Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-08-09
WHOLE NO. 546.

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uoaiu p was more healthy than near the coast M
| oa'c .oiioWed Mr., Roberts and statad tbat a.
uea VI tue exploration Of Central Afrca Nd ha !.
under consideration for about five vaars .rd a..
ne nmseii mad In his possession several vs.. -
sersselng letters on this subject from M Robarto
anu resident Benson, which would be laid hefnre
the next meeting. The territory pronossa - ho
explored lies between the fifth and ffteenth nsraa
lets OF north latitude, commencing at the Atant,c
ocean ana extending eastward eighteen degrees to
the valley Of the Niger, comprising an Area of
ABOUT seven hundred thousand square miles or =
territory about twelve times the size of the State
81 ~. new fork. The meeting adjourned to the BIZ
PIE mouse, whore ex-President Roberts received
ms irlsnos oy appointment--N. Y 7f,aes s..
fennsylvania Americas Convention.
We copy from the Philadelphia News the follow.
ing resolutions, adopted by the American State
Convention Of Pennsylvania, assembled at Harris.
burg, August 6th; ar,
Whereas, aPresidental election iy to be held
N November next and the affairs of the nation ~
the present crisis, demand the most tbonobtfnI
Consideration OF every true patriot and the exer-
cse OF wisdom, prudence, and patriotism, in order
70 harmonixe the agitated elements that now dis-
tract the American people, and to restore the
country TO that contentment, peace, and quietude
IN which the present administration found it on its
accession to power; ttsa Nsr.E s'-
And whereas, Those here assembled, and those
whom they represent, considering the peculiar and
threatening crisis of affairs no existing and the
duties incident thereto, believe that our present
ana future existence as a free, united and inde
pendent people, the protection of our rights as
freemen, the preservation of the constitution and
the perpetuity of the Union conspire to enion
upon all good citizens not to hazard the exneri.
ment OF new and untried men, but to select a man
n trIp nQron NAL ov,I
ana patriotic feelings of enlarged national views.
OF sound republican principles, who is acquainted
with tho genius and spirit of our government and
who, IN times past, has proved himself faitbful 70
the constitution, and exhibited the Qualities of
statesman, which afford to his countrymen an .s.
surance, that II elected, he will administer tho
government in accordance with the true spirit of
the consutauon, and once more restore it to the
pelicy Of Washington wy
And whereas candidate has been nresaptoJ a.
the people of the United States, in the person Of
Mlard Fillmore, OF New York, who, in all the 70.
quisite qualihcations OF statesman, in soundnesa
OF mind, energy of intellect, clear and comnreben.
sivs judgment, knowledge of our Constitution
laws and institutions, integrity of character purity
OF purpose, and devotion to tho Union. il NAV bc
safely asserted, is second to no Statesman in ,bo
country Therefore, be il wy
Resolved, That this Convention, represent;no
the conservative, sober-minded, patriotic and
umon-loVing people of Pennsylvania, who are on
posed 10 radicasm, whether advocated md sne
tanned under the guise Of Democracy or RennhI;-
oansm, hereby declares in favor of Millard Fill.
more, That pure statesman and devoted patriot
whose former administration OF the government
was extohea' even oy It's opponents, as Washing
ton-like, believing him to be- above all other men
named for the Presidency, the man for the cr;ss
lie possesses, in more eminent degree than any
other statesman now living mbination of n,,oli
ties essential to proper dscba ge of the duties or
the Chief Magistracy of the Union to secure the
respect and confidence of the American peonIe
protect the great interests of the country pivcc
permanence 10 our free institutions, insure peace
and happiness among ourselves, and command 70.
spect from every people with whom we NAV bavo
Intercourse az nation. Hence we pledge to him
Tor ourselves and those whom we represent our
cordial frm, unyieding and determined support
fully satisfied that, sustained by the sober second
thought of the honest yeomanry of the conntrn
our efforts in his support are destined to bo
crowned with glorious and triumphant victory
Reso3vsd, That in Andrew jackson Donelson. of
Tennessee, the people of the United States have
presented for their supporter the Vice Presidency
q candidate who has ever been a conservative
statesman, and who never consented no mater
with what party he acted, to take his position on
any other platform than that embracing the Com
stitutioD and the Union. He was among the first
to raise his eloquent voice against the secession
movement in 1880; and among the noblest and
Seoupes. cnampions OF the compromise measures.
passed by Congress of that year; and so again IN
1854, he sh0wed his consistent regard for The aa.
cred observance OF the compacts entered into be-
tween the North and South, by again RAISING b;s
voice against the repeal Of the compromise of 1920
and denouncing it as q measure fraugbt with ali
the direful consequences which have resulted from
H. Eminently qualified by education and expert
ence for the office, and having antecedents which
can leave no doubt of his conservative princinlaa
and his devotion to the whole country, he ia 6t
associate of Mr.. Fillmore, and we pledge to him a
cordial and united support "-
hesotpsd, That the friends of Fillmore and Don
elson, in pennsylvania, enter upon this contest be-
leving and maintaining these principles.
lsL That the maintenance of the Union, as our
fathers mado il, is paramount political good or
in the language OF Washington's Farewell Ad.
dress the primary object Of patriotic desire.n
Cd. Civil and Religious Liberty, according 10
every man the rights guaranteed TO him by the
Constitution, among which is that of enioyine his
religious opinions and mode of worship
ID. A thorough reformation Of our Naturaliza
ton Laws, and the exclusion of all foreign con.
victs and paupers, but no interference with the
vested rights of the foreign born now in the coun.
try.
4th. The fsedom of our Common Schools from
any influence or control Of sectarian or partisan
character, and the right of the free use of the
Bible therein as a text book.
5th. The protection Of the American Laborer.
against the ruinous competition Of the Pauper La
Dor Of Europe. .. ~. -.m5
7th. The Improvement Of our Rivers and Har-
bors.
sth. The freedom Of Kansas, not secured by
force and violence and the use Of Sharpe's rifles
but by afordng full protection to the actual act.
tiers in the enjoyment of the rights oua,antaod -
them by the organic act of the Territory to estsb
lsh government Of their own choice. "
9Th. Americans alone should rule America.
And lastly, Tha, guided by those princ;nIes wa