Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-09-17
BEDFORD PA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER n 1858

Day and night. night aud day, | toilgd in that
campaign And there are those here to-day
from my own State who will bear witness to the
tact when say that all my own resources, all
MY fortune, my every exerlipl, every aid ], was
enlisted 10 produce the hual result And
above all Others IN that campaign was
The great principle Of popular Sovereignty
+ Applause TaAt was the standard which
nlaIsbaled tue way. That was The sehibboleth
= that WIS the war err. From Lake Erie to
i the Delaware Riyer--from Pittsbure to phila.
| delpfla-in every yiltage aud town IN tic state
everywhere that could Induce pen to
wFlto, or q tongue to speak, that was the theme
| upon WHICH those pens wrote and those tongues
! spoke. Why, gentlemen, Mr.. buchanan had
/ no confidence ar reserve upon this subject
/ lie was public, he was open, he was unre ,eryed
IN bis declarations to every body He sent 10
| the traluced John Hickman, in On a9ioinine
county. lie told hin, through his friends
aud agents ''You, Mr.. HickmaG, occupy a
peculiar relation you voted for the Topeka
! Constitution; you denounced the Kansas Ne
braske bill you we're opposed to the repeal of
The Missouri Compromise line the Democratic
party Of your district have nominated sou
they believe in you. Now, | want you 10 take
the stump and 60 before your people, and
pledge lne, James Buchanan, that / intend
st!nding BY, and if necessary dying by this
principle Of Popular Sovereignty For my
self, If could descend to the bascnsss Of re-
publishing private letters, might fill volume
wl'hsiluilar pledges from similar authority.
Why, gentlemen, when the distin guished
| Secretary, Mr. Cobb, who from having been q
supertae Union man, has been CONVERTED fhto
ire-eater, equal 10 Mr.. CbauEert hilasele--
Wien MIR. Cobb came into pennst lyanjs. ,nd
traversed our State from end to end and from,
county TO county, talking to delighted audi
ences all the time, What was the burden of his
iiemet Nhy--PoFular Sovereignty. would
take the Army aud the Navy would use every
power of the Federal Government, woald
surround the Territory, 5pi what the people et
hausas n should Totes and by theil vote ii46 des-
tinies OF the future State should be decided
y tleReSAs a. Sesstto upon me, saJu TO nm
Snow, Sir, have but one thing to say to YOU:
We have but q single thing before the people;
every day is making the campaign more ana
more doubtful, every day is making the popa-
lar feeling more and more intense; Mr.. Blu
chauau himself feels that everything depends
upon the prudence, the sagaeity, and the spirit
OF conelliauon by which this campaign is con-
dacted, aud for Gods sake take care what YOU
say about Kansas; leave your violent Southern
feelings at home; yon must not come to threat
en-: you Governor Johnston, and YOU MIR.
Scott, of Richmond, and you Mr.. Extra Billy
Smith, aud you Air. Secretary FLOYD, all OF
you, must remember that il you lose this bat
tie here, you lose it altogether, it will be Your
| loss, and therefore you must allow us to map
age 1t in our own way" Aud they did acceed
to that policy, without any protest, aud gladly
There was no deception in that fight, at least
so far as | was concerned. / sowed the State
with private letters aud private pledges upon
this question. There is not county in Penn
/ sylVania in which my letters may not bo found.
almost BY hundreds, pledging Mr. Buchanan,
in bis name, and by his authority, 10 the full,
! complete aud practical recognition of the rights
/ of the people of Kansas to decide upon their
own affairs. LApplause.I
/ Gcntlemeu, he was elected lie formed ms
! Cabinet. Heissued his Inaugural Address; aud
here, at this point, let me say, that the public
confidence inspired by his nomination by the
/ Democratic party, aud the apprehension Of his
election inspired III the Republican ranks, that
public confidence III the man was rene we'd and
revived by the publication of his Inaugural Ad-
dress. The Republicans, many Of them who
had voted for John g. Fremont said ave
believe III Mr.. buchanan, if he stands by the
doctrines OF this Inaugural Address we will
stand 10y hun" Now, had be dore so, the Re-
publican and tho American parties, in my cpin-
Ion, would have been cxtiuguished; we would
have been one great, happy, national family
Alter all, what the great mass of the people in
this country desire is a good Government
Every maE IN this country is not an ofice-seek-
er Nine out OF ten are disinterested in then
relations to the Government, and they are re adv
TO vote for John b. Haskin, or for John Smith
II they have confidence in the man and Mr.
Buchanan would have suited the couatry a:
well as aRy other man, if he had but fulfilled
his pledges; and therefore it was that when hi!
inaugural address was published, they said ont
TO the ether-We believe in Mr.. Buchanan
we are sorry tnat we have not voted for him
but We are willing to trust him and stand b,
HIM to the end. DIr. Buchanan had before hin
future which Washington, if he had been liy
ing, might baye envied-a future which, if b.
had walked resolutely in the path he had mark
{ ed out-the path illuminated by his resolution
aud pledges-would have allowed him to g
: down to the grave with the acclamation OF th
] people. Pesterity would have pointed to hi
administration as u model aud example to al
generations; Pennsylvania would have bad n
cause 20 have been ashamed Of her once favorit
sou. No, my fellow countrymen; but he di
not stop here. As it for the PURPOSE of acct
lnulating pledge upon pledge, as it for the pur
pose OF piiihg up pyramid of promises upoo
this question, what did he do nextl lie look
ed around to see whom he should get to go
Kansas for the purpose of settling the vexe
7 question which had rendered Kansas, what
| has been graphically termed, "'he graveyar