The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-10-31
Reasons fer not Voting
FOR
JOHN c. FIRE NJ on 7.

Because the Black Republican party is. sec
tional-it is party of moral t,easoa-in favor
of arraying one section ofthe Union against the
other--in favor of hlotting fifteen stars from
our National banner
Because the Black Republican party is oppo-
spd to The Constitution and seeks lis destruction,
and whose leaders pray, 10 use their language,
that "ths accursed Union may be dissolved
even if blood has 20 be split"
Because the Black Republican party is pro-
Scrptive nartv-has sworn TO degrade the for
egner and prescribe men because Of their rrli-
gion-whilst it seeks to elevate the negro. and
confer en- him privileges they deny the white
man who has fled from oppression in foreign
/ lands.
Because The Black Republican party, under
another name, shot down in cool blood in tn
stretts Of Cincinnati, Louisville and New Or
leans, peaceabIe and unofending GermoaS and
Fri,l,,,,rIr for sfnipIg dtmaaui"= exercise of
RIGHT guaranteed them by the CoaetdutIon
and laws of the land.
Because the Blacl, Republican, party believes
tsp people Incapable OF sslt-goverameat, and
opposes lhatgreat and inrStuable privilege Of
frremen-the doctrine of popular sovereignty
the right of the people to manage and regu-
late their own domestic affairs.
Because the Black Republican party, for base
political purposes has insigatrd civil war IN
KaaSas-has committed bellish ontrages-brutal
murder, and vanies without parallel, until
a whole nation has been forced to eXclalm-
| sob Liberty what crimes are committed IN thy
name"
Because the Black Republican party with
clear and undisputrd majority in Congress, spent
two whole months in anarchy, al an expense to
the people of hundreds of thousands OF dollars
quarrrlliug over the spols like pack Of wolves,
while the country was suffering the deepest dis
grace in the EYES Of the world.
Because the Black Republican party in
/ Congress attempted 70 djShand the army, when
revolution was rife in Calii1rnia-when blood,
shed in civil war, was flowing 10 Kansas
when the Indians were ravaging our frontiers,
/ and foreign powers assuming an aspect OF mem
/ ace
Because the Black Republican party in Con
rress refused to pass the Specification blF' a.
| dopted by a Democratic Senate, which abroga-
! ted the obnoxious laws Of Kansas-whlcb
would have secured peace and quiet 10 that
unhappy Territory, and which in the Ian
guagr Of Senator Hale, was ''alnoSt uneXcrp-
! tonable.'
Because the Black Republican patty, whilst
/ protesting To be anti-slavery passed through
/ Congress bill, which endorses the obnoxious
! laws of Kansas-s'erfendS the Fugitive Slave
Law over Kansas and Ne5raska,' and ''perpst-
uates slavery there until 1888, and makes all
/ children born therein up TO that time OF slave
/ mothers. slareS-thus establishing their hypoc-
/ ricv and inconsistency.
Because the Black Republican party are now
running Shareholder, Know Nothing and a
Catholic for President, whose greatest achieve
ment was The capturing of "woolly horse"
and who. by Specializing 10 Cows, and other
lwise, has sought 10 swindle the government out
/ OF hundreds of thousands ofdolars.
Because the Black Republican party IS sup
/ porting "mere adventuFer' for Presidents
whose whole life has been one of mutiny-who
has not single qualification for the position,
and who during the 81 DAYS he occupied seat
in the Senate, voted with Atchison, Butler, and
other Southern fre-eaters for Slavery and eX-
| trerne Southern measures.
/ Because in conclusion, the Black Republic
can party is reasonable, Constitution reviiing,
Uuion-hating, negro-Ioving, inconsistent, hypo-
critical, conglomeration of isms, and factions, at
war with the interests, the peace, happiness
and prosperity of our State and Nation.
pEThe foregoing we regard as conclusive
reasons why every honest, intelligent, and right