The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-12

THE PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICAN STATE Con
vEhTIoN-- GEN. CAMERoS's STRAWBERRY AND
CHAMPAGNE PARTY.-we publish to-day, from
our own correspondent, the proceedings OF the
Penney lvaBia Republican or Peoples Party"
State Convention, at Harrisburg. The platform
adopted is very strongly seasoned with the mig
ger, az will appear from the substance of the re-
solutions, to witt
l. Against executive Intervention to pros
trate the will Of the people in the States or Ter
ritories"
2. A protest against ''the sectional pro slave
ry policy of the sational administration
3. Hostility to call attempts to enact Con
greseional slave code for the Territories and
continued hostility to the extension Of slavery
over the Territories"
4 A deDunciation of all movements for the
"revival Of the African slave trade as shock
ing to the moral sentiment of the enlightened
portion Of mankind"
8. A resolution In favor of "the encourage
ment Of home production and American indus
try" as Zone Of the first duties of our govern.
ment"
'ravaRance of the national administration"
7. GIorifes MIR. Grows free farm. or Home
stead Till.
8. Goes for the spurity of the ballot box" and
the correction of "all frauds upon the naturaliza-
ton laws"
9. Is in favor of the reshipment of foreign
criminals back to the countries from which they
may come.
10. Is general invitation to "all men of all
parties to join u.s."
IL. Is puff of the course of Gen. Cameron in
the Senate.
1t will thus be seen that the niger, "cookea
in every STYLE" occupies all the front seats OF
the Pennsylvania republican synagogue, aud that
Mr.. Grow, with his bill OF free farms for every
body Cat the expense Of the public treasury aud
the taxpayers of the country, follows close bt.
hind. We presume that, az the democracy Of
Pennsylvania, after the fashion of their New
York brethren, have quarrelled aud split up their
walk over the course as they did last year. We
think 30 from the "happy accord" which appears
to prevail among all the odds and ends of tue
so-called peoples party" under the manage
ment of the republicans; but in this we may be
mistaken.
The browning ceremonies of endorsement
of the proceedings of the Convention in question
came off at the country residence Of General
Cameron, to which he has given the expressive
Csledonian name of "Lochiel." And truly that
festival of Strawberries and cream, champagne
&C., was q brilliant idea. Napoleon the Third
while In the transition state of President Of the
French republic, won over the hearts of the army
with bis free lunches of sausagcs and champagne
the very stuff for French soldiers. General Gu
meron, in substituting Strawberries and cream
for the sausaees, may have been playing al
equally successful game among the peoples
party" Of Pennsylvania The stomach has an
immense influence over the human mind upon
all questions religious, moral and political 1t
was the hunger Of the French people that drove
out the Bourbons, as it was the satisfied stomachs
of the French army that restored the Napoleonic
empire. If a minister Of the Gospel, feeding
upon one parish at the rate of five thousand
year receives from another parish an offer of ten
Thousand, he considers it "a cal" and off he goes
to answer it. George Sanders, for the last ter
or fifteen years, has been setting up aud putting
down Presidents, and thrones and empires,
through his luxurious appliances to the stomachs
Of managing politicians. His theory is that the
brains of men are in their stomachs, and the his.
tory of the world, civilized aud barbarian.
shows that be is not very wide Of the mark
We are, therefore, apprehensive that this
strawberry and champagne festival of General
Cameron, at "Locbiel," will prove the warning OF
"Lochiel" to Seward In this matter of feeding
General Cameron has hit upon the highest trump
card Of the Washington lobby. This fact is we'll
known, for when the Chevalier Webb proposed
in behalf of Lawrence, Stone & Co." to work az
lobby man for "free wcol," all that he asked
was free house at Washington for the session,
and good supply of provisions and liquors,
with which TO convince the members of Congress
that free wool" was the true policy of the 70.
vernment Depend upon it, these strawberries Of
"Lochiel' will work to the disadvantage eff
Seward.
SUNDAY BREATHINGs ABROAD AND SUNDAY
STItLrNGs HERE.-While our eanctimonious and
self satisfied Puritans are bent smoothing their
own path to Heaven by making the road of lif,
on earth weary and joyless to those who are not