The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-06-27
MONUMENT TO JAMES BCCHlyiy

already a trW OF the most shameless ani f.
centlouS opposition presses have raised The cry
Of ''ten cent wages" They have done ibis 10
prejudice lahoTing men against thp Democra-
candidate Tor the Presidency. The Democrat,
party has always been the guardian Of the H.
tertsts of the poor. Il was to preserve the H.
ertirs and protect the rights of the poor, lfa.
Gen. Jackson 5attlrd with the rich araocas
ofthe country for the overthrow Of ths tnlel
/ States Bank In that memorable and soriou
struggle, The Hero Of New ClIrans was atlY
supported by JAMES BrcHAyAy VIII any Or
believe that a co-lahorer with JAcKSoy 10 that
great batfle for The poor subsequently, advocated
''trn cent wages p The thing is imp0ssi5--
None are stupid enough TO believe 1t, though
there are a few who are 50 kbayish as to assert
il.
Bot We did not mean to write about wages
either high Of low. when we penned the CAP
ton Of this article. We meant tq-wr;tr aa3a
a monument which JAMES BUCHANAN raisad 20
himself a number OF years ago, and which Ha
crushing retutaton of the slow wages" sIand-r
Would that men of wealth would sud ilr
whole country over with Just such MonpmrnB
as that which JAMES BUCHANAN las ralsrd %
himself How much suffering would be al'-
vlateG-how many stricken hearts would he
made glad-how the poor would rejoice
IN every community there ARE indigro r.
males who exc out a scanty livelihood BY i.'
labor Of their hands. Many arr widows with
small children dependant upon them Tor bread.
Their LOT is hard at any srason Of the year, aal
when the rigors of winter come upon then.
their sufevings are frequently severe. Poorly
fed and poorly clad, and living IN nncoml5'a-
bic tenementS, in EXTREMIST misery they shvef
through thr long and drsary winter with
out fuel TO keep them warm-wIth scarce r
noneh to cook their scaniy meal.
Lancaster city had her proportion OF d's'-
tute women and children. JAMES BUCHANAN
saw their suarrngS, and tp resolved to do S2af-
thing 10 alleviate them. He gave in tr1,' 10
the Councils OF the City The sum Of ftrs jao'-
Sand Dollars, requiring them TO Sair'y ih'5>'
the same and annually forever thereafter aH3
the interest to the purchase oi fuel Tor me ars''
tutp females of Lancaster. The trust was 's
cepted, and the very next autumn an enoiIao"
pile Of Wood arose in the public square. ! 'ol
that pile Of wood the poor were suPPii'a VIVA
fuel and when the first disappeared, anoaF,
was reared in its place. If the Spring h".> u
exhausted, the autumn sees it replaced, a'I '@
thus il will go on until the last trump 'D1'
sound -.
That pile of Wood, reared by bis mum:
cence, is JAMES BucHANAN's Monument II
rough and unpublished, and no pompous Insc''r
ton is wrought upon its side. Its aT'l,S,l ,',C
lives to receive the thanks Of the rfciF,rnI' ~,
his bounty, and when be dies his ePitai" w.. w..
be written in their hearts. Generation "',,i
generation will grow up and pass away aus aus
still the widow and the orphan VIII o''s "a ~
noble charity Of JANEs BUcHANAN. ZOE P,,sa ,Ia
monuments Of conqnerors who have drl's5u I'D "a
world with blood viii fall 10 the gFoooSa, n. -'.
crumble to dust, but the unpretendIng Mgns ,,..
ment erected BY James Buchanan VIII '''"''
10 the End Of Time.
Poor man, if a malicious opponent q an
Democratic party endeayors to pFelno'y
against the Democratic candidate oy ~
slow wages" ask him whether he has eve, ~.
en- five thousand dollars 10 keep those WIZ
compelled to work at low wages from ifFsI,g ,yo,
Tell him you know where to hnd Mp"pa.t i.ta
10 JAmEs BUcuAvAN's Charity, and nS: ..''
Fo;1;t to VS.. a45.-s52.s FalIsy of'~'