Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-06-24
The-Ncsy York Convention.


The York Convention.
The paramount Importance Of the ques-
tons affecting the settlement of our national
difficulties Is sufficient warrant to the public
journals Of the country for bringing these
questions, in some form or other, constantly
before The people. New issues are contin-
ually arising, and every election in which
the nation participates generally, forms an
epoch in our history The affairs of the
country are the affairs of the individual, and
he who neglccts the one, is false to the ill.,
terests of the other. Honest, quiet, home.
staying men little think by what magical
springs their social and pecuDiary interests
are touched how much or how little of good,
even for all time, depends upon the charac-
ter of the men in whose hands may be de.
posted the political power Of the country.
Men, it is true, are, in the abstract, moth.
ing. Principles are erry thing but public
men are commonly known and recognized as
the exponents Of settled principles. This
being the case, the selection o: The man to
fll high legislative, judicial, or admins
trative Office, becomes an important public
trust; share OF which trust no good citi-
zen can refuse to take upon himself without
being rendered liable to Just public censure.
The probable action Of the National Dem.
ocratic Convention, soon to be held in the
city Of New York, now engages the specu-
lative mind Of the civilized world for, be
it known, the United Suites is, at this mo-
mcnt, equal in intelligence, power, aud
wealth, to any nation on the globe and
the official action of her great political par
ties is looked upou by the older powers of
the eastern world with commensurate de-
gree of respect.
The voice Of our great State, pcnnsylva-
MIA, will, to certain extent, be potential in
this Convention. There is IN old saying,
and there seems to be some truth in it, ".As
goes Pennsylvania, so goes the Union"
At all events, because, perhaps, of her geo.
graphical position, combined with the staid
sober, thinking tone Of the minds of her
people, and the limitlcss magnitude of her
physical resources, she has always had a
comparatively commanding influence in the
primary political councils of the nation.
We kaoD thats in the coming convention
thc. Pennsylvania Delegation will do its work
in truly Democratic manner. Our State
without presumption, may well boast Of the
character of the men she will send to New
York on the Fourth Of July next. With.
out exception they are known generally or
locally as iirst-class citizens. of tried social
and political integrity. For the Thirteenth
Congressional Distrlc. we speak with bold
ness and complete knowledge. Nj. Meylcrt,
o. Sullivan, with extensive business expert
cnce and Of capacious mind, will join with
that circle in the convention which will keep
in view the practical interests, developed
and undevelopcd, Of the country. OF Mr..
1owcnburg it is hardly necessary to speak,
for his name is already incorporated with
the political history of the country. As a
Delegate to the Democratic National Con.
vention at Chicago in 1864, he discharged
his trust so well that his appointment to the
like position now, is, after all but poor
tribute to his worth, lie is deserving of
more substantial compliments, and VIC hope
to see the day when dictation will proceed,
not from General Grant, but virtually from
the men who shall assemble soon a: New
York.
Let us bide our time; in the mean while,
let us ,ror,.,.
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