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

The committee appointed for that pqr-
pose reported that James Pollock and Thorn
as NJ, Howe were selected as the electors
at large.
BY the conservative course Of Hon Jas.
7. Hale, Cal. Mcclure, Mr.. Lowry and a
number Of others, the delegates to Chica-
60 Convention already selected in the dis
triots we're recognized, and the remainder
named by the delegates to the convention.
BY this judicious course an almost unani-
nous vote of instruction vas given for Gen.
Simon Cameron as President Brem this
district VIM Butler Kline G. Fqyst, Lisd-
say, Mchaffey, and G. B. Overton were
selected
We subjoin the address and resolutions
adopted by the Convention.
Address to the People of Pennsylvania.
The people of Pennsylvania assembled in
/ Convention at Harrisburg, on the birthday OF
the Father Of his Country, hereby nominate
General SIMON CAMERON for President of the
United States.
This act is not done hastily, nor without
careful consideration of all its consequences,
and in all the Issues involved in the present
momentous struggle for the highest office Ia
the gift of this great nation.
The reasons which have Influenced US in
coming to the conclusion we have reached, we
ncw present to our fellow citizens:
lst. General CAMERON is the only man, so
far as we cap see, Of all those now mentioned
for the Presidency, who can unite the entire
body Of the people who are opposed to the
present corrupt and disgraceful Administra
ton. That majority of the nation are op-
posed to it we fully believe, bat there is i'm
minent danger, from the want. notof strength,
but of union, Of a failure to elect any man
who will be an honor to his country. Ii is
very clear that any candidate who, on the one
band, is considered ultra or extravagant in
his views, or who, on the other, would be con-
sidered as untrue to those principles of liber-
ty which are the very pulsations of a freeman S
heart, could not COMMAND the sufFrages Of the
united Opposition. The man who will be
elected must be able to carry Pennsylvania
and the States that lie west Of it, while, at
the same time, there must be nothing in his
character or history which will prevent his
being received with entire c5rdlality by the
Eastern States, by New York, and by the
! Northwest. We are unable to name any
statesman who combines these requisites ex-
cept the man of our choice. For more than
half q century no President has been elected
without the vote of Pennsylvania The loss
of this State and that of the others to which
We have adverted, was the cause of our de-
feat at the last election. Let US learn wisdom
by experience.
I'd. That General CANERoS's name is tow
er of strength in Pennsylvania appears from
our ac,;;,n Of to day. But the causes of it are
not obscure. He has DueS the early and un,
wavering friend of every measure calcuIalo~
to develop the resources of the State and to
protect its domestic industry. Not mile of
canal has been dug, nor a section of railroad
constructed, in which he has not taken inter-
est In bringing the iron and tae coal from
their mines, and making them productive and
useful, he has been constantly active, and to
no man more than to General Cameron can
we confidently look for the restoration of the
cheerful hum Of neglected industry in this
old Commonwealth, by nature so highly IA
vored. A Pennsylvanian's heart is in him,
and 30 man dare say that he has net constant
ly and unsyeryingly given bis best energies
to her welfare. And she, as is fitting, now
presents him to the nation-his faithfulness
to her is a pledge that he will be faithful to
the whole country. #
Sd. We present General CAMERON to the
people as a national gan in the best and high
est sense. With some persons national char
acter means only subserviency to an aristoc
racy who are content to live in ease on the
sweat of the brows of men, whom they look
down upon as their interiors only made to be
perpetuaIly serVile. General Cameron be
lieves in no such nationality. He is a self
made man. He not only believes in free la