The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-09-19
The Republican Convention and Meeting.

itepuDllcan Convention WAS Hciu III tHC
Court House, on the evening of the 18th
inst, with a good crowd in attendance.
DR.. S. Walton was called to. the Chair,
when Wm. II. Rheiuehart and Stogdell
Wolfe were made Vice Presidents, and
Thomas Bell and Jackson Lantz, Secrc.
tares.
The object of the meeting was then
briefly stated by Major Haviland to be,
first, to put in nomination candidate for
the Legislature in the District comprls-
! ing the counties of Monroe and Carbon.
Also, to put in nomination candidate
for Jury Commissioner in this county
On motion the Chair appointed Wm.
James and John \. Stokes Conferces to
confer with the Conferees from Carbon
County to put in nomination a candidate
| for the Legislature, who, jointly, subse
quently nominated Wm X. Hayiland, Of
| Monroe.
Jacob II. Fetherman, of Hamilton
was nominated by acclamation, as candi
date for Jury Commissioner.
Major Haviland was then called upon
to address the meeting, to which he re-
sponded in pertinent and forcible ad
dress, which was well received. The
late Democratic Convention held in this
place was reviewed aud illustrated in \
way not very fattering to the sages COM
posing that assembly. The principles Of
the so.called Democratic party were ad-
verted to and demonstrated to be shame
fully bogus, and the ultimate triumph Of
Republican principles even in this coun
ty was confidently predicted, because of
their intrinsic worth. The greedy and
ungenerous Democracy in their attempt to
defeat the spirit and intention of the law,
recently enacted by the Legislature, for
the election of Jury Commissioners, was
handled without gloves. The intention
of said act was to give to each party one
Commissioner who, jointly, should Sc
lect our jurymen. In Lancaster County,
and other strongly Republican counties,
the Republicans allow the Democrats to
select one Commissioner, which is right
and proper. But in this county the De
mocracy have hit upon plan designed
to elect both Commissioners. But it is
hoped that there are honest Democrats
enough to defeat their ungenerouss scheme,
by voting for Jacob H. Fe,herman, whom
no one doubts would make an excellent
Commissioner.
Lieutenant Lukenbaugh, of Mauch
Chunk, was the next speaker He elo-
quently denounced Andrew Johnson S
usurpations of power, and depicted in
strong colors the recreaucy of the Demo
cratic party during the late war, aud
showed by facts conclusive that that party
had opposed every truly patriotic meas
ure adopted by the Union party to put
the traitors down and render them harm
less for future evil. The nomination of
the Democratic party for Supreme Judge,
true to his Democratic instincts, had de-
clared during the war, in judicial opin
ion, that the act authorizing the issuance
of our greenbacks was unconstitutional,
and therefore said greenbacks must be
worthless. Hence the Democracy make
| him their nominee - he being Just the
man for them.
Daniel kalbfus, Esq !, of NIauch Chunk
was the next speaker, who spoke in his
his usual eloquent and soul-stiring man
ner. The Democracy were to- be pun
ished in the flesh for their many political
! sins. Connecticut, California &c, were
only given to the Democracy to prolong
| their miserable existence, for had they
receiy ed no States, they would long since
have been dumb and dead. The most
terrible punishment they were susceptible
OF was to keep their hands out of the
public treasury. Had the Republican
! plan of reconstruction been faithfully car
ried out, the seeded States would now be
in the Union
Andrew johnson and his Democratic
Copperhead friends had used their whole
| power and influence to obstruct rcconstuc-
ton on the Congressional plan. Califor-
MA was lost because Of personal dislike
to the Republican candidates, but would
be sure to redeem herself in October, and
Pennsylvania would be found all right
next month if every voter would only do
his duty. The importance of duly at
tending to this matter was forcibly en-
joined upon all Union loving men. Let
not a Union vote be lost