The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-03-21

for ] am speaking with that idea predominant
what next is 10 be done Why, sir, we are
10 convince our party friends in other States
that we are right, and that duty aud policy
quire them 10 90 with us. That is the point TO
which our connmon and united efforts should
now be directed. And of what can We assure
them to induce them TO 90 with Us in the action
proposed Why, we can assure them with o.
nited voice and without hesitation, that the
electoral vote of this State will be given to the
candidate whom we have named. We can tell
them with entire truth, that members ofthe OPP
posite party by hundreds and thousands have
been considering the nomination of MIR. Buchan-
an, and stand ready TO enaoGse it. If he be
nominated, they are with US. | know many
such. ! have heard, aud others have heard,
many such voices of late. Of active members Of
what was recently the Why party. This nom
nation, therefore, has strength vastly beyond
the limits of our own party. II graSps and col
rcts he sufirages of honest, Independent, patri-
otto men, who have never before been with
us.
What more need we urge upon the Demo
cratic party of other States and those represent
! ing them! Why, sir, We can point them TO the
fact, that at this moment from the Atlantic coast
the battle Of the Constitution is to be- fought out
there is 40 man who can be named as the peer
/ aud equal, OF grounds Of fitness, ofthr candi-
date whom We have named. The distinguish
ed citizen of Michigan, long and iavorably
known to our people, is not before the country
in connection aith this subject. Excepting one
or two, Of all the great men who commenced
public life thirty or forty years ago-oi all that
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history of our own State, or Of The general gov
ernnent, from these Middle States, and rspe
cially from PennSyl ania, there is bot one proud.
bold head yet above the waves fAppIause.I
Some OF them have been struck down by the
hand Of death-sonp have fallen away from us
in the pressure of hot contests, and from apos-
iatpS at first, have become open and eventually
insignificant enemies. Applause. 4 nd, some
have been found oherwIS- unfit for, or unWor-
thy Of the continued confidence and respect Of
the people. But, sir through all vcissitudes,
hen our glance has gone abroad in search Of
thr faithful and the great, one figure has fixed
attention and commanded respect. There has
been with him steady virtue and a mental
power, that nave contonnded his enemies and
fixed him firmly in the affections oi The Peo-
pie.
" utfl We nave NDktA. u RECENT NTdiss lb3
one " who stood up like a who'll man IN former
times, and vet stands up; who has travelled
through the storm and the tempest with rnim-
paired power and popularity, bot one man meets
the pXprciant gazr, and that man IS james Rn-
chanan. IApplauSr. Sir, our people have
hoen thinking of this thing for some years.
They have thought upon II earnestly, they have
turned il over in their minds as they pursued
IA
hoods, and they have expressed here to-day,
through thrr-dregaleS, the conclusions to
which they have conn. May not trust tha,
this voice, thus intelligent and thus decided,
will be respected by our sister States when they
assemble in council in June nrXt. YES, SIR,
there is no other candidate in the central por-
tion Of the Union VINO can be presented as tn"
lair and equal competitor of the choice Of this
Convention, no other man about whose mare
such recoiectionS. such evidences of fidelity
and ability are gathered, as his who is now pro-
posed as our standard bearer in the coming cam
paign, and who will secure 10 Us, if nominated,
4 signal triumph.
But what more When read, either back
wards or forwards the history Of onr Common
wealth. perceive, ani afterwards recolect,
one important and striking fact and It is this :
that while the little coast bound State Of MaSSa-
chusrtts aud the State of Virginia, inferior TO
oUr own iD many respects, have o!ten furnished
ircunbrnts for the Presidential chair. our own
State has been entirely overlooked, If not for
gotten w have occasionally reminded opr
brethren OF the other States OF som" moderate
aud modest pretenslons which We hold 10 on this
: subject, but for one reason or another they have
never yet received their attention. aud they have
not arcedrd 10 oar wishes
Sir the time has come when this favor ought
I no longer TO be refused To this noble State of
ours. lapplan,e.l The time has come when a
fair claim OF right arises on our behalf, aud
when II is our duty, founded upon seIt-reSpect,
70 urge it with zeal aud discrimination that ii
shall be acknowledged. There are reasons why
Pennsylvania should be listened TO by the other
States. In the most critical momrnt Of every
political engagement Of every political contest,
since the foundation OF our general government,
10 " bat point of the Union has the anxious,
strained gaze of the Democratic party been
turned Whittier? Why, sir, in "A letter Of
MIR. Jrfrrson'S-writen in thu dark and stormy
days when he lifted up that flag which those
who came after him have held up since-hp
wrote :-''Let but Virginia maintain her position
and Pennsy lvanla stand firm upon her basis, and
our Union will be perpetual and our prosperity
boundless." lGrrat applause.l Yes, sir, there
was then an anxious, patriotic eye turned from
the heights Of Monticello towards Pennsylvania,
in hope, for th~rescur of principle from the con-
tests of faction. Away back, half century
ago, the sagacity of Mr.. Jefferson discovered ia
this State the foundation upon which Republic
canism could safely rest he pronounced his
Judgment that SO long as she stood with Virginia
upon solid principles everything was well, and