Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-07-21
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.s,szosgss.z4 .s. NJ
Convention assembled at Indiauapa q.
revise the 5 ate Constitution of India .
Tne Democratic State Convention, 7a...
met February "a, 1852, formally ps......
ed his claims for the Chief Magst-..y,
pledging the vote Of tho State for L! -
On hi5 arrival in Inliana from Ore o.. ID
had public reception, at which IA .4s
course Of an address Of welcome, G3ye---.
WriJht thai briefly reviewed th. caeoc. If
the guest Of tle day.
" He has b9sn tbo ar;iicsr o. his "a.
fortunes; aad, in his ptogtos, irja l4s
farmer ol the banks Of thy Oh.) aalt.,
commln1ant Of dAt,boat 70 posts Of hu.,
orable dlstinctiJn--to a seat in the Eov,-
OF Representative and ia the State Of NJ.
diana to the comnenl d brsali uusl
the te.d8 Of Blenl Ve,ta, ii Ia nautla, .1I
A.Iixco to the Govoraorsaip OF Or3gs-.
aud thence to seat in Congress a. hal
displayed til, sam, hgh caAracto.i
perseverance; AMI energy. VnJ annals e.
our country present no parallel for tlesy
facts. YoI eutered tle army s vo!ul.ea.
in the ranks, looking forward only TO II,
career Of a common soldier You LETT It H.
major general, cio,ing your ardent aul
brilliant services in that memorable cam
pagn BY lighting its last battle and e.psl.
ring its last enemy"
Jefferson remarked that som, men were
by nature so constituted as to b. the yors
shippers of power and the lit instrument
In the hands Of tyrant3 and usu.oors
Sllle others, made OF stern.r st4f ar,
ever found the firm advocates of .o.rsy
and the insxorable haters Of tyranny aAg
oppression. 70 the latter class the S.aa
tor from Oregon belongs; and ifthe caus.
Of popular liberty was ever assai,ed, h.
would defend it from encroachment at al.
hazards.
As consequence Of the natural turn OF
his mind, he is not tn, man to be led OF
from the paths Of duty by every wind OF
doctrin, or by plausible theories in NOR,
llS, r1li sion, or politics. For mind 50
constitute tho ephom,ral expsl.eats Of
parties Of the day have no charms; all
hence it is that he is e.nph.tiol!ly aad tra.
y National Demo rat, embracing in th,
scope OF his att1ct'oa', the people of tao
whole Union, from the Capes o. Florila to
tao Arooj:ook, from the shores OF tn. Al,
Iantic to those OF tle PAoiic. La n, in.
atance hld he ever sworved from the prin
cip,es 80 eloquently enuuciatod in the
Farewell Allreis OF tn, Father Of his
Country, or dwArted his affections or fee.
ings into the IN IRE sectional patriot. In.
fexibly just in the discharges Of every .o-
cial, moral aul political duty, happy vii
1t b. for his country when such men are
called upon, BY th9 public, to ill its high
trusts
In addition to all this, the General not.
withstauding his early struggles VITA poy.
crty; is one OF the most uuselfish men in
the world in reference to money or wealth
Instead Of looking upol moAey as an eui
to be aocomp.i-AeI and attained b. ii,
stragg les Of life, he has u.yer coveted i;
but as 4 m,ans Of doing good, for VIII! b
no sa.s.ic9 Of priuoipl. or duty shoull ov.
or bJ mAd9, This is well illustrated in
bis po,it'y3 refusal to accept the double Q.
constrati'o mileage to which, under IT,,
practice Of the Government, he was eu.i.
tied as Senator from Oregon, The SIM
was large one, but It's acquisition hal
no charms for the General WHOM he re.
docted upon the injustice of drawing it
from the Treasury to defray his expenses
for the nj cage and pr dem Of trip
which he had never performed.