Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-05-06
From Forney's Press.
THE STATES RIGHTS DEMOC-
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releG WIN the genllsh1eu enlployeuio copuue'
tie Washington Union, who preferred retiring
from the paper rather than remain as the echoes
of the New York Herald, ne has adopted the
luxury Of securing court jester, in the person
of Brigadier General GEORGE w. BOWMAN,
after the fashion of the feudal ages. Fearful
Of offending the memory of Polk and R.TcHIE,
under whose auspices the Washington Union
received its name, the President, while adopt
ing new editor, has given his organ new
title, viz the Constitution. And though he
cannot say, since he has engaged jester near
his person, as was said some hundreds OF years
ago:
sBut though bis court jester lack,
To laugh the monarch to bis iace,
All mankind, behind his back,
Supply the honest testers p ce.''
for, while the world is laughing at tho Pre-
sident, the President is determined to have a
newspaper that shall be laughed at, too The
new Court Clown, General BOWMAN, is best
Judged in his own neighborhood, where, du.
ring many years, he toiIed for apd secured the
doubtful reputation Of being reckless partisan,
and an abusive, iliterate editor. His normal
couditon is to make himself ridiculous, and we
predict that uulcss he is restrained, be will
perform more antics than the celebrated JOHN
JONES, Of the .Nadisoaian, or (nat to attack
the sexl Madame ANNE ROYAL herself. The
Constitution the new 0ttas of the new Ad
miuistration organ, gives a daily suppiy of
characteristic nonsense. The object to which
the court E5ol has been instructed to apply
himself is to bring into disrepute the character
and the proceedings Of the Democratic State
Convention which met at Harrisburg on the
sl.I, 10 vyhi al 10 fot-
lowed, of course, by such papers as continue
to be paid for their praise Of the Federal Ad-
ministration. 1t is natural that our neSters
at Washington should grow indignant at the
sudacity Of the movement Of s'The StateRights
Democracy;" but they should beware of
rushing into falsehocds Let US refer the
harlequin of the Constitution to the names Of
the State Central Comm ttee, announced ia
TIE Pass of to day, composed, as it is not
only OF some Of the best men in the State, bnt
of Influential aud we'll tried Democrats. We
commend to the Constitution the consideration
Of this Isl of independent men, taken from all
parts Of the State Does this list look as it
the movement OF the estate Rights Democracy"
was either feeble or a faint-heariea oBe =
let Brgadier BOWMAN look at the material
that composed the Convention itseif--at the
crowds that participated in The proceedings Of
that great body, and remained until the final
hours of It's session lie will not 6nd among
this number mercenaries aud offiee-hoiaers,
and men who came there TO sanction the
DEGREES Of despGtic power, bat be will hud a
representation os an honest public sentiment,
such as never before assembled at our State
capital. The writer Of this article has attended
Democratic State Conventions Tor nearly twen-
ty-two years, aud he has never witnessed such
a unanimity of sentiment and Of action that
which marked the proceedings of the Harrisburg
Convention on Wednesday last. There was
not disseniient 10 the whole body of delegates,
coming forward voluntarily, as they did, from
nearly every county. Nor was this harmony
purchased by concession to expedleney or to
fear. The most practical measures we're adopt
ed and recommended. The court fool of the
Washington organ labors under the disease
common to such fools when he iuputes TO his
master, the King, not only lnfaihbilltY, but
the control OF the Democratic organization; aud
when, because he worships that 1lug, he expects
others 10 bow, or TO be forever ostraeised.-
OF course we deny these imperiiDent aud
pompous assumptions. Mr.. BUCHANAN has
ceased TO hare any claims upou the party which
he has betrayed. Any endorsement OF his
policy is death to those who attempt it. His
practices have ignored aud Violated all his
professions, and he has become odiouS 10
The masses OK the people as ever JoHN TYLER
was in by-gone days Even his offices begin
to fail to tempt the mercenary, and those who
accept them DO so in secret, as men Go who take
brbes. 10 cut loose from such an incubus is
not only the prompting of an honest impulse,
but Of sclf-preservation. We refuse to be
crushed by its weigh.. The past is full of
aGmouitions Let the dependaDts of power
take what course they choose, there is a compact
aud srcwy body of Democrats in this State
who will contend against the prescriptions and
tr5acheries of the Administration, without
ceasine, TO The end. If tile court iuster of the
Washington Constitution is in doubt, We com
mend hin to patience, fof he will be convinced
in very short time.