Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-09-05
POLITICAL ITEMS.


seems his address did not suit certain gentle
men of the Breckenridge party there, and a
correspondent of the Delaware GGSette Sneer-
ingly asked whether Mr.. Pinkney was resi-
dent of Mary yland. After stating that his an
cestors. for at least one hundred years, had re-
sided in that State, Mr.. p. adds :-''And when
/ inform him that my grandfather fought in
the Revolution, my father in the war OF 1872,
and that was an elector on the Fremont tick
et a delegate to the Chicago Convention, and
am now Lincoln elector, and soldier for
life on the side of freedom, he will need no
other assurance of my hatred of that pestilent
organization mis- named Democracy, and my
devotion to the cause of my country and Re
publicanism. Is he satisfied ~
There is an election district in St. Law
renee county New York, ESilas Wrlght's old
home which is ten miles long and two miles
wide. The whole number of votes given for
Governor in 1858 was 100. Morgan had l40,
Burrows 6. Parker 4. All of the Burrows men
are now Lincoln men two of the Parker men
experienced religion last winter, and one OF
them a short time ago said that he had always
been Democrat, but since his conversion,
he now looked at these things very differently.
At the present time there is not man IN the
district with sufficient assurance TO declare
himself for either the Northern or Southern
Democracy.
-"DougIas in Search of his Mother" will
search of his Father.'' Shortly after his nom
ination Mr.. Douglas started northward on the
pretext of visiting his mother in Western
New York. We have yet to learn that he has
succeeded in finding his maternal ancestor.
To be sure, we have heard of him making
speeches i'll Vermont, New Jersey, and finally
in Virginia, hoping, perhaps, to find his moth
er there. He WILL however, dOubtles learn
that there is neither President nor the moth
of President at the present time in the
cold Dominion
The Republican blood is up in the State
of Indanna. The recent gathering at Indian
apoliS was an immense one-lterally an out
pouring of the people. The railroads carried
10000 TO it, and those who came in by other
conyeyances swelled the number to over 40,-
900. The procession was very long; in it
were some eight thousand Wide AwakeS, fif-
teen bands of music, and wagon drawn by
forty-three yoke of oxen with several large saw
logs, with men splitting rails and distributing
them along the way.
Gov. Chase, of Ohio, closed a recent po-
litical speech in the following beautiful lam
guage ssThc fringes of the vast curtain
which hides the future, are all luminous with
the glories of the coming day. / will not at
tempt to lift it. Let US only steadfastly main
tain our principles; let us sustain each other
by genel Gus sympathy and cordial apprecia-
tionS; and, in this spirit, let US work and wait
The veil will rise; THE FUTURE WILL BE OURS"
1t is said that when Mr. Douglas was at
Rutland, VT, and just he was entering
the hotel, large Irish woman, rushed up and
grabbed him in her arms, and kissed him.
We doubt the story, but it may be that the
Mllesian matron having heard of Stephens
long and unsuccessful search after his mother
thought it the duty of some motherly female
to show him some affection.-B0Ston Bee.
-Four weeks ago, the Democrats of Ann
Harbor, Michigan, prepared a handsome pole
to erect in honor of their Presidential candi-
date. But when it was ready TO go up, there
were not Democrats enough to be found TO do
the required lifting. At the end of three
weeks it was sold to the Republicans, who ad-
ded thirty feet to it, and then run it up with a
shout for s'Lincoln and Liberty!''
In the borough of Knoxville, Tioga coun-
ty, Pa, there are sixty-ivc voters. Six
ty-four Of them are Lincoln men, and the lone
Democrat is Breckinridge man. Douglas is
ssskunked" in that borough. In the borough
of Elkland, same county, there are eighty-six
voters. Eighty one Of that number are for
Lincoln, and the other five are split between
Breckenridge and Douglas.
-Wm. E. Dodge, Esq, of New Y ork, one
of the most esteemed and honorable mer-
chants of that city, of the we'll known house
of Phelps, Dodge q Co., and who was of
the Vice Presidents at the BeIl-Everett Ratif-
cation Meeting held in New York on the Sh
Ol j une last, repudlateS the syracuse 1uggle,
and has declared for Lincoln and Hamlin.
John Van Buren, says that Cagger & Co.,
C committed ''the great blunder of the age,
when they fused with the Know othings, the
most violent enemies the Democratic party
ever had.' He also says he sswil be much
surprised if Douglas carries more than a sin
gle State" What State that will be, John
does not mention.
The friends Of Mr.. Breckinrdge in Ken
lucky have induced him to take the stump.
He speaks at Lexington on Sept. 9th, and the
arrangement of his friends is that he shall
make five or six speeches in Kentucky during
the canvass, probably extending his tour
through other States.
A Douglas paper in this State returns
thanks for copy of ssCovode's Life and
Times of James Buchanan"-aIias the report
of the famous investigating committee. 1t
says that there are few public men so fortu-
nate as to have their biographies compiled
from official records and sworn statements.
Hon. Thomas B. Florence, Breckenridge
Democrat, was badly defeated by his Douglas
competitor, in the first Congressional District
of Philadelphia, last week. The old ssnavy-
yard" member has lost his popularity with the
Democratic b'hoys of that city.
If any Of our particularly pious democrats
should entertain doubts about Old Abe's
claims to distinction, they are respectfully re-
ferred TO the 5th verse of the 74th Psalm seA
man ,cas tamouS according as he had lifted up
ares upon the thick treeS.''
The fact has been overlooked that one of
the speakers at the great Republican meeting
at Springfield, H., Gen. John Wilson, Com
missioner of the General Land Office under
Mr.. Fillmore, made speech for Lincoln and
his principles.
The Rochester Express speaks of the or
ganization Of an American Democratic Bell
Everett-Douglas Club in that city. What
miXture a Chinese stew is nothing in com