Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-08-01

vention convened in the Court House, at
bloomsbury, on Saturday, the 2Sth of July,
1866, for the purpose of selecting Delegates
to attend the Soldiers State Convention at
Harrisburg, and adopting resolutions ex-
pressive of the sense of the Soldiers of this
county relative to radicalism, besides trans
acting other business. The Convention was
well attended, much better than was antici-
pated at this busy season, and everything
passed off harmoniously.
The hour for business having arrived, Capt.
Z. B. BROCKWAY, of Bloom, stated the OBJ
ject of the meeting, after which, upon his
motion, Col. WELLINGTON II. ENT, of
Scott, was unanimously chosen President of
the Convention.
On taking the Chair the President made
a few remarks which were well received.
On motion, Capt. A. G. THORNTON and
Private NJ. V. B. KAsTENBAUDER, were
chosen Vice Presidents; and Sergt w. H.
JACoBY and Corp. ALBERT HERBINE, Sec
retaries
On notion the following gentlemen were
appointed Committee on resolutions: Cant
g. B. BRoCKwAY, Sergt G.. L. KREAMER
and Sergt. W. WRIT
On motion of Sergt. JACoBY, Col w. ii.
ENT was chosen as Delegate to the Harris
burg Convention with power to select six
others to be submitted to the Convention for
approval. The motion was sustained after
some discussion.
On motion, complete list of names of
those present was made from which the
President made his selection of Delegates.
The Committee on resolutions after retir-
ing few moments came forward and report
ed, through their Chairman, Capt RROCK-
WAY, the following preamble and resolutions,
which were received with applause, as they
were being read:
Whereas, A few individuals lately met at
Danville, Pa, in the assumed character of a
Soldiers Convention, and among other res
olutions passed one endorsing the course of
Ulysses Mercur, our Member of Congress.
and lrhereas, A Soldiers Convention was
held at Pittsburg, Pa, the true object of
which was disguised in the call, and which
pledged the soldiers of this State to the sup
port Of the Radicals in Congress
And ,chereoS, We believe the mass of the
soldiers of this county were not represented
at Danvile Pa, and the majority of the
soldiers of the State were misrepresented at
Pittsburg, Pa, therefore, we, the soldiers of
Columbia County, in Convention assembled,
have
Resolred, That we oppose the reelection
of Ulysses Mercur as Member of Congress
from this District, because he has on every
occasion voted in favor of negro suffrage and
negro equality, has uniformly acted in con
junction with Thad Stevens, has opposed
the wholesome vetoes of President johnson,
and by every means In his power aided to
prevent the restoration of the Southern
States to their Constitutional relations in
the Union.
Reso1red, That we oppose the election of
John W. Geary as Governor of this Com
because he is the nominee of
such Radicals as Stevens and Forney; and
because if elected he would embarrass the
and thereby prove tdisloy-
al ;" and we favor the election of HESTER
CLYMER, because he has always been and
now is a consistent friend of the UniOn,-
favors the restoration policy of President
j johnson, and with us believes the Union we
fought for is not dissolved
ResOlUed, That we heartily endorse the pa
triotic course of our Senators, Hon. Charles
r. Buckalew and Hon. Edgar Cowan, and
we glory In the fact that theirs were the first
votes cast in favor of the President's veto of
the Freedmen's Bureau Bill
ResoIred. That we approve the restoration
policy of President johnson, and pledge
him our moral, and if necessary, physical
support to enforce the Constitution and laws,
and to prevent traitors at either end of the
line" from destroying the Union our fathers
gave US.
Resolretl, That the Radical Pittsburg Con-
ventiOn did not represent the soldiers of this
State; that it was gotten up under false pre-
tences; and by its resolutions virtually de-
clared "the war failure" and it endorsed
the position of the Radicals that eleven
States are out of the Union, and that our
glorious victories failed to bring them back,
making Radical legislation more destructive
than rebel cannon.
The President not being ready, at this
stage of the proceedings. to report to the
meeting his selection of Delegates, Capt
BRoCKwAY was called out, and responded
neat little speech, which was greeted
with rounds of applause after which the
President announced to the meeting that he
had, upon examining the list of those pres
ent, made the following selection as Dele
gates to the Harrisburg Convention:
Col. w. ii. ENT, of Scott, (who was pre-
viously chosen by the Convention) Capt. c.
B. BROCKwAY, of Bloom, Capt GEO. w
UTT, of Greenwood, Private HENRY T. NUss,
Of Maine, Sergt. ALBERT HERBINE, of Le-
Gust, Sergt. w. Fl. JACoBY. of Bloom, Sergt
GEO. i. KREANER, of Greenwood.
There being no objections made to the Sc
lection, on motion of Sergt w WRIT, the
Convention unanimously endorsed the ap-
pointments as presented by the Chair
After some little discussion over the place
md time for the Delegates to meet on going
to the State Convention, the meeting ad-
Ourned
One thing more in connection with these
we might notice, that during the
remarks of Capt BROCKwAY at the men
ion of Gen. MCCLELIANs name a tremen-
1ous shout was raised, reminding all of old
lines in the army when LITTLE Mac was
seen riding along the lines.
Col. w. ii. ENT, Pres't
Sergt. W. II. JAcoBY, g..
Corp. ALBERT HERBINE, Secs
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