The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-05-06
COUNTY Coazzst,srz,r, sz,IrrES.,.
ooUNIT CONVENTION F.xFD FOR MONDAY. July
Z4fu--R. L. JOHNSTON, Eso CHOSEN pELEGATa
t. riE STATE coNvEHrIoN--AN ELCocENr AND
FITTISG ADDRESS


To THE STATE CoSvEnrIoN--AN KLCocENT AND
FITriHG ADDRESS
Pursuant 10 published notice the Democratic
County Committee assembled nc the Cour,
House IN Bbens5urg, on Monday lust, May Ist.
After the meeting had been called to order by
the Chairman it on motion
Resolved, That the Democratic Delegate
election be held on Saturday, the 22d day OF
July rext, and the County Convention on
Monday, July oath.
Resolved. That the Delegate to the Stste
Convention having beer conceded to Cambria
county, We do hereby ratify tho reeommenda-
ton OF Indiana county, and select r L. j. Johns
ton, Esq as said Delegate.
Resolved, That the following address to the
voters of Cambria county be unanimously
adopted and that the saiua be published 10 all
the democratic papers OF the coanty.
ADDRESS OF THE COUNTY COMMITTEE.
To The Democracy Of Cambria County:
Your Committee, called together in the inter-
ty in Cambria county. deem it not inappropri-
ate to address their fellow citizens few words
on the political duties of the day
II ever Democrats could congratulate them
selves ON the dawuing of brighter day for
is lolc And that their imrls lsnse gains il, recent
elections have not been the result OF local in
huences is eYinced by the fact that they have
been equally telling in the NOrth,and the South
the East and the West. These changes must
continue and even increase so long as Radical
ism pursues it's present. corrupt and tyranni-
cal career; and if the Democracy are true to
themselves and their country, return to the
purer days of our fathers becomes only ques-
tion of time. But to accomplish this we must
that Eternal Vigilance is the price of Iiberty,'
and realize the fruits of the prestige of late
victories by securing other and greater tri-
umphs in the future. No Democrat should for
get his own Importance in the struggle, nor
prize lightly his individual efforts in restoring
the government OF our country 10 it's pristine
integrity
The unstatesnanlike course OF the President
has alienated from his administration the men
of the highest mark in his own party, and now
such men SIS Sumner, and Schurz, and Truu-
bull, the very architects OF the Radical party,
are found battling against his encrCachments
on the rights of the people, while the stOiid otJ-
stinacy OF Grant has rendered the breach as per-
mancnt rs il must prove fatal. 1t ia needless to
recapitulate at length the salient points of at
tack on administration weak as IL is des-
potic. but we may safely charge:
That the President has not made honesty or
competence the test of fitness Tor Office, but has
showered his patronage on his relations and
through the presentation of gifts.
That he has used the army and navy of the
United States for the purpose of annexing for
eign territory without the authority OF Con-
gresS and nRnin5t the express action of the Sem
ate, the only treaty making power in the coun-
That he has prevented, by the employment OF
the forces of the United States, the right of
equal suffrage in the States, and has even car
ried this violation OF the rights of the States
and the People to such an extent as be rebuked
by the Radical Governor of Pennsylvania.
That by virtue OF unconstitutional force bills
tive franchise in any of the Southern States and
force carpet-bag strangers upon tho people
over tho candidates of their own choice
That the Radical system Of taxation is arbi-
trary. unfair aud oppressive, and compels the
which should be assessed upon the wealth and
not the labor of the country.
Ihat the taxes or the people are squandored,
hnd their wey into the public treasury, while
numerous defalcations are OF every day occur
renee.
That during the last year of Buchanan's ad-
ministration the expenditures of the govern
he
for the year 1870 amount to over sl64.000000.
That over 200, GOO acres of the peoples lands
have been bestowed upon corporations, thus
taking from the industrious foreigner who seeks
an asylum with us, as well as from the sons OF
our farmers and mechanics, the fertile lands of
the great West, and giving them away to rich
present self-willcd and inefficient incumb bent of
the Presidential chaik having been resolved on
placed Mt his disposal the army and navy of the
United states, TO force that result upon the
people. >-..' ''s ~" '''e7 u '.'e s'' :.
are ignored, the States virtually reduced 10
provinces, and despotic power centralized at
Washington.
son to congratulate ourselves on our improved
local condition. We have for the first time
talented and fearless Democrat to represent our
district in the Congress Of the nitcd States
though to our shame be il spoken, Cambria can
too, that the Radical ca n dfdate. Hon. D. g. Nor,
Tcli, had maulineSs enough TO refuse to contest
q seat which Tnlgit nave Be6u awarded nm by
a corrupt and parttzan Congress, a body which
has been in the habit of setting aside the ver-
Thanks t6the Democratic State Senate, and
thanks especially to our representative, we are
now placed in q Senatorial District where the
sentiments OF our people on Poiit1c2l questions
will no longer be misrepresented We are now
in position in which, if every Democrat does
his duty, Cambria county VII he Represented
COugreSSiOnally- SenatOI1ally and JGtiICl&ly Toy
true anc tTied Democrats
1t then behooves every Democrat OF Cambria
county to realize the fact that she stands in the
that Little Cambria" with her FROSTY sons OF
thunder" stands as firm in her support of DEM
Ocratic principles as her cwu Allegheny noun
tain upon its base-that her gallant sons viii
never fater in the battle betw ween the right and
bat that her future triumphs shall even exceed
those Of the past.
TO insure this triumph it is required that
good and acceptable nominations shall be made
for every office-that the .JefferSOnian test. rs
ne honest IS ne capao!e shati pe apIled 70
every candidate offering himself for your sup
port in the convention. Let not the impOrtuui-
ty OF candidates overcome your better jndg-
ment, but in your action CONSIDER the welfare
Of Cambria county and the Democratic party
as superior TO the claims of any Individual can
didate. Every Democrat should 90 ms part 70
see that good and safe nominations are made,
for when made it is the duty of every good
the welfare of the country and of the party
shall animate every Democratic bosom, then
Cambria conty viii still stan:l in the political
armament as the star that never sets.
r. L. JoHSsroN, Chairman.
THEY MEAN WHAT They SAY-Those of
our readers who have an eye TO business aad
desire to know where they get the mos, for
their money. have of course noticed the loud
talk of Messrs. Gels e. Foster, of JOhnstown,
which has found vent through our paper for
several weeks past We feel that it is needless
for us to assure any one of the rel ability and
standing of this great firm and its unquestion-
able ability to perform its promises in every
particular. When they say thing they mean
il, and what they mean is plainly expressed in
their advertisement fD another column. They
offer wonderful bargains, and we trust that our
readers will go in and win
TIE WAY THINGS Go.-To plow, to SOW
to reap, to NOW, to rake, to hoe, will keep
farmers on the 60 from now you know till the
summers glow gives place to frosts and snow
All of which leads us to say that Geo. Huntley
has all the implements and machinery needfui