Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1862-10-08
THE TREASON OF ras BIZ scKIyRIDaE
DOM0CRaCy
From the Phil'a Press. Oct. 3, 1.


| column of The Press. the resolution prepared
| by Mr. FRANK W. HueHEs for the sanction of
| the Democratic State Convention that met in
ii arrisburg in February, 1861 We copy it
| from circular, sent TO us By friend of Mr.
HuGHEs, purporting to be his defence against
the charges of Mr.. BOYER, (which will be
found on the out side of to-day's Journal
| IL is therefore reliable, and we commend it to
the careful attention of the loyal citizens of
/ this State, who are invoked to sustain the can
didates placed in nomination By the Conyen-
tion over which Mr.. HUGHEs presided. 1t is
| the most conclusive and damning record OF
treachery on the part of Northern man this
rebellion has produced, and we only find
| its parallel in the secret declarations of such
men as Mr.. YAScY and Mr.. MALLORY. 1t
shows that, while the traitors of the South
| were plotting to establish a new Confederacy.
| Mr.. HuGHEs was plotting to ma ke Pennsylv Iva
/ mia member OF it. Let US look at the facts
| 1t was the month of February, 1861. The
| Peace Congress was in session. number of
the extreme Southern Stites had seeded.
Mr.. BUCHANAN was wrnging his hands and
| saying his prayers, and bling at the fare
well menaces of DAVIS and SLIpELL. The
| Southern leaders were quietly storing away
arms and ammunition, sending delegates to
| foreign courts, and amusing Mr.. BUCHANAN
with Peace Comm issioners, and long letters
| of grievance. The country wTetched and
| sick at eart-demoralizltion was extending
e,erywhere-pubIic officials were resgning-
| our army and navy officers were throwing up
| their mmissions-BEAuREGARD was building
batteries around Charleston bay, while An
DERsoS and his handful OF little followers were
| looking an1iously from their cascmstes for
aid against the overwhelming foe> In time
like fhis-and its dreadful memory is in the
| heart of every one-fhe true duty of the ciii-
| zen would have been the Union at any cost
ard every sacrifice. In time like this We
/ find Mr.. HuGHEs, calmly plotting The over
| throw OF the Union. by seeking to throw the
| great weight of Pennsylvania into the scale
OF the Southern Confederacy. 81 prepared, -
says Mr.. HUGHEs, a ssresolution which [ in
tended TO offer in that Convention. have
preserved The identical draft Of the resolution.
which .hen had, and which then was, and
/ since has been shown TO friends who can fully
/ identity it. > This s.identical d,aft'' we pub
| lish to- day.
The Platform Of Treason, as Presented by the
| Leader otthe Breckinriige Party in Pennsyl-
| vauia.
| The following IS the resolution written BY
Mr. F. W. Hughes, the Chairman of the Breck-
| inridge Democratic State Committee, for the
| consideration of the State Democratic Con
vention. 1t is the most lucid and explicit
| declaration We have yet read of the opinions
OF the leaders of the Secession party of Penn
| sylyania:
| Rssolred, That Pennsy lvania owes her growth
| in population. and the increase OF capital and
wealth OF her citizens, chiefly TO the advanta-
| ges which the American Union had afforded
| for the development of her natural resources
and that her glory and paramount interests
are identified with the continuance OF that
Union.
ssShould, hoWerer, causes hitherto resisted By
tae Democracy Of the country bend asunder the
bonds that bind together these STATES, aud should
the ffieen SiIrehoidiHg stGies, ciaiuaiRg TO be
dTireH by the necessity Of mutual protection a
gCinsf the effect or sHch causes, successfuffy es
fabiish another Confederaey, then PENIS ylrania
mast regard her relation 10 The facts uhich cir
cHustGaees beyond our control hare produced.
'sShe cannot then refuse TO perceive that
she must either take her place in some North
ern fragment OF once -glorions Union, and
rest content TO be sharn oi The greater part OF
he. manufacturing industry, and Of her export
and import trade TO bold a secondary and
helpless relation TO the Northeastern States.
with no outlet or approach from the ocean tor
her great Eastern or her great Western ME-
tropoiis, except through the waters and be-
fore the forts and guns OF fureign nation,
and thus practically (foi want of ability to
protecD be made TO yield up all reliable di-
rect foreign trade.
s.Or she may, If member OF the NeD Con-
federacy, become tie great Manufacturing worh
shop for a people noD consuming annually $780,
900, GOO poIh OF products and Manufactures
from and Imported throu gh The Northern States
her cities become the great commercial depots
and Distributing points for this Confederacy,
and her iceaith, population, aEd glory, be pro-
nloted IN a degree unparalleled Ia the history
and prosperity Of any people
THAT ii will be the right and dnty of her
citizens to consult their own best interests in
position SO momentoas, and decide between
the lawful alternatives. And that in stating
the truths here announced. We have no desire
to conceal that our object is TO present TO the
people of other States the position they may
severaliy occupy if the coercion disunionists
in their midst succeed in defeating an eqnita-
BILE compromise of existing difficulties"
FRANCIS W. HUGHEs.
TIE sCHuRcH-GoIsG BELL.