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 This Convention assembled at Harrisburg, in the Court House, 
 January 4th, 1828, and was organized by the appointment of the 
 following officers :— 
 
 THOMAS BURNSIDE, of Centre county, President. 
 
 Samut.l W etherill. of Philadelphia, and Archibald Bard, of 
 Franklin county. Vice Presidents, and 
 
 i Claries //. Israel , of Allegheny county, and David Slnilze , of 
 
 . /Voi-k'ouiur, Secretaries. 
 
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 The names of the several counties being called over, it was ascer¬ 
 tained that every county in the State, but Lehigh and Greene, had 
 elected Delegates, and one hundred and ten Delegates answered to 
 their names. 
 
 On motion of Mr, Dewees. ofMontgomery county, the President 
 and Vice Presidents were constituted a Committee to communicate 
 to the Governor of the Commonwealth, the assurances of the high 
 respect of this Convention, and their desire that he would permit 
 i s naive to be used as a candidate for the office of Vice President, 
 or iis an Elector of President and Vice President. 
 
 On motion of \lr. Binns, of Philadelphia, it was 
 
 Resolved, That the Delegates from each congressional district, 
 shall report ns many names to be placed on the Electoral Ticket, 
 as they are entitled to members of Congress,'—that a committee of 
 nine be appointed to select two persons >o be placed on the 
 Electoral Ticket to represent the Senators—provided, that no name 
 shall be put on the ticket, without being first improved bv a major¬ 
 ity of his convention. 'Hie following persons were appointed the 
 Messrs. Binns of Philadelphia, Watinough of Montgocn 
 vrv. Murray, of Colunib a, Matthiot. of Lancaster, M'Dovve!!, of 
 Mini in, Sullivan, of Butler, Chambers, of Franklin, Heaton, of 
 Fayette, and Schall, of Berks. 
 
 On motion of George A. Snyder, of Union county, a resolution 
 va* adopted that the Delegates from the several counties be re¬ 
 quited to report Committees Of Correspondence for their several 
 
 districts. 
 
 On motion of John Binn c , of Philadelphia, a committee of nine 
 were appointed to draft and report to the Convention Resolutions 
 and aii Address to the People of Pennsylvania. The committee ap- 
 pointed were John Binns, of Philadelphia, Eli Kitchen, of Bucks, 
 Joshua Dickerson, ot YVashiagion, Win. Harris, of Chester, Wm. 
 
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McCandfes, o£ Allegheny, George M. Hollenback, of Luzerne, 
 Vtfm. iNj.cllvaine, of; York, George Hoffman of Lancaster and Al¬ 
 exander Dysart of Huntingdon. 
 
 The convention adjourned to meet at 7 o’clock in the Evening. 
 
 Same Day , 7 o'clock, F. M. — Convention met. 
 
 The President of the Convention, as Chairman of the committee 
 for that purpose appointed reported that they had in performance 
 of the duty imposed on them addressed to the Governor the follow¬ 
 ing letter. 
 
 Harrisburg, January 4, 1828. 
 
 To his Excellency, J. Andrew Shulze , 
 
 Governor of Pennsylvania. 
 
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 The subscribers, appointed for the purpose, bv the Democratic 
 Convention opposed to the election of General Andrew Jac 
 as President of the United States, respectfully represent, that 
 that Convention have the most entire confidence in your princi¬ 
 ples, and heartily approve of your administration. Conscious of 
 your deserved popularity, and desirous, as well as an expression of 
 their own opinion as to benefit the cause they advocate and the 
 country they love, ask permission to use yorir name on their 
 ticket. 
 
 The general expression of confidence in you which has gone 
 forth from the friends of the Administration of the general Gov¬ 
 ernment, in this state, and in other states, convince the Conven¬ 
 tion of which we are members, that no name would be so accepta¬ 
 ble as yours, as a candidate for the Vice Presidency. Vfav we 
 hope that you will permit us the use of a name which is identified 
 with the cause of Internal Improvement and American Manufac¬ 
 tures. 4 
 
 If circumstances, to which we are strangers, shall determine you 
 to withhold your n^gne, as a candidate for the Vice Presidency, we 
 hope that you will see no objection to permit us to put it at the 
 head of our Electoral Ticket. 
 
 We have the honor to be, Sir, with entire respect, your olK^dieWf 
 servants. A 
 
 TIIOMAS BURNSIDE, 
 
 SAMUEL WETHER1LL, 
 ARCHIBALD BARD. 
 
 Committee. 
 
 To which the Governor was pleased, soon after, to return the fol¬ 
 lowing answer. 
 
 Harrisburg, January 4, 1828. 
 
 Gentlemen', 
 
 I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 
 this date, »ud reply without hesitancy or reservation. I had long 
 
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 since determined upon the course of conduct, which, I consider, 
 it is my duty to pursue in relation to the pending Presidential 
 election. Aware, as I am, of the honors, conferred bv the request 
 that I would permit the use of my name for the office of Vice 
 President, or as an Elector, I cannot be insensible to the fact, that 
 it is the station to which I have had the honor to be elevated, and 
 the hold which I am supposed to have on the good opinion of my 
 fellow-citizens, that I am indebted for this distinction. Flattered, 
 as I am by it, I cannot but be aware of the obligations it imposes. 
 As Governor of Pennsylvania, l feel it my duty, as far as it is in 
 mv power, to soothe and allay, rather than aggravate, the asperities 
 which necessarily will appertain to the approaching Presidential 
 Canvass. This consideration greatly influences my judgment, 
 when I make known my determination to decline allowing the us? 
 of my name as a candidate for public suffrage at the election in 
 November next. 
 
 To the Convention, of which you are a Committee, I tender the 
 homage of my high consideration, and request your personal accep¬ 
 tance of my good wishes. 
 
 I have the honor to be, Gentlemen, your friend and fellow r -ci- 
 
 tizen. 
 
 J. ANDW. SHULZE. 
 
 To the Hon. THOMAS BURNSIDE, 
 
 President . 
 
 Samuel Wetherill, and 
 Archibald Bard, Esquires, 
 
 l ice Presidents. 
 
 Mr. Gormley of Allegheny county, moved that the letter of the 
 Committee and of the Governor be inserted on the minutes and pub¬ 
 lished as part of the proceedings of this convention. 
 
 ^ Mr. Binns of Phil a. reported that he was instructed, by the coni- 
 Qinittee for that purpose appointed to state it was their unanimous 
 opinion that the names ot Gabriel fliester of Dauphin county and 
 John Reed of Washington county, should be placed at the head of 
 v the Electoral Ticket. This report was unanimously adopted. 
 
 V Mr. Bums reported the following Resolutions and Address which 
 were adopted without a dissenting voice. 
 
 Resolved , As the opinion of this Convention, that the proceed¬ 
 ings of the present Administration of the general Government 
 have been characterized by an earnest devotion to the republican 
 r principles and usages ot their predecessors ; by a steady and wake¬ 
 ful attention to the domestic interests and industry of the Amer¬ 
 ican people ; and by a proper regard to the national lights and dig¬ 
 nity in their intercourse with foreign governments. 
 
 Resolved , That the firmness and sagacity of the present na- 
 ’V "tional Administration, in refusing to submit to the unjust anil vexa- 
 tious orders in council of the British government in relation to the 
 /trade of the West India islands, entitle them to the. thanks and 
 u gratitude of the American people. 
 
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 Resolved, That by encouraging domestic Manufactures and 
 prosecuting the great plans of Internal Improvement, the sources’ 
 of public and private prosperity will be enlarged, and the union of 
 the states will be more effectually cemented. 
 
 Resolved . That in the present happy and prosperous condition of 
 our beloved country, when all classes and sections are under the 
 blessing of Divine Providence, flourishing and contented, beyond 
 example, it seems to us that to depart from the well established 
 Custom of re-electing a President for the second term of four 
 years, even for the purpose of introducing a statesman of equal 
 abilities and character, would not comport with the principles of a 
 prudent and reflecting people. 
 
 Resolved , That when we contemplate the character and abilities 
 of Geneial Jackson :—his acknowledged incapacity for civil offices: 
 —his military temper and love of arbitrary dominion :—his igno¬ 
 rance of the constitution and principles of our government :—his 
 repeated violations of the laws by which the personal safety of thef 
 citizen is guaranteed—and his indifference, if not hostility, to the 
 great Kmerican System, upon which our prosperity depends, we 
 find additional, and most powerful, motives to oppose any cliango 
 in the executive at the next Presidential election. 
 
 Resolved , That with the late lamented Jefferson, we deprecate 
 the nomination to the office of President, of an individual, merely 
 on the ground of his military exploits, as an event of more alarming 
 import than any thing which has occurred since the Revolution. 
 
 Resolved, That the pure and honest life, the plain republican 
 simplicity, the various learning, and long public experience of 
 John Quincy Adams, both qualify and entitle him to the continu¬ 
 ance of the confidence of a people, whose interests he has every 
 where promoted with ability and zeal. 
 
 Resolved , That we have witnessed with high satisfaction and 
 pride, the wise and patriotic course of the present Administration 
 of this Commonwealth in respect to the great interests of Penn¬ 
 sylvania, for which they are entitled to the gratitude and undi¬ 
 vided support of the people. 
 
 Resolved. That the citizens of the different counties friendly to 
 the present Administration of the general Goverdment, be re¬ 
 quested to hold at an early period, the usual township county and 
 district meetings, and to nominate suitable candidates for the na- ’ 
 fional and state offices for support at the ensuing general election. 
 
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 TO THE PEOPLE OF PENNSYLVANIA, 
 
 HAVING discharged the duties we were deputed toper- 
 form, we proceed to give to you. our constituents, and fellow 
 citizens, some account of the motives and reasons which have 
 governed us. We frankly tell you at the outset that our ob¬ 
 ject is to persuade you to adopt our opinions and to act and 
 vote with us. Do not, therefore, array yourselves against 
 what we may fairly urge. Listen to us patiently ; well con¬ 
 sider what we offer; and be influenced, by the facts and argu¬ 
 ments, we present. We have no particular interest in the 
 question before us. We have no motive but of a public, and, 
 we trust, of a patriotic, character. We have no interest other 
 than that which appertains to us as citizens, w ho love their 
 country and are proud of her political institutions : w ho pride 
 themselves in the enjoyment of the abundant blessings of reli¬ 
 gious, civil and political liberty, and are truly and sincerely 
 anxious to preserve to themselves and for their children, the 
 ricli inheritance which has descended to them as fruits of the 
 valor and patriotism of the founders of the republic. 
 
 Our principal business was the formation of an Electoral 
 Ticket friendly to the re-election of the present President of 
 the United States. That duty is performed, and the names 
 selected are submitted, in the confident hope and firm belief, 
 that they will secure a majority of the votes of the people of 
 Pennsylvania. The names on the ticket are those of men 
 generally known to you as of sound principles, as faithful 
 public agents and as worthy members of society. We invite 
 you to compare their characters, and their public services 
 with those of any other ticket which may be presented for 
 your suffrages. Name by name, we fear no competition ; as 
 to public and private w orth we shrink from no comparison. 
 To such men your suffrages may be safely entrusted. They 
 have most of them had good opportunities to ascertain who 
 arc the ablest statesmen, the most capable and tiie most ex-, 
 
pev cured ; whose principles are the soundest: whose policy 
 is toe best. They all, as with one voice, unite in favor of 
 John Quincy Adams :—for them, therefore, as your agents, 
 we ask your suffrages that they may bestow the vote of Penn¬ 
 sylvania on him who sedulously pursues, with unhesitating 
 and unabating zeal, that system w hich has long been the fa¬ 
 vorite policy of Pennsylvania, and which basso won the af¬ 
 fections, and advanced the interests, of our fellow r citizens, 
 that it is now truly, and emphatically, known as the Ameri¬ 
 can System. 
 
 t For the Presidency there are two candidates; John Quincy 
 Adams and Andrew Jackson. It is not probable that any 
 other candidate will be offered. One or other of these gen¬ 
 tlemen is destined to be declared President of the United 
 States on the 4th of March 1829. Our election for electors 
 wiii take place next November. Two tickets will be sub¬ 
 mitted. One in favour of Mr, Adams and the other of Gen¬ 
 era] Jackson. For one, or the other, of those tickets it is 
 Tour duty to vote and, we pray you, do your duty. W hen 
 such a question as the present is pending, and when the choice 
 may be determined by a single vote, it is the plain republican 
 obligation of every citizen to go to the polls. Examine the 
 question well; there is time enough deliberately to make up 
 your minds, hut when you have determined, exercise thb right 
 of suffrage in favor of* him whom you prefer. In this state- 
 all have a right to vote: we have no privileges for “ freehold¬ 
 ers,” as was, on motion of General Jackson, incorporated 
 into the constitution of Tennessee. 
 
 The lives of Mr, Adams and General Jackson are before 
 the public : and, we will not, to use the language of the Gov¬ 
 ernor of Pennsylvania, wastefullv diminish the stock of 
 our national reputation by detracting from the distinguished 
 individual reputations of which it is composed.” Vfe there¬ 
 fore pass over the many, and deep offences, and powerful ob¬ 
 jections, which are urged against General Jackson, as reas¬ 
 ons why he never should have been proposed as chief Mag¬ 
 istrate. We could have wished, for his own fame’s sake, that 
 injudicious friends and interested office seekers had never 
 given birth to that strict inquiry which has been instituted 
 into the conduct and character.of General Jackson: an inqui¬ 
 ry which has caused the .novel and extraordinary occurence 
 of the appointment of a committee of thirty-eight, whose duty 
 
 it is made to defend him from the various charges adduced a- 
 gainst him. If lie had not become a candidate the world would 
 have remained ignorant of some of the most flagrant acts of dis¬ 
 obedience of positive orders, in a military officer,—the most 
 
faring violations of our constitutions ami laws and state 
 sovereignties, and the most signal triumphs of the military, 
 over the civil, authority, which have ever blurred the page of 
 our history—the cruel wanton and illegal putting to death of 
 the six Militiamen:—the outrageous attack upon the Ben¬ 
 tons;—the shooting of Dickinson,—the contemplated viola¬ 
 tion of the sanctuary of the senate averted bv our gallant De- 
 catur—the recorder protest against the principles and policy 
 of Washington:—these and a multitude of other offences would 
 have remained in oblivion, shrouded in darkness instead of be¬ 
 ing freshly called up to dim the renown of one of the boldest 
 and bravest of our country's warriors. We would that the sun 
 of glory which shone brilliantly around him on the plains of 
 New Orleans, should have been permitted to have set in its 
 fullest splendour and not to go down, amidst dark and crim¬ 
 son clouds. Anxiously and earnestly as we deprecate the ele¬ 
 vation of General Jackson to the Presidency, yet no language, 
 on the part of his followers, no fears for our country, shall 
 tempt us, to say more to his disparagement than a feeling 
 sense of duty may impose; even in remonstrance our lan¬ 
 guage shall be as mild and respectful as truth, and the occa¬ 
 sion will permit. r i hose who desire to read of the vices and 
 crimes imputed to him must turn to other commentators than 
 us We would defeat his election, but still would gladly hail 
 him as one who has done the state much service in the field. 
 The objections we would chiefly urge are not so much the 
 deeds lie lias done; the infirmities of his temper: or the vio¬ 
 lence of his passions; but his want of qualifications, his to¬ 
 tal unfitness for the station, to which he aspires, and the un¬ 
 principled Opposition into whose arms he must, of necessity, 
 throw himself for support We would cling to that which w e 
 know to he safe, profitable and honourable, but wc shrink at 
 the thought of casting the glorious destinies of our country 
 headlong over a precipice beneath which all is gloom and 
 darkness. • 
 
 No man, of judgment and character however bitter and 
 vehement his oppo ition, has had the hardihood to deny that 
 Mr. Adams is highly gifted, has the necessary acquire¬ 
 ments, and is eminently qualified, to discharge the arduous 
 duties w hich appertain to the office of President of the United 
 Slates. For thirty years he has been employed in the public 
 service, by General Washington and his successors, in civil 
 stations, of such a nature as were best calculated to make 
 him intimately acquainted with the institutions, the political 
 relations, and the commercial interests, of his country— 
 His sphere of action has ever been in the cabinet he has 
 never sought military distinctions. His object lias been the 
 
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 preservation of peace, and the advancement of the prosper¬ 
 ity of* the nation. In the discharge of such duties, he la¬ 
 bours with an intensity and assiduity unsurpassed. He 
 makes no pretension to military knowledge or experience, 
 and does not aspire after the distinctions for which such 
 knowledge and experience would qualify him. It is not 
 known that, on any occasion, he has violated the laws, dis¬ 
 regarded the provisions of the constitution, or shed the blood 
 of his fellow-citizens. As a citizen, a man and a public 
 functionary, his life has been exemplary. 
 
 No man of judgment and character, however slavish his 
 devotion, to General Jackson. has undertaken to attempt 
 to shew that he has that disciplined mind, those indispensa¬ 
 ble acquirements and qualifications Which have heretofore 
 distinguished, and which the peace and happiness of the 
 country require, should continue to distinguish—the chief 
 Magistrate of these United States. The only man who ever 
 approached such a task was his friend and biographer, and 
 he was, however unwillingly, obliged to admit, that from a 
 sense of his own unfitness and want of capacity, General 
 Jackson, had resigned every civil office he ever held. His 
 sphere of’action is the field of battle. It is only in such 
 scenes he can be useful to his country or sqen to advantage. 
 If we wanted a military commander he would have claims 
 and qualifications. As a civil Magistrate, his whole life 
 proves he has none. Either from ignorance or tempera¬ 
 ment, he has, on various occasions, violated the most sacred 
 laws and the constitution of his country, imbrued his hands 
 in the blood of his fellow citizens, and ordered to a public 
 death those who had bravely devoted themselves to the de¬ 
 fence of their country and to whom he ought to have been a 
 protector. 
 
 An attempt is made to induce a belief that general Jackson 
 is the Democratic candidate ; the object of this attempt is 
 palpable. From this groundless assumption, we appeal, not 
 to your prejudices or your passions, but to facts and argu¬ 
 ments, the truth and force of which you are as able to test as 
 we are who. submit them. 
 
 If this assumption were well founded this convention would 
 never have assembled, a large portion of its members are 
 known to the people of Pennsylvania, as men who have al¬ 
 ways been contending for the principles and the men, of the 
 democratic party. It is because they feel persuaded that 
 these men, and these principles, would be endangered, by the 
 election of general Jackson, that they have consented to leave 
 their businesses, and as representatives of the opinions of 
 
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 their neighbours and friends, to assemble together and so¬ 
 lemnly appeal to their fellow citizens, against the elevation 
 to the chief MAGISTRACY of a man whose claim is wholly 
 military and the attempt to elevate whom induced the vener¬ 
 able Patriarch of Democracy. Thomas Jefferson, ‘‘more to 
 doubt of the stability of our republican institutions than any 
 event which had occurred since the revolution.” 
 
 You know fellow citizens that the most violent fede¬ 
 ralists, and federal newspapers, in this state, and in the 
 United States, are among the most ardent advocates of the 
 election of General Jackson. It is right it should be so. 
 July 4th 1827, an oration was delivered at Nashville, 
 by Andrew Hay, Esq. before general Jackson, and a large 
 assembly of his friends. This oration was by their re¬ 
 quest, published, and in it, among other things of a similar 
 nature, in reference to the pending Presidential election it is 
 said 44 the high minded federalists, of the Hamilton School, 
 will not he against us” To the people of Pennsylvania it is 
 not necessary to say “the high minded federalists, of the Ham¬ 
 ilton School are Timothy Pickering, James Ross and other 
 Jackson m<jn, whose principles of government approximate 
 more nearly to anarchy than those of any other body of men 
 known in the United States. These are the Politicians most 
 confidently relied upon to elevate general Jackson ; yet there 
 are men in Pennsylvania, who do not scruple to talk of him 
 as a democrat and as the democratic candidate. Those who 
 desire what they call a strong government: those who would 
 exterminate party, and in its place establish the will of an 
 individual : those who would give privileges to the rich and 
 withhold rights from the poor : these are among the most 
 clamorous advocates for the election of general Jackson; who, 
 to do him justice, leaves nothing undone to attain the object 
 of his ambition. 
 
 It is not necessary to go back, for the purpose of exhibit¬ 
 ing general Jackson’s aristocratic votes in the forma¬ 
 tion of the constitution of Tennessee. These are facts of 
 record on the journals of the convention of that state. We 
 ask attention however, to other evidences of a more recent 
 date, to the last positive declarations on this subject which 
 we have from the pen, of general Jackson himself. In his 
 letters to Mr. Monroe, in 1816-17 : General Jackson thus 
 lays down his political doctrines, and thus gives his advice 
 to the President elect. “Everything depends upon the se¬ 
 lection of your ministry , in every selection party feelings 
 should he avoided. Now is the time to EXTERMINATE 
 that MONSTER PARTY SPIRIT. The chief Magis¬ 
 trate, of a great and powerful nation, should never indulge 
 in party feeling s y Consult so party in your choice.” 
 
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 These are the words, am 1 in the order in which they stand 
 
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 in the letters addressed by Genera] Jackson to Mr Monroe, 
 and published in 1823 under the authority and revision of 
 his friend and biographer, Major Eaton. 
 
 Every political party is presumed to be founded on, and 
 governed by certain principles, on the security of which they 
 ask public confidence. Parties are governed by Principles , 
 Factions by Men. The Democratic party has at all times 
 professed to believe that its governing principles were those 
 which, if acted upon, were best adapted to preserve the 
 rights and ensure the happiness of the people ; and the Free¬ 
 dom, Sovereignty and Independence of the country; and, 
 consequently, that the men who entertained its principles 
 are those best calculate to hold station and office and exer¬ 
 cise the functions of government in consonance with the 
 constitution Acting upon this belief they have zealously 
 contended, in favor of the deflation of men. of their own par¬ 
 ty, to fill the highest offices of the government, and they have 
 uniformly expected, from the members of their party, w hen 
 elevated, as Presidents, or Governors, that in their selec¬ 
 tions for office, they w ould select men of the same party w ith 
 themselves. Such have at all times been the avowed princi¬ 
 ples of the Democratic party, and upon those principles the 
 most distinguished and popular men of that party have al¬ 
 ways acted. 
 
 Is it not then as clear as light that the doctrines laid 
 down by General Jackson, in the extracts we have given, is 
 not the doctrine either professed, or acted upon, bytlie Dem¬ 
 ocratic party ? General Jackson, in the most express and 4 
 positive terms, disclaims and denounces Party as a Monster , 
 which ought to be exterminated. IIow then can he be a parly 
 candidate ? As the Democratic party was, at the time he 
 wrote, and for a long time before had been: the dominant 
 party ; and as it was a member of the Federal party whom 
 General Jackson was labouring to have taken into the 
 “ministry” of President Monroe, it was the Democratic 
 party which Gen. Jackson hoped w ould not be consulted or 
 its feelings indulged : it w as the party which he desired to 
 have exterminated. Would it not then be most unnatural for 
 that party to select him as its candidate ? To wish to ele¬ 
 vate to the highest authority, the very man who had insidi¬ 
 ously made war upon it—even a w ar of extermination. Par¬ 
 ties, like individuals, may commit suicide; we, however, rely 
 with entire confidence on the intelligence and virtue of the 
 Democratic party of Pennsylvania, to save it from the guilt 
 of so foul a crime. 
 
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 It is a necessary and important inquiry, fellow citizens, 10 
 ascertain what we are to have in the room of Partv ? What, 
 in its place is to be the passport to office ? What, to its ex¬ 
 clusion, is to bethe test to prove men qualified for official sta¬ 
 tions ? This criterion we are left to infer, and we may safely 
 infer it from the conduct and character of General Jackson, 
 as well as of those who act as leaders of his party. It is to 
 be. DEVOTION TO AX INDIVIDUAL !!! 
 
 So early as the year 1823, in “ an address to the people of 
 46 Pennsylvania , by the Jackson committee of correspondence 
 “ for the city and county of Philadelphia,” and signed by 
 eleven distinguished Jackson names, we find the following 
 passage. “ The supporters of the Hero of Orleans, hold 
 
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 “identify their adherence to him with the love of liberty 
 “ and their devotion to their country. TO HIM they have 
 44 plighted their faith ; to HIM will they remain true , 
 
 This convention do not feel called upon to descant upon 
 language so plainly and powerfully indicative of the worship 
 of, and devotion to, an individual. They may. however, be 
 permitted to remark, that such was the language held by the 
 Romans to Julius Csesar, when his horse’s hoofs were wet 
 with the blood of his fellow citizens. Such was the language 
 of Englishmen to Oliver Cromwell, and of Frenchmen to Na¬ 
 poleon Bonaparte ! What was the consequence of such abject 
 flattery to militarv officers ? You all know fellow citizens, it 
 stains the page of History ; it was the enslavement of their 
 country ? Do we vainly hope to be exempted, under the same 
 circumstances, from the fate of other men and other nations ? 
 
 If party is to have no influence with General Jackson in 
 his selections for office, what remains but personal predilec¬ 
 tions ? How are personal favors to be obtained ! How but by 
 44 holding fidelity to him under all circumstances,” as the 
 first of duties ; “as paramount to every other consideration.” 
 The manifestation of these slavish principles are painfully 
 obtrusive throughout our .state and Union. The robes of 
 Democracy and Federalism are laid aside and the followers 
 of the Military candidate, every where muster together and 
 come forth as “ Jackson men.” These are novel and danger¬ 
 ous signs of the times and imperatively call upon us to be 
 vigilant to preserve from pollution the sacred charters of our 
 country. 
 
 Shall we examine, yet further, where the doctrine of per¬ 
 sonal devotion will carry us, at the cxpence of principle ?' 
 July 4th 1827 an oration was delivered, atYauxhail Garden, 
 
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 'Philadelphia before the democratic friends of Gen. Jack soil* 
 by an orator of their own selection. On that occasion, it 
 was proclaimed, that the reins of government belonged, of 
 -right, to them; that federalists were to be seen “with vleas- 
 ■urc, any wh^re* except in power.” “I would say to them.” 
 said the Jackson orator of the day, “as a political party, 
 excuse us, your day has passed, ours has arrived: yours was 
 the reign of terror.” Here, fellow citizens in the month of 
 July 1827. the whole federal party, without an exception, 
 was denounced, and told to stand aside as unworthy of any 
 office. .Mark the practical illustration of this general pro¬ 
 scription; not- as you will find, so much however of any par¬ 
 ty. as of anti-Jackson men; of all, who will not fall down ami 
 worship the Image they have setup. 
 
 In September, of the same year, three months after the 
 above sentiments had been hailed with loud cheers, these 
 same Jackson men selected for their candidate for Congress, 
 
 one of those they had just before denounced, a federalist “of 
 the reign of terror ,” and they called him the “Jackson peo¬ 
 ple’s candidate.” For this conduct they were thus strangely 
 complimented, in a Jackson Federal Gazette of the day: 
 “they.” the Jackson Democrats, “ have offered up ALL their 
 old professions on their country's altar, in nominating a fed¬ 
 eralist for their representative in the national Legislature. 
 What greater sacrifice could they make of old party feel¬ 
 ings than to nominate ax old party oppoxext for the 
 highest office in the gift of the citzens of Philadelphia? They, 
 the Jackson men, do not require him to desert his old name ; 
 or to desert his old friends; [devotion to the cause of Gen. Jack- 
 son is all they require] and yet they come forward in a body t 
 and nominate him and will most cordially support him.” 
 
 Such fellow citizens are the remarkable inconsistencies 
 into which men are inevitably betrayed when they desert the 
 standard of principle, and rally under that of an individual. 
 It would ill become us to point to what has been the conse¬ 
 quences, to other countries, where the chief Magistrate knew 
 no rule, by which, to select his officers, but that of personal 
 devotion. Turn to the page of history and ponder on what 
 has befallen all countries, and all people, who have so far 
 forgotten their own dignity and rights as to permit the civil 
 authority to vest in a Military Chieftain, whose ambition led 
 him eagerly to seek after the station he at length attained. 
 How ardently, how untiringly, Gen. Jackson has elec¬ 
 tioneered for the Presidency of the United States since the 
 djiy after he complimented the present chief Magistrate on 
 his election, is in the knowiedge of every citizen who peruses 
 the newspapers—and who does not? 
 
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 It is objected against Mr. Adams, that his father was Pre¬ 
 sident of the United States, and that during his Presidency, 
 laws of a most objectionable character were passed, and that 
 the people ejected him from office. This is true, and among the 
 signers to this address are many who were active in opposi¬ 
 tion to the re-election of the elder Adams ; many who would 
 not, now, shrink from the toil of an active political campaign, 
 against the re-election of the son, if the same objections now 
 lay against him, as formerly lay against his father. But is 
 i it so, fellow citizens? Are such objections in existence? We 
 answer for you; and without the fear of contradiction, an¬ 
 swer. No! It is in vain we look over the statute book for 
 Alien and Sedition laws! They have no existence. Eight 
 per cent, loans arc not now required ; money enough can be 
 had for five per cent, but we do not want to borrow ; we are 
 fast paying off the little we owe, and a few years perse¬ 
 verance in our present policy, will leave us without any na¬ 
 tional debt. A national debt is no longer regarded as a na- 
 V tional blessing ; under a system of strict economy, we hope 
 soon to see the debt extinguished, and, without any direct 
 tax, to have a large surplus of revenue from the national cof¬ 
 fers to appropriate to Internal State Improvements. We 
 know nothing of a reign of terror : every man sits down un¬ 
 der his own vine, and his own lig tree and there is none to 
 make him afraid. 
 
 The present President of the United S tates did not rise to 
 authority on the talents and public services, great- as they 
 were, of his father. No! he was elevated on account of his 
 own personal talents and public services ; and they must 
 have been pre-eminently great to have borne him up against 
 the Hood of prejudice which obstructed his march to public 
 confidence. He has never sought popularity through any 
 other than its most legitimate channels*—his habits are studi¬ 
 ous : his time devoted to business and his manners reserved. 
 Matchless must have been the public services, unrivalled the 
 talents, peerless and incomparable the devotion to the public- 
 weal, of him, whose virtues could so far have won the public 
 esteem, and the public voice, as to have been by them sustained 
 and borne up against such mountains of obstructions. Shall 
 so talented, so virtuous, so patriotic a man, who has thus 
 triumphed, he cast down without a cause and against all pre¬ 
 cedent and principle? We unhesitatingly and confidently an¬ 
 swer, he shall not. That public conviction of his worth, 
 which, against powerful prejudices, has elevated him to the 
 chief Magistracy, will sustain him there, the period which 
 
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 lias been consecrated by a Washington, a Jefferson, a Madi¬ 
 son. and a Monroe; all of whom have borne ample testimony 
 to the qualifications, principles and patriotism of John Quin¬ 
 cy Adams. 
 
 Every citizen knows the principles and policy of the pres¬ 
 ent administration; but, who knows what would be the prin¬ 
 ciples and the policy of an administration selected by General 
 Jackson on the doctrines laid down in his letter to Mr. Mon¬ 
 roe ? Th: re are, however, certain cardinal points of policy, 
 in which Pennsylvania is most deeply interested, on which 
 we have had indications which speak in a voice not to be mis¬ 
 taken, as to what would be the course of policy of an adminis¬ 
 tration made up of what are called Jackson men. We have 
 their votes of record, and from the record, we can judge. 
 W e will take their latest votes and on the subject of all oth¬ 
 ers most deeply and most generally affecting the interests of 
 Pennsylvania. We take the proceedings in the last session 
 in the more numerous branch of the national legislature on 
 the bill designed to increase the protection on the growth and 
 manufacture of wool . There are twenty-four states in the 
 Union: wool is the product of eighteen states. Three fourths 
 of all the States, including the largest, in the Union, were 
 interested in the Bill. The protection it proposed was far 
 less than is afforded to sugar, which is grown in but two states; 
 or to cotton , which is grown but in seven states. It passed 
 the House of Representatives by a vote of one hundred and 
 six ayes to ninety-five noes. Let us analize this vote to as¬ 
 certain who were the friends and who were the enemies of 
 this important bill. Of the one hundred and six ayes, ninety- 
 six were friendly to the administration. Of the ninety-five 
 noes, eighty-five were opposition or Jackson men. From the 
 state of New-York there were five noes—all opposition lists. 
 From Pennsylvania there were seven noes, all Jacksonmen. 
 From Delaware one no, a Jackson man. From Maryland 
 four noes, all of them Jackson men. From Ohio one no, a 
 Jackson man. From Kentucky seven noes, four of them 
 Jackson men. From Indiana two noes, both Jackson 
 men. 
 
 The states of Virginia (with the exception of Mr. Johnson 
 an administration man) South Carolina, North Carolina, 
 Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee arid Alabama, 
 nearly all Jackson states were unanimous in opposition to 
 the bill. The states of Massachusetts (with the exception of 
 Mr. Baylies, a Jackson man) Vermont, New-Hampshirc, 
 Rhode hsland, Connecticut, New Jersey and Missouri, all 
 administration States, were unanimous in support of the bill. 
 
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 The Jackson men from the middle states, who had two 
 years before, voted for heavy duties on cotton and sugar, pro¬ 
 ducts of the south, now refused to vote for lighter duties on 
 wool, the produce of the farms of their own constituents. The 
 Tennesseans, who voted for the Tariff on cottons and sugars 
 two years ago now voted against the tariff on wool. 
 
 It has been proclaimed by one of the Jackson leaders in 
 congress that “ Gen. Jackson is a southern man, with south¬ 
 ern feelings and southern interests V 9 How far these feelings 
 and interests influenced the vote on the woollens hill may easi¬ 
 ly he ascertained, by a slight examination of the above anal¬ 
 ysis. IIow powerfully, how preponderatingly, they would 
 influence the destinies of the Union, if unfortunately Gen. 
 Jackson should become President of the United States, may, 
 from the above facts, be easily and certainly inferred. W e 
 flatter ourselves that Pennsylvania will study her own inter¬ 
 ests and promote her own prosperity by averting so heavy a 
 calamity as a change in the policy of the nation would bring 
 upon her. 
 
 In connection with the policy perscveringly fostered under 
 the care of the present wise and patriotic administration of the 
 General Government, it may not be unappropriate to invite 
 your attention to the excellent management of the finances of 
 the nation. There can be no better evidence of the fidelity of 
 public agents, than the judicious management of the treasure 
 committed to their care, so as to avoid taxation and pay off 
 the public debt. 
 
 From the 4th of March, 1325, the date of the President’s 
 inauguration to the 1st January, 1828, a period of two years 
 and ten months, there lias been paid, of the debt of the nation, 
 a sum exceeding sixteen and a quarter millions of dollars, so 
 that there now only remains a public debt of not quite sixty 
 nine millions of dollars, and there is a reduction of the an¬ 
 nual interest to be paid, of about one million of dollars. 
 
 Nor in the same period has the administration neglected 
 any measure which might tend still further to improve the 
 condition of the finances and lessen the weight of the public 
 burdens. In some of their efforts we arc sorry to say, they 
 have been thwarted by the opposition in congress, to the great 
 injury of the nation, for no other reason, that we have been 
 able to discern, than the fear that a wise and economical 
 measure, adopted upon the suggestion of the head of the 
 Treasury Department, and redounding to the benefit of the 
 People, might do the administrators of the government some 
 credit, and thus interfere with the schemes of a 4 ‘combina¬ 
 tion,” determined to destroy them, 44 though they should be 
 as pure as the angels which surround the throne of God!” 
 
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 On the- 22d of December, 1825, the Secretary of the Treasu¬ 
 ry proposed, in his report, to borrow nine millions of dollars 
 at an interest of five per cent, and w ith the money so borrow¬ 
 ed, to gay off a debt of equal amount, bearing an interest of 
 six per cent. Had the sum been thus borrowed, and there 
 is no reason to doubt that it might have been, there would 
 have been a saving of two hundred and seventy thousand 
 dollars to the Public. But the committee of ways and means, 
 with a Jackson chairman, rejected the proposition, and we 
 go on paying six per cent, per annum, upon the debt not 
 redeemed. 
 
 Again, in the annual report of December 1826. the secre¬ 
 tary recommended a similar operation for the debt of sixteen 
 millions, then become redeemable, which would have produ¬ 
 ced a saving, in interest, of three hundred and twenty 
 thousand dollars to the public. This too w as rejected; and 
 what makes it the more striking is, that the rejection, in both 
 instances took place at a period when, from the abundance 
 of money, and the want of employment for it, the rate of in¬ 
 terest was undergoing a reduction, in private concerns, and 
 precisely the same sort of exchange w as taking place, between 
 individuals, w hich the secretary recommended for the public; 
 that is to say. ol‘ 5 per cent interest for 6 per cent interest. 
 He discovered in this a wise and patriotic disposition to ad¬ 
 minister the money concerns of the government, as a prudent 
 man w ould manage his own, preserving his faith, but not 
 paying more than was necessary. While these facts, taken 
 from the official documents, demonstrate the watchful fidelity 
 of those w ho are in authority, they equally, clearly prove that 
 factious disregard to the public interest w hich characterizes 
 the opposition in Congress. 
 
 The same sound principles which safely and honorably 
 guide and govern men in their private conduct, and in the 
 management of their personal concerns will be found equally 
 excellent and available to direct them in their public con¬ 
 duct and influence their public servants. Strict economy and 
 the employment of fit and faithful agents are as indispensable 
 and as profitable in public, as in private, life. 
 
 The proprietor of a large farm, after many years, has ac¬ 
 quired an intimate acquaintance with the nature of the soil, and 
 the quality and quantity, and rotation of manures and crops 
 it will bear and yield: and at length succeeded in getting his 
 farm into such good heart, that, w ith as little expense as 
 possible, it yields as much as it is capable of yielding. His 
 income exceeds his expenditure; his family increases; he is 
 wealthy and prosperous. In this happy state of things, c.ei v 
 
tain persons affecting an anxious solicitude for his welfare, 
 insinuate that ills superintendaiit and workmen are ignorant 
 or unfaithful and extravagant; and do not manage the farm 
 as it ought to be managed; and they recommend anew super¬ 
 intend ant and workmen. 
 
 The proprietor, acquainted with the character of the per¬ 
 son recommended replies:—“The person you recommend has 
 shewn much zeal in the service of his employers and may be 
 very useful; but not as a farmer. I know Ik is a most excel¬ 
 lent captain of a ship. If I wanted y I would willing¬ 
 
 ly take him. But he is no farmer, aVaM am satisfied with 
 those l have. They know their dutv and work very well. 
 If I were to put my affairs into the hands of him you recom¬ 
 mend they would go to ruin, my land would be removed and 
 my children despoiled of their inheritance. I am content 
 . and grateful for the blessings I enjoy and do not desire any 
 change?” 
 
 Is not this fellow-citizens a true picture of the present con¬ 
 dition of the United States? If the owner of the farm was 
 wise in retaining his old and well-tried servants and in 
 working his grounds in the manner in which lie had got rich 
 by working them, would it be wise in the people, the proprie¬ 
 tors of the soil, of the United States, to remove long-tried and 
 competent public servants, to put, they know not whom, in 
 their places ; and at the head of the Government, a military 
 officer, who has not only never shewn any talent for civil 
 employment but who has actually, from a sense of his own 
 unfitness, resigned every civil station he ever held. 
 
 This we shall he told, and you will he told, is but a sim¬ 
 ple tale, and told in humble language; but is it not the truth, 
 told in a language which we all understand. We are plain 
 men and so are the people whom we address. AH we hope, 
 or expect, is, to have men at the head of the Government who 
 are honest and capable, and faithful to the constitution. Men 
 who will pursue that course of pokey which has, to use 
 the language of Governor Shulzc caused “plenty to How in 
 upon us through every channel and a multiplication of the 
 good things of this world every where to be found throughout 
 Pennsylvania.” This is what we desire, this is what we are 
 solicitous to preserve. Our private happiness, our state 
 pride,, our duty as citizens of the Union and as members of 
 the human family unite, to induce us not to endanger a stop¬ 
 page of the streams which iloat wealth in upon us—not to 
 hazard our precious political constitutions and thus, again 
 to use the language of Governor Shulzc, to “shake the con¬ 
 fidence of mankind in the competency of man for self govern¬ 
 ment.” 
 
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 There are those who confidently calculate on the vote of 
 Pennsylvania for General Jackson, in 1828, because he ob¬ 
 tained it in 1824. This is a fallacious calculation. It is 
 founded on treacherous and deceptive logic, and leads to false 
 conclusions. In this convention are representatives from 
 nearly all the counties in the state. 
 
 We have carefully compared our information as to the state 
 of public opinion, and find it very different, indeed, from 
 what it was four years ago. How could it be otherwise? 
 Since that period circumstances have greatly changed, and 
 so have opinions. A flood of light has been poured on the 
 characters of the candidates. The dense prejudices which 
 then overshadowed the name and the principles of Mr. 
 Adams, have been greatly dissipated. The men whom he se¬ 
 lected, as his cabinet counsellors, were well calculated to 
 inspire lofty hopes, and every hope, that had birth from their 
 selection, has been fully realized. He has w alked in the 
 path which has been trodden by his predecessors, and the 
 consequence lias been the promotion of the general weal; 
 the security of personal rights and the prosperity of the 
 Union. “ There is no good,” says Gov. Shulze, 66 which 
 Government can bestow, that we have not derived from it. 
 There is scarcely an evil, which a watchful Government can 
 avert, w hich w e have not escaped.” Can any thing be more 
 reasonable than that prejudices should be dissipated, & that 
 attachment should grow up, for an administration which has 
 proved itself thus deserving. 
 
 On the other hand, time has been shedding light on the cha¬ 
 racter A conduct, temperament & state of know ledge of Gen. 
 Jackson ; & it has brought out, in full relief, deformities of the 
 most painful kind, and disqualifying facts to an extent not 
 apprehended. In 1824 the people of Pennsylvania knew lit¬ 
 tle of General Jackson, but that he had commanded at New 
 Orleans, and that the troops under him had gained a glorious 
 victory. Now, his whole life is before them, and while they 
 find in it much to turn from, much to condemn, and much to 
 grieve over, they find but little with which to shadow the 
 enormities with which it abounds. We have no pleasure in 
 reverting to these disclosures. We expose them not to pain 
 him, but to warn others. If we use a probe it is used with as 
 much tenderness as is compatible w ith a cure. If thy right 
 eye offend thee, pluck it out. If thy right hand offend thee, 
 cut it off and cast it from thee. It is better, it is more pro¬ 
 fitable, that one of thy members should perish than the whole 
 
 body should be cast into the fire. Dear to us as are the tri- 
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 als and glories of New Orleans, and the fame of the gallant 
 
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 soldier who commanded—yet it is better that he should be 
 known as he is, and his qualifications justly estimated than 
 that he should be elevated to a station for which he is unfit, 
 and that like another ambitious Phaeton, he should be permit¬ 
 ted to seize reins he could not hold, and set fire to, and con¬ 
 sume, our justly renowned, and most precious institutions of 
 Government. The people of Pennsylvania now know Gen. 
 Jackson as he is ; they are grateful for his services, but will 
 not therefore lay their liberties, their rights, or their happi¬ 
 ness, at his feet. They will put nothing to hazard ; they 
 will hold fast to that which they know to be good, and there¬ 
 fore will vote for that electoral ticket, the success of which 
 will ensure to them the same wise counsels, the same judi¬ 
 cious course of policy and the same spirit of economy which 
 at present presides over the destinies of our happy country. 
 
 With sentiments of respect, we are your friends and fellow- 
 citizens. 
 
 City of Philadelphia. 
 Samuel Wetherill, 
 
 John Jennings, 
 
 Wm. E. Lehman, 
 
 Clement C. Biddle, 
 
 John Binns, 
 
 Thomas Harper, 
 
 Wm. Bethel 1, 
 
 Josiah Randall. 
 
 County of Philadelphia . 
 John A. Elkinton, 
 
 James M. Hart, 
 
 Rowland Evans, 
 
 Isaac Koons, 
 
 John Johnson, 
 
 Jacob F. Hoeckley, 
 
 Charles Levering, 
 
 Robert Kennedy, 
 
 Joseph B. Norbury. 
 
 Bucks. 
 
 John Houpt, 
 
 Eli Kitchen, 
 
 John Robbarts, 
 
 Wm. Shippen. 
 
 Chester. 
 
 Wm. Williamson, 
 
 W in. Harris, 
 
 James Parks, 
 
 John Kennedy. 
 
 Lancaster. 
 Henry Haines, jr. 
 
 John Mathiot, 
 
 John Hoover, 
 
 George Hoffman, 
 
 John Ramsay, 
 
 Samuel Houston, 
 
 George Heckert, 
 
 W m. Noble. 
 
 York. 
 
 James S. Mitchell, 
 
 David Shulze. 
 
 Wm. Cowan, 
 
 Wm. M’ilvain, 
 
 Jacob Emmett. 
 
 Cumberland. 
 Lewis Zearing, 
 
 George Metzger, 
 
 Samuel Alexander. 
 
 Perry. 
 
 Peter Ritner. 
 
 Berks $ Schuylkill. 
 George Schall, 
 
 James Everhart, 
 
 JD. F. Gordon, 
 
 Thomas S. Ridgvvay. 
 
 No rt humberland. 
 Charles Gale, 
 
 Martin Weaver. 
 
Northampton , Wayne 4* Pik 
 John Carey, 
 
 Arlam Keller, 
 
 Thomas Cowley. 
 
 Union. 
 
 George A. Snyder, 
 
 Samuel Miller. 
 
 Columbia. 
 
 John Murray, 
 
 Russel Park, 
 
 A. B. Wilson. 
 
 Washington. 
 
 Thomas McCall, 
 
 Joshua Dickerson. 
 
 Jona. Knight, 
 
 John Uhrie, 
 
 Robert Colmery. 
 
 Westmoreland. 
 
 Joseph H. Kuhns, 
 
 Judah Case. 
 
 Fayette. 
 
 Henry Heaton, 
 
 Amos Cooper, 
 
 Cuthbert Wiggins. 
 
 Bedford. 
 
 George Denny, 
 
 George R. H. Davis, 
 
 Edward McGraw. 
 
 Franklin. 
 
 Archibald Bard, 
 
 George Chambers, 
 
 Francis Herron, 
 
 James Burns. 
 
 Montgomery. 
 Matthew Roberts, 
 
 John G. Watmough, 
 
 Jacob Dewees. 
 
 Benjamin Re iff’, 
 
 Wm. Yocum. 
 
 Dauphin. 
 
 John S. Wiestling, 
 
 'Wm. Simon ton. 
 
 Lebanon. 
 
 Peter Lineweaver, 
 
 John Harper, 
 
 John Bickel, jr. 
 
 e. Luzerne Susquehanna, 
 George Dennison, 
 
 George M. Hollenback, 
 
 Isaac Post. 
 
 Huntingdon. 
 Alexander Dysatt, 
 
 William Spear. 
 
 Beaver. 
 
 John Clarke. 
 
 Allegheny and Butler 
 Wm. McCandless, 
 
 Thomas Gibson, 
 
 Samuel Gorinley, 
 
 Charles H. Israel, 
 
 Alexander Johnson. 
 
 Moses Sullivan. 
 
 Mifflin. 
 
 Wm. Swanzey, 
 
 Stewart Turbett, 
 
 James McDowell. 
 
 Delaware. 
 
 Edward Darlington, 
 
 Thomas Serrill. 
 
 Lycoming , Potter and McKean. 
 Thomas Wood, 
 
 James Nichols. 
 
 Tioga. 
 
 Francis Hill. 
 
 Adams. 
 
 John S. Crawford, 
 
 John Cline, 
 
 John Hersh. 
 
 Centre and Clearfield, 
 Thomas Burnside, 
 
 James Duncan, 
 
 C. Keller. 
 
 Craufonl and Mercer 
 John Leech. 
 
 Erie. 
 
 Stephen Woolverton, 
 
 Warren. 
 
 William A. Irvine. 
 
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 Mr. Biddle, of Philadelphia moved that ten thousand copies of 
 the address and resolutions, just adopted, and the other proceed¬ 
 ings of this convention, be published in pamphlet form, in German 
 and English. Adopted. 
 
 Convention adjourned to meet at 9 A. M. January 5. 
 
 January 5 , Convention met 9 , A. M. 
 
 The President and Vice Presidents having taken their seats, and 
 the Delegates having been called over by the Secretaries ; the mem¬ 
 bers from each congressional district, made report and the follow¬ 
 ing Electoral Ticket was unanimously agreed upon. 
 
 Electors for President and Vice President . 
 
 Gabriel Hiester, of Dauphin county. 
 
 John Reed, of Washington county. 
 
 ljf Dictrict —Charles Penrose, county of Philadelphia. 
 
 2nd District — Samuel Wetherill, city of Philadelphia. 
 
 Srd District —Guy Bryan, county of Philadelphia. 
 
 4th District —Samuel Dale, Lancaster county—David Town¬ 
 send, Chester county, and Pierce Crossby, of Del¬ 
 aware county. 
 
 5th District —Philip Reed, of Montgomery county. 
 
 6th District —Jacob Goodhart, of Lebanon county. 
 
 7tli District— George Schall, of Berks county, and George 
 Raush, of Schuylkill county. 
 
 8 th District —William Watts, of Bucks county, and George 
 Weber, of Northampton county. 
 
 9th District —George Dennison, of Luzerne, Daniel Montgom- 
 ery, of Columbia, William Wilson, of Lycoming. 
 
 10 th District —James S. Mitchel, of York county. 
 
 11 th District —John Reed, of Cumberland, John Hershberger, of 
 Franklin county. 
 
 12th District —Conrad Bucher of Huntingdon county. 
 
 13 th District —Henry Black, of Somerset county. 
 
 14 th Dictrict —Jeremiah Kendall, of Fayette county. 
 
 15th District —Thomas McCall, of Washington county 7 . 
 
 1 6th District —Francis McClure, of Allegheny county, & Jacob 
 Mechling, of Butler county. 
 
 1 7th District —John Lobingier, of Westmoreland county. 
 
 18 th District —John Leech, of Mercer countv. 
 
 Mr. W iggins of Fayette, submitted to the consideration of the 
 convention the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted. 
 
 Jtesolved , That our distinguished fellow-citizen, RICHARD 
 RUSH, of Pennsylvania, now Secretary of the Treasury of the 
 United States, be, and he hereby is, recommended to the citizens of 
 the United States as a candidate for the office of Vice President.— 
 The various and important stations which he has ably and honour¬ 
 ably filled ; the sound principles he has on all occasions, and in 
 all stations, displayed ; the singular and distinguished ability with 
 which he has advocated “the American System,” and the watch¬ 
 ful care, as well as enlightened skill, with which he has presided 
 over the Treasury Department, are the best pledges which can be 
 given to the American people, that he will, in every station, sedu ¬ 
 lously devote his time and his talents to promote the prosperity and 
 happiness of his country. 
 
 Mr. Metzkerof Cumberland, moved, and the Convention adopt¬ 
 ed, ffie following resolution. 
 
Resolved, That in the event of any vacancy, by death or other- 
 wise, of any Candidate nominated by this Convention, that the 
 came be supplied by the Delegates representing the congressional 
 district in which said vacancy may happen. 
 
 Mr. Chambers of Franklin, offered the following resolution, 
 which was unanimously adopted. 
 
 Resolved , That the thanks of this Convention be presented to the 
 Commissioners and Citizens of Dauphin county, for the use of the 
 Court-house, and for their civilities and attention to the accommo¬ 
 dation of the members of the Convention. 
 
 Resolved , That the proceedings of this meeting, signed by the 
 Officers of the Convention, be published in all the newspapers in 
 the Commonwealth. 
 
 THOMAS BURNSIDE, President . 
 
 Samuel Wetherill, 
 
 Archibald Bard, Vice Presidents . 
 
 Charles H. Israel, 
 
 David Shulze, Secretaries. 
 
 COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 For the County of Philadelphia. 
 
 Caleb Churchman, Di. Isaac Anderson, Wm. E. Lehman, John 
 Johnson, Ilenrv English, Esq. Strahan. 
 
 For the City of Philadelphia . 
 
 John Sergeant, Peter S. Duponceau, John Jennnings, Josiah Ran¬ 
 dall, John Binns, J. Hare Powel, Clement C. Biddle Jos Reed, 
 Thomas S. Whatson, Peter A. Browne, Samuel Badger, Jame6 
 Harper, Richard Povall. 
 
 For Berks county. 
 
 Daniel Rhoads, Adolph Hatfield, John Beiteman, David Finger, 
 David Schall, Elijah Deckert, Samuel Baird, William Darling, 
 Joseph Kendall, John Small, Thomas O’Brien, Jacob German, 
 John F. Smith, John F. Smith, Jun. David F. Gordon, Samuel My¬ 
 ers, Isaac P. Swan, George Oyster. 
 
 For Schuylkill county. 
 
 Daniel Yost, George Medler, Lewis Audenried Samuel Brook, 
 Christian Haldeman, George Shoemaker, Joseph Morgan. 
 
 4th district , composed of the counties of Lancaster , Chester and 
 
 Delaware . 
 
 Lancaster —John Mathiot, Wm. Noble. Richard E. Cochran. 
 
 Chester —Wm. Darlington, David Dickey, William Harris. 
 
 Delaware —Daniel Abraham, Edward Siter, George Serrill, Ed 
 ward Darlington. 
 
 For Luzerne county. 
 
 David Scott, George Lazarus, William S. Ross. Sharp D. Lewis’ 
 
 Jor York county , 
 
 Matthew Clark, Ilenry C. Wampler, John Gardner, W. Smith, 
 Charles M. Poor, Frederick Eichelberger, John Wiest, Jacob 
 Kauffelt- 
 
 For Mercer county. 
 
 J. Banks, S. B. Foster, II. Black, James George, John Emery, 
 G. Pearson, Thomas Allison, J. Mitcheltree, J. Hamill, William 
 Leech, George Sheakley, George Shaw. 
 
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 fyPKean. —D- E. Scull, Benjamin Colegrore, Solomon Sartwell* 
 
 Potter county. —James Rose, John Taggart, Capt. Ross. 
 
 For Fayette. 
 
 Robert Skiles, Richard Patton, Andrew Dempsy* John M. Aus¬ 
 tin, George Dearth, Martin Tiernan, David Porter, Jeremiah Ken¬ 
 dall,jr.J. Dawson, G, D. Stevenson, Samuel Trevor, Isreal Miller,. 
 
 For Adams county. 
 
 John Kline, James Renshaw, Andrew Marshall, Samuel Diehl, 
 Dietrich Pfeifer, John Aulabaugh. 
 
 For Cumberland. 
 
 James Hamilton, Jacob Squire, David S. Forney, David Neven, 
 Jacob Mull, \lexander Glenn, James H. Divon, William Craig¬ 
 head, J. Daniel Rupp, Matthias Sweiler. 
 
 Far Perry. 
 
 J. Boden, James Terry, Charles B. Powell, Jacob Shoof, J. Ulsh. 
 
 For Franklin. 
 
 Philip Berlin, Thomas G. M’Culloh, William Heysen, Bernhart 
 Wolf, John Findley, jr. John 1>. Wort, Gesore, Thomas Carson, 
 Archibald V. M’Cune, William M’Clelland, Andrew Thompson. 
 
 For Butler. 
 
 Ceristian Ruhl, Abraham Ziegler, John Welsh, John Reynolds, 
 Francis M’Bride, William Stewart. 
 
 For Clearfield. 
 
 Greenwood Bell, Joseph Turner, Lewis Iddings, R. Winslow 
 
 For Dauphin. * 
 
 Valentine Hummel, Luther Reily, John S, Wiestling, William 
 Ayres, David Krause, R. T. Leech. 
 
 For Beaver. 
 
 Thomas Henry, Robert Moon, Robert Darragh, Sylvester Dun¬ 
 can, John Clarke. For Crawford . 
 
 James Cochran, William Magaw, John Dick, Robert L, Potter, 
 David Derickson, John Lerephen, John Patterson, Thomas Atkin¬ 
 son, John Riddle. For Erie. 
 
 William Kelley, William Benson, Rufus S. Reed, Thomas Fors¬ 
 ter, jr, Samuel Hutchins, Elijah Babbett. 
 
 For Westmoreland. 
 
 James W. Jones, Thomas Johnston, Alien Foster, John Nichols 
 For Armstrong Samuel Houston. 
 
 For Washington. 
 
 4 Thomas H. Baird, Walter Craig, James Miller, William 
 Berry, Joseph Henderson, William Sample, William Welsh, 
 John Myers, James Kendall, Robert Patterson, John McCoy, John 
 Irons, John Boyd. 
 
 f For Mifflin. 
 
 Win. M. Hall, Tobias Kreider, Samuel MacJay, William Turner, 
 Le wis Evans, Wm. Shannon, James Chrisewell. 
 
 Centre. 
 
 John Rankin, Hamilton Humes, Peter Spangler, Mathew Allison 
 Joseph B. Shugart, David Allen, John M, Bueck. 
 
 For Warren county. 
 
 Joseph Hackney, R Falconer, A. Tanner, L. Wetmore, J Jones* 
 II Dunn, J. AJ. Berry. 
 
 
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 For Huntingdon county 
 
 William Steel. 1). R- Porter, Maxwell Kinkead, Michael Wal¬ 
 lace, William Berry, James Oliver. 
 
 For Montgomery county * 
 
 Jonathan Roberts, John Friedly, Philip Kendall, William M- 
 White, J. J. Robinson, Joseph Royer. Dr. John Jones. John Kenne¬ 
 dy, George Van Buskirk, Peter Miller, Jacob Latch, George 
 
 Johnson, Thomas Lowrv. 
 
 For Columbia county. 
 
 James Donaldson', Robert M’Curdy, William H. M’Gill, E- 
 
 Daniels, Andrew McReynolds, Adam Mensh. 
 
 For Northumberland* 
 
 Elisha Kline, Bethel Vincent, William Tweed, James P- San¬ 
 derson. E. G. Bradford, Hugh Bellas. Samuel J. Packer, Joseph 
 y» ■pr-.f'Mlv. ForCnl /i. . y 
 
 Philip F. Dering, Andrew M‘C!en a ' ian » Frederic » 
 
 Joseph R. Lotz, George A. Snyder, Samuel Miller, John Glover. 
 For Bedford , Somerset and Cambria counties . 
 
 Francis Kendall, David Rowland, Jas. S. Morrison, Samuel G. 
 Bmiey, George Foy, George McKee, Charles Aukain, J. Ivory. 
 
 For Lebanon county 
 
 Geor-e W. Kline, N. H. Goring. Thomas Harper, George Reid- 
 enaur, Jacob Ka-ch, Martin Meiley Jacob Wise, James Bell, Peter 
 Shulze, Gotlieb Kintzel, Daniel Stroh, Stephen Rigler, Andrew 
 Ki l linger. County of Philadelphia 3 d district. 
 
 Horatio G. Jones, William M. Kennedy, James M. Hart, Jacob 
 Coats, Daniel W'oepper, Lawrence Shuster, Joseph B. Norbury. 
 
 • For Susquehanna , . . 
 
 Samuel Gregory, Isaac Post. T- W. Raynsford, Ihos. Christian; 
 
 For Lycoming county. 
 
 "Wm P- Montgomery, Mathew M r Revnolds, Tunison Corj'eil, 
 Samuel Shoemaker, George Pakin, Wm- Chambeiiain, Henry Ee¬ 
 ro Vd. Tioga county. 
 
 Chauncy Alford, Peter K. Adams, Elijah Fuller. 
 
 Lehigh county . 
 
 Peter Kneppley, Christian S Beitel, Charles Davis, Samuel 
 
 RuDk, John Ealer, Peter Cooper, Jacob Romig. 
 
 Allegheny- 
 
 Charier SKuei, John S Biddl?, Thomas Enochs, James Ililands, 
 
 M M Murry, W. W. Fetterman. 
 
 For Northampton • 
 
 James M. Porter, Samuel Rees, Jacob Dietterich, Robert He - 
 ncr, George Henry Gundt. 
 
 For Pike. f * 
 
 Richard Brodhead, Moses Kellum, Mascn Dimmick, Lev;.* 
 Rockwell, Samnel Darling, Samuel S. Thrall. 
 
 For Bucks. 
 
 Anthony Taylor, Thomas G. Kennedy, James Wilson, Enos 
 Morris. * Tor Armstrong. 
 
 Philip Mechling, Samuel Mathews, Samuel Houston, George 
 
 Means, Thos. Blair. 
 
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