Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-12-06
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at which Col Curtin and number Of 9th
er prominent gentlemen were present. In
answer to toast proposing his health, the
! Governor elect rose and said
Gentlemen Of TIE GSty of PHILADELPHIA -
After the contest was over, | retired to my
home amid the Blue mountains of Pennsyl-
vania, to watch the smoke as it might arise
I from the field of battle, and to prepare my
I self for the great duties to which the partial-
/ ty of the people of my native State had call
/ ed me- IhereI intended to remain until sum-
moncd to come to this city, to be present when
! it was your pleasure to render some testimony
/ Of your gratitude to those who had been most
! conspicuous in that great contest. ! come
! with pleasure.
/ | must acknowledge the service of the State
/ Central Committee. 1t was well cast its
! members performed their dnty, and all their
duty, with great fidelity to you and to the par
ty which you represent But come to your
city, especially, as it was your pleasure to
make some expression of the estimation in
which you bold the chairman of that COM
mittee. Vehement applause. Gentlemen
of Philadelphia, no man in Pennsylvania re
ceived with more surprise the announcement
than he who was at the head of the organiza-
liOu VI tue / tople party OF lHe Stute IN our
great contest than did Col Mcclure If | had
never in my experience in life shown Judge
ment in regard to men, | certainly offered
some evidence when | voluntarily said to this
gentleman '' desire you, sir, to be chairman
of the Central Committee" In response to my
proposition, he turned to me and said, The
chairman Of the State Central Committee
should not expect official favor from the Ex-
ecutive, if our cause should prove successful.
say to you, sir, | will ask and desire moth
ing" Applause.
Gentlemen Of Philadelphia, crossed the
lines of the Central Committee all over Penn
sylyania | felt the pulse Of the great heart
Of the party, and it was always regular,
strong aad healthy, Iapplause}; iss beat was
responsive always to my CHEST expectations
| was soldier in the field and | filled the ap-
pointments made for me : the candidate of
party | acted as the Committee directed; and
here to night, if all the members of the Peo-
pies Party of Pennsylvania were present to
hear me, | would testify to the ability, the
sagacity, the fidelity, and the unremitting la
Dor of this gentleman, loud cheers and if
| did not do so in Philadelphia, this heart
would be false to the dictates Of Z common
gratitude.
Now, gentlemen of Philadelphia. what
have we achieved No victory over cur enc
mics. We have elected President, but we
have BOT defeated an enemy. We have asser
ted the constitutional right of the people of
the United States TO elect President. En-
thusiastic cheers. Those who differed with
US, North or South, are our brothers and
our friends. Applause, Let US put Penn
sylvania right-Pennsylvania who, by her
geographical position, has the lines of trans
it and travel east and west and north and
south, passing through her borders-Pennsyl
vania loyal to the Constitution, and always
obedient to the laws. Applause. Pennsyl-
vania in the recent triumph, has not attempt
ed to violate the rights Or the interests, the
governmental prerogatives or the rights pro-
perty, Of any State or individual, North Or
South. Cheers. Pennsylvania has been
in steady pursuit of the rights of her own
people. Applause. We have steadily ask.
ed from our National Government that our
great resources be developed that the inter
ests of cur people be protected. We have
urged protection to industry and labor, and
the development Of our wealth (; and we have
done Independently in vindication of Penn
sylvania interests and the rights Of Pennsyl-
vania men. Applause That is all we
have done and the people of Pennsylvania
are this day stricken with surprise that, in
the assertion Of a constitutional right, there
should be disturbance Of the public peace
Now, fellow-citizens Of the city Of Phila
delphia-the great manufacturing city of the
United States, the metropolis of Pennsylvania,
the city of our hope and cur pride-let Us re
member, in this day of our political triumph,
that these gentlemen who desire to disturb
the Union should be our brethren. Cheers.
We have an inspiring history IN Pennsylvania
traditions rich in the legacy of the Chris.
= So ~ 4bo
stitution and the Union when they were form
ed they have ever been loyal to that Union
as Pennsylvania is to night. Applause.
Our chairman has truly said that this is no
time to indulge in jubilation or exultation.
1t is a time which witnesses the triumph of
principle and no principle vindicated In the
great political contest in which we have re
Gently proved so signally victorious, will ever
be deserted by the people of Pennsylvania.
IApniause With spirit of brotherhood,
with fidelity to the past with hope fox the
future of Pennsylvania, let us c0nclhate, let
US deal kindly; but let US stand up ike peo
pie worthy of the name of Pennsylvania, in
defence of our rights. Our aim in the late
contest was that the Government should be
lberalized, that there should be progress, de-
velopement of wealth and, most of all, that
there should be protection to the langulshlng
interests Of the people of Pennsylvania.-
[Cheers We have stood up manfully in
the late contest for the glory of the State, and
the happiness and prosperity of the people
The law making power of this State has
never designedly placed upon our statute
book laws to contravene or obstruct the exc
cution of any act of the Federal Govern
ment; bat if there be any statutes on our
book which, in effect, do contravene or con-
fict with any legislation of the National
Government, or obstruct the execution of any
Law Of the United States, upon being fully
satisfied that such is the fact, let US repeal
them. Earnest and prolonged cheering
Let US show to the South, and the North, and
all the world that while Pennsylvania vindi-