The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1862-09-17
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ted with the Republican party of Bradford
County, for a "People's Union Mass Con-
vention, the people assembled in Mass
Convention at the Court House, in Tow
anda, on Monday evening 6th inst, at Z
o'clock, and was organized by the cleo
ton of I. N. EVANS, Esq, of Athens as
Chairman and for President d. L..
+. Clark, Athens tp,; Fl. w. Patrick
Athensboro ;; Daniel Kellogg, Albany D.
s. Alexander, Armenia Jonathan Ste-
vens, Asylum S. FL. Stiles, Burlington
west Abraham Morley, Burlington boro !;
Roswell Luther, Burlington tp.; Dr. w.
S. Baker, Canton; j. Watkins, Columbia ;
Dr. X. Lyon, franklin; G. j. E. Martin.
Granville ; B. Pulver, Herrick; II. II.
Hickok, Leroy; David Mckinney, Litch-
field Lyman Blackman, Monroe boro
Moses kellogg, Monroe tp; James Hev,
erley, Overton; w. P. Pryson, Orwell;
D. NJ. Bailey, Pike; S. w. Murphy,
Rome tp.; Fl. w. Browning, Rome boro';
b. Herman, Ridgebery; VIM. J. Fent,
Sheshequin, Alvin T. Seward, Smithlield !;
George Dunham, South Greek David B.
Smith, Springfield; E. L. Gregg, STAN
ding Stone; Curtis Merritt, Sylvania
porO'; Lewis P. Williams, Troy tp.; VIM
Morgan, Troy boro'; D. D. Gray, Tusca-
rora II. Ii. Mace, Towanda tip; A. J.
Nobler, Towanda boro; James Wood,
Towanda north j. Buttles, Terry; S. G.
Hovey, Ulster; VIM. Conklin, Wysox
d. II. Corban, Wilmot; A. Lewis, Wyal-
using George Cooper, Warren; James
Brink, Wells e Cheney, Windham.
Secretaries-Levi Wells, Tuscarora D.
H. Corbin, WiImot.
On motion, the chair appointed the fol-
lowing committee, to report nominations
for the action of the convention, viz j.
Holcomb, E. W. Calwell, s S. Lock-
Wook, Albert Newell, Thomas NJ Wood
ruff Uel G. Porter, Valentine Saxton,
James Bullock, j. B. NJ. Hinman, Silas
b. Garner, r. Thompson, J. w. Denni-
son, B. Pulver, H. Fl. Mace, Ezekiel Cur
ry. And after some time the Committee
reported the following nominations for the
action Of the convention, viz:
For Congress, Henry w. Tracy of
Standing Stone. Subject to the decision
of the conference.
For Representatives, Maj. Uriah Terry
of Terry, Col. Allen Mexican, of Towan-
da.
Commissioner, Jacob F. Linderman, of
Troy township.
District Attorney, Milton H. Case, of
of Canton
County Auditor, Charles NJ. Brown, of
Monroe county.
County Surveyor, VIM. Delpeuch, She
shequin.
On motion, the report of the Committee
was unanimously adopted, j. B. NJ. Hin
man, Joseph Powell, Levi Wells, Edmund
Lockwood, J. Holcomb, Augustus Lewis
were chosen Congressional Conferees with
power to appoint substitutes, and instruc-
ted to support the nomination of H. w.
I Tracy for Congress and use all honorable
means for his nomination, and Thomas NJ.
! Woodruff, James Wood, j. w. Dennison,
George Z. Fox, Daniel Decker, were cho.
sen Senatorial Conferees, with power to
appoint substitutes, and instructed to sup
port the nomination of suitable candi
date for Senator from Wyoming county.
On motion, the chairman appointed the
following a committee to report suitable
resolutions for the consideration of the
convention, viz:
j. c. Adams, George E. Fox, Daniel
Decker, Stephen Bullock, James G. Nc.
Kean, E. Lockwood After some time
the committee through their chairman re-
ported the following preamble and resolu-
tions, which were unanimously adopted as
the sense of the convention, viz:
WheyeaS, The proscriptive tendency of
the Republican party of this county, as it
is at present organized and governed
IehucIs IL NECESSARY IN oroer 20 carry out
the objects and aim of the Peoples Union
party of Pennsylvania, and cooperate
with that organization, to organize a Peo-
pies Union party in this County, upon the
basis of the address of the State Central
Committee of the Peoples Union party of
this State, and
WhereaS, 1t has become apparent that
the Republican organization of our county,
through its leaders has become an instru-
ments in the hands of designing men for
the accomplishment of mere selfish and
mercenary purposes, even to the squander-
ing of the revenues of the Commonwealth
to the amount of nearly half million of
dollars annually in the repeal of the Ton
mage Tax, for the same selfish purposes,
leaving npon she State debt of over