The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-06-26
BY ANDREW ]. riley.
Sneech of Col. Black.

YounG Mems blglef CIup NO. L, u INC -'Oi III
orr Liberties, Philadelphia, held a large and
enthusiastic meeting at the Commissioners Hall,
N Tuesday evening, 18th inst, and from the
shirt evneed, it gave an earnest Of the enthu-
siasm with which the campaign Will be carried
oo and the triumph which awaits the Democ-
raey.
Col Samuel W. Black, in response to gene
ral call, then appeared on the stand and ad-
dressed the meeting We, of course, do mol
pretend to give even an idea of what he said
as every one who has had the good fortune tc
hear him knows how difficult it is to embody III
. general report, his brilliant and beautiful ex-
pressions We win, therefore, confine ourselves
10 the substance. Taking up glass that STOOD
On the desk, he filed it to the brim with bright
snd sparkliug water, and said-''So every De
mocrat should take the ticket, and drink 1t
down, and l am much mistaken if he does not
ind ii as healthful and refreshing as this clear,
rure drink My friend that has just finished, y
said he, ''and also the friend who preceded him,
spoke Of rolling Up,' in October, an old-fa-
shioned Jackson majority; now, if they will
allow me to correct them, would say, We viii
oDen out an old-fashioned Jackson majority, so
that such a one may be seen once more by the
people of the State and the Union.
We are approaching an important election,
and we have something to say TO each other
There is something to do, and we should be ac-
tive in doing it. will therefore speak to you
Of the ticket. 1t may be thought that l have
some feeling on this subject, and have; and
having this feeling, say to you that it is hardly
probable that the Democracy of Pennsylvania
could have made better nominations
Who have we for Governor? \ man who had
no one but God to depend on for what he is, so
far as human agency is concerned; he has
made his own fortune, and his own fame. We
have Gel Wa. BigIer. And if tiey asi;eas who
Mr. Bigler is, we can tell them he is the Sus-
quehanna Raftsman.
In reference to the Judicial ticket, he said
that he knew Judge Lowrie well, as he was .
Western man. lie had practised law with him
and before him, and could say that he was 9
sound lawyer, an able judge and an excellent
man, and fit to be raised by any party TO any
judicial position.
He then referred to his namesake Black, to
Lewis, and to Gibson. In reference to the lat
ter, when he said that in 1923 Judge Gibson
headed the jackson electoral ticket, the state
ment was received with great applause.
The speaker then came to the name of Judge
Campbell and at the first mention of it, the
meeting broke out into spontaneous cheer. In
reference to the religious war made upon him,
Col. Black said, she had right to speak" He
was the son of an old Scotch Presbyterian
preacher, who praeticed trGly the faith thai
was in him, and held still living in his heart
when his eyes had closed upon the world, and
when his pulse gaze no response to the toucl
Of affection.
lie thought, therefore, that upon this subjec
he had a right to speak. They tell us tha
Judge Campbell must not be elected because
he is a Catholic; and they tell this to whom
Why to us, the children of the Pilgrims who
led before the religious intolerance of an es-
tablished church TO plant freedom for religion
here. Why these gentlemen who denounce the
prescription that in the days of the Pilgrims
would admit no one but those Of one faith to
mold Office, turn to us in the same breath and
= 'SS NaiiPpeL must not 20 upon tne
Bench, because he is CathoIe Why should a
d oatholic be prescribed? Wien was the time,
IN our hours of trouble, that they were not true
10 US! have seen something of their truth
ana good faith. viii tell you an incident that
nave no doubt, there are twenty here-even
my Quaker friend, there, among them-to bear
witness to. While our army was in Mexico. I
ho'iced that one of the soldiers near me walked
away very often, in the morning, in company
win Mexican. AT last spoke to him about
- ana asked what it meant. He said, ''I go to
Ghufch with him. ''Ah,' said I, '.that is what
iearea' "Does he ever speak to you about
"finy 'Yes, said he, che has asked me
- aeseFl well, said /, ''what did you say
70 tnat! 81 told him, said he .<tbat I ;wonld
GU - % church with him every morning to do my
y 70 my God at the foot of the cross, and
sua' would go to battle with every day to do
uu'y 70 my country under my country's
&C Tremendous cheering. This. said
~ w. nlack' is their faith and truth to the coun
:: 80 anu 1t is alike the faith and truth of all
an sects' ereeds, and chnfeRes 1t is the
W.. isnt and feeling taught by Lafayette and
and which we must carry on, and
As, "iich we cannot fail to prosper.
referring to the charge that the Demo
purity is the natural ally of the South
'" SAID he sis true because the Demo
-@u' party is the natural ally of the whole