The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-01-21

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,lQf Tie Issenty-sgM Seeeders from th.
\ .Rssow.N Nothing Cascus, Of 1855,
4 TO their Consfituenfs.
I High convictions Of duly impsl The asdsr-
fsisnsd to submit 70 lhsii fellow-ci.zens she
following staisment:--
AT the couiihencemens ot 10 present ses-
Esien Of the Legislature, the sfffeads q lie
American Organization, in the House Of Rep
resentatives, resolved to act a. an independ.
fent.rafty. As such, they met In csucus, and
dsterm,ned 10 admi. none to rhsir delibera.
'tions but such as were known 10 be true to
the great principles Of that Organizs,icn. In
vindication oil those principles, they also de.
termined to support no man foi any office 10
the gift Of the Legislature, who was no,
equally known 10 be true 10 them, as we'll as
TO the interests Of the Commonwealth. At
the Conventional Caucus, held to nominate
candidate for State Treausrer, members of
the American Organization were reissed al.
miItaEce, simply because they had refused
10 cooperate with lie party from the begin
ming, and 10 vote for lie caucus nominees
puI at rne caucus ueru uTtn evening oil lke
9th inst, those who had been refused sdmit-
| lance 10 the previous caucus were found iu
| attendance and some who were only known
as the bitter enemies Of the Americas organ.
iza,ion, were with MS, disecting and conuoll.
ing the nomination Of one Of the most in
irigueing, if not the most corrupt politicians in
the State. A resolution was offered to exclude
these Objectionable persons, aud their oson
totes indefinitely postponed the consideration
of the resolution. A motion was then mads
to proceed 10 nominate candidate for the
| United States Senate by q viua poce. An
amendment was offered, substituting vote
BY ballot. Tho amendment was adopted and
the resolution carried by "a majority Of only
three--,hus showing that those who had no
| right to be present held controlling infu.
ence, or the balance Of power.
J Here let ne reflect for moment upon our
owu P0sfrfuE rnurU wur1 uefofe Insy eau
Gus some Of the best men in Pennsylvania,
whose friends were urging them as proper
candidates. There were n that caucus less
than tw enty men who openly admitted they
would vote for Simon Cameron. Underthese
circumstances it seemed scarcely possible
tina. be could be nominated. He was openly
repudia:ed by ,hree-fourlhs Of the mem bers,
and certainly We had no reason to fear, with
this open avowal Of 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 10 us
this was more an evidence Of cowardice than
of per6dy. We could not believe that all
who had voted for the secret ballot, had done
so 10 hide themselves from their constituents,
or to belray us iuto the support of man de.
| spised and disowned by avsry political or.
eanization in Pennsy ylvania. II was no, until
we began to ballot, that our betrayal became
manifest. II was then that we discovered the
treachery that wac pretending TO oppose Cam.
sron, and ye, hypocri,icaiIy and secretly vo-
ting for his nomination. -
The power that controlled thai caucus was
too palpable, corruption was behind the
throne, and no wonder that It's victims skuIk-
ed behind secret vote, and covered their
deeds from the eyes and knowledge Of the
beholders.
Were we justified in leaving the caucus
when The evidence, 10 our minds, had become
demons,rative Could we, as the represent-
atives Of an homes, constituency, have served
them with fidelity by remaininss Could we
have exonerated ourselves from the odium
| of such nomination If we had delayed our
departure and aided 10 coesummsts sueb a
result? Could We baye remaiuvd In that oau-
Gus believing ourselves bound BY lie action,
apd justified ourselves in voting for man
whose whole history is bu, the history of in
uigue IA man who has despised all party
obligations, and treated all caucuses with
contempt?
The inquiry arises, who is Simon Camerona
As a Statesman, fame has neusr assoe,atsd his
name witk the toord. As a politician, he has
always professed 10 be Democrat, and ysl
that patty only remembers him because oil
his treachery, and speaks of him as traitor
As a Whig, il is his boas, that be never voted
Wing ticket in his life--that party being
saved from such disgrace. As an American
and Anii-Slavery man let the record speak
for itself. AT County Convention, held in
the Court House, 10 the borough Of Harris.
burg, on the second day of last September,
Simon Cameron was a dsleaaie apn an ac-
tive member. The following resolutions were
offered in that Convention, and are said to
have been in his handwriting. Certainly,
they met with no opposition from him:
| Resolved, Tha, we have confidence in the
administration of Gen. Pierce, because be
has manfully batled for those principles, and
thrown its influence in favor of sustaining
the right of man to self government.
| Resoiusd, Tha, the able, fearless, and Dem
ocralic administration of Gov. Bigler meois
our hearty appreciation, end we congratulate
the Democracy OF the State upon the certainty
of his election.
Resolved, That Judge Black, the able and
intrepid Justice Of the eSupreme Court, has 90
conducted himself 90 TO win the esteem and
confidence of the people.
| Resolvsd, That the manly repudiaiion o
Know Noihingism by Henry S. Mott has won
the respect of even bis enemies, and will
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