any interest in the matter
will of course attend, and we sincerely
trust that every one that may be in atten-
dance will come prepared to act as a
democrat, cody, deliberately and with an
eye single TO the welfare of the party. A
glance at the political condition of the
country will be sufficient to satisfy any
democrat that the duty he owes to his
party ought to be sufficient to induce us
to pursue that course which the import.
ance of sustaining our principles requires.
In the present crisis of our national af-
fairs it is all important that this distric I
should be represented in Congress by a
democrat, particularly when we see the
abolilionists of the north and the ul,raists
Of the south uniting by their factious
movements 10 endanger the perpetuity of
our glorious Union. That Union under
which we have grown to our present
state of prosperity and power, and became
great people. To the measures and
policy Of the democratic party is chiefly
10 be ascribed the present state of pros
perity of the people of the United States.
In their hands have the affairs of Govern
menr been chiefly administered since the
foundation, d whether in war or peace our
affairs have been managed with such skill
and prudence, as to place the American
name in the high position it now occu-
pies. The brief period for which the
wings have occasionally been at the helm
of the Government has proven their utter
incompetence to guide the ship of State,
aud this fact has never been so strikingly
manifested as during the past sixteen
months. 1t would indeed be difficult to
say whether the country has suffered most
by the acts of blundering administration
in our foreign relations, by the plundering
of set of GalPhins upon the Treasury,
or the dissentions and domestic difficulties
created at home by the agitation of the
slavery question, and arraying the differ
ent sections of the Union against each
other. In this state of things it will not
do for the democracy of this staunch dis
trict to become distracted, and divided. or
TO fritter away its strength upon rival candi-
dates, & thus add TO the chances ofthe cleo
ton of Wing. 1t will thus be seen that the
approaching Congressional elections are
important, and every effort will be made
by the administration now IN power TO
secure a majority in Congress, in order
that they may be enabled TO fas,en upon
the country some of their odious federal
measures. Let not the democracy of this
district, by their private quarrels and dis
senlions contribute to this result, and we
repeat that we sincerely trust that the
democracy of little Cambria will prove
their attachment to their party and the
sincerity of their principles, by attending
this County meeting as democrats who
feel the importance of success and the
duties devolving upon them in order to
secure it.