The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-05-23

party as their candidate Snch rc-nonina-
ton would be equivalent 10 a reelection ]
would not retire from public political service at
season ofdanger OF doubt or difficulty in The
pathway Of the democratic party. would
therefore have desired 10 receive rp-nolntna-
ton if the reasons to which have referred as
having induced me 10 become candidate in
1891 were stin IN force Inde-d, il those rpa-
sons were still operative, a sense OF duty would
imppratiyfly prompt the desire But orluuatp-
IS the reasons no longer operate
took my srat in tue House of Representa-
ives Of the present Congress, as one Of united
band Of Democrats, whose number did not ,.x-
coed, il il equallrd, onr-thld Of the whole
number Of members. But, more than vear
bad elapsed snee the congressional ri~ction at
which the greateSt portion OF the autl-drmocrat-
&c majority bad been chosen. AT tas state aud
municipal elections which bad ini-Fyenpt, the
anti-democr@iic factions had generally been de-
ira'cd. They wers, from this cause, GNpirttd
and dsorganlzrd in all parts Of the country
where they were not altogether dispersed -
The resting point oi their hast hope was their
apparently overwhelming majority IN this House
Of Representatives. sFith an arrogau, show Of
reliance upon this expected majority, they dis
regard the statesman ike advice Of denocp al
&c President, and proclaimed revolutionary
defiance ofoppositon from Democratic Srnae-
Presenting tie alternatives Of Submission or an
archy, th+y threatened that, in case Of a rtlrc-
ton ofthrsp measures by the Senate they would
stop the work OF the machine OF government hy
Withholding the supplies Of MONEY required for
IFS support.
The democratic minority therefore expected
to be engaged IL a succession of desperate strug-
gl1s for the preservation of the institutions of
our country against repeated assaults OF an over
bearing iactIous majority in this branch Of the
legislature, constantly petsevcriug IN efforts to
carry these threats into effect.
Bot. pfovidrniialSy, no sAeh struggle of a Sc
rions character has oecari-d, and none Of such
Character is likely 10 occur. KS in previous
cases ofattrmpis TO form ani-denocratic leagues,
irreconcilablr di>aeYeemrnts occmrrd among
our political opponents in this Congress. This
confusion in their cosns.S has hitherto prevpn-
ted-thrm, as IT will untplesii3nahly continue TO
prevent them, from acting with concert in sup
port OF any one OF shr pernici0ns measures
which the Democrats were united To oppose
The democratic minority present they have
always presented, and viii continue to present
an un3rokrn front. Their disheaiteurd 0ppo-
nens are not united upon any one Of the anti
democratic measures OF the factions through
whose temporary combination at The popIs in
1891 they were ELECTED. Their aborlve efforts
are altogether incapable OF producing results
The mountain may have been in labor, bat il
has been unable 10 bring forth even moHse.-
In support Of any one Of their leading antI-dem-
orratic measures, there Is no longer any p7oha-
bIity of vote of even bare majority of the
House; and there is no possibility Of such
majority as would be of the least political sig
nifcaucr IN opposition 10 the vote OF the Sen
ate.
While the first session of this Congress Is ap-
pr0acnng lis termination, our opponents in he
House of Representatives have doubtless already
abandoned their last hope of being able Ia COM
bne the various anti-democratic elements Of
their nominal majority for any effective purpose
Of concerted action. SAoud they BE- mad .
nough 10 pass vote withholding necessary ap-
pr3pratonS, they must know that such vote
will be the seal of Their Immediate political
doom. Before the commencement Of the sec
ond session, the already decomposed factions hy
which this nominal ani-dpmocfatic majority
was elected, viii have hcpn politically annihi-
lated Our triumphant success in the PfpSiden-
iial contest which VIII intervene is 30 longer
at all durhtiul. The risciion oi IA Hou<,, Of
Representatives with democratic working
majority for the next Congress is equally Ger
tain. There is 40 district of PrnnSvlvania in
which the candidate of our party can, with
more security, rely upon decisive majority
than that which | now represent. Alnntgom-
cry county never, IN the darkest hour OF sup
posed peril, deserted the democratic standard.
in Phiadpl lphia, where the late anti-dpmocrat-
c organization, with a sudden growth, attained
sichly d-vrIoPpment, fnIlowe I'd hr as rapid
decay, it was, at the recent municipal election.
rooted up, aud now lies utterly PROSTATE.
Under present circumstances, therefore,
feel myself at perfect liberty to consult my
own incliuatonS as determined BY c0nsiIera-
tions Of personal interest and convenience
which induce me to decline denomination.
In adopting this course, do not hv any
mrans withdraw from political service in the
district. A retired representative NAV occupy,
at home, useful position by facilitating inter-
course between his former constituents and bis
successor; shielding the successor fiom unde-
served censurp during his absence al the Seat
Of Government, and protecting the constituents
against any lnattrntion of the representative 10
their interest. In these and other modr$
hope TO be- able to render services not altogcth-
IT useless.
JOHN CADWALADER.
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