Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-09-05
indication Of good sense, a commodity very
scarce amongst Ilncofnco orators.


scarce amongst Iocofoco orators.
Succeeding Mr. M'tra@, came that
great champion Of Democracy, the redoubt-
able ssGineral, z the veritabie bowman him
self He mounted the rostrnn and after a
few wccmmrndatory remarks, sshool-boy fash
ion, on The speakers who had preceded hin,
sayiag s'lsatsthey bad asgscd the great na-
tioual questions at issue 50 veil that be
could add nothing to them,' aad so OBJ, be
said he would confne his remarks nearer
home, to our own county 4matters. lie COM
meneed in his usuals stgle, by a TRADE of
bilingsgate against the ssDark Lantern Or
DER" and denounced the ssmidpight conspi-
rators' in unmeasured terms. He spoke Of
their Eaying gulled Democrats into their
order, who were now honest and bold en-
ough to come out openly and denounce
them. Among others OF this class, he re-
ferred to Henry Nicodemus, Jack M'Caus-
lin, Judge Hartley, and Judge Daugherty
"But where," he asked in exul,ation, are
they novs Back again in the Democratic
ranks more ardent and deyoted than ever,'.
He then said, II see one of these fearless
men before me now, ther sits Henry Nieo-
demus who was not afraid to expose their
! shameless doings" And there he sat sure
enough, and more god-forsaken looking
specimen of humanity | never saw in nv
life. Poor soul. we pitied him, he looked
liies'patiencc sitting on monument smiling
ut griof," he felt mean, guilty anh down
cast, and It's nowonder.
What an houor the general did these
Simesion judgat.o place them IN the cata-
CORY Of pitlts sfstors to the American
party But Bowman was not satisfied with
abusing ana villifying the Americans bat in
his vulture-like rapeeity, he even attacked
| the venerable DR.. Schumacher, of 6ehys-
! burg, a man before whom the talents of such
a man as Bowman would sink into an OBJ
security deeper than the depths. of Lethe
itself. But the shafts from such a source
Eos depravitg are haEsnless, and the Doctor
unscathed can look from his proud and lof
ty position, in contempt upon the miserable
worm that would spit its venom upon him.
Mr. Jordan, also, as usual received his
share of abuse. When bis harangue vas
nearly concluded, the yulture, like his il
lustrous "a predecessor Cessna, attempted, |
too, to identify, Amercaasm with Black |
Republicanism, and with him, too, called |
upon Old Line Wings to join their stan
dard. Is there an Old Line Wing in Bed
ford County who would join hands with
party having for its leader, this defamer, not
only of tue living, but of the dead also.
But what was our surprise, when about
to conclude, Holy Heaven! to hear him
make the astounding assertion that he did |
not come here to abuse any one, and then |
actually merged into regular Camp Meet
ing sermon. We thought the man mad,
but then reflected that it was Bowman.
Oh! how pathetic he got--we really felt
like sheding tears prostituted hu-
manity We thought Of Pollock's descrip-
ton of the hypocrite, and thought, al
so, how 'sapp,opos to the ease before us"
The General said awhat is the use of wrang-
ling, and quarreingl We are here to day
in this barn, and TO morrow our heads may
be in level, friend and foe, in the dark
and silent grave" We thought he would
wind up the concern with prayer; but no,
another orator was yet 10 come; no less
distinguished (3) parsonage than Oliver i.
Shannon, Esq If any poor devil deserved
sympathy, he did. He got up, stroked up
his hair, hemmed and hawed, pulled up his
breeches, threw cut his arms, and made the
most ludicrous attempt to be witty, we ever
witnessed. lie reminded us more cf new
IL fedgcd "Biddy" on dung-pile attempts
ing to crow, than anything else we could
compare him to.
His remarks were principally low slang,
and personal abuse of prominent Americans
in the county--and of the American Order
said they faet in cellars, pig-styes, and
privies, and related the most disgusting.
blackguard anecdoto IN the connection, We
ever heard enuneiated in the presence of a
moral people. 5ut such is Lecofocoism.-
He talked Of the ''Wooly Horse" and the
elWooly Heads, ,"of Analgamation and Fre~
ohe' said he, in a burst Of
elcquence that nearly jerkcd him out of his
boots, 81 dare. not speak Of Fremont, for
when do get 50 angry andexcited, feel
that If I had Fremont IN one hand and Fred
Douglass in the other, would butt tLeiri
heads together until ] knocked their brains
out. vcthink the prodigious effort Mr.
s. made to get up laugh, has 50 Frustrated
his energies that he will not appear before1
the public soon again.
However, we may be mistaken. Assur-