Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-29
Penp.,lrnnIn FnIIIna Into LIne.


The great ratification meeting at Harris
burg, Friday evening, was presided over by
the Hon. Simon Cameron, Pennsylvania first
choice for the Presidency. He made an e1-
cellent speech heartily endorsing the nomina-
tons Of Lincoln and Hamlin, and the re-
sponse of the people was cordial and en-
phatie Speeches were also made by Hon. J.
Casey and A. J. Herr Esq, both of whom
were active supporters Of Mr.. Fillmore in
1866. Old Dauphin county viii roll up her
old fashioned Wing majority of 1900 for Lin
coin without fail -
During the Presidential canvass of 1866
the Opposition in Pennsylvania was divided.
The Lancaster Examiner now says:
The Chicago nominees are doing glori-
Gus work in the Old Guard already. Old
line Wings who, in moment of kindly,
neighborly feeling consented to go for Mr..
Buchanan in 1856, are on all sides falling
into line in support of that brave old Wing
champion in arms, Abraham Lincoln. The
signs of the times argue well for an old-fash-
Toned majority Of five or six thousand in
Lancaster county, no matter who is nomina-
ted as the Democratic candidate"
In contrasting " now and then the Pitts
burgh Gazette speaks thus confidently:
We have a strong and twice triumphant
organization at our back almost the entire
Opposition press of the State is with US, and
that which is not now with US soon will be
there is no third party of any weight to en-
barTass us; the active men who supported
Fillmore, such as Isaac Hazlehurst, Henry D.
Moore, VIM B. Mann, John P. Sanderson,
Philip S. White, Geo. R. Smith and many
others whom we could name, are now warm
ly supporting Lincoln the opposition papers
of Philadelphia are satisfied with our candi-
dates and our nominees are, all things con-
sidered, the most popular ever presented to
the people. AT beast, their nomination has
everywhere been hailed with an enthusiasm
to which those of 1856 were utter strangers.
But above and beyond all this we have
now an advantage on our side which we then
did not possess, and if is one which words
cannot well portray. The administration Of
Pierce was odious, and helped US no little;
but the administration of Buchanan SO far
CAC0AH ~ IL OulOuoAcoo bAtlS pCOpAo nave dl-
most forgotten that that Of Pierce lOas odious.
The terrible disgust which the country feels
at the present administration and the party
which supports it, can find thorough express
sion only at the polls Its corruption, its ex-
trayagsncies, its thefts, its base betrayal of
the best interests of the country, and the po-
Itical debaucheries it has introduced into the
councils Of the nation, have foredoomed it
and its party to destruction. The decree is
written and it cannot be reversed The peo-
pie have entered it up of record, and they
will see it fulfilled. The Democracy, of course,
will struggle against its doom; but the hosts
who are mastering under the unstained ban
ner of Lincoln and Hamlin feel that they
have an appointed work to perform, in the
determination of that pest, and they will do
it.-This conviction viii animate every man
upon our side in this canvass, and is, of ITSELF
an assurance of victory. l8gI 7a