Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-01-30
cIEaRED, Pa. JANUARY 80. 1855.
,lATIs To BE DoNE7

= ..ch.u hve a united opposition to Loco
Eoisr pennsylvania at the next Cover
80 FJed? Or are we to have that oppO-
a;,ion diy and split up into two three or
- 1;s,; fganizations2 1fSo, there might
Iii III contest, because Loco FOcoiSm
nst of se, triumph under such circum-
ntoncss Ugh against united opposition it
nId 3self in large minority.
kS(z ,rwLfo be done to avoid throwing away
III .h thto the power of the Loco Foco
ME. t III, pin, unsophisticated, common sense
pii Permitted, answer the inquiry,
IL jail doubts. Let there be union for
an a. 5f the Union. Let each faction or
in tagree to drop, for the time being, so
r. Smm@r7its peculiar creed as is Objectionable
ID i ITO fr, and unite best they in one
IA opposition to the Loco Focos. Let
i III kdone, and success will be certain.
f{A we not hope for joint effort of
- WI md from the opposition members at Har-
s-1ss So Ii Let them set their wits work, and
la try 10 bring about State organization
h all opposed to the Locofoco party can
e1sistently unite 1t is worth at least trial,
"a we look. with confidence, for the initiation
Such movement by them.''
= We clip the above from the Phadephia
Oaly Ne,cs, and cannot refrain from reitera-
uhs the hope that union of all the opponents
-. Oh ths present National Administration may
De speedily effected and to this end spirit
OF Cancellation shoad be exercised, not by q
portion. but by all. There seems, at present
3 y 70 De good feeling among the mass of those
-. opposed to the Pierce dynasty, which requires
q only proper encouragement to result in their
concentration upon one common platform :;
yet, at the same time, there are those who
having points of their to gain, are pre-
venting, unNittingly it may be, a union of for
by their pertinacious adherence to the par
ticular attitude which they may have hereto
fore assumed, though its REIMBURSEMENT would
by no means compromise general principles.
We trust, however, that they will become i'm
pressed with the necessity of doing so without
delay. We not able to say whether the
sre eosnsant of the fact not, that
Joint efort' made by 'sfhe opposition
members at Harrisburg" but such, it would
seem, is the The American and Repub-
lican members, at their caucus meeting for
lecting candidate for L. S. Senator, adopted
tho following basis of operations
ss1st. That we are opposed to the admission
of any Slave States into this Union
therefore,
ss2nd. That Kansas and Nebraska should on
-fyhe admitted into the ssterhood as Free
States. .-.
ssGrd That opposed to political Ro-
maniSm, the interference Of any foreign
ciesiastcal establishment with the political
affairs of our country
ss4th. That the naturalization laws ought to
be modified to correct the evils which
the present system entails on the country, and
that rigid measures should be taken to pre-
vent the importation Of foreign paupeTS and
convicts.''
Public sentiment is conyerging to point
and the indications that it will settle upon
something like the above. The position ia
ken by the President in his last annual, well
as his recent special message, (the substance
of which latter will be found in another por-
tion of to-day's paper,) will do much to facil-
ske itate union of the opposition in the Free
. !. aetn rssS> g te.SSn upon such basis.