The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1857-02-13

| readily BE- shaken off. He had fairly obtained
the nomination, and. upon every principle ol
political and personal honor, he was entitled to
the election. A generous people will snPpiy
all and more than all that was suaiched from
him by the hands Of selfish aspiianls and vie
traitors.
Tfthese men are to be justified, or even ex-
cusetl, for their course, then there is an end OF
/ political organization, and The party may as
we'll at once dis5and., Designing and often
able men never fail 10 invent son.e excuse for
/ their conduct. Ii one can succeed in gulsiag
the community, another is sure TO make the ei-
fort. They will give any reason and perhaps
every reason but the true ONE. Every BODY
now plainly spes that these mrn Were actuattd
I bY the vain hope chat they would be Joined by
the opposition. The latter party, il is well
known, encouraged this idea. Now, since the
result is known, this is the very best reason
gwen for their conduct. When their candidate
atosp and ask I'd leave 10 change his vote, alter
ne saw that Cameron vas elected, and found
/ that the opposition bad been hood-wiaking him,
he unihinkingly told the whole story lie
found then that they, the oPpeSiilonl thought
it 20 harm 10 betray small faction which was
itself betraying lis own friends. But Of all the
miserable excuses which cunning and designing
men conld invent for their conduct, the most
unsatisfactory TO is that of their protest.
That John w. Fornpy was the candidate pre-
ferred by Air. Buchanan was about the last
reason in the world why he would be- objection
able to the people Of Bedford county. George
| n. Smith could not we'll have offered greater
insult 10 bis constituents than this,
Another prominent feature Of this Senatorial
contest is the conduct Of the opposition. This
was sufficient to astonish the coed and rejecting
portion Of th~ canmouily Of all parties. No
man iG the State bad been more publicly oI
more frequently drnon0ced by their leaders than
Gen. Cameron. If they were sincere in these
denunciaions, honest rejecting people can not
readily understand cow he could receive thr
unanimous support Of the party. The Idle and
ridiculous prptext fprrd hy some Of them that
they We're forced to choose between Eorney &
Cameron. will not answrr-eyery one knows
that the lection was managed by drsign-by
a sklllul trick. Two years ago they could ball
lot for days aud finally adjourn without an elec-
ton rather than allow Cameron to 3r elected.
4 single ballot now, With even oGe Of those who
bad denounced him, voting against him, would
have prevented an erction--hecause the Dem-
octats except the three tsai'ors) would
itNt ilt'-ItIIrtf feIGHiGN 40 stfif tItANtttI ~
Cameron. IF there had been single uer.brr
Of Tie opposition honestly and really opposed to-
thr election OF Cameron, be- coHli have pre-
vented IT, What produced Tbs result Is
soon The result Of the October election b-7
came known aad it was aScertained that lbe
majority was small, wbv Was tes8}sat ali eyes
were tQAppd towards Gen. Gafsteff2 Why
We're there no other candidat IS N9ifetffe opposi-
ton ranks 2g .Ahy did ryrrYs prominrnt and
able men.baT 49, party withdraw from ths
contest was 'tatxaelaRse they knew thsy
could not BIZ elected Hfst5at c resort to .'sham+
iess aud wholesale riVofNtridrry," or BY SOM
basr treachery on iae pari'ol soa.e d the mem
hrrS H3~ comss il that SSlP-iour Honoyq
bie Senators aud a,rm5ers are ready and willing
70 send IL thr Ssnat- of the Ueitrd States
''deSTSSed and diSdwurd by every Poiilicti
organization IN Pennsy Apla." One who SIS
III representative at sasasAssss.ga aad-a fl ySa
-PoGeni OF % honoraIT1 TrIaCiPle." \ man ia5
whom '.hrre is not character enough to u-I
pose upon creduiity Itself" Only two years.
ago FIVE Of these same honorable Gentlemen ask
ed."Wbo is Simon Cameron As Statesman
fame has never associated bis name with lh-
world. As politician b. has always proftssed
to BE- Democrat, and vet that party only te-
members him for his treachrrv and speaks oi
him a> a traitor" They then declared 'Ghal
they coud not supper, his nomination consist
emily with the oaiEs they had taken" hecaasr
''it was destitute of every principle Of virtue,
and a disgrace 10 their native State and
"woud 5e repudated by their constituents with
Scorn and righteous indignation " How, wei
ask, did all these men support this nomination
when any one of them could have prevented
his election Was this brought about by the
"couceutra'ed and cohesive power Of public.
P!under," or he ''Sup-radded element Of shame
less and wholesale private bribery ~ Was itt
because 'coTupiion was behind the throne OF
was II because there was .'Uothing good" to be /
represented, or because s.AmprIcauism' and
Hpub!icaGisu" had .'na honorahip principle"
to iurGJsh az cXp0uent! Or was it because the
famous '.BUeeard's FsaSf" was surrounded with
"hoary headed rage>' and Speaker Taggar's /
other liiustrnus American bIprds Without
pretending to solve these mysteries or to pufSnr
further the examination of the events conaeci- /
Cd with the late Senatorial election, we Unhes- /
tatngiy declare that another Occurrence Of the
kind viii justify change in the method Of ele,- /
ting United States Senator's. The prople will (
take from corrupt politicians into their own
hands thls important and responsible duty.
Had John w. Forney and SImon Cameron F..
been before thr people OF Pennsylvania for thp /
Office Of Senator, majority ofat least one hun
dred thousand would have given 10 The former
the seat now sealibj!y, treacherously and dis
honofably wrested from him and given to the
latter. A the late election IN PENNSYLVANIA
four hundred and sixty thousand freemen eyer
cised the right OF suffrage Of this numbrron-
ly about $4,000 endorsed the doctrines Of the