Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-03-14

together until our Government il brought
back tc It's original purity, and trataful-
ness is restored TO the relations. Of pablo
men and public measures
wnAT 1Hg PRESENT ADMINISTRATION
- HAs DONE.
I, We haze seen the present Administration
of the Government employ its patronage TO
cement q party without reference to any le-
gitimate standard Of policy or principle -
Men who have preached secession and dis
union have been given tue prominent ofi-
ees and have been made strong whenit was
most important that they should be weak =
Old fashioned men have been villiGed and
slandcred merely because they adhered to
the maxilns which governed our wise men in
The best days of our Republic. Yes, gen
stlcnlen, We have been prescribed through
out this land for daring to say that we
maintained the doctrines inculcated BY our
greatest statesmen. President Pierce pro-
Tossing to follow in the footsteps Of Jack
son, has placed himself in direct antago-
nism to the leading sentiments Of that
great man.
UNION OF ALL PARTIES FOR THE SAKE
or THE UNION.
As in time Of war, when the foreign foe
invades our soil, every true-hearted citizen
should rally to tile flag Of his country, So
when doctrines are put forward by party
leaders which are calculated to render inn
perative the checks and balances of the
Coast' tuition, every patriot should throw of
party shackles and DO what be can to rem
der harmless such doctrines. 1t is on such
grounds that We are constituted an Ameri-
can party. Let us be true 10 the spirit Of.
such party, and let Us forget that there
were. ever any difference between US as
Democrat or Wings. Let our triumph be
that Of our country. measuring our elaitps
to the pubiic, confidence By no stsuda3 but
that of honest devotion to the principles Of
our cause, which il no other than that of
the Constitution and the Union. If we
succeed, it will be mainly through the ex-
ertions of the hardy and manly energies of
our young and middle aged men, who ere
carrying on the great enterprises necessary
to the development of our country, and who
cannot be tempted by Cd party watch
words from completing the reform which
they have commenced under the flag of the
stars and stripes, and in defence of the
sentiment which proclaims that Americans
ought to rule America.
THE .couNTRY's INTEREST SUPERIOR 70
THAT or PARTY.
ltwas in this city, in 1919, that | FIRST
learned to discriminate between the mere
party man and tho patriot. 1t was here
that Gen. Jackson, though the guest Of the.
Tanlnany men, toasted De Witt Clinton,
who was then eonsidersd By that ancient
and venerable society as not orthodox on
the subject Of State rights. The old Hero
of the Hermitage said that parties were
not always right, and that public lncn ought
not to be erejeeted because they went be-
yond the spirit OF their party in the sup
port Of their country's interests. This.
gentlemen, is our doctrine. We have left
the old parties who were unable to tranquil
ize The land, and stand out on a platform
national from beginning to end, and Ameri-
can in every feature Of it.
TIE RESOLUTIONS.
The following were the resolutions read
to the meeting by Mr.. Brooks aud adopted
with nine hearty cheers:
Resolved, That heartily,--cheerfully.
unanimously, every one, and ali together,
we hereby confirm and ratify the nomna
tions made by the American party assem-
Lied in National Convention in Philadel-
phia, and we earnestly recommend them to-
the support Of the whole American people.
Resolved, That in SIillard Fillmore aue
Andrew jackson Donelson, we, as Ameri
cans, have the best specimens of the old
Wing and Democratic parties--choire chips
from the old blocks-and, that we present.
their names not ouly to Americans, but to
Democrats aud Wings, as representatives
of the best men and oest principles Of their
parties.
Resolved, That, in Aiillard Fillmore, we
have the friend, the conidant, the associate.
of Il Clay apd Webster, and the inheritor
of that patriotism and love of country that
ever inspired them in Ashland and Marsh
field; and in Andrew Jackson Donelson.
tie con6daut, the pupil, the bosom com-
paniun Of the illustrious soldier and states.
man Of the Hermitage.
sour Country, Our Whole Country, and
nothing but Our Country . i
''0ne Constitution, One Destiny
81 know no South, no North, no East,
nc West"
''1'he Federal Union, it must and shall
be preserved" ;" 4 @s sr3.. sl,s
Ks :hese we're their ma4lms, t4elr plat
forms, so they are Qurs. and with Poa's
help we will stand our candidates npan