Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-01

he held in q uuC ECAI
First distrjct-RCferrcd TO the people
Second DO. do. do
TIird do. do. do
Fourth do do. do.
Fifth district-Not reported
sixth do. do do.
Seventh do do. do.
Eighth district-Isaac Eckcrt, David f.
Stout, J. Knabb, j. Bowman Bell.
Ninth district-O. j. Dicky, c. S. Kauf-
man. Samuel Schoch, Joseph X. Pownall..
Tenth dstrict-Chas B. Forncy. Jos.
Casey William Cameron, Israel Gutelius.
Eleventh district-Robt NJ. Palmer, Jacob
G Frck, Samuel A. Bergstresser, VIM. c.
Lawson.
Twelfth district-H Hoyt,P. NJ Osterhout,
Frank Stewart, David Alton.
Thirteenth hdistrict-CharleS Albright, VIM.
Davis, w. H. Armstrong, Samuel d. Dim
mick
Fourteenth dist.ict-Not reported
Fifteenth distrct-Wm. Butler, Kline G.
Farst, Lindsay Mchaffey, G. B O7erton.
Sixteenth dStrict--Kirk Haynes, w. B.
Irwin. Alex. J. Fry Jacob S. Haldeman.
Seventeenth district-Wiam Mcclellan,
7. McConaughty, John j. Patterson Francis
Jordan
Eighteenth dstrict-A. A. Baker, s. NJ
Green, VIM. NJ Lloyd, VIM. II. Koous.
Nineteenth distrct-Not reported.
Twentieth disrict-Andrew Stewart, Smith
Fuller, Alex Murdoch, VIM f. Gapcn.
Twenty-frst diStrict-Not reported.
Twcnty,second distrct-Not reported.
Twenty third district-Not reported
Twenty-fourth district-John Patton, S p.
Johnston, James s Myers, D. c. Gillespie
Twcnly-Grth diStrict-B b. Nincent Thomas
S. Deyose S. c. Hays, S Newton Petts.
The Committee on Resolutions then sub
mittcd report as follows:
Rcsolrad, That the following gentlemen be
the delegates at large, viz David Wjlmot,
Henry d. Moore, Samuel A. Purviauce, An
,,rcw H. Reedcr, ThaddeuS Stevens, Titan j.
ColTcy, John H. Ewing, Morrow B Lowry.
Rcoired, That Gov. James Pollock and
the Hon. Thomas NJ. Howe, lee electors at
large
Rcsolrcl, That the present National Ad-
ministration, 10y disrcgardjng the just claims
of the industrial interests Of the whole cOun
try; by fostering sectional exctemeuts and
autagouiSms; by couniviug at schemes Of land
u.racics and by the rankcSt corruption, DIFF
iased throughout all the departments, has for.
f.itcd the confidence and respect Of the peo-
rc: has diSgraccd republican institutions in
The ewes of all observers whether at home or
abroad and deserves a signal rcbukC from the
friends of constitutional order ana Of political
Justice.
Rr,eir,d, That corruption in the Admins
traton of the General Government, combined
with Federal usurpation, both Of the deIcga-
ted rights of the State, and the reserved
rights of the people, have become so fragrant
and audarous as justly to excite the most
serious apprehensiouS in the breasts Of the in
tcllcctual and thoughtful Of our citizens for
the stability of free institutions, and especially
for tie maintenance Of personal liberty and
State sovereignty.
Rcsllrcd, That believing slavery to be an
element of political weakness, and of social
infelicity, we are unaItcrabIy opposed to its
extension into free Territories.
Rcsolrcd, That the dogma that the Con
situ'ion of its own forces, carries slavery in
to.aI or ang Of the Territories of the United
States, is a new and dangerous political
Lcrcsy, at variance with the explicit provisions
of the instrument itself, with conteupOrancOuS
opposition and with legislative and judicial
precedent that it is revolutionary in its ten
dcncy, and subyersive of the peace and har-
mouy Of the people.
Ersoied That the African slave trade is a
relic of barbarism, coldrmcd alike Uy the
civilization, the humanity the laws, and the
religion OF the age ann 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
and solemn obligations to oppose.
Rcyolrrd That we view with Just apprG-
tension and alarm the reckless extravaganza
in expenditure which pcrvades every depart
ment of the Federal Government, and the
steady and persistent departure from the prin.
ciplcs and policy of The founders of our in
stitutionS that the restoration CT system
of rigid economy and accountability is iudis-
reusable to restrain the plGnderers who feast
upon the Treasury, and to prevent our politics
from degenerating into a wild ami shameful
scramble for The spoilS, in which personal
decency and public morality shall be over
throwil
Res0ired, That to maintain inyiolatc the
rights of the State, and especially the right
of each State to order and control its own do
nestle institutions according to its owp judg
mcnt exclusively, is essential to that balance
Of power on which the perfection and endur-
ance of our political fabric depends, and we
dcnounce now, as heretofore, the lawless in
yasion by armed forces of the soil of any State
or Territory, no matter under what proteXt,
as among the gravest of crimes.
Rcsolred, That i>does not enter into the
scheme of the Opposition party to seek the
abolition of slavery in the States where it now
exists. but to leave the ameoratiou and ulti-
innate abandonment of the system to the
moral, religious, and economic forces which
pertain to the slaveholding communities, as