Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-02-11

questions Of public policy, as regards
this one we hail him as Pennsylvania s
true friend and champion, standing in
noble and honorable contrast to the sill
ver-haired trickster, who, by his cast
inc vote, sold his native State to the
tender mercies of man owners.
Pending the passage ofthe Ten Reg
iment Bill during the Mexican war,
Gen. Cameron offered an amendment
to it, granting 100 acres Of land to eve
ry officer, private soldier, and musician
who volunteered during the war. Not
withstanding the amendment was fierce
ly assaiIed, he forced its acceptance
upon the Senator who introduced the
bill, and as amended, it passed the SEN
ate by only majority Of one Or two.
His position on the slavery question
is clear and unmistakahle. He has all
his life been opposed to the extension
Of Slavery, and more than thirty years
aro, while editing the Pennsylvania
1ateNigo,,ccr, took the position upon the
Slavery question now occupied by the
Republican party, opposition to the ex-
tension uf Slavery into the territory Of
the United States, and that the feder-
nj Government has power to restrict 1t
to it's present limits. He uniformly vo-
ted to prohibit the introduction Of SIa-
very into any territory acquired from
Mexico, and also for the non-eXtenSion
Of Slavery, proviso to the Three Mill
ion Loan BIIl. In l847, although strong
" urged, he declined being a candl-
date for Governor Of Pennsylvania, at
time when he would have been tri-
nmphantlv elected.
Tn 1857 he became 3 candidate for
the Y. S. Senate, and although the
President elect warmly supported Jno.
". Forney, and urged upon the Dem
ocratic party, who were in the majori
ty in the Legislature, his election, such
was the known devotion Of Gen. Cam
eron to the industrial interests Of the
State, that three members Of the Leg
isiaturc, representing mining and na0-
nfacturing couHties, voted for him,
thereby securing his election, and it Is
the fact that the county most deeply
a'rFeSle.' III ''Io>e I, ~ ''C,'SS 50 .. l'''"e
REPRESENTATIVE in supporting General
Cameron by casting her vote for the
opposition party, at the two last ciec-
mons
fanulhc the passage o' 'he hec''.'2-
ton SonSti'utIo1' ne Stoou "y Tie sac
OF seward, fi2ie, ana 0o'hneF' an"
fought thaS lnlqu'toUs measure at every
step OF the Pfoce""li9S- Fot weeks
ne resisted tia attempts ol 07na'o'
Greene, Of Missouri the CHOSEN chan,
pion OF the Si&Fery pEol"='.f0'I:S, ana
The ORGAN OF the PRESIDENT II the oSl-
ate, to 1"rce II 70 q vote "tIofe !'S "pl,o-
''ents were ready. The Eo9llSh b1I
ne denounced @s "a trick t" impose up
on q weak man, or to cnaule corrupt
men to make the impression upon their
constituents at home that they nave act
ed honestly"
Gen. Cameron IS the warm and de-
clded advocate OF the Paclf3 R@i.T2ad,
= honastead law, the improvement oi
Rivers and HarborS, and OF all those
wise and just measures winch viii be
tie means OF building up the Great
West, Of developing It's resources, and
which will enable It to take the proud
position it IS entitled to occupy III the
Contederlcy Of States.
Asile from politics, he IS man OF
generous and NOBLE impulses, and his
jiberahty and devotion to friends IS
proverbial. There are hundreds Of
men in Pennsylvania whom he aided
when commencing their LIES struggles,
who are now prospecting III buslnrss.-
Justly is he entitled to the appelIatlon
Of s'the poor mans friend, and Penn
sylvania's champion Of the rights Of Ia
Dor"
Pennsylvania, whose son he Is, ard