The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-03-15

"lt stranger had entered this city to-
day, he would scarcely have failed to be
impressed by the enthusiasm and earnest
ness with which the Deliberations of this
Convention have been characterized. The
enAvening strains of music, the tumultu-
Gus cheers of the crowd, the exultant
roar OF artillery, and the general enthu-
slasm which has everywhere pervaded the
people around US. may we'll be taken as
indicative OF the general endorsement
which the people of the State at LARGE
Will accord to your action And among
your own asseublage, as we'll as in the
streets OF this city, you may readily rec
ognlze maay of the men who have done
battle for the country and her institutions
amid the curling smoke of well contested
fields. Under all these circumstances.
you, gentlemen of the Convention, in
duced, no doubt, By considerations which
you considered satisfactory, have chosen
me as the standard-b bearer of the great
Union National Republican party in the
coming contest for Governor of Pennsyl
vania. Great applause. And you have
| thus selected me from among the many
worthy, honorable, patriotic and inte.li-
gent gentlemen who were my competitors
Tor the neutrality-suspicious. whose
patriotism and intelligence. no one can
| doubt. L feel, Therefore, that you lave
imposed upon me a debt of gratitude
which long years-aye, life time-devo-
ted tG the public service and the interest
and honor of Pennsylvania can never can
| eel p L have 10 ask, in all humility, that
| may be made fully sensible of the great
| responsibilities which deVolve upon me,
and that [ may be strengthened with sin
cere, determined purposes to advance all
the true principles of humanity and the
best interests Of the country In every
worthy, honorable and patriotic enterprise.
Profoundly sensible of and grateful
| for so distinguished an evidence of your
esteem and confidence, with firm and
unwavering determination to sustain the
great principles of equal justice which
underlie our republican institutions, with
hearty endorsement of the principles
embedded In the platform, I accept the
nomination. l accept it, not in the belief
that IN my own person [ possess any in
| trinslc merit, or have rendered any servi-
ces to my couutry which entitled me to
receive the nomination, but accept it as
a matter due to 100000 soldiers cf Penn
| sylvania, who have done battle for their
country and have rendered services whose
/ value can never be estimated, and to whom
We are indebted for home and country.
| On their account, as one selected by them
| to accept and receive this matter at your
hands, and viewing it as compliment to
them, [ thank you most heartily And I
assure you, my fellow citizens and gentle
men Of the Convention, that as far as 1
possess the ability, and with the aid of
! the powerful aud eloquent Union mon OF
! Pennsylvania, the coming grand political
battle shall be fairly and honorably con-
Quoted to It's legitimate termination aud
still grander victory.
81 beg to again return you, fellow citi-
| zens and gentlemen of the Convention,
my thanks for the honor you have con
ferreG upon me-"
The new State Central Committee was
then appointed; after which, the Conven-
ton adjourned sine die.
| FIGHTING JOE HOOKER's S SENTIMENTS.
| During the sitting of the Couven ton,
the following dispatch, from Gen. J Jeseph h
| Hooker, endorsing the nomination of Gen
OedIy, was ieau aihlu louu applause
New YORK, March 7, 1866.
To Hon. John ". F0rney, Harrisburg:
My acquaintance with Gen. Geary is of
long standing. [ knew him in California,
in Mexico and during the rebellion 1t
gives me great pleasure to bear testimony
to his most excellent character as a mill
tary leader and as an honorable man. |
know Of no officer who has performed his
| whole duty more faithful than General
| Geary. JOSEPH HOOKER, Maj. Gen.