Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-09-25

und what narrcw-souied, aud diabolleaLl
fanaticism it exhibits, for any man 70 speak
or vote for rrohibitory liquor law We
will at our leisure hunt these ui,tters npnI-
so, and in,the mean time cnnsole ourselves
with the reflection that for tie proper use
Of a few choice extracts there i no gaou5t-
''a good time coming"
THE DEMOGRlv lvr AND DIR. HENRY
e G. STEWART
The bemocra Of last week contains an at.
tack upon the character Of our candidate
for the Legislature. fDr. STEwART,) which
is unparalleled III the annals Of even that
notcriously false and malignant Sheet. Base
aud gross As it IS, it needs no contradiction
here, but Is it was written not for home com
sub, ptio1, but for circulation ia Bedford
County, where the Doctor is but slightly
known, we address ourself 10 the task Of not
only asserting, but of Pfoong it a lie
destitute Of even foundation in truth
The following paragraph contains the gist
Of the charge:
"Anothcr story, which did our cause
some injury, was that charging fiat the
dcfnoeraticpole al Meyers Mills was sprink
led bv m4aiBers of6ur party, aftcraits erec-
ton, with "hoIy water.'' This barefaced
lie, this mean, dirty, uamanly and "pig-
gerIy'' charge, cllms pareutage of that
Beautiful PINK Of political rascality. H. G.
/ Stewart The Plug Ugly nominee for the
Legislature. lie was the only member Of
that party in the county degraded enough,
50 stepped in fllsehoed and iniquity as to.
imagine it and give it the start, and Others,
better rcputed for honesty and truth, gave
it that impetus which his reputation would
havo prevented him from doing
Having made this charge against DR..
STEWART, and thus maligncd him, the
article continues in the same strain of
grossness, to donounce him as u liar, 'sut-
;orly unworthy of any mans support
/ The fact that Dr.. STEWART did not and
could not have started the story that, ''rhe
Democratic pole raised at Meyers Mil, was
sprinklcd with holy wAter," is within the
personal knowledge Of the senior editor of
I this pnper-and the writer of this article
as well as score Of others at Meyers
Nil, Ga the h l4s ( e a A the pale gaissinYg .ere
some time after dinner, we in company with
DR.. STEWART. left 10 address meeting Of
or political friends at Pjslhontas, which
is some SIX miles distant. .7ffer are 4rsre
mp the moanfaia same distance, we saw the
Irish delegation fromthc Sand Patch Tun-
mel marching iato tle village in procession.
Dr. STEWART and ourself both nilde
speeches at Poeahontas on that evening.
and when We closed II ,cuS 50 dirk an tie
hoRs' tint W could not disfiag4ish Me
faces ot'a portion Of the audience Having
six mills of inountain road 10 drive. it was,
Of course, 4 late hour in the night, whcn we
got back to Meyers Mill, and most of the
iniabitahts had sdne to led On the
following morning the story of the pole
sprinkling was told US by two different
gentlemen, neittersof ,otom hal seea Dr..
Steao1rt since The middle Of tie pfcgious day.
The fact of the Doctors being in Pocahon-
tas til late hour in the evening, can be
by more than City of the voters
of Greenviile township; some Of whom are
Democrats, While an equal number perhaps,
Of those present al Meyers Mil on that
day, can testify tj.af the story Of The sprink-
ling vas in circ ulation during that evening:
aud what is more, saroraI gentlemen, witl
much better characte,s for truth asaa pyacify
than the editor Of the Democrat Is possessed, /
Of, assert taqftte story is mol 'asT1ie, aaafia |
lttey .sa,o The pole sPriakied. j
OF the truth or falsitY Of the story, We at
r:cscnt care nothing; but We e,pu blished it at |
tue tune it occurred, on what we then
thought aud still think, sufficient authority, !
and the Democrat did not then even dare
y aeny y, let alone eAarge It as a falSehood
upon DR.. STEWART.
In this community, where the Democrat
IS known, its SANDERS injqre no one, but rs
We before remarked, this lie was Invented
for circulation in Bedford County. therefore
We have gone to the trouble Of showing its
utter imPossiblity, as well as improbabiliiy.
The community il which DIR, STEWART re.
sides, and where for years he has practised
DIS profession with great aeeeptabilit,, is
acted in thls County for its high toned moral i
md religious sentiment, and the fact that he q
-eeeIved not only.a uearly Unanimous. hnt