Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-09-17

Hopkins ut IIlncaster, Pa. he attended ;
i meeting IN which he denounced il subse.
quently, in lS47, he came out in bis eeebratcc
BeFks County letter, aud stated there that tho
only way to settle the Slavery question was t
run the line to the Pacific so as te secure tc
the North and to tie South their respective
benefits on each side Of il as proposed by it,
original friends. Therefore it was that while
at f9!eiglI court, absent from hiS oTn couh-
(. Try, his name beoane peculiarly the name Al
the American people, as the that would
lead the Democratic party to victory again
His old friends in Penuss lvania moved forward,
alli az iii we orgeni2sd We saw the time
bad come when our champion could be present
ed to our people. We repaired TO Cincinnati.
hlvairies : home fivalries -hai been cxtiu-
guishea brtterhesses growlag out Of the Mis-
souri, line aud the passage ct the Kansas-Ne-
orasAa bill had temporarily removed other can
didases irou the field Tor SO we thought; aud
Cass men, Dallas men, aud Buchanan men ia
pennsylvania made common cause, aud ie-
pllreu 10 Cincinnati for the purpose of putting
this gentleman in nomination When we reaeh-
ed there, the 6rst indication that appeared was,
that the extreme South had resolved upon MIR
Buehanan's annihilatiou. They saw in hin
the light Of moderate Conservative senti
ment They saw in him, for the Grst time a
public man who having been absent from, the
country, therefore disconnected from the ex-
citing revalries of the day, would be compelled
from his position, to do iaslice to Northern
feelings, and exiinguish sect)ualism. They
did hot trust to BIN ON the issue of the day
was not good enough K ,nsas and Nebraska
nin for them; and they fought Us, as the his
tore 81 ~. + E. z
days with, bitterness and animcsty such as
political conventions can scarcely rival But
he was the only man to rescue the Denoeratie
party from defett. H4 was the only man 10
prevent tho election of a Republican, an / the
only man who could carry Pennsylvania for
upon the contest of that State did tue entire
tide of battle turn. Prom your own State a
simliar disposition was manifested in certain
quarters In this quarter, now, where t!.is
ss: disease Of Lecompionism RACES the most vio-
istralion is induIged the most ardently, Dir.
Buchanan received nothing but GOODNESS and
contempt. Bat we nominated him and return
ed to Pennsylvania, for the first time Joyous
in having achieved our long cherished wish
And when we returned there, we came with the
full and confident hope that their would be an
end to the difficulty in electiRg man whose
nature was believed TO be so conservative,
whose, character was believed to be SO prudent,
and whose entire record had been national and
constitutional. At that time | believe the Re-
publicans themselves abandoned the campaign.
They looked upon his nomination as their
death blow. They looked around in vain for a
candidate bat events land there is no necessity
for spinning out this detail TO greater lengthy
- IF tai, NC
have never witnessed in our country, AMI ny
the middle of August, 1856, the campaign was
more than doubtful Why did it become
doubtful? Because the public opinion of the
North had been stirred TO its deepest depths by
the excesses Of tie Pro-Slavery minority, buck
ed by the Federal power, in the Territory Of
Kansas That was the oDly question. 1t was
not the Osteud Conference, it was not the
Pacific Railroad il was nothing but the single
! issue--SbaIl the people of Kansas dispose of
their affairs in their own way2 Shall they vote
| upon their domestic institutions, not Slavery
| but upon all their Institutions, unmolested by
! the bayonots of the Administration on the one
hand, and the onSlaughts of bands of foreigu
! lnaraudeIs on the other. No man fe!t more
deeply IN reference to Kansas than did Mr..
| Buchanan No man talked more freely about
it. In his letter Of acceptance of the uomina'
ton and in the speech be delivered to the com
mittee upon it in his parlof at Lancaster, (a
which happened to be present. be laid stress
upon the great principle that the will Of tht
majority should prevail. Why, be said 20 nt
a thousand times s'The South must vote fol
SINE, and the North must be secured and thi
ssonly way to secure the North is to convnc,
sthose gentlemen that when get in the Presi
s.dential chair | will do right with the peopl
ssin Kansas. am now 66 years of age.
shave reached that time of life when | canpo
shave any ambition for reelection, aud if
shave, the only way to secure it is to be stroni
'swith my own people at home. lwatched thi
ssstruggle from my retirement i'll London;
eshave seen what conceive to be the mistake
s.of others | am not responsible for tho ad
smnistration Of President Pierce therefore
81 will inaugurate a new system | will sho'
"to those gentlemen that Pennsylyan Presi
ssdent will stand firm to The pledges of Penn
"sylvana gentleman and Pennsylvania Dem
"oerat" Now fellow citizens, in that lette
of acceptance, it you will refer to it-ii is nc
necessary for me TO produce it here YOU vii
find that he stated distinctly tba: the people {
the Territory of Kansas should be protecte
in the sacred right OF suffrage, unawed by an
influence whatever, and that the will of ii
, majority should prevail
We went into the canvass. 1t fell to IN
t lot to be at the head Of the State Democrat
Committee of Pennsylvania. All my affection
t were in that State; all the emotions OF m
J nature, physical aud mental, were enlisted 0
the side of the candidate she had presented
| His whole career, his character, my persons
/ attachment and the sincere devotion felt fl
him, his family, his cause, aud all about hi
| made me SO anxious for him to succeed, that
J indulge in no vain expression of speech when