Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1863-08-12
THE RAFTsMAN's JOURNAL,

proceed to ballot for a candidate for Governor. |
Before the ballot was ordered, a motion was
made to adjourn till nine O'Clock Thursday
morning. which was lost by vote OF ls yeas
TO 100 nays.
These appeals were answered by the Curtin
men insisting on ballot for Governor, which
was ordered with the follow ing result
Curtin, 95; Moore, IL Penney, 10; Moor
head. l Brewster. total vote, l3l.
The President then announced that Andrew
q. Curtin, having received a majority Of all
the votes cast; was nominated by the conven
ton tor Go, ernor of the State of Pennsylva-
MIA.
Mr.. r. p Nevin, OF Allegheny, remarked
that he was not among those who had suppor
ted the nomination of GOV. Curiu, but he WAS
above political influences of whatev charsc-
| ter, and there was nothing which could in
duce him to abandon the principle OF his
party. He did not know how for he might not
| he endorsed by his colleagues and others, but
he took this opportunity to move that the
nom ination of Andrew G. Curtin be made u
unanimous.
| The Question was called, and the motion
was not agreed to-several delegates voting
"no''
AT this point motion was made to adjourn
| which was negatived, and the Convention pro-
ceeded to nominate candidates for Supreme
Judge. The following nominations were
made
! Mr.. Imbrie nominated d. Aguew, Beaver.
Mr. Dickey nominated Thos E. Frank lin,
| Lancs ster.
Mr.. Muller nominated Mathew Ewing, Fay
| cite.
Mr.. Butler nominated Andrew Thompson,
! Philadelphia.
Mr.. Tavor nominated Mr.. John Scott, Hun
| tingdon.
Adjourned until O'Clock
| EVENING SESSION.
The convention re assembled at nine o.
| clock and proceeded to nominate a candidate
tor Supreme Judge.
The names of Messrs. Franklin, Scott,
| Thompson and Ewing were Withdrawn, and
Judge Agnew being the only nominee for Su
preme Judge, was nominated by scclamation.
Judge Maxwell moved that committee OF
FIVE tbe President of this Convention being
chairman) be appointed to notify the nomi-
ueeS OF thelr cnolce, anu request tueir aC-
| ceptance.
Col. Mcclure moved that the delegates In
attendance shall select one person from each
county, with the addition OF two mem bers for
each district which has more than one Sena-
| tor, as a committee to conduct the campaign.
| The committee to wait on the nominees is
| as follows Lemuel Todd, d. q. Maxwell, T.
NJ. Maxwell Leonard F. Roberts, A. w. Tay
lor, OF. Dickey
Mr.. McYeigh, Chairman of the Committee
on Resolutions, presented the following report !:
The loyal men of Pennsy lvania, in Conven.
tion assembled, disclaiming all partizanship,
and knowing cause but that of the countrys
declare for themselves and their constituents.
1st. Their inhexible purpose TO maintain,
bv every necessary effort, service and sacri-
fee, the National Union ,as the first, the high
| est, the most solemn and the most overshad-
owing of all political duties.
ID That the rebellion which threatens the
exIstsnce of the Union was without cause was
conceived in wickedness organized i'll PERU
| ry, and developed by reckless Violence, is
stained with every crime, and detestable in
means, and internal in purpose, must be sup
pressed by the people of the United States, at
| the destruction of whose liberties and the
overthrow of whole tree institutions it is I'M
| piously aimed.
Sd. That ia the me mentous contest now wa
ging there are, and can be but two parties viz :
| the one which firmly sustaiDs the constituted
authorities of the nation in enforcing all the
laws thereof, and in protecting the principles
upon which the government rests ,and is, there
| fore, at ouce the party of law, OF liberty, and
of patriotism the other which cripples the
constituted authorities OF the nation in enfor-
cling the laws, securing the safety and preserv-
| ing the lite of the nation, aud is, therefore,
4 tt,.aE, ont NJ of.
paI ticipant OF treason, class whose detesti-
BILE practices not only give s'aid and comfort
to the common enemy, but confessed in
Richmond light up these DAYS of rebel dark
| ness aud disaster, and actually stimulate them
to renewed and desperate efforts to recruit
their armies, and to whom is this day Justly
chargeable for whatever of vitality the rebellion
| possesses, and whatever of calamity or affiic-
tion the further protraction of the contest may
involve. But for Northern sympathz zers and
! the hopes their reasonable existance inspired
| the rebellion would have sunk under the stag
| gering blows dealt it at G ttysburg, Vicks-
burg aud Port Hudson.
4th. That wholly without sympathy for the
men who have made this war against free
Republican Government or for the system ei
human bondage, in whose interest it was in
stigated ,or the cause of despotic principl to
| which it is now devoted, this Convention de.
clares all engaged therein, while SO engaged
| TO be worthy only of ou: patriotic hate; and
| in like spirit denounce as doubly recreant
and base those residents of the loyal States
vino tolerate this treason would affiliate with
n armed traitors, and again surrender our gov.
. ernment and liberties to their keeping.
5th. That Abraham Lincoln, the President
: of the United States, by his discharge of his
; most ouerous duties in these dark days of civ
d il war has won for himself the affections and
% regard Of the American people, and alway.
| m lis jph has