The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-08
NEWS BY THE MAILS.
Our Reading COrrespondence.

RsADrse June g. 1851.
Resume u ne Reading Conrenttos The Democracy COMMIT
ted 10 The Union and he Constitution.
The progress Of public opinion in this State in regard
to the necessity Of preserving the Union 1t al hazards
and maintaining the constitution aud its compromises
intact must be most gratifying every patriot through
out the land. Pennsylvania is length alive to the
danger tina. threatens the Union With Union
glory and prosperity and perhaps very existence
as a State. The spirit has moved her The proceedings
Of the Reading Convention afford the satisfactory
evidence Of the fact The strong resolutions adopted
and the speech Of the nominee for Governor and all
the speeches that delivered most significant
the issue upon which will be fought in Oco-
Der next and in the fall of 1852 should the question
be set at rest before the latter period The democracy
have rnfured their standard to the breeze and without
dissentent voice have committed themselves fully and
completely to the compromises of the Union, and the
adjustment recently passed by Congress The proceed
ngs will be read with profound qualification in the South
and if the leaders not sincere and patriotic in
this movement the people and it is admirable tact
TO take that ground in view Of the approaching conflict
places Johnston and his supporters in most awkward
position, and will probably be the Of their defeat
The democratic members Of the Legislature backed by
some patriotic wings, brought in the bill to repeal the
obnoxious law of ls47 fobdng the use Of the public
JAMS or the detention Of fugitive slaves order to put
him into that very lie the courage to
sign H. and IKE good tacticians the heads of the demo
cratic party turning his account and
forcing him into the ranks Of the free soes he
will undoubtedly be lost
This movement is also ominous of the fate of Scott
He too is tainted IL not with free SOIL at least with
strong suspicion Of it, which amounts about the
thing IL is almost certain that he will obtain the nom
nation for the Presidency in this State but the demo
cratic candidate especially if he be the right kind OF
man will win the State from him at the polls unless he
very speedily and explicitly washes his hands clean Of
every stain of abolition and free soil Perhaps he will
define his position Of these days, like David Wilnot,
Va dol traA fort platV,
away the Wilmot Provso at the Harrsburgh CON-
yenon next week, to the satisfaction Of the democracy,
as we are informed by Mr. Laporte the delegate from
Bradford county at the Reading Convention and the
chairman Of the ratification meeting Some step
Of that kind will be absolutely necessary Scott
popular he with majority of the wing party in Penn
syyania. Public opinion will compel him to do IL,
wellas Wilmot drive him OIL the stage That opinion
has not yet attained its full strength The wind has only
commenced to breathe upon the waters the is
only rpped on its surface the swelling waves, that are
to bear every thing before them will follow in such
commoion as 10 ake every open foe and secret traitor
to the constitution quail b,re an indignant people
The sagacious, who have political Integrity a their
polar star TO guide them discern the signs o. the times
and are preparing TO run before the storm
The Harrisburgh Convention on Wednesday next, the
There is prospect Of a hard light but taking the
nations at Reading data from which prognost
cate the future there be little doubt that Judge
Campbell will obtain the for Judge Of the So
Irme Court being he is Of the section that tri
umphed at Reading AS far as can see Buchanan Is
likely to obtain the nomination in this State for Presi
dent unless something unexpected turns before the
meeting Of the Baltimore Conventions but whetherhe will
get the nomination there is very different matter The
buchanan section, having far succeeded in their OBJ
cct trying TO smooth matters and TO make
people believe that there split division, at
all events, that there angry feeling They want
Of course to get the Frazer and Cameron party to help
them to beat the wings.
The telegraph from Reading completely failed last night
and indeed most unsatisfactory all through The
want q repair in which the line is kept is most disgrace
full to the company.
Reading ne thriving town with population OF about
l6ooo inhabitants - the majority Of them O, rmans
The district originally settled by them and till Of late
the town almost entirely German, and nothing
spoken in II but that language The Irish English and
Scotch, with Americans have recently taken up their
abode in II. and revolution Is being wrought. The
Germans in self defence compelled to learn the Eng
sh language and the attempts Of some Of them to speak
1t most funny. Ii is the garden Of Pennsylvania
never more beautiful, situated city, more
quiste scenery than surrounds it. In fact the entire
chain Of scenery from Philadelphia to Reading IL not
surpassed by any fifty miles of continuous scenery in
the world The railroad keeps the banks Of the Schuyk
all through The trains Of coal pass through Read
ing the whole night long Some Of them are nearly q
mile in length. u.