The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-12-22

ing can be gained By accepting the plau-
ible sophistries, tbinly disguised uudeI
the name of "conservatism. which appeal
to Us Ito consolidate The Opposition at tht
.SOath." Antasonistic as that Southern
Opposition may be to the Democratic
party, and numbering as it does some
hundreds Of thousand of voters. scattered
over fifteen States, st cannot carry one q
them Why then. should we jeopardize
our success in States carried by US in So
and reliable for US again in lsG0 ty an
unavsilinc attempt to make southern al
liesl Po,Ceyless allies, acten gaioed-IF
gained! 1t is fact to be remembered,
in this connection, that just twenty years
ego the Wbig party, in National Conven-
ton at Harrisburg, courted the alliance
of the South, and to prcpitate that sec,
ton, after suppressing declaration OF
principles. nominated John TYLER. Did
not the sweeping success of ls40 prove to
be barren victory, causing bitter dis
seusions. aud ending in the extension of
the slave power, and the subsequent tri-
umpb of the Dem ocratic party
Principle, the basis Of ihe Union.
The only real union that can exist must
be one of principle; the uny cou bination
that can be successful must conform to
com mon sense. To attempt to force into
unnatural union uDcongenial for antago-
ni-tical elements is only to court defeat.
We must not, however, be understood as
refusing southern sympathy for our cause,
or southern votes for our candidates =
Still less are we opposed to the nomina-
tiou OF Southern statesmen hy the Nation
al Conveution Most certainly We desire
a party at the South 10 cooperate with
US. 1t must be a party whose platform
aud leaders shall be the same as IN the free
States. 1t must be built up in the spirit
of the soutborn statesmen of other aud
better days. Some of the wisest and best
uep Of the South are earnestly with US,
and, uDder their heroic leadership, we
shall find a party in nearly every south
ern State openly supporting our creed and
our nominees.
What the State Convention ought to do.
We believe that the peoples spsrty"
is we'll calculated to secure the vote of our
State aud perfect triumph of Republi-
canism, if the State Convention, fairly
called and fairly constituted, viii conform
to the ussges of the old Wing and all for
mer Opposition parties in this State, By
hav5ng tie e1ectlou Of district delegates 10
tie National Coqrentjou aeith tie peop}e Of
tie seral Congressional districts OF the
Conn oBwealth.
On thi- essential point. We have, how
eser, serious uisgivings. The call OF the
State Central Committee "for State Con
ventiou to be held at Harrisburg, 22d of
February next, to Indicate their choice
for the Presidency, to appoint two sena-
torial. and to designate the time and man
ner OF e.ectiDg the district delegates to
the National Convention is before the
people. We ak acltat convention i. mesntl
l. it to the Republican or Peoples Ma
tionSl ConSeotion that the delegates are
to be accredited !
We fnI other and more serious foa-
ture- In the call to excite apprehension,
and are constrained from sense of duty,
to solemnly protest against it, SO far as Il
relates 10 the district delegates, for the reas-
on that the call is not in conformity with
the resolution of the CON q ittee authori-
ziDg it. The fifteen OF the thirty -four
meD hers cf the Com mitiee, who were
present ct the meeting which determined
on the call, after defeating the proposi-
ton before them to have all the delegates
to National Convention chosen by q
State Convention. resolved that the call
for Consention should be "to designate
time aud and manner for electing q rep
reSentatice delegate an theu respectave DIS
tricts, evidently indicating, so far as the
Committee had power, that the selecting
OF Aeleg ates belonged of rSgLt 10 the people
Of tie Segerat districts. The actual words
of the resolution, as passed by the Com
mittee, not having been copied in the call,
and the following phrase substituted, "des-
ignate the time 4 mode Of electiDg district
deles ates to the National Convention, y
may be construed iuto an invitation to the
coNvENTIoNto appoimt alItterepresemtats0e
delegateS. instead OF recommend to
the people of the several Congressional dis
triets to elect them We fear that this
very remark able discrepancy between tbs
terms of the call and the resolution au-
tborizing it, will be considered by the
people at large as presumptise evidence
of a scheme to foist on the party q SOL
I'd and packed delegation to the National
Convention.
We therefore. demonstrate against the
call as it stands, and ask that it be amen
ded so as to be in strict conformity with
the e.olution Of the Committee and wish
es of the people. We are aware that the
terms of the call do not absolutely bind
the action OF the Convention. and that IT
is to the Convention itself that the people
must look for the settlement of this i'm
portapt question.
HoD the unity Of The Peoples Party may be
preserved.
1t is to be hoped that the State Con-
vention will consider we'll before it acts
doo;;velv IN this vital uuestiop: and thai