Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1863-12-23
Wednesday Morning, Dec. 23d, 1858
The County Convention,

The County Convention,
It is hoped that the Democrats Of the
county will pay particular attention to
the call Of the Chairman ofthe Standing
Committee, for the selection OF Delegates
at the township elections next Friday, to
attend the County Convention in the
court house on the following Tuesday,
This Convention Was ordered 10y the last
County Convention, or Convention Of Re
turn Judges, last summer-and is for the
purpose Of altering, or amending, the
method OF nomi, Oting candidates To-!
county and district offices. Each district
is eAtitled 10 two delegates and those
that polled over 100 Democratic votes at the
last Guberuatorlal election, are entitled
to one additional delegate for each addition
al so votes, or fractional part fifty votes.
Thus, district polling 50 Democratic
votes, or less, is entitled to two delegate .,
and a district polling over 100, and less
than $50 votes, is entitled to three dele
gates, &c.
We trust or Democratic frituds thro'-
out the county will take this matter ear
nesily in hand, and select their very best
men 10 represent them in this important
Convention.
B9g~If the patrons of our Abolition
neighbor across the way, and those of his
readers who are as completely blinded 10y
ianaticsm as he is himself, are satisfied
with the sort OF information and argu-
ments that are weekly doled out to them
through his columns, cei tainly no Demo
crat ought to complain. lie who attempts
TO refute the position, or argument, of an
adversary, by misrepresenting, or perver-
ting, ths language Of such adversary, but
befools himself, and writes himself down
an ass, and an ass. too, of very low degree
- because not one in ten of his readers
will fail to detect the fraud.
Therefore, if our neighbor has q proper
regard for the intelligence of his patrons
he will, in all cases hereafter when he
undertakes 10 quote from the Republican,
do so fairly, and not pervert our Ian
guage, or misrepresent our meaning, by
giving only parts of sentences. Either
state fairly and honestly what we have
said, or give cur language in full. Then
crack away. The infdel undertook to
prove that tho Bible said -thrre Is no
God" by omitting from that significant
sentence the very important words, Tho
fool hath said in his heart" Our neigh.
Dor displays the same sort OF honesty about
as often as he attempts TO enlightcn his
readers.
But perhaps our neigh Dor is excusable.
Perhaps he, as well as most Of his Ass-is-
tants, forget not that they are among the
"reccnL SealrS," and consider themselves
as belonging to, and constituting, the
't0eaH and mtelligcnce' Of the community,
and that the great mass of their readers,
being necessarily old residents Of the
county, and therefore are "Stceped in prQfovnd
ignorance" TO such degree that they are
incapable Of judging whether they are i'm
posed upon or not.
WORK TOR LADIES - 1t may not be gen
orally known that the exiled patriot, e. i.
VALLANDIGHAM, is now in INDECENT circum-
stances yet such is the fact. About the
only injury the miserable satraps Of usurp-
ed power have inflicted upon him, was to
break up his business. Under these cir
cumstanCes, ten cent contribution by
Democratic ladies is proposed. Ex-Gov.
MEDARY of the Columbus (Onio,) Crisis, has
been selected as receiver and disburser of
the fund AS many ladies of Clearfield
county have signitied their desire to assist
in this laudable project, and at the solci-
tation of several persons, We have conscn-
ted to receive, keep record of, and faith
fully remit to EX-Gov. Medary. all such