Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1860-06-22
address Of the Peoples State COM
mittee of Pennsylvania.
To Me people Of PennsyLuanaa

I
To fhe people Of Pennsytuansa
We arc about to enter upon another great
National struggle, the issue Of which must tell
decisively for the veal or woe of our common
country
The so called Democratic party has been in
power for nearly eight years, and the fruits of
its policy are nov felt in a prostrate Industry,
paralYzed Commerce., bankrupt Treasury
and large and steadily increasing National
Debt.
The domestic peace aud harmony that wit
messed The restoration of the party now in
power, have been Rantonly exchanged for Sec
tional discord and fratcrnal strife; and even
the sacred landmarks OF the Constitution have
been blotsed out, in the systematic effort of
the Government to spread the blight of slave
ry over Free Territory, in defiance GS the pop
ular will.
Corruption has gained undisputed mastery
in almost every department of power, and
stamped its fearful stain indelibly upon the
Government, and shameless prohigacy has Civ
en- us National bankruptcy at home and la
tional dishonor abroad.
The time has come when thorough reform
is Enthusiastically demanded by the people. Ia
this great work, Pennsylvania must, as ever,
be potential Always loyal in the last degree
to the maintenance of The National Union, and
to the compromises of the Constitution, aud
faithful to the supremacy of the laws, her poo-
pie have no warfare to wage upon the rights of
sister States. They will maintain these rights
iuglolate with the same fidelity that they de-
fend their own.
Oar free labor is the basis of all our wealth,
our prosperity, our greatness. Ii has trusted
and appealed in vain to the party in power TO
protect it. Its confidence has been ever be-
traved, its interests ever sacrificed Our uh-
told millions of slumbering wealth, and our
unemployed and unrequited labor, are swift
witnesses to the suicidal policy that has i'm
poyerIShed US.
The studied purpose Of the National Ad-
mnis;ration has been to sectlonalize the Gov
ernment, aud give boundless dominion to
system that has dishenoEedAnd beggared free
inanstry Hhareger srzesolating steps have
gene.
Against this fatal sectionalism the friends of
diversified and prosperous industry have pro-
tested without avail. Nothing but radical
change of administration can give reasonable
promise of respect for the great indus
trial interests of eur State, and redress
from the endless train of evils flowing from
the faithlessaess of the Government.
The Territories of the great West TEEN with
beauty and richness. There, with free homes,
our sturdy sons would rear new empires to
pour forth their boundless wealth, and add to
the prosperity and true greatness of our boast
ed Republic. They have escaped the wither-
ing blight of servile labor thus far, only by
dofying the whole power of two Democratic
Administrations, and leaving history GRIM
soned with the blood of our brethren.
Failing to subdue, even by force, the strong
arlns that are scattering the rich fruits of
peaceful and enlightened industry, the Consti-
tuition itself has been assailed, aud its sacred
aims perverted, to sectionalize the nation
The startling declaration is now made by the
party in power, through its official exponents,
that the Constitution must defeat the wise and
bene6cent purposes of its authors, and carry
scryiIe labor, under its own'broad shield, into
every territory in the Union.
To restore the Government to its original
purity, to redeem it from its fatal hostility to
the interests of free labor, from the corruption
the profigacy and the sectionalism which have
marked the party in power, are the great pur-
poses of the Peoples organization in Pennsyl-
vania. To this patriotic END we invoke the aid
and cooperation of all who desire to join in a
common cause, to inaugurate liberal, just and
faithful Government.
Our standard bearers ftly represent the Vi
tai issues involved in the struggle. They COM
command the uubounded confidence OF friends,
and the respect of foes. Even partisan NAL
ice is impotent to assail them. That Abraham
Lincoln, the nominee for President, is spotless
in both public aud private life, and that he is
honest and capable, is confessed as with one
voice by his countrymen. His well earned ma
tional fame, the offspring of no fortuitous cir
cumstances, points to him the "coming
man" who will administer the Government
honestly, frugally and faithfully, and restore
the Republia to domestic tranquility, to pros
perity, and to honor True to those great
measures of reform is Hannibal Hamlin, cur
candidate for Vice President, as is shown by
his long and consistent public career in the
councils of the nation.
Andrew g. Curtin, our nominee for Cover
nor, has given lifetime of earnest, untiring
effort to the interests of free labor. He has
advocated In every contest, with all bis match
less power, the true principles of governments,
as declared by the Convention that has placed
him before the people, Measured by the high
est standard, he is faithful and qualified. lie
will be in the front of the battle, bearing our
standard aloft, and defending our cause. We
have but to join him in bis efforts with n zeal
worthy of our principles, and he will lead US
TO decisive victory III October
Whether oar opponents will enter the ecn-
test united or divided, our duties aud dangers
viii be the same. ln any event, the triumph
of the right will be resisted with the spirit of
desperation. Armed with all the power aud
corrupt appliances of the government, they will
leave no means untried, no effort unemployed
to perpetuate their asOendancy. Although
rent asuDier with intestine feuds, antagonized