Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-03-14

and military skill first displayed in leading
her sons to maintain the national contro-
versv with Mexico, but signally and most
gIoriously in the deadly contest with armed
treason on Southern soil above the clouds,
and in the grand march from Atlanta to
the sea, as well as in the fierce and bloody
battle on Pennsylvania soil at Gettysburg,
when the naughty invader was hurled, de-
feated. from her borders-his pure integrl-
tv and high personal character commend
him for Chief Magistrate of this Common
wealth to all who honor sound principle;
generous feeling and heroic conduct, and
cherish grateful emotions toward those who
exposed their lives for their country and to
maintain the honor of its flag.
Mr.. Hall, of Blair county, presented the
following dispatch from Gen. Joseph Hook
er. endorsing General Geary, which was read
amid loud applause:
New YORK, March I, 1S66.-To Hon.
John w. Forney, Harri sburg, Pa My ac-
ouaintance with General 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 military leader
and as an honorable man. L know OF no
officer who has performed his whole duty
with more fidelity than General Geary.
JOSEPH HOOKER, Maj. Gen.
On motion of Mr. r. p King, of Phila-
delphia, committee of three was appoint
ed to request the candidates for nomination
to address the convention, whereupon
Messrs Moorhead, Ketchum and White
came forward and enthusiastically endorsed
the nomination just made.
| Gen. Geary, the nominee, address the
| Convention as follows:
Mr.. President, gentlemen of the Conven
| ton and fellow citizens, | meet you under
circumstances that fill my heart with the
deepest emotion and the profoundest awe,
and | know of no language by which L can
adequately express to you the feelings which
this signal and most emphatic manitesta-
ton of your favor and confidence has I'M
pressed me- And indeed | think | would
be wanting the great characteristics of our
nature if [ were not deeply affected.
| If 4 stranger had entered this city to-day,
| he would scarcely have failed to be impress
| ed by the enthusiasm and earnestneSs with
which the deliberations of this Convention
have been characterized The enlivlng
strains of music, the tumultuous cheers of
the crowd, the exultant roars of artillery,
and the general en- husiasm which has eve
rywhere pervaded the people around us,
may well be taken as indicative of the gen
eral endorsement which the people OF the
State at large will accord to your action.
| And among your own assemblage, as well
as in the streets of this city, you may readi-
| ly recognize many of the men who have
done battle for he.country and her institu-
| tions amid the curling smoke of well con-
tested fields. Under all these clrcumstan-
| ces, you, gentlemen of the Convention, in
duced, no doubt, by considerations which
you considered satisfactory, have chosen me
as the standard-bearer of the great Union
N ational Republican party in the coming
contest for Governor of Pennsylvania
! lGreat applause. And you have thus Sc
lected me from among the many worthy,
honorable, patriotic and intelligent gentle
| men who were my competitors for the nom
| nation gentlemen whose patriotism and
intelligence no one can doubt feel, there
| fore, that you have imposed upon me a
debt of gratitude which long years--aye,
| lltetlme-devoted to the public service and
the interest and honor of Pennsylvania can
never cancel. | have to ask, in all humiIi
ty, that L may be made fully sensible of
the great responsibilities which devolve up
| on me, and that | may be trengthened
with sincere, determined purposes to ad-
| vance all the true principles of humanity
and the best interests of the country in every
worthy, honorable and patriotic enterprise.
Profoundly sensible OF, aad gf7,eta, for
so distinguished an evidence OF your esteem
| and confidence, with firm and unwavering
determination to sustain the great principles
| OF equa! justice which underlie our republi-
can institutions, with a hearty endorsement
OF the principles embodied in the platform,
L accept it, not in the belief that in my own
person L possess any intrinsic merit, or have
rendered any services to my country which
entitled me to receive the nomination, but
L accept 1t as matter due to $50, 90 soldiers
OF Pennsylvania, 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 a
country. On their account, as one selected
by them to accept and receive this matter
at your hands, and viewing it as compli-
ment to them, [ thank you most heartily.
And L assure you, my fellow citizens and
gentlemen of the Convention, that as far as
| possess the ability, and with the aid of
the powerful and eloquent Union men of
Pennsylvania, the coming grand political
battle shall be fairly and honorably conduc-
ted to It's legitimate termination. and still
grander victory.
beg to again return you, fellow citizens
and gentlemen of the Convention, my un-
feigned thanks for the honor you have con-
ferred upon me-
The following gentlemen, were appointed
the State Central Committee viz:
Philadelphia Frank S. johnson, Kennedy
McCaw, VIM. s. Stokeley, Henry w.
Gray, Henry Bumm, Mahlon Dickerson,
Charles Thompson Jones and John Mol.
lineoux. Adams-Hon. E. Mcpherson.
Allegheny-Gen. James A. Ekin and John
d. Stewart. Armstrong; Frank Mechling.