Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-29

Richard Vaux, John Cessna.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
I. John Alexander,
?. Eedrttk Stotet,
8. Godfrey Meisgar:
EdUard Wortman,
S. G.. w. Jacoby,
O; Joseph UoWaaN,
7. Isaiah Jamts,
8. George ID. &itsel,
0. John Bluk,
30. George Gross.
II. W,At0m L. Dewa,t,
II. s. s, Winchester,
I3. Joseph Laubacb,
IA. Isaac Reckhow,
Is. George D. Jackson,
l 16. HiN,om Il. Gosgas,
II. Joel B. Danncr,
1s. jesse Il. Crawford,
10. FanriS Laird,
90. j. B. Howell,
21. John CuhDt0n,
%. Samuel Marshall,
23. William Book,
"a. James s. Leonard,
25. Gaylord Church.
1t will be seen that this self. constituted
Harrisburg Committee have taken the re-
sponsbility of mutilating the ticket that
was regularly nominated by the Reading
Convention, by striking from it tie names
of fifteen electors, and substituting the
names of persons in whose selection the
Democracy of Pennsylvania have been al
lowed no part The names Of the spuri-
GUS electors are printed in HaItc. OF
course, This bogus ticket will be repudia-
ted by the true Democracy Of the State, as
an infamous attempt to divide the party,
and give the electoral vote of Pcnnsylva-
MIA to Lincoln. The history of this bold
attempt at disorganization and mischief, is
thus given by the Harrisburg Ia rio: a"l
UNE0n:
"a, brief summary of the events that
have given birth to this plot to divide the
Democratic party will serve to illustrate
its disorgal izing and re,o untionary charac-
ter The Reauing Convention nominated
an electoral ticket. The National Conven-
ton failed to unite the party upon a can.
didate for President. a division occurred
which it was the bu inoss of the State or-
ganzatiou to repair. he State Commit
tee, constituted by the Re aiding Convcn-
ton, adopted a plan to unite the party
upon the Reading ticket, ,and to submit the
names. Of Douglas and Breckenridge 10 the
popular vote, with understanding that the
daudidpo receiving majority shoouid have
the whole electoral vote of th: State, Du
ring the tipic that all patriotic Democrats
were lahoring 10 promote union, and save
the Stlt, from the grasp of tae Republican
party, all irregular convention was ir
regularly called by indi, iduals who hat
never received particle of power from
the Democracy Of the State. That Con
yenton assembled, and was composed o
209 self elected delegates. Its Chairman
appointed an irregular State Committee
with power (such as it was) to form al
electoral ticket, in case of the happenin!
of any contingency which would preven
the calling of State Convention. Th'
Committee assembled in close room a
the Buchier House, in Harrisburg. but die
not dare to call Douglas State Convcn
ton, we'll knowing that if they venturec
upon this step, the Douglas men of thi
State would extinguish the project of di
viding the party by running straight ou
ticket. They resolved to proceed imme
diately to- the work OF mutilating tn
Reading ticket, and commenced by stri
king thefrom tho name of that staunc
Democrat, Geo. NJ. Keim, of Berks count
The remainder of the job was postpone
until another meeting. In the mcantim
, the Douglas papers of the Stale with rar
, exceptions, pronounced in favor of union
and denounced unsparingly this little &C
terie OF mischief makers. The effect wa
: momentarily depressing upon the Commit
tee, The machinery Of disorganizatio
began to ereak doletully for the want (
t fabrication. Forney cxpostulated an
threatened, and said that the Commits
must pomi.ate a straight out ticket. NJ
Douglas was sent for TO accelerate matter
= Behold the result The ticket is formed
and the work of decapiiation completed.
, although the object of this committc
4 is clearly to defeat the Democratic part
r, by promoting division, they will fail
g accomplishing their purpose. The mo
5 probable effect of straight-out ticket vi
c be to divert a few thousand votes in Il
n State that would otherwise 60 over dircc
h ly to Lincoln. The opinions of the gre
c mass of the Democrats of Pennsylvan
: are rcsolutely fixed in favor of union,
=. offering the only prospect of arrestil
= Democratic defeat; and they are too wiz
4 awake to be gulled by sucli a transpare
S scheme as this The cause of union f
d the saks Of the union Is growing al