Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-09-17
SPEECH S
'lOl. JOHN ". FORlBY.
TARRET0WN, NEW YORK.
OF TIE

FELLcw-CinzENs / feel gr4iificd in bang
able TO appear before ypl 80 participate in the
ceremony wa ctl has been annoubced-4io
nomination., as the peoples ca!i3ihte. OF one
of tAe tribunes who stood up during the Whole
exciting session ct Congress for ali undying
principle Aud | anl gratilied, further, in be-
ing able 10 bear, here in your presence, my
personal tribute to the courage, the indenen-
donce and consistency of the gentleman whom
you have thus formally placed before the peo-
pia toI reelection. Having taken some part
il the controversy which is not yet closed, and
having beeu present when various demands
were made at the seat of the FederaI Govern
ment, / saw ir. Raskin tried, not onIy bv
frowns and the threats of power, but By It's
Establishments too. And there never was a
moment, from the beginning to the end Of thai
struggle, in which that man quailed or fal.ered.
tCheers Itrequirea on hls part, gentlemen,
uncommon courage, sustaining peculiar per-
sonal relation, as he did, TO the Executive, to
resist these combined inAuelces 1t required
great independence and great self denial 10 tear
Himself from those with whom he had thus
closely associated !; and, more than all, it re-
quired that he should keep constant watch
over himself, lest 10 that great political center,
where public virtue is constantly sappeJ, where
the pnbllc maa IS constantly ia Danger of be-
ios betrayed, he should fall into the hands of
bis enemies. Il required on his part that he
should bear himself as to be able to resist the
influence of mower, but be able to stand with
cot suspicion. lie came from District which
had not only given him large plurality, but
which had given TO Mr. Buchanan decisive
vote and to no man more, ] venture to say, ia
Mr.. Buchanan indebted than to Mr.. Haskin
tor the manner in which tho Democratic party
il this vicinity rolled up the vote they gave to
the Democratic candidate in 1856 His active
cxertions, his personal devotion 30 the character
of the President we feel ehaa that candidate
reeiprocatcd tor preteGded to recIprocatej all
The devotion which Mr. Haskin himself mani
tested, rendered him of all men the man upon
whom the President might rely IN conducting
the affairs Of the Government at the seat of
the Federal Capital de did not 90 to Wash
ington TO betray principle, 20 desert the
candidate of his ciocc. He saw this Admin
istration which he had thus toiled to elect with
four years Of power, with unbounded patronage
Beside, have said, be was its friend The
Clbinet was filled With men toward whom he
sustained the most intimate relations. What
inlucemeut was there on the part of Mr. Haskin
say, then, my fellow citizens, that you do we'll
n piaciug him before his constituents for
another trial. GCheers and applause. Yes,
you not only DO we'll, but you would not dc
we'll if you did not do So But say now,
that when the time comes that public men il
the North are not sustained who haze done
what Mr.. Haskin has done When that time
comes-that the people of this Congressional
District, or any Congressional District, refuse
to DO honor to such man, than We become in
this region race of towards and slaves
lCheers and applause.I Ny fellow-citizens,
must be little personal, because appearing
tefore you as | do, l am mpelled, il not eom-
PEELED, TO refer to portion of the politica
history in which | have borue prominent
part My relations to the present Executive
of tue United States begun with early boy
hood, from the time long before | became ;
voter, when [ was his intimate confident and
friend. From early youth down to the presen
hour or rather 10 period o1c year ago,
sustained toward AIr. Buchanan relations not
only OF intimscy, but OF more than intimacy
Had be been my father, if his blood ran IL IN
veins / c9ud not have been more devoted,
attached 70 him. ApplauseI | believed
that that sentiment aud affection was recipro
Gated. We had tried in our good old State o
Pennsylvania, for many years, to elect thl
gentleman to the Presidency. 1t fell to N.
Iot-born in the county in which he grew T.
manhood, in the county where he read law, II
the county where he still has his residence, il
that county where he says he expects to die
and knowing him thus we'll, it fell to my lot L
do good deal of tae hard work incident t
the fulhllment of the aspirations of himsel
and the wishes of lis friends la 1874 W
went to the City of Baltimore instructed Il
vote for distinguished citizen of your State
Mr.. Van Buren, but owing to the publicatio
of his celebrated Texas letter, the delegatio
from Pennsylvania, as is we'll known, conclud
ed that Mr.. Van Buren had forfeited the con
fdeuce of the Democratic party, and that
became us to present our own favored eitize
for that high place. We did so, and we failed
But still iu 1845 we reappeared upon th
scene with our fellow ciiizehs, and there til
friends Of Mr.. Van Buren, in this State !epai
as in kind for the good turn we had serve
them four years before. tApplause.l Ur
daunted we continued TO organize and 10 lS5
we rcappearcd in the same scene vita our formt
frieLd, and We wore again defeated. Tbs
seemed to be the last chance--the last shot
the locker If may use the expression. Bu
he was appointed by President Pierce in lS5
20 FIJI the high and important mission of Mir
ister to England. While there be was remove
from the scenes of domestic politics, an
quietly and obseryantly watched the movement
at home pending and succeeding the Iepe;
of tho Missouri line. Mr.. Buchanan had bee