The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-03-10
DEMOCRACY OF PENNSYLVANIA.

The democracy of Pennsylvania held their
state convention at Harrisburg on the 4th
instant, for the purpose of nominating q
state and electoral ticket, and appointing
delegates to the national convention. The
following is from the report of the Cincin-
matt Enquirer:
The following nominations were made:-
Auditor-general, Charles E. Boyles; survey
or-general, General Wellington Hunt.
Delegates, state at large-G. W. Wood
ward, William Bigler Asa Packer and Isaac
f. Hester.
The committee on resolutions reported
the platform as follows:
ResoIred, That the happiness of the people and
the preservation and continuation of mower as A.
republic, depends upon the perpetuty of the I'm
ion and the preservation of the constitution and
the prompt restoration of each and all of the states
to the enjoyment of their rights and functions in
the Union, so essential to progress to our
prosperity and the protection of our liberties
and radical legislation is the sole barries thereto
ResoLced, That the constitution of the United
States is the supreme law; it is binding upon
the people and upon every department of the
government, and it is the highest duty of those
in and out of official place to yield implicit obed
fence to all its provisions until it is changed il
the manner provided therein that the recent at
Tempt OF the Legislative branch of the govern
ment to usurp the powers of the executive, and to
destroy the independence of the judiciary, de-
Hibernate attacks upon the plainest provisions Of
the constitution, In utter violation of its spirit
and tend to the overthrow of the government.
Resotued, That the radicals in compress have
wrung from the people enormous sums of money
which they have squandered in reckless extraya.
Rance, and thus the system of aXatiOn 4
vlsed in congress, and inequitable, and they hav,
mismanaged the large revenues thus obtained
mat rigid economy in every branch of the pub
TIC service, decrease in the numbe- of officials
feuucsioh III the army and navy, and q reform
in the mode of the collection of the revenue ar
imperativeiy demanded, and only by these mean
reduction in the amount of tsxat;or nov
imposed upon the industrial and mannfacturin,
interests be attained and the payment Of our in
debtedness be assured.
Resolred, That the republican party ia roanon
sible to the country for the delay in the restore
tion of the southern states to their Just relation
IN the Union, and for the government of thei
people by military rule; that the purpose q
these measures is to perpetuate radical powe
through the votes of iliterate negroes, and tina
these are the primary causes of the present pros
trate condition of productive industry in oil il
department.
hesotUsa, That in enacting the tenure of ofic
lsw, tne legislative and executive branches of th
government, each for itself, had the right to judg
Of its constitutionality, and that in so exercsin
the right the executive was but obeying ths
portion OF his oath of office which requires hir
Ito preserve, protect and defend the eonstitutio
the United States and that it is the right q
every branch of the government and of ever
citizen to have questions involving the constitu
tionality Of any law speedily adjudged by th
supreme court of the United States and of n
the people to have said decision enforced.
Resosved, That the pending impeachment q
the President Of the United States 10 Q gros