Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-05-08

hand, and they will set it right What has
occurred within the last forty EIGHT hours to
produce this wondrous change in the Amer.
lean Senatea How does it come that pro
position carried two days ago by respect
able majority, is reversed to-day by vote
of two to one.
protest most solemnlv against this pro-
ceeding; because IL nil make fUs hzndred
thousand K7aou .Not4ing uotes ia the Union,
and all the eioqu;acs Of the Senate eqnaot
Prereat Il. Whenever the Senate is induced
to reverse It's judgment, formed calmly aud
deliberately, aud after full discussion on ae-
count of foreign influence, the last citadel
OF liberty III America has given way. If
had the e.cquence of the most gifted orator
who ever spoke. / would employ it to-day
against the doing OF this act Ii | could
address my Democratic friends in an appeal
that eould reach their hearts, would ap-
peal TO them in that eloquent voice to ab-
staln from doing this act. De it, and vou
ieiA shake he Democratic party to its Uery
foundation. Let it be once understood that
foreign influence can iauads The .qney.isaq a
Sshdts, md Ia tortyeigat hours rersrse a
judgment deliberately girea, and the con-
tiieace tfas .qmsricaa people r9itt be sllaken
:" the ffmnsss Of that great party.
As Delnoerat-as one Of a great and
powerful political party, which never had
any alliance with any Other party, as deeply
and earnestly and sacredly devoted to its
success, | protest against this proceeding; I
protest against it in tue name of my party;
protest against it in the name Of violated
Constitution; protest against it in tha name
of the rights of American citizens, protest
against it in the name of American liberty
! protest against it on every ground which
the American mind can possibly conceive as
an outrage upon US, upon the Constitutions,
the laws, and tie privileges which we en-
JOY.
/ have Witnessed nowhere anything which
struck me with more amazement than the
exhibition we have had to-day in the Sem
ate. Where shall the American mind rest
for security, to what point shall it turn for
safety, if the Judgment of the Senate is to
be thus suddenly changed ou great qucs-
tion which more than twice-ay, more than
fise times, has undergone discussion here,
aud | am bound to say, has generally resul-
ted, as t is likely to result new, IN glving
way to foreign infueuce.
In my feeble way, as an humble Demo-
erat--as one of the humblest OF American
citizens, | have defended foreigners: have
defended their rights under the Constitu-
ton; have defended their right to vote
under proper circumstances; but, sir, as
God is my righteous judge, if this proceed
iEg is to 90 on--if rights are to be given in
violation of the deliberate judgment of the
American Senate, can raise my voice DO
longer. It is Dot the Judgment Of the Sem
ale that this should be done. / say 50 be-
cause, only two days ago, after calm and
dispassiouate consideration of the question,
You determined otherwise Influences, I
ann bound to say, to which am not SUBJ
jected-and Iprstend to be no more honest
and patriotic or upright than other men
but il SO turns out that, on this particular
point, I seem to be little friner than other
meu-somo sort of influence has been in
trodused here whisa has changed the whole
current Of the Senate.