Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1858-08-14

| His conduct at the Congressional Conferences
in this district, IN 1854, is still fresh in the
minds OF the democracy. He broke up that
| conference without q nomination, after every
| reasonable overture had been made to com
promise upon new man. Ho ran, IL will be
recollected, as volunteer candidate, and
thereby caused the election OF Campbell, the
opposition candidate. lie has thus, IL will
be seen, in bis own person, several times
brought upon the party disastrous defeats.
But this is not all. lie, with his niders
and abettors, have 80 completely removed
! the old Democratic landmarks, and changed
the delegate system OF the county, ns 10 pre-.
| vent fair and honest expression OF seDti-
ment to smother the spirit Of democracy,
and disfranehiso hundreds Of democrats bet
ter than himself.
The appointment Of the delegates from the
different townships, by o few leaders in Sun
bury, cannot be regarded 10 any other light
than as gross usurpstion Of power, direct
reflection upon the ability Of the people to SO.
lect their own, and an insulting dictation,
which none but tytants could assume-none
OUT slaves suomlt TO-
The practical working OF the system is,
lthat fuu ticket is made out by the wire. pull
lers at Sunbury the next step, one 10 oppo.
siton to every principle of democracy, is to
appoint for the people, instead Of permitting
the people select for themselves, delegates to
, the democratic (?) Convention. These dele
gates or agents, selected with view to their
ability to carry out the object Of their ap.
pointment hold the elections receive such
votes as they think "right," rejecting such as
A they deem wrong. In further pursuance OF
the appointment, the mere forms OF a conven-
4, tion are gone through /; the commission is ex-
ecuted, and the candidates selected FOR the
people, by the Sunbury Juntc, are presented
to them as the regular democratic nominees.
, Employing this convenient machinery to his
:, own purposes, conferees are readily made to
order, und gentlemen are always selected who
, will never yield Mr.. Dewart's pretensons
4 aud will not be induced to vote, under any
circumsi ances, for any other candidate, thus
= turning the conference into mere exhibition
= of the utter disregard with which one man
can treat the principles, the harmony, and
- tho success Of the democratic party when they
=. come in contact with the qualification Of his
- own msdirected ambition.
II In view ofthis position of affairs, knowing that
our brother democrats of Schuylkill county ex'
IL pee, us to bring forwsrd-(what it is equally our
70 interest to secure,)-a candidate Of unquestion
or able soundncss upon the Tariff question, and
ys believing that they will not vote for any but
IS man Of experience and ability, we cannot, at thi'
10 late period in the campaign, any better course
n to be pursued for the preservation of the harmony
o the success of the principles of the great demo
cratic party, and the advancement Of the interests
of this district, than to nominate three intelligent
reliable and firm tariff democrats. wh1 will b.
!, ruled by no cab al, will be above the dicaton o
:, anv clique, with no ulterios purposes to serve
and will agree to no measures but such viii
have 4 tendency to secure the integrity and as
., cendancy of the party. In this spirit, and actu
N ated by these motives, we respectfully dcsignai
y James Vaudyke, Esq, Northumberland, Ger
,"' e. Horton, Point, an1 VIM. NJ. Rockefeller
~ "' Sunbury, as the Conferees from this County
'' with power to substitute, to meet the Conferee
selected by the regular Democratic Convention
,Iv Iv OF Schuykill, held upon tho I'd day of Angus
rn inst.
,g. FELIX MAURER,
or, NATHAN BRITAIN,
"e ,n j. c. HORTON,
nd H. MLAUGHLIN,
Of ANTHONY ARMSTRONG.
S. II. BROWN,
HB. MASSER,
WILLIAM FAGELY,
:" r. w. HARTMAN,
JONAS GILGER,
JOHN HETRlCU,
-, JOHN HAAS,
ala R. j. WILSON,
Ec Standing Committee.
len We concur ia the above action OF the Con
no. mittee:
aro WILLIAM BEARD,
ess EMANUEL ZIMMERMAN,