Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-10-10
PeRnsIIFsnia Eleetian.

We waFu our freadS in Pennsylrania TO
be on their guard against the WIGS and
tricks oe The sham Democracy. Nearly all
the committee reams OF that party in Wash
ngtop are closed, and the wire workers
have gone hence with their pockets full of
money and their plans we'll eoncocted to
carry out one uf the most daring schemes
Of trading yilainy eyer practised bv. cor
rupt politicians The whole State Of Penn
sylyania is p1reelled on, juio sections, and
iato each section one OF tue faithful is sent
to bargain With any ard every prominent
anti Buchanan leader, tint the Democrats
stu4 cast their yotss for the anfi- -Bucian-
N caafidates for .4Qdaor Gene,f md
Sasgsyor Gearaf II the aml- Ructaaan2es
viii SUSTAIN TIE BpcfnaqT candidate for
Caaai Commissioner.
The sham Democrats have ascertained
that unless some such intrigue can be ac
eompilsl!el in Penusy ylvaHia, on the 14ih Of
this month the whole Union ticket will be
elected, and Buchanan will be shown 50
weak, IN bis own State, that he viii Be
promptly abandoned by the whole South
Bat If by a surrender of the contest on the
two minor Offices of Auditor General and
Surveyor General, they can secure the elec-
tiou of the Buchanan Canal Commissioner
the shaui Democrats viii claim that the
contest was made upon that officer, and that
his election manilests the strength of Bu.
chan4n in Pennsylvania. And thus these
wire workers expect to fool the Union men
OF that State into this trap-and to anIl
the South with the idea that Buchanan is
strong in Pennsylvania, because, forsooih.
the buchanan candidate for Canal Conmis-
sloner has thus been elected
We have it from men who are members of
the shani Democratic Clubs-men who hold
Office under this administration --men who
know what they say, but who despise the
base trickery of their associates, that this
Is the game these political tricksters are
trying 70 play out ia Pennsylvania.
Ia The public departments it is common
thing now, siuee the scheme above mon-
toned has been coneocted. fol the friends
OF Bachanan to offer to bet on The election
of the Buchanan candidate for Canal Com
missioner, and at the same time 10 refise
to bet on the Buchanan candidates for the
two other Offices!
It was this singular proposition, made bv
one of the clerks in the Treasury Depart
ment, that led Us to suspect the trickery
which we have unfelded. We knew. Of
course, that some scheme of chicanerv
would be rcsorted to, in order to make 1
show, it possible, Of greater strength for
Buchanan in Pennsylvania, at the October
election. than he really possesses, and for
tunately we have ferreted OFT the whole
plan, and now parn TIE Union men Of that
state, not 70 be cn;rapped By these sham
Democrats into any such folly as 10 swap
votes With On any Of the candidates. Mon
- viii he layished freely to accomplish this
purpose promises Of great advantage viii |
be ma c--and every artiice Of corruption
wiil he essayed. STAND FIRE..
Let our Southern friends also look to il
that no such result, should il be accom-
plishea) as that Of the election of one of
the Buchanan candidates in Pennsylvania. /
on the l4,h instant. shall be palnsd oil |
upon the people OF the South, as an evi.
derec of Buchanan's strength in lis own |