Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-03-12
DEMocRATIc STATE CoNyENrToE.

diia vi SduizSu ptIihdutHtig Ds SELECTING Aen-
drick H. Wright President, assisted by %
Vice Presidents, and 13 Secretaries.
The following Is the Committee on Resolu.
tions: John l.. Dawson, Howard T.. Miller, r
Biddle Roberts, David Tidball, Wm. Montgo-
mery, Emanuel Street, Franklin Vansant, Jno.
F. Means, James l.. Reynolds, Miffiin Ian
mum, Wilson Reilly, and J. c. Montgomery.
4 committee, consisting of one from each
Congressional District, was selected to report
delegates to the National Convention, and
! Electors. The contest for delegates TO Cin-
cinnati was exceedingly spirited. Gov. Big
Ter was here importuning members 10 send him
there, urging That it was expected at Washing
ton that he wouid go; but the Convention
/ concluded TO send men who had not been con-
taminated BY Washington atmosphere.
: The delegation is understood 10 have but
one choice for President, and according 10 the
instructions of the Convention, must vote for
Buchanan, dead or alive.
Several speeches were then delivered in glo-
rifcation Of Buchanan and Democracy, when
tho Convention adjourned until Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY,, Mar. "a committee OF five
was selected to inform Mr.. Buchanan that he
had been nominated for the Presidency The
| platform was then reported and adopted, when
/ the Convention proceeded to nominate a can
didate for Canal Commissioner, which result
ed in the choice OF Geo. Scott, of Columbia.
! On the 9th ballot Jacob Fry, Jr., of Montgo-
merry, was selected as the candidate for Audi
tor General, and on the Attn ballot, Timothy
/ Ives, of Potter, was declared the nominee for
/ Surveyor General. The 4th ballot stood as fol-
/ lows Ives GO, Alexander 10, scattering %.
! Some interesting incidents occurred during
| the progress of the nominations. Mr.. Reilly,
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/ candidate for Canal Commissioner, basing his
/ claims upon the ground that he was born in
Ireland. OF course the Convention would not
nominate him, but in lieu OF that he was given
the fullest measure Of Democratic applause
Like many other aspiring patriots, Mr.. Reilly
had letter read to the Convention declining
the nomination, when it was evident that he
could not get it, and his letter was received
with the liveliest enthusiasm. Sam Black was
fitly chosen as the IRISH champion, and he
dwelt eloquently on the fact that Mr.. Reilly,
/ though an 1rishman, breathed sentiments Of
loyalty 10 this country that would do credit to
native citizen! This remarkable condescen-
sion on the part of Mr.. Rcilly--a man born on
. foreign soil, and yet consenting to obey the
laws and sustain the Constitution of this eoun.
try, affected the speaker we'll nigh TO tears, and
the Convention manifested its appreciation Of
Mr. Reilly's patriotism by--not nominating
him. He rose to the dignity Of ten votes The
| Convention adjourned after having made nom
nations until the afternoon, when the dele
gates met TO hear and be heard by each other.
number of speeches were made, ranging
from very good to very indifercnt-irom
.Tudrr WILLIS 1esa---A---s
which the Convention adjourned sine die.
The following are the resolutions adopted,
constituting the last Democratic platform:
Resolved, That in the present distracted
condition of parties. in which sectional and
partial issues have been allowed to attain a
dangerous supremacy, we recognize in the
policy OF the Democratic party, that which
rests upon the Constitution rs its basis; and
that il is the party which above all others has,
| in the language Of the illustrious Madison, ey-
er continued ssto hold the union of the States
! as the basis of their peace and happiness to
| support the Constitution, which is the cement
! of the Union, as we'll in its limitations rs its
authorities; to respect the rights and authori-
| ties reserved to the States and to the people,
as equally incorporated with and essential to
| the success of the general system; and 10 avoid
/ the slightest interference with the rights of
conscience or the functions of religion, so
wisely exempted from civil jurisdiction.''
! Resolved, That by the general consent of
| the wise and virtuous of all nations, the fra
mers of the Republic of the United States, cx-
| hib;ted in their individual characters and in
! the result of their public deliberations, d de
| gree of virtue and practical craftsmanship,
10 which the history of the world affords no
| parallel: that in no part of the Federal Com
| pact is the wisdom of fathers more con-
uspcuos, than in leaving the whole question of
! slavery to the states in their separate capaci-
ties; and that in the provision for the e-deliv-
| cry of fugitiycs escaped from labour or SER
vice, they demonstrated a sense of iustice-an
appreciation of the value Of the Union-an at
| tachmeut to its preseryation-an avoidance of
ene-sided phlanthrophy, and impracticable
! theories of g0vernment-which present pro-
per example for the guidance and imitation OF
! US, their descendants.
Resolved, That we look only to the Consti-
| tuition, and the exposition thereof which has
| been afforded by the practice of Democratic
/ administrations, for the chart of our policy. -
That these constitute, till the fundamental law
| is changed by methods which itself provides
| the HIGHEST LAW of our obedience as citizens
and that we utterly discard that partial and ex-
| aGgerated sympathy, the attempt 10 carry
which into practice, is at the peril OF our dear
est interests nation, and threatens the in
Fiction of evils OF tenfold magnitude to those
which 1T proposes to heal.
Resolved, That the equality of the States is
the vital element of the Constitution itself and
! that all interference with the rights of the
States by those who seek TO disregard the sa-
cred guarantees of the past, and by all others,
| should be rebuked with the same spirit that
Tould denounce and repudiate all attempts to
erect odious distinctions between those who