Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-06-13
Address of the Peoples state Com
mittee Of PennsYIxamin.

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Address of the Peoples state COm-
mtttee of Pennsylvania.
To the People OF Penn$ylcanid:-We are
about to enter another great National
struggle, the issue of which must tell dcci-
sively for the veal or woe of our common
country.
The so-collcd Democratic party has been
in power for nearly eight years, and the
fruits of its policy are now felt in pros
tratc Industry, Il paralyzcd Commerce, Al
bankrupt Treasury, and large and stca-
dilY increasing National Debt.
The domestic peace and harmony that
witnessed the restoration of the party now
in power, have been wNntonly exchanged
| for sectional dscord and fraternal strifc
and even the sacred landmarks of the
| Constitution have been bottcd out, in the
systematic effort of the Government to
spread the blight of Slavery over Free
Territory, in defiance of the popular will.
Corruption has gained undisputed mas
terry in almost every department of power,
and stamped it's fearful stain indclibly
upon the Government; and shameless pro-
| figacy has given us National bankruptcy
mt home and National dishonor abroad.
The time has come when ~ thorough
Reform is Enthusiastically demanded by the
people. In this great work, Pennsylvania
must, as ever, be potential. Always loyal
in the last degree, to the maintenance of
the national Union, and TO the compro-
misses of the Constitution, and faithful to
the supremacy of the laws, her people
have no warfare to wage upon the rights
of sister States. They will maintain these
rights, inviolatc with the same fidelity that
they defend their own.
Our Free Labor is the basis of all our
wealth, our prosperity, our greatness. 1t
has trusted and appealed in vain to the
party in power to protect it, Its CONN
denCe has been even betrayed, its interests
even sacrificed. Our untold millions of
slumbering wealth and our unemployed
and unreQuited Labor. are swift witnesses
to the suicidal policy that has impOvcrsh-
cd us.
The studied purpose of the National Ad
ministration has been to scctionHlize the
governments, and give boundlcSs dominion
to Il system that has dishonorcd and
lcssened Free Industry wherever its desul-
tory steps have gone.
Against this fatal scctonalSm the friends
of - diversified and prosperous Industry
have protested without avail. Nothing
but a radical change of administration can
give reasonable promise of our respect for
the great Industrial interests OF our State,
and redress from the endless train of evils
flowing from the faithlcsSness of the gov
crnmcnt.
The territories of the great west teen
with beauty and richness. There, with
free homes, our sturdy sons would rear
new empires to pour forth their boundleSs
wealth, and add to the property and true
greatness of our boastcd Republic. They
have escaped the withering blight of SER
vile labor thus far only by defying the
whole power of two Democratic Admins
trations, and leaving history crimsoned
with blood of our brethren.
Failing to subduc, even by force, the
strong arms that are there scattering the
rich fruits of peaceful and enlightened in
dustry, the Constitution itself has been
assailed, and its sacred aims perverted, to
sectionalize the nation. The startling
declaration is now made by the party i'll
power, through its official cxponcnts, that
| the Constitution must defeat the wise and
{ bcnefcent purposes Of its authors, and
carry servilc labor, under lis own broad
I shields, into every territory in the Union.
To restore the government to its origi-
nal purity; TO redeem it from its fatal hos
tility to the interests of free labor; from
the corruption. the prOfligacy, and the sec
| tionalisln, which have marked the party in
power, are the great purposes OF the Peo-
pies organization in Pennsylvania 10
this patriotic end, we invoke the aid and
CO. -operntion of all who desire TO join in
common cause, to inaugnrhtc liberal,
Just. and faithful government.
Our standard bearers fitly represent the
vital issues involved in the struggle
They command the unbounded confidence
of friends, and the respect of foes. Even
partisan malice is impotent to assnil them
| That Abraham Lincoln, the nominee for
President, is spotless in both public and
| private life, and that he is ''honcst aud ca
| pable" is confessed as with one voice by
| his countrymcn. His well-carncd nation
nj fame, the offspring of no fortuitons cir
cumstanccs, points to him as the coming
man" who will administer the government
honestly, frugally and faithfully, aud re-
| store the Republic to domestic tranquility,
to prosperity, and to honor. True to these
great measures of Reform is Hannibal
| Hamlin. our candidate for Vice President,
as is shown by his long and consistent
| public career in the councils OF the nation.
Andrew G. Curtin, our nominee for
| Governor. has given q life-timc of earnest,
untiring effort to the interests OF Free La
bor. He has advocated in every contest,
with all his mntchless power, the true
princiules of government, as declared by
| the Convention that has placed him before
the people. Measured by the highest
standard, IL is faithful and qualified. lie
will be in the front of the battle, bearing
our standard aloft, and defending its
cause. We have but to join him in ms
| efforts with zeal worthy OF our primer
| ples. and he will lead us to decisive VIC
tory in October.
Whether our opponents will enter the
contest united or divided, our duties ana