The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-09-12
Fellow Citizens Of Somerset County.

beg leave 10 address you through the medium OF
the public press the subject Of existing par
Ties and politics. 10 this, not for the sake of OBJ
rudng upon your my individual views OF pub
lie pocy-not for the sake OF basina YOU In favor Of
any particular party, or caudidatr-but because a
crisis has arrived in the domestic affairs of coun-
try, which demands OF me, ; patriot, as d suppor
ter at our Common Constitution. friend Ia the
perpetniy of our free institutions and liberal gov
ernment, that give my support 10 the candidate ut
party, 10 which, OF yon know, have hith-
erfo matt taned attitude of hostility aud because
II may be matter OF curiosity 10 many ot you 10
know how and why have deemed IL expedient to
take this step /, therefore, desire your kiad indul
gence, whilst eudeavor 10 explain the causes which
moved me 10 this course, and Would but ask you TO
remember, that It IS only simple justice 10 hear be-
fore you strike.
have, up to the present time supported Mr.
Fillmore for the Presidency oi the Uaiied States /
have done because | believed Mr.. Fillmore emf
nenty fitted for the leadership OF party whose end
and ann should be the welfare OF the whole Ameri-
people | have done because Mr.. Fillmore
has aqowed his hostility sectional parties and IN
testne strife, and because he has given abundant
proofs o his craftsmanship aud of his capacity Ia
fill the office of Chief Magistrate OF The American
Republic. have supported him especially, because
of his opposition TO that dangerous faction, which
has lately sprung up in the Northern, Eastern and
Western States, deuomlnatns itself ''Repnbcan,"
but being really the very antipode OF RepubcanSm,
the consequences of its operations threatening be
anarchy, civil war and iraterna boohshed. But, as
through the treachery of Mr.. Fiimore's pretended
friends, all hope of his election has been blasted,
and as his party in Pennsylvania, has been disposed
al by its venal leaders for the benefit OF Fremont and
ihe ''Repnblcans, (the man and the party that Mr.
Fillmore and his trne friends most bitterly oppose }
| have been compelled 10 resort TO second choice,
lest my vote be cast in such manner as will but
favor the very party and aspiant 10 whom | wish
10 stand IN deadly and determined opposition. The
object of that second choice is james Buchanan
For him shall my vote be given and TO ensure his
success shall my energies be expended with hrar-
tness and aiacntv which none can feel bnt he who
has the proud consciousness in his heart that he is
doing what he sincerely and honestly believes is Just
and right.
In changing from Mr.. Fillmore to Mr.. Buchanan,
renounce political tenet, nor surrender any po-
stlon in he economy OF politics, which have here
totore held, or occupied. remain in principle,
where have always stood and where have been
proud TO stand but change captains in the great
battle for the Constitution and the Union. The
watch word and battle cry 10 which my voice and
my heart shall respond are unchanged. but trans
fer myself under banner inscribed with the denti-
cal words that famed the one have left, but M
der which there is better prospect of fighting the
foes of my country with success.
have said that / have hitherto been enlisted in
the of Mr.. Fillmore, and that now leave il be-
cause believe Mr.. Fillmore has been betrayed, and
that the nsyvanan who desires TO cast his vote
for him, will, in the end, but vote for Mr.. Fremont.
My reason for believing this Is, that, am assured
that three-fourths of the who compose the Fill /
more Electoral Ticket, chosen by the Harrisburg
Convention "Republicans' or abolitionsts. 1t
is therefore, not difficult infer, that, if this Elec
tora Ticket be poed by majority, or plurality of
the voters of Pennsylvania that il wond be cast for
any body but Millard Filmore-he being utterly 7
and irreconcileably inimica the aims and objects
Of the "Republicans' and abolitonists. But the
Fillmore press, moreover, tells us that their cand
late Mr.. Fimorel cannot be elected unless union
is effected with the Republican" forces. Now, |
nasluch as their Is bitter enmity existing between