Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-07-24
SECRETARIES

Doorkeeper-James Subers.
COMMITTEES ON CREDENTIALS
Mr.. AIREY, from the Committee on Gre
dentials, to whom was referred the nature OF
the contested seats from Philadelphia, submit
ted report, which declared the delegates as
given in our published lists from that city, as
Justly entitled to seats.
Mr.. LOWRY moved that each party have
fifteen minutes to discuss the report Of the
committee.
Several of the gentlemen discussed the re-
port of the committee, when finally a motion
was made that both sets of delegates be ad
mitted, which was agreed to. and both sets
fEom Philadelphia were admitted.
THE RESOLUTIONS
Mr.. McMICHAEL, from the COMMITTEE
on Resolutions, reported the following:
Resolced, That the convention representing
as it does the loyal ctizsns of Pennsylvania
witheHt distinction of party, re-affirms the SEN
timents embodied in the resolution adopted a.
meeting of the loyal members of Congress
at the national capital July 18th, 1862, viz
That We hold it to be the duty of all
| loyal men to stand by the Uuion in this
hour of its trial to unite their hearts AID
| hands 10 earnest, patriotic efforts for Its main
tenance against those who are in arms against
| it :; to Sustain with determined resolution our
patriotic President and his administra tion in
| their energetic efforts for the prosecution of
| the war and the preservation OF the Union
against enemies at home or abroad to punish
traitors and treason with fitting severity, and
to crush the present wicked and cauSeless re
bellion, SO that no flag of disunon shall ever
again be raised over any portion OF the Re
public tha: to this end we invite the co oper
alton of all men who love their country,i ,in the
endeavor to rekindle throughout all the
States such q patriotic fire as shall utterly
consume all who strike at the Union of our
fathers, and all who sympathise with their
treason or palliate their guilt"
Resolred, That we have continued con-
6ndence in the honesty, capacity and patriot
ism of President Lincoln and his constitutional
advisers that we approve the principles on
which his policy, both foreign and domestic
have been conducted that we sanction and
sustain all the measures which he has fonnd it
necessary to adopt to guard the government
against the assaults of traitors, their sym
pathisers and abettors ; and that we esteem it
emnently fortunate that in this most trying
crisis of our cherished Union, we nave at the
helm of public affairs one SO upright, temper.
ate, prudent and firm as lie has proved him
self to be.
ResOlred That we cordially approve of the
administration of Andrew q. Curtin Cover
nor of this Commonwealth, marked as it has
been, by extraordinary vigor in the discharge
of all public duties by uniring zeal in the
cause of the couGtry, and especially iu recruit
ing forces for the national army by enlarged
and liberal care for the sick aud wounded
soldiers OF the state, by wise and prudent
economy in the expenditures OF the funds com
mitted to his care, and by the unspariDg de-
vOtedneSS of all its members, and in particular
of the Governor himself, to the constant, har.
RAISING complicated and novel labors which
| the exgencies of the great rebellion have im
posed.
ReS0lued, That we acknowledge but two
divisions Of the people of the United States in
this crisis those who are loyal to its const-
tutlon and every inch of its soil, and are ready
to make every sacrifice for the integrity of the
| Union, and the maintenance of civil liberty
within it, and those who openly or covertly
eudeayor to sever our country. or TO yield TO
the insolent demands of its enemies that we
franteruize with the former and detest the
latter; and that, forgetting all former party
names and distinctions, we call upon all patri
otic citizens to rally for one undivided country,
one flag, one destiny.
| ReSOtred, That the government of the Z init
ed States and its people, with an occas nal
exception among the reckless inhabitants where
this rebellion was fostered, have wisely and
studiously avoided all interference with the
concerns of other nations, asking, and usually
enjoying, alike, non interference with their
own, aud that such is, and should continue to
ba itp hat ipfipn IF
templated departure from this sound rule of
conduct on the part of some of the nations of
Europe, by an Intervention in our present
struggle, is as unjust to them as it would be
to US and to the great principles for which we
are contending but We assure them, with O
solemuty of conviction which admits of 10 dis
trust or fear, and from a knowledge of and
firm reliance upou the spirit and fortitude Of
twenty millions of freemen, that any attempt
thus to intervene will meet a resistance un-
paralleled In its force, unconquerable in its
persistence, and fatal TO those whom it is in.
tended to aid ; and that it will tend only to
strengthen and elevate the republic.
Resolrcd That the skill, bravery and endu-
rance exhibited by our army and navy have
elected our admiration and gratitude that
we behold in these qualities the assurances
of sure and speedy success to our arms and |
of rout and discontinue to the rebels that
we urge the government to aid and strength !
en- them by all the means in its power, and !
carefully to provide for sick, wounded and
disabled soldiers aud their families; to pro-
secute the war with Increased vigor and en-
ergy, until the rebellion is utterly crushed,
the integrity of the Union in all tis borders re-
stored, aud every rebel reduced to submission, !
or driven from the land and that to accom-,
plsh these ends we pledge to our rulers our
fortunes and our lives.
Resolued, That the course of the Hon. +,
David Wilmot in the United States Senate,
is manly, consistent aud eminently patriotic,