The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-04-02
Holm ". FORyEY.

critlcising The conduct OF Col Forney IN oPpo-
sing the Kansas policy of President Buchanan.
We have done 50, because We could not be-
lieve that he was ready to desert The Democrat
lc party, or intrigue with It's enemies i9r It's
overthrow. Time, however, has proved TO as,
;!H;s. We were mistaken and that those who
at the outset of his opposition 10 the Presl-
dent, proclaimed lin 10 be untrue TO the
Democracy, were, inde, 4, correct. At pres
ent It requires nc extraordinary sharpness OF vis-
ion to'detpcs the latent poison which runs through
tie CoioneFs speeches and editorials and which
he fondly soppos IS will be fatal dose to the
party whose principles he processes TO cher
ish. In the beginning of his ul-brrak against
the President, and for some time after, the
deadly venom with which he fain would drug
the cup OF The Democracy, was unseen beneath
the speciaus glitter Of patriotic sentences, but
now it flows, black and disgusting, on the sur
face ofevery speech he uters and every artI-
Gle he writes. A few months ago he still pro-
fessed to have undated confidence in The 10
tegrity and wisdom OF Mn. BUcHANAN, but, now,
he believes him despot whose ''ReIgn of Ter
ror'' makes the pure Forney shrek with alright
a It's horrors His black treachrFy and bitter
hostility 10 the party with which heshas hither-
10 professed to act, becomes more apparent, Gay
by day. II is evident now that he is ready to
ioin hand in hand with the fanatica enemies
of the Union and TO fight shoulder to shoulder
with the unreltntng foes Of the Constitution.
He is not afraid, or ashamed, to be lound bat
Ting under the pirate flag OF the Black RePub
lcans He is willing and eager 10 JOIN the
men whom he has, time and again, denounced
as enemies most dangerous 10 the welfare OF the
country, with them, and at their bidding, TO
strike his treacherous blade to 'the heart core
of the party which nurtured him in It's arms
Ifppople doubt this, let them read the,speech de-
Iivered by the valiant Colonel, at Pittsbnrg, a
short time ago. In that speech be declared
that sa union with the Black Republicans, as
they were courteousy termed, had no ierrors
for him, when for the furtherance of great
principle, such coalition was necessary" and
that he s.repudiated the platform Of The late
so far as Kansas rs concerned, and, further, he
repudiated William A. Porter, if he put HIM
self on that platform" Il would hardly seem
necessary to add any more evidence to this TO
prove the apostacy Of Forney, but TO show that
he is not only beyond the pale of the Democra-
cy, but that be even regrets that the popular
Sovereignty" for which he is SO great stickler,
eyer was made an issue in politics, we quote a
mother passage from bls Piltsburg speech:
ssIn Pennsylvania the hosts metz (in the Pre-
sidential contest in 1861 & here The battle was
fought and the victory was won. How was it
won 2 Because .Nr. Buchaaaa had amiatain-
cd modest silence with regard 10 KaaSas, and
aoqs in favor Of the ertension Of The Missouri
Compromise whjch had been ruthlessIy wiped
out in 1891"
So MR. BUCHANAN was elected President be-
cause he was in favor Of the extension Of the
Missouri Compromise And it was a ruthless
deed to establish the principle that the ''peope
ofihe Territories shall form their own institu-
lions in their own way" Who out the most
reckless and unbushing lalsfer would dare 10
assert the former Who but the blackest Black
Republican could give utterapce 10 the latter!
And yet John w. Forncy spits such insults as
these in the face Of the Democracy, while he
claims TO be a Democrat and the especial defrn-
der of the principle which he would have us be-
lieye was so ''ruthlessiy" established. Well
might the outraged Democracy say 10 this apos-
tate,
esThou wear st a lions hide dolF it for shame,
And hang a Calls skin on those recreant limbs"
The redoubtable Colonrl talks about a union
with the Black Republicans for the sake OF fur
thering great Prnciplel What great princ-
pie? That Of popular Sovereignty? Sure
ly, Colonel, you would mol expect the bitter
est enemies which that principle has in tue
world 10 help maintain it! You would not
hope for aid 10 that doctrine from those who |
have ever tamped il under foot We sub |
nit 10 you, now, whether The late Democratic |!
State Convention was not more friendly 10 Pop |
ular Sovereignty than ever the Black Rrpubli- |
cans'have been, and whether, for that reason, |
you should not as friend of that principle,
accept the platform offhst Convention rather
than consoH with yourod enemies whose creed
ignores the said principle altogether.
When Col. Forney was editor Of The Penn
sgieanian, he held that politicians were known
by their company. In stfoag editorial on
the subject OF Free-Soilism, he wr5te as G-
lows:
"!f any Democrat, po4o incliass to Ike Free
Soil Htaslon, denies that The teadencies of fhof
organisation are precisely as aes haze described