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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-01
r. ] Haldeman's Address.

We have received copy Of an address
issued by r. J.Haldeman ESQ.,, of Harris
burg to the National Democracy of Penn.
sylvania, protesting against the plan o
union adopted by the State Committee
and calling convention or Mass Meeting
of all who are disposed to assist IN divi-
ding the Democracy Of Pennsylvania, 10
meet in Harrisburg on the 2jth instcnt
After reviewing the Charleston and
Baltimore Conventions, the address con.
cludes with the following protest and
proclamation
"For these considerations, !, rs the on-
ly official representative Of the National
Democratic organization in Pennsylvania,
find myself compelled by an imperious
sense of duty, 10 protest IN tie name ofhe Ma.
tiondI Commute, and in behdD ofMe National
Democracy, against The resolution Of the state
Committe Of Pennsylvania, on the 2nd Of tbs
month, as undcmocratic, unauthorized and
impolitic. protest against it as an assump.
tion OF power not conferred by tho Read
ing Convention | protest against it as u
failure to perform duties assigned it by
The Reading Convention, which imposed
the obligation to recognize and sopporl
the regular nominees Of The National Con
vention--STEi II MA. DOUGLAS and HERscu.
Ell V. JonNsoN-and them only and |
protest against it as an act Of disorgan-
zation disastrous TO the National Demo,
cratic party everywhere,
The rpr,aJy for thiG ,,p,yicn
ton OF the State Committee has been long
ana anxiousjy considered by Others and
myself, and we have found it surround
ed by difficulties arising from the alb.
sence Of any State organization compe,
tent to summon State Convention.
Meanwhile we have been in daily receipt
OF numerous letters from the most promi.
nent Democrats Of Pennsylvania and otl,
er States, demanding immediate action.-
have therefore, in view of the exigen,.
cies Of the case. and tho revolutionary
character of the political epoch, detcrmi-
ned to request National Democrats from
all portions of the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania. to meet in Harrisburg, on he
26h ofMH moah,in Delegate and Mass Con
vention, when in conjunction with he
National Democrats of the State Commit
tee, the National Democrats of the Penn>
sylvan Delegation to Baltimore, and the
National Democrats who were Delegates
to Reading, they may take such action as
in their wisdom should seem best for the
Democracy ond the Union.
....r.r .f.-... X. j. HALDEMAN,
Qfhe National Committee for Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG, July l6, 1860
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-01

,ake of the Union and the Constitution
Of their country. The hopes and aspira,
tions Of millions cluster aroun | the old
creed, which has always taught "the e.
quality OIL the citizen, and the equality Of
the States! !" The farmer IN his field OF
toll: the mechanic in his busy workshop !;
the artisan by his humble hreside, aud
the mar OF letters in his quiet study !;
have all felt its saving influence, and its
regenerating power. Across the blue
waves of the Atlantic, in homes made des.
olate by the despot's touch, where eyes
grow bright as they turn to the land of
the setting sun, prayers ascend to Heav-
en- for the triumph of that creed in the
hour OF fbattle. SpurnIng all sectionalism,
the Democratic faith has bravely strugS
gled on through more than half centu-
ry, and las stamped its indelitle impress
upon the civil and political institutions of
the frees. and happiest people on the
globe. Those who feel and appreciate the
blessings which follow the inauguration
of Democratic rule, will increasingly strug-
gle to encourage "union," harmony" and
"conclliation," in our ranks Lecause,
without them, they know that our col.
umhs will betbroken' and become like
reeds shaken in The wind. Let such III,
nion," harmony" and conciliation." as
are now proposed by the compromise of
The State Commit1ec, once more sit by us
in our councils, guiding us calmly with
their influence, aud driuing from our
midst all local jealousies and all u 1gener,
Gus personal rivalries, and tae Democrat :
ic legion will again be able to m rch a,
gaust its united foes in au iron phalanx,
aud will still be perpetuatei as the true
and ouly conscrvator OF our National free.
dom.
In conclusion, permit me to reciprocate
the sentiments of personal respect ccn-
tanned in your letter, and believe me 10
be, sir,
Very respectfully, your obeaient ser.
want,
WILLIAM II. WELSH,
Chairman Of the Democratic State Exec
ntive Committee.
To the Hon RICHARD VAUx Elector at
Large.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-01
9ohtitaI.
UNITY OF ACTION IN PENNSYL.
VANIA. 5r

xAu4h'
Action cfhe S.ate CommiRec-C correspondence
bet,oeen MessrS. Kaur and Welsh.
We publish below correspondence be-
tween the Hon. Richard Vaux. Elector at
Largo, and the Hon. VIM. II. Welsh,
Chairman of the Democratic State Execu-
tive Committee, growing out of the late
action OF the Committee with reference to
single Eleotora, Ticket in this State. Mr..
Welsh, under date of the 5th inst, com.
municated the resolution OF the Commit
tee to the several Electors, with pledge
to be signed by the several Electors, if
approved, agreeing to carry out the inten-
ton of the resolution of the Committee.
Mr.. Vaux, under date Of the 9th, replies,
declining to acquiesce in the proposed ar
rangement, to which letter Mr.. Welsh
published rejoinder in the York Gazette
of the 18th inst, vindicating the action of
the State Committee. We learn also from
the Gazette, that so far, all the Electors
who have replied to his communication
of the 5th instant, except Mr.. Vaux, of
Philadelphia, and Mr.. Crawford, of Blair,
have given their sanction to the compro,
mise; and it is presumed that but few
will withhold their assent. At the next
meeting of the Committee, which will take
place at an early day, that body will, no
doubt, pursue such conservative course
as will be productive of the most benefit
TO the Democratic party.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-01

Withhold my assent. Stephen A.. Douglas
and Herschel V. johnson have leen nom,
mated by the National Convention in con-
formity to the recognised and long es.
abolished usuages of the party, l, there.
fore, cannot consent to be made a party
to any arrangement (even though il be by
the State Central Committee) the opera
tion OF which would be to ignore those
usages, and to encourage disorganization
and secession. 1, therefore, in the event
OF my election as an eleetor, will pledge
my vote only for Stephen A. Douglas and
Heischel V. johnson, the candidates of
the Democracy of the Union.
have the honor TO be, very truly,
yours, &C., j. R. CRAwFoRE.
TO Hon. w. II. WELSH, Chairman of the
State Central Committee.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-01
PnlLArLpnl,. Lulr 1s 1sfn

GENTLEMEN Your communication of
the 10th inst, addressed to me MS mem.
Der Of the Democratic State Central Conn
mi;tee, is respectfully acknowledged. /
must confessiny loss TO conceive why I
should be invited TO participate in a
movement of the disorganizing charac,
ter therein contemplated In my huns
BILE efforts as a member of the Dam,
ocraiic party l had hoped tha. /
had ever acted so as to forbid approach
tom any who would desire TO invade its
ancient organization or imperii its sue.
cess and am sure my course at the late
meeting Of the Democratic State Commit
tee was such as to dIspel all hope that
the revolutionary proposition you now
make would in anywise be countenanced
BY me- Dealing with facts as they exist
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-01
A Great Discovery at Chicago.
MAKING GAS FROM PRAIRIE STONES.

The Chicago Democrat chronicles an i'm
fportant discovery which has recently beer
made in that vicinity. 1t says a large
%quantity Of "prairie stonc," near the wes-
tern suburbs of that city, has been found
Y to yield immense quantities of gas and
saltpetre. The particulars OF the discov-
Very, which was brought about while search
ling for indications of oil, are as follows:
Il "A small. bit OF this stone, a piece per-
haps four inches square, was taken by Mr.
VIM. Cumberland, well-known chemist
kof this city, day or Two since, for the
&purpose Of endeavoring to extract oil from
lit. The experiment, so far as the end in
&view was concerned, was failure--but in
the progress of it other discoveries were
made Of startling importance and great
\ interest. The stone has been broken up
and placed in rotort, which was then
subjected to the action of the heat. A
-vapor was seen TO issue from the neck oil
the retort, and on match being applied
il ignted and burned brilliantly for hall
an hour. 1t gave light fully equal to
the same volume Of coal gas, and emitted
mo odor Of any kind The burned stone
was then analyzed, and found IN contain
fifty per cent, Of saltpetre, which being
removed, the residue was excellent lime
Here indeed was discovery A stone
vas found existing in inexhaustibe quari.
titles, and obtainable at very little cost,
which made gas as well and as freely as
the best coal; which yielded fifty per
cent. Of pure saltpetre and which then
was as good Inns as could be had any.
where.
Additional experiments having been
performed, in the presence of the Super.
intendent Of the Gas Works, and Others,
\ resulting in confirmation OF the discov.
cry, arrangements have been made 10 ex.
pertinent on the manufacture of gas from
prairie stone. ...H
"A retort and gasometer will he pre-
pie, at theGas Works, and q large guam
J Brad,'one submitted to test which
|e1s Brady-c doubt of the practical bene.
ryoeorge j. Yosut Of this unexpected dis
ue.NrSp ,,rp ,cVA 90 Stone Coal Mining Com
sa s,raes as it we're, stumbled into on
. - lbcalculab;e fortune. They own
clty acres of land filed with this trebly
valuable sions, and suddenly find it adj
vene'rS in value from six or eight dollars
ff'ssnst. or fifty dollars cord"
Decat you would be pest to society te
Fox-ard; and you win be avoided as
Girards' #oI
y. Wool'onny, you have very dirty face. y
SSo.sheelpi il, ma, dads q Black Repub.
Jordan
| Noal. Pa
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-01
"A little bird I am,

"A little bird / am,
Shut from the fields fair;
And in my cage / set and sing
To him who placed me there,
Well pleased q prisoner to be,
Because, my God, it pleases Thee.
"Nought have / else to do, .
l sing the whole day long;
And He whom most love to please
Doth listen to my song;
He caught and bound my wandering
wing, ..'.. =
But still he bends to hear me sing.
"Thou hast an ear to hear,
A heart to love and bless,
and though my notes were Ger so rude
Thou wouldst not hear the less
Because Thou knowest, as they fall,
That love, sweet love inspires them all
"My cage confines me round
Abroad / cannot fly;
But though my wing is closely bound,
My hearts at liberty;
My prison walls cannot control
The flight, the freedom, of my soul,
,"0h it is good so soar, ....
These bolts and bars above,
To him whose purpose ADORE
Whose providence love;
And in thy mighty will to find,
The joy, the freedom of the mind"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-01
selttt q ottrp.
A Hymn made in the Bastile.

About hundred and sixty years ago,
"a lady was in one of the dungeons of the
Bastile. 1t was no new thing for her to
be in prison: for she had spent many
years in captivity in various ports of
France. And what was her crime Re,
ligon. She loved her Saviour and laid
herself at His feet, to live for Him. Her
name was Madame Guyon. While in her
lonely dungeon, she composed good
many hymns: one very beautiful one is
IA little bird am" She was not allow,
ed paper or pen; but she committed them
to memory, and often sung them to her.
self; and when at last she was released
from prison, she wrote them down on pa.
nor
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-01
Letter of Mr.. Crawford.
of thu prass

HoLLIDAYsBuRc, Pa, July 9th, 1860.
DEAR SIR: have the honor TO ac-
knowledge the receipt of your circular,
containing the resolution ofthe State Gen.
trail Committee, passed at their late meet
ing in Philadelphia, and to which is ap>
pended pledge to which my signature
as an eleotor is requested. From pro,
found sense of my obligations to the
Democratic party ] am constrained TO
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-01
A Sound Document.

Letter from John Hamilton. Jr., in replyto Ae
eircuar@he Harrisburg members itie STATE
Committee.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-01
a,st 8spablitan.

Terms of Subscription.
II paid In advance, or within three months, 81 25
II paid any time within the year, I so
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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-08-01

Aetion ofhe S.ate Committec-C Correspondence
bet,oeen Messrs. Kaur and Welsh.
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-06-30

faithfully at the explanation for full sixty
minutes. By this time his report seemed
entirely forgotten, and his explanation was
enveloped in black cloud of political
availability, or lost in multitude of non
sensible regulations. At this juncture the
crowd relieved themselves from the annoy
ance by loud shouts for "Chase Chase p
the band at the same time striking up the
good old tune of " Hail Columbia" Our
orator retired from the rostrum in evident
disgust.
Chase then took the stand, and made
very brilliant and eloquent speech of
twenty minutes length. He stood On very
low anti-slavery ground. He did not rise
above non-extension and suppression of
the African slave trade. He thought that
the question to be decided by the Ameri-
can people at this time, is not Shall the
slave be set at liberty, but one of far great
er interest and Importance, Shall the three
hundred and fifty thousand shareholders
continue to shape the destinies of this
great nations Except Chase's speech,
the intellectual feature of the meeting was
grand failure. In other respects the de-
monstration was grand success. There
is some Lincoln enthusiasm in Ohio among
political leaders, but he fails to take hold
of the hearts of the people as the model
statesman of New York would have done
had he been nominated
CHARLIE
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-06-30
WHAT ARE OUR PROSPECTS 2

Nh. EDIToR:-I have no apology to offer
for this intrusion on your space save that
of feeling an interest in the black race, of
which / am one From its past gloomy
and eventtul history, its present humiliat-
ing position, and its future trials, is it not
most polite that we should set about an
inquiry into the causes of its decline, that
we may be better able to Judge whether
we shall continue to prosecute the war or
retire from the field and take up a new po-
sition.
To attain the object for which we are
doing battle appears to me to be, first, to
accomplish the overthrow of the system OF
slavery; and second, to establish system
of equity. There is no law by which the
former system can stand justified, and the
first gem in the American diadem-the
Declaration of Independence lis, that
governments derive their "just powers from
the consent of the governed" which proves
conclusively the business of the latter. The
natural law gives to every man-nay, to
every human being-freedom. This car
ries with it guarantee to the important
regulations Of equality. The only abridge-
ment we agree to suffer by subscribing to
the civil law is for "the interest of the CON-
munity to which we belong" To secure
the destruction of this institution and re-
cover this lost right, we must have re-
course to the civil law. And ! may as well
announce here that, to my mind, it is clear
no relief can be obtained from that source;
and | adduce as an attestation Of the truth
of this conviction the history of the Ameri-
can government, its acts in relation to the
black race from its foundation to the pres
emit writing, its implacable hate, its I'M
bounded cruelty, its unaagging persecution.
Would it not occur to you that, in order to
reach the fountain from whence "all bless
ings Aow," there is much TO do, and that as
much care should be exercised in getting
at the proper manner of doing itf We
might spend less time in defaming others
for no crime except that of presenting prac-
teal truth, and impugning the motives OF
those who simply differ in opinion.
Why conceive it impossible to obtain
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-06-30
THE COLORED HOME.

1t will be seen by reference to former
article that during the year 1867, there
was great increase in numbers at the
Home" but when our readers consider
the class of persons that were sent there,
and which so swelled the numbers, it will
occur to them that sailors are not very eel
ebrated for piety, nor were those who were
sent there from the Bellevue poorhouse re-
nownedSfor virtue They will also per-
ceive how necessary it was that the Board
of Managers should put forth efforts CON-
mensurate with the spiritual and moral
wants of this vast flood which was setting
in upon them. These efforts have been
crowned, in many cases, with complete
success.
There were many, and some very strong,
objections brought to the admission of wo-
men Of i'll repute into the "Home;" but all
now rejoice that they were admitted, for
while many of them have fallen asleep re-
joicing in that hope which they, in all
probability, would not have known had
they been left elsewhere, others have gone
out into the world, and are now filling posts
of honor both in the church and in society.
There is another feature about this in
stitution which makes itof inestimable val
ue to the poor colored man, whether he be
a native of this State or not. 1T he, or
she, is taken sick while in this city, and
make application for admission to the
Home, the request is readily granted, and
they are cared for until cured, or buried if
they die. Thus is the charity of the in
stitution as boundless as we could desire,
The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-06-30

We would not, under any circumstances,
or for any cause, circumscribe this charity;
nevertheless, we tell the colored people
everywhere that this very obedience to
the commands of God to "feed the hun
cry" and "clothe the naked" qcaH be used
against as to Justify not only the continu-
ance of the bondage of our brethren in the
South, but for the enslavement of us in
the North. If it could be successfully as
serted that 1000 colored persons sought
refuge in the poorhouse at one point, and
that the most busy mart on all the CONT
nent, the argument would be most fatal
against us. But we say again that it is
not true; we tell our speakers to recollect,
first, that the official reports give but elev-
en- thousand, and that some of these are
boarders that vile there are hospitals for
all proper purposes for the whites, the
colored people are all sent to this one
place; and secondly, let them remind the
poor that every entrance there is tre-
mendous blow given to those outside, but
that if they must enter to let it be with the
consciousness that it was rather from their
misfortune than their fault
But while we thus urge our brethren to
a more economical course of life, let us
not forget to award all praise to that noble
band of ladies and gentlemen who can thus
descend from their stations in society to
succor the poorest of the poor, and after
having found the means, to build them a
"home" upon the earth, do yet find it very
great pleasure and profit to visit them from
week to week to point them to "a home
not made with hands, eternal in the heav-
ems"
We have heard some complaints about
the kind of food used in the Home, but we
rather suspect these fault-findings arise
from the former style of living of the petit
TONERS OF this, however, we shall see as
we are BoBIN AROUND.