Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-02-28
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ADDRESS.
The people of Pennsylvania, assem-
bled in Convention at Harrisburg, OF
the birthday of the Father of his
Country, hereby nominate General
Simon Cameron, for President OF tho
United States.
This act is not done hastily, nor
without careful consideration fall III
consequences, and of all the issues in
volved in the present momentous strug'
/ Gle for the highest office in the gift OF
this great nation.
The reasons which have influenced
US in coming to the conclusion we
have reached, We now present TO our
tcllow-citizens:
|. General Cameron is the only
man, SO far as We can see, OF all those
now mentioned for the Presidency,
who can unite the entire body of pco-
/ pie who are opposed 10 the present
corrupt and dlsgracciul adminiStra-
ton. That a majority of the nation
arc opposed TO it, We fully believe but
there is imminent danger, from the
want, not of strength, but of union, of
a failure to elect any man who will be
an honor to the country. 1t is very
clear that any candidate who, on the
one hand, is considered ultra or CX-
travagant in his views, or who, on the
other, would he considered as untrue
TO his principles of liberty which are
the very pulsation of a freeman 5
heart, could not command the suifra
gcs Of the united Opposition. The
man who will be elected must be able
10 carry Pennsylvania and the States
which lie West of it, while, at the
same time, there must be nothing in
his character or history which will
prevent his being received with entire
cordiality by the Eastern States, by
New York, and by the Northwest.
We are unable TO name any States
man who combines these requisites
except the man of our choice. For
more than half a century, no Prcsi-
dent has been elected without the vote
OF Pennsylvania. The loss Of this
State and that Of the others to which
we have advcrtcd, was the cause Of
our defeat at the last election. Let
us learn wisdom by experience.
>. That General CamcrOn's name
is tower OF strength in Pcnnsylvan-
ia, appears from our action to-day.
But the causes Of it are not obscure.
He has been the early and unwavcr-
ing friend Of every measure calcula-
ted to dcvelopc the resources of the
State and protect its domestic indus
try. Not mile of canal has been
dug, nor section of railroad con-
structed, i'll which he has not taken
an interest. In bringing the iron
and the coal from their mines, and
making them productive and useful,
he has been constantly active, and to
no man more than to General Came
ron can We confidently look for the
restoration OF the cheerful hum of
neglected. industry in this old Com
monwealth, by nature 50 highly favor
cd. \ Pcnnsylvanian'S heart is in
him, and no man dare say that lie has
not constantly and unwaycringly
given his best energies to her welfare.
And she, as is fitting, now presents
him to the nation-his faithfulneSs to
her is a pledge that he will be faith
lul to the whole country.
3. We present General Cameron
to the people as national man in
the best and highest sense. With
some persons national character means
only subscrvcncy to an aristocracy
who are content to live in ease on
the sweat Of the brows of men, whom
they look down upon as their iuteri-
ors, only made TO be perpctually SER
vile. General Cameron believes in
no such nationality. lie is a self
made man. lie not only believes in
free labor in others, but he has excm,
pllied it in his own life. Possessed
at first only of an honest name. de-
rived from virtuous, and not undis-
tinguished ancestry, having ONLY
strong arm and a clear brain, he has /
himself gained by his own manly cx-
crtions, every step of his way. lie
can sympathizc by experience, with
all classes Of his fellow men. lie
has shown his ability to govern 9TH
crs by first governing himself. lie
has never sought a station which he
has not gained; he has never failed
in any undertaking which he serious
ly cssaycd. lie has been equal TO
every station he has reached, and he
knows himself SO thoroughly that he
will accept nothing for which he is
not fully qualified. In regard to that
great question now before the Amer
ican people, and on which all men
have righ: to demand a frank ex,
preston Of opinion-the extension of
Slavcry-Generai CamcrOn's record
is clear. Against the earnest plead |
ings of personal friends high in pow
cr, he voted for the Wilmot proviso.
Everywhere and at all times he has
been on this subject thorough Penn.
sylyauian. This State, the first to
abolish slavery, in her great cmanci-
patton law, passed in 1850, sercn