The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-03-12
The Convention and the Ticket.

The Democratic State Convention,
which convened in Harrisburg on the 4th
inst, was one of the most harmonious and
successful assemblages of the kind that
has ever come together in Pennsylvania,
aud its proceedings throughout were
marked with that unanimity of sentiment,
fellowship of feeling and unity of pur-
pose which Enthusiastically augurs the trlum-
phant success of those great and glorious
principles which alone can bring peace
and good will to all the citizens of this
distracted and suffering country, And
while tho Convention thus done its work
we'll and harmoniously, and placed IN
nomination men of ability and integrity,
albeit they are not the ones whom we
deemed entitled to and urged for the
positions, it plainly and unequivoca!ly
expressed the convictions, in the resolu-
tions adopted, of every man in the Com
monwealth who is not blinded by passion
or misled by partizan bigotry. 1t has
placed the Democracy in no equivocal or
false position, but has enunciated a plat
form which cannot be misunderstood or
uainsayed, and we feel confident that its
work will be approved by the triumphant
election of the men it has put forward as
the standard bearers Of the party in the
coming campaign.
The nominations, too, embody in the
highest degree the elements Of success.
One of the candidates is from the western
part Of the State, and is civilian, while
the other is from the east, and has justly
and honorably earned the title Of soldier.
Hut our readers will learn more fully who
they arc from the following brief sketches
which we clip from the Harrisburg Patriot
end Unioa:
Hon. CHARLES Z BOYLE, of Fayette
county, for Auditor General, was rlem-
berofthe Legislatures of 1867, but being
81 Democrat, he is not in the least charge
able with the corruption of the notorious
asscmblage of 1867. On the contrary,
during his career as legislator he distiu
guished himself as an antagonist of all the
corrupt and partisan measures which have
reDdered the memory of that body infa-
nous. Mr.. Boyle is gentleman Of hon
csty, suavity, and pure character in every
respect. His abilities AMI general knowl-
edge Of law, legislation and finance ennis
nently fit him for the position for which
lie has been selected.
Gen. WELLINGTON II. ENT, for Survey
or General, is at present a practising
lawyer of Columbia county, of which
county he is a native. He graduated at
the Law University at Albany, New York,
short time previous to the outbreak Of
the war, and had commenced the practice
Of law in Columbia. when the call to
arms resounded through the land. Drop>
ping his books and abandoning his prac-
lice, he shouldered musket as a private
in the Sixth Pennsylvania Reserves. -
From that time firth for period of more
than three years he participated in carving
out the brilliant war record of that gallant
regiment. Step by step he rose-from
private to lieutenant. from lieutenant to
captain, from captain to major, from major
to lieutenant colonel, from lieutenant colo
mel to colonel, which latter position he
honorably and bravely filled at the muster
out of the Reserves, in 1864. He was in
all the engagements fought by the Army
Of the Potomac during that strange eventful
period-Drainesville. South Mountain.
Antetam, &c. and for his distinguished
services" he was brevetted Brigadier
General, at the close of the war. But
General Ent does not rest alone upon his
war record. His legal and business knowl-
edge is fully equal to the discharge of the
duties of the office for which he has been
nominated. His rapid promotion in the
army from the ranks to one OF the most
commanding positions is a sufficient guar
antee that he is not only brave man, but
man of great intellectual ability.
These are the men, fellow Democrats
and conservatives, that you are called
upon TO support, and if you are true 10
yourselves, true to your country, and true
to those principles which made and kept
us free, happy and prosperous people
until the blighting and damnable curse of
radicalism settled over the land and de-
stroyed its peace and progress, you will
go TO work with the determination of do
ing all in your power to secure the hon
orable election of our candidates
Hon. Geo. w. Woodward, Ex.Govs.
Bigler and Packer, and Hon. Isaac HES
ter were chosen as Delegates at Large to
the National Convention, while for our
own district James Burns and Owen
Clark, Esqs., were selected as Congress
ionai Delegates, and Hon. G. L. Pershing
named as Representative Elector. En-
phatlcally the right men in the right places.
stanton cost hundreds of poor SOL
diers their lives by refusing to EXCHANGE