The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-01-21
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0f-fhe E.oenty-etghf Sscsdsrs from=sh
Is a.KnosD. Nothing Caucus, Of 1855,
I to their Constituents.
High convictions of dnly impel the under
| signed 10 submit 10 their fellow-clizens th
following statement = .-.,.--..y,......,..-..
Al the commencement OF the present ses
sion of The Legislature, the friends OF Ill
American Organization, in the House Of Rep
ressntatives, resolved 10 act as an iudepend
ent party. As such, they met in caucus. ant
determined 10 admit none 10 their deIibera
lions bu, such as were known 10 be tn,e II
the great principles of that Organization. ii
vindcation Of those principles, they also de
termned to support no man fol any Office IL
the gift Of the Legislature, who was no
equally knswrtyo be tue to them, as we'll as
10 the interests OF the Commonwealth. al
The Conventional Caucus, held 10 nominate a
candidate for Stale Treausrer, members oil
The American Organization were refused ad
miHarce, simply because they had refused
TO cooperate with Tie party ffom the begin
ming, and 10 vote. for lis caucus nominees.--
But at the caucus held on the evening of The
| 9Th insk, those VIII had been refused admit
lance 10 the previous caucus were found in
attendance and some who wsre only known
as the bitter enemies Of the American organ
ization, were with us, directing and con,rol.
ing the nomination Of one of The most in
triguemg, if not The most corrupt politicians il,
the Stdte. A resolution was offered TO exclude
these Objectionable persous, and their o,Un
votes indefinitely postponed the consideration
Of the resolution. A motion was then made
to proceed to nominate a candidate for the
United States Senate by a viua roee. An
amendment was offered, substituting a vote
by ballot. The amendment was adoptedsnd
the resolution carried by majority Of only
three-thus showing that those who had no
right TO be present held controlling influ-
ence, or the balance of power.
Z Here let US reflection a moment upon our
own position. There were before that eau
Gus some of the best men in Pennsylvania
whose friends were urging them as proper
candidates. There were i n that caucus less
than tw enly men who openly admitted they
would vote for Simon Cameron. Under these
circumstances 1t seemed scarcely possible
that he could be'nominaled. He was openly
repuda;ed by three. fourhs Of the members,
and certainly we had no reason TO fear, with
this open ayowalof hostility, for almost any
other of The names before us would have
been acceptable. II is true they had masked
themselves by the secret ballot but to rs
this was more ALI evidence of cowardice than
of peridy. We could not believe that all
who had voted for the secret ballot had done
so 10 hide themselves from their constituents,
or 10 belraY us into the support of man de-
spised and disowned by every political or.
ganZalion in Penhsy ylvania. II was not until
we pegsn 10 ballot, that our betrayal became
manifest II was then that we discovered the
atreachery that wac pretending 10 oppose Cam
eron, and yet hypocrticaily and secretly vo-
ting fo' his nomination.
Thepower ha; controlled that caucus was
too paApable, corruption was behind the
throne, and DO wonder that its victims skuk.
ed behind a secret vote, and covered their
deeds rom the eyes and knowledge of the
beholdets.
!, Were we justified in leaving the caucus
when tie evidence, 10 our minds, had become
demonslraIve e. Could we, as The represent
atives o. an honest constituency, have served
them with fidelity by remaining Could we
have eXoaerated ourselves from the odium
of such nomination if we had delayed our
departure and aided to cocsummale such a
result Could we have remained in that eau
Gus believing ourselves bound BY lis action,
and justified. ourselves in voting for man
whose whole hiaory is but The history of in.
uigue "a man who has 'despised all party
obligations, aud treated all caucuses with
contempti @ ;r'! i.'i taz 90 .-'...'''' %
The inquiry arises, who is Simon Cameronl
As Statesman, fame has never associated his
name @itk The f,pord. AS a politician, he has
always prolessed 10 be Democrat, and ye
that pasty only Remembers him because o.
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his trsaohery, and speaks of him as traiior
AS a Wing, j. is his boast that be never voice
Wing ticket in his life--that party beinl
saved from such a disgrace. As an American
and Auli-Slsvesy man let the record speal
for ITSELF Ata County Convention, heldril
the coun House, ing the borough of Harris
burg, on the second day of last September
Simon Cameron was a delegate and an &C
live member. The following resolutions wen
offered in that Conpsnlioa, and ara said =
nave pesh IN his handwriting. Certainly
they mai with no opposition from him
RESOLVED, That we have confidence in ths
( administration of Gen. Pierce, because, b.
has manfully bavled for those principles, ans
thrown its influence in favor of sustaining
the right of man to self-government.! tseb
Rssolusd, That the able, fearless, aud Dem
ocratic administration of Coz. Bisler meet
our hearty appreciation, snd we congralulat
the Democracy OF the State upon the cer'aint
oil his election prA taN Aw -r g I'D
| D,eoToJ That Iudoa Rlack tho ahla an