Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-22
The Indignation OF the DemOc-
rncy Of Ph1Iadelphia mt Cam
cr0n'S Election.

f1Cy III Enlln0eiph1A mt Cam
crOn's Election.
The Keystone State Club, of Phila
delphia, held a large meeting OF
Wednesday night, to give expression t
their sentiments upon the recent bas'
treachery in the electioaof Simon Cam
eron as United States Senator. William
B. Parker presided, assisted by a larg
number of vice presidents. The Com
mittee on Resolutions reported the fol
lowing, which were adopted unanimous
ly, and with much applause
Resolccd, That the course of Henri,
D.. Foster, John Fausold, Seth A. Back
us, J. K. Calhoun, Samuel A. Hill, G
N. Smith, J. C~resswell, r. j. Nicholson
VIM. B. Lebo, Samuel Meaner and G
A. Wagonseller, in disregarding tn,
time honored usages of the Democratic
party, by voting against the regular
caucus nomination, meets with our un
qualified disapprobation; and that we arr
ready now, as we have always been, t.
transfer to the opposition all such III
principled traitors, as, like them, are un.
willing to sustain our principles by abb
ding by our usages.
ResotveG, That we have no doubt OF
the utter, infamous, and ir~redeemable
corruption of Lebo, Wagonseller and
Meaner, who, after approving Colonel
Forney,s nomination in the caucus, gave
their votes for Cameron in convention,
from no possible motive but one which
appealed directly to their pockets. The
circumstantial evidence of this fact is
strong enough to carry conviction to
every unprejudiced mind; and we urge
it upon the Democratic representatives
ofthe Legislature, as a duty they owe to
themselves and their constituents, not to
p use until the crime of these corrupt
be fully exposed and punished.
ResoLccd, That as to Simon Cameron
we have nothing to say, except that he
is what everybody well knows him to be,
what the Democratic party has often
Pronounced him, and what the caucus
of his present party declared him to be
two years ago, viz: "A dishonest man,
not qualified by education or talents for
honorable position, and destitute of all
claims to respect, either public or pri-
waite.
ResolOed, Thatpublic attention should
be called to the utter infamy with which
the Know Nothing and Abolition parties
have covered themselves, by electing to
the Senate of the United States a man
whose moral nature is known to be per-
fectly rotten, and whose character is
blistered by a certificate from his own
party that he carried his nomination in
their legislative caucus by Wholesale cor
and individual bribery.
Resoloed, That it is an insult to our
State for a man to represent it in the
Legislative branch of the Gov
ernment by such unworthy means, and
we call upon all honest presses
throughout the Commonwealth to ex-
press their indignation at the n of
election to the Senate of the
States.
Resolocd, Th1tin our opinion it is the
1uty of the Democratic party in each
!, ,unty of the St4te to express, in mass
,etings theropinien efthe basetreach-
Try on the part Of those to whom they
nave confdel, by which the State has
been betrayed into the hands of our Abb
and Know-Nothing enemies,
ResoLced, That with u whole heart
approve the nomination blythe whole
Democratic party in the Legislature of
Col. John W. Forney, than whom no
better Democrat and no truer man lives;
md that his defeat by the ignoble' APP
which were brought to bear,
las only served to make him nearer and
to Us.
The question was taken and the rcso-
were unanimously adopted, with
.houts of satisfaction.
On motion of DR.. S. B. W. Mitchell,
he following resolution was adopted:
ResokDed, That a committee be ap-
on behalfof the citizens of Phil
!delphia, to memorabilia the Senate of
he United States onthe illegality of the
of Simon Cameron as a Senator
# Pennsylvania; and hat said commit
ce consist of one from each ward, to-
ether with the officers of this meeting.
The Chair was directed to appoint the
After another speech from Col. Ran
in, in which he pledged that the efforts
f the keystone Club should be directed
0 netting out to the traitors their full
of justice, the club adjourned
nth three cheers and a savage tiger for
Forney, and a number of groans for
and his base allies.