Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-03-01

own life Possessed at 6rst only Of an hon
est name, derived fren ylrta0Us and not IN
Distinguished ancestry. having oaly strong
arm and 9 clear brain. he has kI1sssif gained
hJ his own manly exerti0ns egeEy step Of
ais way. He can sEHpatbize b. sxperience,
with all classes OF his fellow men. He has
shown his ability to E1Yer2 others ~ -rst
governing himself. He has never sought
station which he has not gained; be has new
er failed IN any undertaking which he seri-
ously essayed. He has been equal to every
station he has reached, and he knows himself
SO thoroughly that he viii accept nothing for
which ne i not fally qualified In regard to
that great question now before the American
peopAa, and On which al men hare right to
demand & frank expression Of ypiaion-the
extension Of slavery-GeneFal Cameron 8 res
ord Is clear. Against the earnest plsa3iHgs
of personal friends high in power, lie voted
for the Wilm0I pFoTiso. Every where and al
ali times he has teen oa tssis sgbjec5 thor
oUgh Pennsylvania. This State the 6Fst to
abolish slavery, in he3 great emancipation
law passed IN $780, seven years before the
adoption Of the constitution Of the United
States Used the fol(cwfug re1arkabss language:
We conceive that II is our duty, and We re
Jolce that it Is Ia our power, 10 extend q por
ton OF that freedom TO others which hath
been extended 70 Cs, ana release them from
that state Of thraldom tC which We ourselves
were tyrannically doomed, aud from which
( Ha have uow every prOspec. 4 being deliver
/ ed. We esteem It peculiar blessing granted
70 Us, that We are enabled this day TO add one
more step to universal civilization, by reno
/ wing, as much as possible, the scrr0ws Of those
who have lived in undeserved bondage, and
from which. By the authority Of the King Of
Great Britain, 10 efectual legal relief could
/ be obtained. To justice, therefore, TO persons
/ so unhappily circumstanced, and, also, in
/ grateful cOmmemoration Of eur own happy
J dellyeraRee from the state Of unconditional
/ submission, TO which we were doomed by the
/ tyranny of Great Britain"-they proceeded
( TO pass an emancipation law.
! In these noble sentiments, General Came
! ron has ever cnncnrred. While maintaining
/ the absolute right of every State to manage
! its own domestic affairs, 10 adopt and control
/ It's own institutions, without interference from
/ any quarter, he has infexibly resisted all at
tempts to extend slavery believing that its
/ lnfqence is always deleterious to the prosper
ltY Of any State where it is established At
the same time. he is an earnest and cordial
friend Of the Union and the Constitution. un
der which ii was formed. But, while uphold
ing these principles, he has never Welded
/ anything to arrogance or assumption. He
has calmly maintained the rights Of his own
State, understanding well that great principle
that, if we would have Others to respect Us,
we must respect ourselves.
We ask with confidence, then. in what re-
spect General Cameron fails Of meeting the
PRECISE want Of this time! Strong as ada
mant at home, capable Of carrying the States
esteemed as doubtful in this contest; without
one characteristic which is obnoxious 70 the
opposition party in any quarter a man ever
calm, cool, able, clear, successful, patriotic,
We ask his nomination by the National Gun
vention as the certain presage of his election
By the people Of the United States
Peselcef, That the following gentlemen be
the Delegates at large, viz:
David WiImot, Henry D. Moore,
Samuel A. Purviance, Andrew II. Reeder,
Thaddeus Stevens, Titan s Cofey,
John H. Ewing, Morrow B. Lowry.
Resoloed, That Gov. James Pollock, and
the Hon. Thos VI. Howe, be the ELECTORS at
large.
iaesoleea, That the present National Ad.
ministration, by disregarding the just claims
Of the industrial interests Of the whole ooun.
try, by fostering sectional excitements and
antagonisms, by conniving at schemes of land
sed throughout all the departments of the gov.
ernment. has forfeited the confidence and re-
spect Of the people, has disgraced Republican
institutions in the eyes Of all observers,
/ whether at home or abroad, and deserves a
signal rebuke from friends Of constitutional
order and of-political justice.
/ Res0tued, That corruption in the Admins
tratioE of the general government, com mbined
with federal usurpatioR, both cf the delegated
/ rights of the States, and tie reserved rights
of the people, have become SO fragrant and
audacious as justly to excite the most serious
/ apprehepsions in the breasts of the intelligent
and thoughtful Of oqr citiyens tor the stabili-
ty Of free institutions, and especially for the
maintenance of personal liberty and State
sovereignty.
Resotoed, That believing slavery to tie an
element of political weakness, and Of social
! ipfelicity, we are Hnalterably opposed tQ its
extension into free Territories.
Resolred, That the dogma that the COnsti
tuition, of its own force, carries slavery into
ali or any of the Territories Of the United
States, is a new and dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit provisions
| of the instrument itself, With eontemporan
eous exposition, and with legislative and ju-
! dicial precedent, that it is revolutionary in
/ its tendency, and subyersive of the peace and
/ harmony of the people.
! ResolUed, That the African Slave Trade is a
relic of barbarisn, condemned alike by the
civilization, the humanity, the laws, and the
religion Of the age and that the attempt to
/ reopen it is an effort of the powers of dark
/ ness to bring again the reign Of "Chaos and
! old Night" which patriots philanthropists
and christians are under the most weighty OBJ
/ legations to oppose.
! ResoIUed, That we view with just apprehen-
! sion and alarm the reckless extravaganza in
4 expenditure which pervades every department
/ of the Federal Government, and the steady
! ant, 2ersistent departure from the principles
- II: -. - : -ders of our institn