Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-09-12
ADDRESS
OF THE
DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECUTIVE COM.
MITTEE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
OF THE

~AA"NNNh DAAlE GAESOIlNE NOM
MITTEE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
TO he Democracy Of Pennsylraaia.
In few weeks you will be called upon
to perform the most important duty that
ever devolved upon you as American citi.
zens. At no time in the history of our
country was your action invested with
deeper Interest, nor fraught with greater
consequences. Pennsylvania ia is again the
battle ground of the Union, and upon
her decision in October next, will depend,
in great measure, the triumph or defeat
OF the Republican party in the November
contest. Deeply impressed with this
truth, the Demcratic State Executive
Committee desires briefly to a6dres. you.
ltneeds no lengthy argumentat this time
to call you TO sense of duty. In the
crisis now impending, every true patriot
can see at a single glance the pathway he
should tread with unfaltering footsteps.
Ever since the separation OF the Nation
al Democracy at Baltimore, the State Com
mittee earnestly labored to promote the
union of the Democratic party in Pennsyl-
vana 1t has sought no other object, it
has struggled to produce no other result.
When the chasm yawned that threatened
to engulf the powerful organization which
in times past, has beer able to contend
successfully with the foes of the Const itu.
tion and the contemners of equality of the
States, the great heart Of the American
people was filed with dread, and the
Democratic masses were overwhelmed
with CONSERVATION. The Republican par
ty viewed our internecine warfare with
I l.IIG q a. al t.,ht A.,
dent OF success, boldly enunciated their
dar gerous and reasonable sentiments
The advocates of the odious doctrines of
Seward, Summer, Lincoln and John Brown,
became reckless and defiant. They be.
lieyed that the prestige of success which
had crowned the Reading Convention was
irreyocably broken, and they promptly
made the Keystone State the field of their
active and energetic exertions. On our
soil the battle is to be fought, and with
our people the victory or defeat must be
accomplished
In This emergency, the State Committee
actuated by feelings of patriotism, and
prompted only bya wish to secure the
triumph of the good old cause" endeay-
ored to agree upon a course of action that
would enable the Democratic masses to u
mite upon one Electoral .icket, and thus
permit them to make common effort
against the candidates Of the Republican
party. After much deliberation, plan
of union was agreed upon, which if faiths
fully executed, will unquestionably pro.
duce this patriotic suit. In such cri-
sis it requires no words to prove the wis,
dom of any effort that will firmly CONSOLE
date the opposition to our common politi
cal enemy. 1t is simply question be,
tween Democracy anG Republicanism -
and, as such, it is committed with conf.
dence to the calm good sense of the peo.
pie of Pennsylvania.
1t cannot be denied that the union of
the Democratic party will result in bril>
liant triumph in October. On that initial
battle all our energies must now be con-
centrated. We have leader worthy of
our cause. With an enthusiasm never
before equalled in any political assemblape
Henry ID. Foster, of Westmore,and, was
selected as our standard bearer in that
important contest. He did not seek the
nomination. He repeatedly declined be-
ing a candidate for office. When strup-
Cling partisans met at Reading to adj
vance the interests of their peculiar favor
!, lite, he remaiued in the retirement of his
own home, with no thought of personal
advancement, and anxious only for the
success of Democratic principles. The
presentation Of his name to the Conven
tlon was met ny prompt withdrawal
at his urgent solicitation. But when the
voice of the people una ,imously proclaim.
ed him the leader of the party in his ma
tive Commonwealth, he did not refuse to
obey the call to duty, yet seeking no pre-.
ferment by any word or act of his own. -
The record Of his life is the record of n
Pennsylvania patriot. In every position
he has occupied, he has obeyed the in-
stincts of his nature in labor-ing for the
good of those who gave him place and
power The purity Of his private charac.
ter; the ability which marks every act of
his public life the devotion he has shown
10 the industrisl interests of Pennsylya
MIA in the halls of our national Congress-
and State Legislature; the zeal he has ey !,
er brought TO bear upon Ill questions in.
volving che true policy Of our State Gov.