The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-07-21
.sneiniiien Of NnoW Go!l.lngs.n

sKaasc Nothing Mayor OF Inc Ilsj oi FpiiaueliHid,
denouneed ALI. MEN eatertaialag The gfews Of the
present ..I4oe A0talug" order as
.su5 MINDLESS, nsARTIEss, rnRoBLEss Lt1Ps OF
ACCIDENTAL HUMANITY, DESTITUTE or CHRISTIAN
pRlAcipLg AND Nor WORTHY or BEisG REcoGNizED
AS COOP MEN," 81
Can it be possible that any Farmer, Mechanic, or
working mad, ,ssho has heretofore honestly voted
with the Whig Party, will be found willing TO iden-
tify himself with faction Ike this simply because
Mr. PoIIoeK, the Wing candidate for Governor, has
become initiated a member Of the order Every
principle OF sef-repect aud regard for morality for
bid it-and have doutt that thousands Of con-
scientous men who have regularly voted the Wing
ticket will now enrol themselves among the war
NEST advocates of Democracy.
Whenever a man presents himself Ssllnow
Nothing' let him read his pottraif above delneaed
by Judge Conrad
Nc The Connecticut Honse of Repre entatives
(Whg and 4holttion) recently passed resolution BY
vote Of 1IG to y 10 amend the State Constitution
so as to allow NEGROES to vote on the same
as white men-aso an amendment prohibit amy
person from voting who cannot read. The same
body elected rank Abotionist 10 the United States
senate!
Resolutions .7dopted at The celebrution on The
4tA inst, IN Philadelphia
Resolved, That we re-airrn oar adherence to the
principles sanctioned and announced by TIDE National
Democratic Convention, at Baltimore, in 1852; that
we approve and will uphold the principles which
have guided the policy OF Franklin Pierce, in whotn
and whose administration we have entire and abld-
ING confidence
Resolved, That the people of every State aud Ter
ritu n this Fave soul and SOvPrpiuD
right 10 regulate their domestic institutions, and
that the attempt by the people Of other States and
Territories, by their representatives. in Congress,
TO bind them in any case whatever, is an asurpaton
OF mans inalienahie right Of efgoYernmeu. and
should be resisted; that the principles of non-inter
vention and local sellgoverument, embodied in what
are known the Compromise measures OF 1850, and
applied by the late act for the organization of Ne
bIaska and Kansas, deserve and snail receive
cordial and united support.
WHEREAS, among the laws on which Pennsylva-
founded, II was enacted, al hat all persons
living the proVRer, who confess and acknowledge
the almighty and eternal God 10 be The Creator,
uphoder, aud Ruler ofthe World and that hold them
selves obliged in conscience To live peaceahlY and
Justly in civil society, shall in ways be molestcd
or prciudeed for their religious persuasion Prac-
tice, matters of faith ard woTship; +" and by the
Blll OF Rights Of this State, il is declared that ''No
person who acknowledges the being OF God, and
future state o. rewards and punishments, shall on
of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to
hold any office place of trust profit under the
Commonwealth" therefore,
Resolved, That the principles established by the
founder Of the late province, and which the people OF
this State have solemnly declared shall fore, ,er
main iuvioaie, essential 10 the security OF civil
and religious liberty, that they have tostered peace,
charity and good Will among aud that the ends
Of civil society aud religion itself have heen pronlot
ed and cherished by their Just observance.
Resolved, That secret political associations, or
ganized and combined with view to cover with
public reproach and 10 punish with the loss OF civil
privileges, any portion of our telow-ciIZens WHO
worship God according to the dictates OF their
sciences. are subver>ve TO these the foundations o!
all true liberty that they spring from ~ource for
egn 10 the soil of this state ard OF this tuloni that
they alien to the practice and TO the hitherto
questioned policy of American citizens; that they
differ from the inquisiton only in the character and
extent OF their penalties; and that we will resist the
action of the we would the introduction olth
other.
Resolved That the Democratic rarity never made
and viii never countenance any appeal TO natural
wed citizens such that as, Washington said, '.a
citizens. by birth choice, OF common coun-
try, that country has right 10 concentrate all their
affections - and hold, with Jefferson, that ''eve
~ citizen has equal right 10 the honor and conf
denCe of their fellow citizens. resuitmg not from
BIRTH but from his action and hiejr of them"
Resolved That re-atirn1 our determination 70
maintain the system OF common schools which this
Commonwealth has established and sionld continue
to support at the expense, ard for the tree
and equal education OF all.
Resolved, I hat the repeated vIndicafior and con-
slant support of these measures by William Biger,
and his wise and watchu of the interests e the
people Of this State, and the uniformly just OF
his administration entj1e him to the continued
hdeuce and support Of his tellow-citizens; and we
cordially recognize him the candidate for par
ry and in order his election Will, in per-
feet confidence OF triumphant combine in
his support those efoIts which, when the Democra-
cy faithful TO themselves have never failed.