The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-10-31

are facts incontrovertIble. Voters, 'schooSe ye
whom We will serve''
STATE PRlDE-TnE Duty Or PESssFL-
VaYIANS.
1t is said Of Pennsylvania hat she is .,s.rthe
10 her great men Akhat she 'prsfers to- lavish
honors on her c! +, ralsfr than her own
children. II is a,4 .ssarS 10 cite Instances
numerous ones sly themselves. il cam
not BE- said that We hN been wanting in great
names. The country at large has had The SER
vice Of men of transcendent ability who have
adorned the halls of the National Legislature,
represented the honor of The government a.
broad with signal talent, and shed the light OF
their intelligence from the Bench.
To reject our own men is stain upon our
domestic fame; but we confidently believe that
the State is about 10 wipe away this reproach,
by nobIv sustaining her iavoriir son for the
highest Office in the gift Of free people.
It is heatheniSh not 10 stand by your own
flesh and Blood, and il savors much Of lratrrnal
jealousy TO support another candidate IN def
ancp of the just claims of Your own brother
born hy your sde and clingiug 10 your own
State as his mother.
Other States command an undue eGlnence,
by reason Of the lofty and infurnral positions
attained hv her sons through parental attach
nent and devotion. In return. they eXalt the
State and pay back the affection.
Our State is called the Keystone of the Arch,
great ln her wealth, her resources, and the en-
terprizr and intelligence Of her peoPlr tut
greater still, brcauSp on all occasions when The
conirdrracy has been shaken by commissions,
she has maiutainvd her posihan and pressed
down with her whole weight 10 sfrengthrn he
structure.
PENNSYLVANIA has now the opportunity to re-
deem the past Her mighty son, Ianes Bu-
chanan, is before her people. arouaa whom the
conservative patriots Of the Uniopfhave rallied;
and it is for us TO say whether thschoicr of the
nation shall BE- ratified, or whether we shall
stand as wr have heretofore, as stuwblng-biocks
in the way Of our own Arrangement
The Gold Dominion" owes her pride 20 hav-
ing nurtured Presidents, and shan not Pennsyl-
vania be able also to say, ], too, have given
birth 10 President; amid my hFanliFnl TaIl1S,
overlooked by the mountains and tie forests, |
cradl.d aud reared a great Statesman :fhe is
now the Chief Magistrate of this mighty Re-
public.
generous Stat~-pride they support bold ad-
venturer, and in this they were actnated by a
lust OF office, if not by direct snmity TO the
true interests Of Pennsylvania.
The fight is narrowrd down now to Fremont
and Buchanan. Between these candidates vo-
tiers must decide. The one is not of our State
and perhaps no State in The Unlon-as South
ern man ard false to the Sonth--a pro-slapery
man and heading the Black RrPublicans--a
Protestant or Catholic anything and every
thing 10 get sui1rages-in word demagogne
and a mIschipf-rnaker while the other has to
the additional merit Of consistent and sagaclons
statrsmanship, the luck Of being born among
us, with all the sympathirs Of his heart with
us, welded TO the State and contributing glory
to our noble Cenindkneaith in which the hun'-
blest Of Us enjoy as&e.
Meneof Pennsylvania We that would honor
the State and Yourselves, come to thr polls IN
November and vote for James Buchanan, tor
in doing SO you viii elevate the STATE, and add
2 new luSire 10 th..sSas1asaa =l-s,9a,
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