Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-04-09
muse Ga D A II lOUS,
RATIFICATION MEETING.

! A large ratlhcatIOn meeting was held al
Harrisburg on the 28th March, at which
John j. Clyde, Esq. presided, and many
of the leading Americans of Dauphin
county took part. Among a number of
spirited resolutions we copy the following:
Res0tUed, That the American and Re-
publican parties are, and Of right ought to
/ be, but one party, and every consideration
OF duty and interest compel them TO a
union and concentration of strength against
the bogus Democracy, which is the nation
al and implacable enemy of both.
Hon. John G. kunkel was then called
out, and made an able speech, sketch of
which, copied from the Daily Telegraph,
we subjoin:
Mr.. Kunkel said he did not come here
to submit to the nomination of David VIII
mot for Governor, but he came to hail it
not to acquiesce in it as necessity, but
TO rejoice at it-not to say to his fellow
citizens that as we had sent delegates to
the nominating Convention we were bound
by the nomination there made, but TO say
that in his judgment it was the very best
nomination that could have been made.
David Wilmot was the foremost man of
his age, and Of The age. Where in the
history of Pennsylvania can such a spec
tacle be presented as the 18th Congress
slonal district presents! Six or eight years
ago that district gave six or eight thousand
Democratic majority; it now gives the
same majority the other wav-a change
in single Congressional district of some
fifteen thousand votes. How much of
that change is attributable to David Wilmot
himself? Must not the man who can thus
WELD the popular sentiment among his
friends and neighbors be true, sincere,
faithful, able man? How faithfully has
David Wilmot, ever since he introduced
into Congress his proviso, extending the
Jeffersonian ordinance 10 The Territories
acquired from Mexico, adhered 10 the no.
bic stand then takenl Others fell by the
wayside, and have had their rewards in
places of honor and trust from the Demo
cratic party. But Office and emolument
had no charms 10 win David Wilmoi from
his principle. The highest honors aid
rewards were within his reach, if he had
consented TO abandon his leaIty to Freedom
at the bidding of his party. But he no.
bly, spurned them all, for right and truth
and justice, and in the hour of trial was
"Faithfu found among the faithtss,
And faithful only he."
Take him, as the record Of his life
shows him, and he presents "a combina-
ton and form indeed
Where every god hath set his seal
To give the world assurance of man."
Mr.. Kunkel said it was urged amongst
Americans who had been Wings. against
Mr.. Wimot, that he had until recently
been a Democrat. 1t was true. But,
said Mr.. X, when became an American
| ceased TO be Wing, and ceased to in
quire as TO the anlecedents of any candi-
date offered for my support. So would
every true American.
But Mr.. Wilmot had been hostile TO
protection, and this was made great bug
bear among old Wings. 1t was true that
Mr.. WiImot had differed from the Wing
party on this question, though he always
conceded that the iron interest, as a nation
al interest, should receive the fos ering care
of the government. But whatever may
have been the views of the 18th Congress
sonal district in the past on that subject,
Mr.. X. knew that in the last Congress the
| representative of that district voted uni
formly with the friends of protection.
But was said again, Mr.. Wilmot was
not an American. Mr.. K. would not stand
up and urge the claims of David Wilmot
| upon his American brethren if he did not
think and know Mr.. Wilmot to be the
advocate of their views. When the pres
eGt Executive was nominated by the Am
erican party, and was the candidate OF
that party alone, David Wimot and his
district gave him their full, hearty and cor
dial support, running up an unprecedented
majority for him. However, the Conven-
ton which nominated Mr.. Wilmot adopted
a platform of principles, and Mr.. WiImot
takes the nomination as the representative
of those principles. Among the resolu-
tions adopted is the following;
Re8oiUed, That it is a fraud upon our
laws, and fraught with danger to our insti.