Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-09-06


the Court House in New Berlin, on the 10Th
August. So strong was The evidence Of fraud
and Misrepresentation, and the common opinion
OF the gross injustice perpctrated in packing
that convention, that fourteen out of forty dele
gates refused to go into the convention, and il
| Is notorious that the wishes and preferences of
at least four or hive districts for whom deIepates
were present, were totally misrepresented in
the action Of the convention. 1t is so notorious
as TO need no argument that the votes given
for the Congressional candidate by the dele
gates from Kelly, Lewisburg, East Buffalo.
Centrevlle and White Deer were directly the
opposite OF the wishes of the people Of those
districts. and if fair, and open, and honorable
choice OF delegates had been made, no delegate
| in favor of that candidate could ever have been
elected. But as Maj. Cummings candidly con-
iessed, in his speech to the convention, that he
did not visit those districts at ALL the selection
OF those delegates was undenably the work of
;hls sane faction.
| Conscious that both themselves and the cam
didate for whom they were secretly working
/ stood no Glance OF fair election, they set to
work and carried their point by trickery and
deceptlon--in some cases hurrying the election
toa close long before the proper tlme-in others
! getting men TO serve as delegates under false
! pretences-and in others pedging themselves
| 10 q course the very opposite OF that which
| they afterwards pursued. In one district bring
| ing a single delegate TO act for Two, who was
| himself hardly a citizen, if his residence was
not actually in an adjoining county, and in
others carrying their delegates under circum-
stances that aroused the Indignation of the up
right and honest democrats Of the districts who
were thus dlsfranchised. In Lewisburg, for
instance, the leaders of this faction afraid to
! fEt., fi,n., H. II 4 Z
secretly pitched upon two persons Tor delegates.
On opposition to the peoples ticket of tried and
trusty men, one OF whom had not yet estab-
| lished political character, and the other an
avowed Whig. They declared themselves to
some in favor Of the same Congressional can
didate supported by the mass Of the party in
Lewsburg, and also gave most solemn pledges
| that they never would vote for Jack Cummings,
| thus decelvng many Of the voters. They pre-
vented tue election being held by ballot, thus
deprlYIng the voters Of right (" iResimabe to
them. and formidable to tyrants only;" and by
this means were enabled 10 brow beat and
coercc men, peculiarly situated, who were thus
! forced to vote contrary to their wishes, and
I against the dictates Of their own judgement
and conscience, and by this means placed
rights and privileges which are dear to every
! American citizen-rights which every man
ought TO enjoy for hmself-in the hands and
! control of one man or faction of men.
| If such methods of carrying an election are
! deemed infamous when resorted TO by whig iron
masters, and whig coal operators, we ask are
! they right and honorable when used by those
who pretend to be Union county democratsl
| But Ia cap the climax, as soon as the election
! closed and they found that they had managed
TO carry the day. quite a number of the hest
! Jarr a h.
/ being so disguised with the proceedings, that
| they refused 10 vote at aIl.) they immediately
voted down a resolution of instructions in favor
/ OF the very candidate for Congress whom they
had just before lnOst earnestly professed to sup
port-thns speedily proving the falsity Of their
/ own professions
In West Beaver. wings were permitted TO
! vote so as to give this faction the delegates
! In Centreville they rushed in their votes at an
! early hour, aud then forciby closed the elec-
/ tion by driving the President from his chair
| thus preventing the friends of the opposite can
dldate from polling their strength; they then
! tore up the tally paper and declared their own
men elected, and made out their credentials.
and with these facts staring them in the face,
they were admitted as delegates by the conyen-
| ton.
We have no objection to the vote received
/ in Convention by Mai. Cummings, so far as it
! righttully belonged to him. Maj Cummings
| as well as every other man, is entitled TO all
! the political influence and popularity he can
/ command. or may fairly acquire. But we pro-
| test against the action of the convention in nom
! mating him, and repudlate its doings, because,
az we have shown, that convention was but
! fragment, ana in any aspect its action was not
| the voice of the democracy of Union county
| And we do not charge this result SO much upon
him, rs upon the factious demagogues already
referred to, whose instrument ne certainly is.
! although (Which s very doubtful,) he may not
be aware OF it. They no doubt seized upon
! Maj. Cummings as the tittest instrument with
winch TO defeat an honest Union county demo
crat; yet at the same time, they never dreamed
| Of having him nominated by the couferees of
! the district. This is evidently no part Of their
! plan. He was first to help cheat Onion county
out OF the nomination, and then be laid down
as a stepping stone for some other man to mount
up to Congressional nomination.
We protest against the unheard OF manner
| in winch the convention managed the appoint
ment of conferees f'r this county; regarding
It as agross vioationof popular rights These,
| conferees ought 10 represent the democracy of
Union county in the conference meeting. But
instead of this, it seems they are no: 10 be up-
| pointed by the democracy, or even fraction CT
them, but by Jack Cummings himselr!! They
arc to be the mere creatures of lis will, TO be
labelled for his use, and dispcsed of lust as he
may see proper; TO be sold, il necessary, to the
highest bidder. 1t is 20 be hoped that he will
not select any Democrats of Union county as
conterees, but from tho skirts OF the Williams
port conven;lon, or the parieus of one of the
large cities, pick out pair of beautiful g Oven
Shines 'fperfect matchesp politically and morally.
and with this splendid team commence his
race through the old 18th Congressional dis.
trct OF one thing he may be certain--ail
true democrats will +" clear the track -
We protest against the action of this conven-
ton in appointing delegate 10 the next 4th of
March State convention, as being premature at
This tune: a doubtful democrat having been