Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-11-26
PEOPLES MEETING.

A very large meeting of the peoples party
assembled in The Court House, on Tuesday
night of last week
The meeting came to order BY The appoint
ment Of
CHARLES W. ASHCOM, Esq, of Broad
top, as President;
G. w. HOUSEHOLDER, Esq, of East Provi-
dcnce; JOHN Z. MILLER, of Harrison; JOHN
METzdAR, Esq, of Juaiata; Capt GEORGE
SMITH, of Bedford Tp.; FREDERICK SMITH,
of Colerain; and JACOB II. WRIGHT, ESQ, of
St. Clair, as Vice Presidents; and
Maj. Lemuel Evans, OF Broadtop; TAos. L.
Rea, of Bedford Tp.; and .4icha,i b. Miller,
of Harrison, as Secretaries
Hon. Francis Jordan was then called for,
and responded in a lengthy speech, replete with
facts, aud abounding in wit and scathing sar-
casm. He reviewed the result of the election
in each State this fall, during which he was in-
tcrrupted with frequent deafening cheers -
showed the causes of the present hard times,
aud the need of protective tariff, and re-
duction of the present unprecedented expendi-
lures of the government The Presidents
border-ruffian course in Kansas was reviewed
at length, and also the warfare which exists be-
tween the administration and Douglas He
was frequently interrupted with cheers, loud
and long, aud took bis seat amidst thunders Of
applause. Mr.. Jordan is admitted by all, both
friends and foes, 70 be one of the s3est speakers
in the State, and he does more lard work for
the cause than any other man in the Dis
trict.
The resolutions were then read by r. d.
Barclay, Esq, aud unanimously adopted, when
John ID. Filler, Esq, was called upon. He
answered tue call in speech congratu!ating
the country on the result of the recent cleo
,ions, and brought down the house frequently
by the many. happy bits which he knows SO
we'll how to make.
TIE meeting was large, the enthusiasm great,
and ali our friends left there we'll convinced of
our triumph in 1860, and the redemption Of the
county next fall.
ne ioHowing are the resolutions:
ResotUed, That we hail the result of the re-
cent elections in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana,
Iowa, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, lii
nois, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Maine, Yer
mont and Kansas, with feelings Of intense
qualification, as We recognize in them wither-
ing rebuke of the despotism, corruption and ex-
travagance of the present National Adminis-
tratioB.
RESOLVED, That as citizens Of the keystone
State, we have especial cause for rejoicing in
the late result, as it affords US the cheering
hope that the great industrial interests of our
State, which have been SO long PROSTATE under
the cruel free-trade policy of the shan-De-
mocrdcy, will obtain at last the full measure of
protection which they deserve
ResoEved, That in the midst of our rel ,ie-
ings, we cannot forget to make fitting ackuowl-
edgemenrs of the eminent services rendered to
the cause of Freedom and the Right, by John
W. Forney, John Hickm1n, John b. Haskin,
Horace Clark, and hosts of other Democrats,
who could not be seduced from the path of hon
or, neither by the caresses and Establishments
OF power, on the one hand, or awed BIZ their
threats aud deuuIciations on the other
RssoLU7d, That we tender our heartfelt con-
tict, upon the election of Edward Mcpherson
to Congress. For the betrayal of solemn
pledges to his constituents on the part of the
present member, and the eager haste with
which he surrendered his oft-decarsd opinion
and gave himself up ready instrument to as
sist in fastening an odious law upon an unwi-
ling people, he has met with merited condem
hatlon.
power, aud their consequent inability to con-
troll a majority in the next national House Of
Representatives, have put summary and eff
fectual quietus upon all the nefarious schemes
for forcing the Institution of human slavery
not upon Kansas only, but upon all our free
territories.
RssoLvsa, That the appointment of j.
CLANCY Jones to high diplomatic station.
made with such indecent haste after his defeat
at the hands of the voters Of Berks county
was hsgraut insult to that people, aud wan
ton attack upon the established principle whic b
holds the representative amenable to his con.
stituents alone. 1t exhibits in the worst
light the spirit of despotism which controls our
government at Washington.
Resofved, That these proceedings be pub
lished in the Bedford Inquirer.
The Chester county Times says it is reported
that Thaddeus Stevens, after being assured Of
his election to Congress from the Lancaster
district, in spite of ell the efforts of the Pres
iaeDl to secure his defeat, went to the telegraph
office and dispatched the following message
$40 his Erceliency, jams Buchanan I'm
: COMING"