Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-03-12
EBENsBURG, MARCH 12, 1856.

enough to carry those pledges out. Gentle
men, it is about time. l Link, In the history
! of this country, that this old Commonwealth
one of the thirteen of the original States of
the alcompact-shoul have delegation
of other portions of the confederacy in favor
of one of her own men-We have been post
poned from time to time but when has Penn
sylvania faltered ? In the tiDies that tried
men S souls, she won the proud name of the
Keystone of the Federal Arch; and now,
when we are in the midst of times similar to
those past, she will, again, as she did before,
preserve the Union. [Great Applause
And here is the Democratic party of Penn
sylvania-God knows [ am proud to look
upon you. 1 have frequently been in Con-
Ventious here for the last twenty-five years,
and have never before seen so much intelli-
gence displayed Men come up from all quar-
ters, old and young. to participate in bring
ing about the restoration of things that un-
luckily, two years ago, were subverted, and
the country involved in disaster.-We come
here operated upon by no local feelings: We
come here, operated upon by no sectional feel
| ings; we come here, having due regard for
| the white freeman of this Union, and due
regard, | trust, for the black men of the
| Union But [ am one of those who think
| that we had better look to the welfare and
| happiness of twenty seven millions of white
| men than to that of three millions black men.
| Tremendous appls use Our politics here
/ in Pennsylvania is national. We do not take
q one sided view of this great question, which
presented itself in fanatical Abolitionism, and
in religious intolerance. We occupy the
whole ground. We stand upon ground, too.
occupied by our fellow Democrats throughout
all parts of the country; and no Pennsylva-
4 of Rnch
he is, fortunately, nominated, will more heart
| ily cast his vote for him at the ballot box,
than the freenen who lives upon the golden
shores of California, in Texas or in the most
remote parts of our country.
! We present national man upon nation
| al platform, without isms of any kind, and
upon that platform let him stand or fall. If
we succeed in nominating that man, and sus-
| taining/that platform, who doubts but what
the country is safe No sound man. | do
not think, gentlemen, that we have much to
do Our battle has been fought; and we
| have only to throw up our hats in exultation,
| that Mr.. Buchanan is nominated-and MIR.
Buchanan nominated, is Mr.. Buchanan elect
ed. Great applause. j is mere formal
matter, that we are now going through-to
show Mr. Buchanan our good will, and other
parts of the confederation that Pennsylvania
!
her choice-a point that the National Conven-
tion has never conceded before. again re-
! turn my thanks to you, gentlemen for elect
ing me to this position, the duties of which |
shall faithfully administer. [Cheers.
/ Mr.. PURvIANcE offered a resolution that
/ the members of the Convention proceed to
vote Uiva voce for a candidate for the Presi-
! dency of the United States, as the choice OF
| Pennsylvania; which was twice read and a
dopted.
The roll was then called with the following
result:
Messrs Anderson, Berrill, buchanan, Bid
| Gle, Barnett, Brodhead, Brawley, Bricker,
Bigler. (Dauphin, } Brewer, Black; (Perry,)
Brady, Browne, Barclay, Breslin, Black,
| (Allegheny,) Campbell. philadelphia Car
ter, Cooper. Cochran, Cushman, Corgec.
Crawford. Crane, Clover, Dawson, Davis,
Esser. Evans. Ellis, Frazer, Frost, FOSTER,
| Gibson, Gillis, Gerhard, Given, Gilmore,
| Guernsey, Hagerman, HARRISON, Hannuin
Hodgson, Hazleton, Hassinger. Hopkins,
james, (Potter,) James, delaware, james.
(Warren, } Jacoby, Keller, keenan,, Kerns,
Lazear, Lowrie, Lusk, McGrath, Means,
Mitchell. NJ Mccullough, Miller. Marsh, Mont
gomery, Columbia, Montgomery, (North'd)
Montgomery, (Washington,) Murray, Ma
graw, M'Mahon, Mott, M'Donough, Moor
mick, M'Combs, Nichols; Noble, O'Hara,
Packer, Patterson, (Blair) Patterson, York)
Phelps, Purviance, Potteiger, Piollett Peck,
Piatt, Parker, Peter, Plummer, Porter, Rey-
nolds, Reilly, Rankin, Roberts, Robinson.
Ross, Roddy, Ralston Satherwaite, Strick-
land, Stable, Stuart, Shannon, Sloan, Spang,
Snyder, Smith, (Wyoming, Smith, Mont
gomery,) Stiles Strohecker, Scofeld, Street,
Throop. Tidball, Turner, Westbrook, Wright
lein, Wiler, Wunder, Ward. and Welsh
127, voted for JAMES BUCHANAN.
Messrs. Applebaugh, Barrett Ely Harris
and Fansant-5, voted for GEORGE VI. Dali
| LAS.
| Hon. n. c. Campbell, Huntington, il,
for the Nominee of National Convention.
MIR. FASsAST said that the Bucks county
delegation had voted for GEORGE NJ. DALLAS
under instructions, and moved that the nomi-
nation be declared unanimous; which was
agreed to-one voice dissenting.
| Mr.. REILLY offered the following resolu-
| ton ::
Resolred, That JAMES Buchanan being the
first and only choice of Pennsylvania for the
Presidency the President of this Convention
do now appoint coipmittee of Twenty-Five,
one from each Congressional district, with
instructions to report to this Convention, sub
ject 70 its appreciation, the names of fifty -four
delegates, four senatorial delegates from the
State at large, and two representative dele
gates from each Congressional district, to rep
resent the Democracy of the State in the
National Convention to be held at Cincinnati
in June next. and for the rz,rnose of advoca-