Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-16
AN ATTEMPT At FUSION.

A meeting of the Democratic State Com
mittee was held at CresSon, on Thursday last,
for the purpose of protecting the fusion arrange
ment proposed at previous meeting Of the
Committee The attendance was full, large
number of politicians being drawn together by
the interest Of the occasion.
The answer of the Electors to the PROPOSE
ton of the former meeting were commuiated
They stand sixteen affirmative aud nine mega
tive, one elector refused to answer.
After much Intellectual debate and several
efforts to adjourn the committee finally adopt
resolution nearly as follows Resolved, That
the democratic electoral ticket be headed
with the name of Douglas or Brcckinridge as
elector at large, and that in the event of sue
cess Of said ticket, if the greatnumber of votes
shall have been cast for Douglas, tLen the vote
Of the State shall be cast for Douglas and
johnson but if :or Breckenridge, then Breck-
inridge aud Lane shall receive the electoral
vote for President and Vice President, and if
the vote of PENNSYLVANIA cannot elect the cal
didate who receives the majority of votes and
can elect any one who claims 20 be democrat
then the vote shall lie given for that man. And if
the vote of the State cannot elect either Of the
democratic candidates, or any democrat who
shall have been voted for in the State, then
shall the electoral vote be given to the demo
crat who receives the majority Of the dem
ocratc votes Of Pennsylvania The Presi-
dent of the committee was then req uested to
obtain from each of the electors a pledge Of
acquiescence to the foregoing resolution.
The recommendation Of the Committee does
not seem to meet the appreciation of the friends
of DOUGLAS. The Press Of Saturday holds the
following emphatic language -
"This last action of the State Committee
speaks for itself, and would excite universal
surprise and indignation,i if the manner in which
that body is constituted, and the materials of
which majority Of it is composed, were not
fully appreciated by the citizens of Pennsylvania
No political organization or combination, large
or small, ever more richly earned the contempt
of men of every party than the controlling
spirits of that committee Their action is not
only dishonest, but foolish, and their petty
plans and projects to overthrow the organiza-
ton of the National Democratic party, and to
steal power from the people to use it for un-
worthy purpo ses, are as impotent and ridicu
Gus as they are unjust and Infamous.
The only practical change in the original "2d
ofJuIy" proposition which was made at Cresson
is one which gives the Democrats of the State
an opportunity to express, by their votes, their
preference for DOUGLAS or BRECKGNRIDGE. 1t
is true, this may be to many a source of salts
faction, as it would clearly demonstrate the
weakness of the Secession forces in our State
But, on the other hand, if the Fusion electoral
ticket should be elected, it is possible, although
by no means probable, that contingency
would arise under the arrangement proposed,
if it was carried out in good faith, which would
sink the whole Democratic party of Pennsyl-
vana deeper than plGmmet ever sounded