Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-07-08


Of the friends of the late Judge DuUG-
las have cut loose from that Brcckin-
ridge faction, which first divided the
Democratic party, and then divided
thr Union. Some of them, however.
went last Friday to the Party-aboyc-
Country Convention at Harrisburg.
hoping 10 regulate, if not 10 control,
lis action. But they were outnnm-
bercd, and placed IN subordinate
position throughout. sF. Hughes,
a most malignant Secession svmpathi-
zcr-onc of those most prominent in
uttcring the iaischood that POLK is a
better Tariff man than Clay'-was
made the President, and appoints the
State Committee, himself the Chair
nlan...Oyer Richard Naux.
The Resolutions are Of the "Kane
letter" web Of contradictions. They
have a gloss Of patriotism intended to
selucc the casual reader at the same
time, they will suit every Rebel sym
nathzcr and JEFF. Davis would say
shat-fOr our State, at this time
they are The best calculated TO aid
him for the men elected under it
would cooperate with him, no matter
what cheat they used to obtain the
power. We will copy the Resolutions,
side by side with those Of the Peoples
Convention, when the latter shall bc
held, that all readers may Judge Of
the SPIRIT OF the two Platforms.
JAMES p. BARR, Of Pittsburc, was
nominated for Surveyor General. He
is editor Of the Post. and is described
10 US by gentlemen who know him as
a slippery, oily politician, fit for any
desperate work. lie once nominated
buchanan for rc-cicclioH-ncXt came
out for Douglas-anl is now in full
faith with those who killed Douglas
at Charleston. Professcdly q War
man. he hindcrS the administration in
measures necessary to success.
Isaac SLENKER, Of Union county,
for Auditor General, is a more consis
tent politician, having boasted Of his
unvarying party fcalty, and only one
year ago not only acknowledging his
vote for Breckenridge, but iu,tifying
his vote. He is a respectable lawyer.
slow and plodding in his turn for Lu-
ness. In our late local legal contests,
Democratic Judges decided him all
wrong in the expense and i'll feeling
in which he plunged his clients and
the county. In the peculiar qnalilic-
ations for Auditor General, all who
know them both must admit the supc-
riority Of Mr.. COCHRAN,t ,theincumbent,
who will be rc-nominatcd at once.
On the Slavery and War question,
Mr.Slenker has an unCnviablc record.
In 1919, he stood on the Free Soil
Platform Of Saml w. Black, Gamble,
Wilmot, &c. In Union county, he
aided Shrincr, Hickok, and others in
support of the Pittsburg Platform
That it is no part Of the Compromises Of
the Constitution that Slavery should tor ever
60 with the advancing ude Of our Territorial
progress," and similar sentiments.
lie has since rcpudiated that scnti-
mcnt. and in Feb. 1S6l-whcn 6 or 5
States had seeded, after stealing p
Or 30 forts, arsenals, mintS, &c., when
the Rebels had fired on the Star Of
the West, AMI proclaimed JEFF. Davis
their President-Mr Slenkcr endorsed
the following (among other) Rcsolu-
tlons at tie Lcwisburg Convention:
Es'air,d, =, Tha, we deprecaie civil war, as
We believe that this UNION can NEVER be
maintained by force OF arms, and that as
Democrats we are not willing 10
tahe UP arms TO support a platform
which a majority of the people repudiated
and opposed al the polls.
5. That We cordially GpproUe the poiIcy ot
ths Naiionai Administration, -Buchanan's.l IN
ais iri's and concifqfgrg course in the present
Pet''ous Condition Of the country
by that Convention he was sent
delegate TO the Democratic Conven-
ton at Harrisburg, and left Court to
attend it. lie was Vice President
Of that body, which-22d Feb. 1861,
when the Rebellion was as open rs
fagrant-aided and applauded it by
the following infamous Resolution:
"sth. That we will. by all proper and legi-
anCc and prevent any attempt
ON the part of :hc Republicans
In power 10 make any armed aggression
upon The southern States, especially so long as
laws conlraveuing their rights shall remain
unrenealed on the statute books Of Northern
states, and so long a. the Just d.R'qnds Of the
nonih shall continue 10 be unfco2nzrd by
the Republican majorires in these States,
ana unsecured by proper amendaIory exPla-
nations OF The Constitution
1t is true he afterwards yielded TO
the storm Of popular Indignation that
was aroused by the attack upon Fort
numpter, and talked and acted more
patriotically after that time But for
months afterwards he expressed his :
admiration for observation-disclosures
acted with and for his fricnds-aud
H'e"I'er ie'a be roted J5r by eycry haJE,rau
or open .friend Of he Rebcls in his stair
In politics, those who nominate and
support man prove what he is.
lhe ScTct Of Mr.. Sleukcr's nomination
Is s''d to be his comparative oJscuriiy, and
;, .oG :, iact Of his good ran far Jpdye last
ran But it should be Remembered that