Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1860-10-12

an honest man, for which he made every rum
shop bis headquarters and every ruffan his
friend-he has at last the nomination for the
Presidency, but what he has craved as
blessing has come down upon him as curse;
to be nominated aud know that an election ia
| impossible to be voted for, and know that
every vote for bim is for Breckinridge or Lane,
whom he hates, and every vote against him
vote for Lincoln, whom he does not love To
| be voted for, and be aware that those who
vote for him work not for him but for them
selves To be dead and yet living enough
to be conscious of death Oh, there is justice
in history Am exaggeratlnga Where 10
that mighty leader, whose voice once called
millions into the feld2 At the street corners
and crossroads you see him standing like
/ blind, downfallen Belisarius- not in virtue,
not in poverty-a bevy Of political harlots
surrounding him, aud begging for the misera.
bic obolus of a vote: begging the Kuow-Noth-
ings. whom he once affected to despise beg
| ging the Wings whom he once insulted with
bis brawling denunciations invoking the spirit
of Henry Clay, whom he once called black
hearted traitor. Oh, but poor Belissarius
The party harlots that surround him with their
clamorous begging cry, steal every vote they
receive for him,and put i. into their own pock-
cts.
Where is the bold, powerful agtaior, whose
voice sounded SO defautly on every contested
feld2 Behold him on bis sentimental journey,
vainly trying to end his mothers home and his
fathers grave, apologiziag with squeamish
affectatiou for his unoalled fur and Indecent ap-
pearance in public, like one OF the condemned
spirits you read of in the myths Of hy-gone
ages, restlessly perambulauhg the world, con-
dcmned TO a more terrible punishment than
Tantalus, who was tortured by an paearthly
thirst, with grapes and Wat~r within his reach
more terrible than that of DInnites, who had
to pour water iuto the leaky cask--for he il
condemned to deliver that old speech OF his
over and over again. [ApplAuse.l As often
as he arrives at hotel that has balcony, as
often as bis hasty journey is arrested By a spou-
mean spectral voice cry out ''my great principle
of non-intervention on''-that is the dead SQUAT.
ter sovereign atoDing for tho evil deeds he COM
mitted in his bodily existence. TProlonged
laughter and cheersl Not long ago be haunt
ed the railroad crossing and clam banks of New
EOgland; then the crossroads of the South
and the ghastly appartiea was last seen in this
neighborhood. Prolonged laughter and cheers.l
Where is that formidable party tyrant whose
wishes once we're commands; who broke doIa
sacred compromises with a mere stroke of his
finger, whose very nod made the heads of those
who dspleased him fly into the basket whose
very whims were tests of Democracy Where
is he who once like Macbeth, thought bimsef
invulnerable by any man "who was of woman
BORN" invincible, great.
-sssil Riruam wood
Do bic to Duusinane hill
Should come agains; him."
Like Macbeth he has belived the fends
esThat paltered with him in double sense''
There be stands, tied to the stake of his nolni.
nation.
CHE cannot fly,
And bear like, he must fight his course.''
But as Birnam Wood marched to Dunsinane,
so the very fence rails of illinois are rushing
down upon him tremendous laughter and
cheers,) and, like Macduf, there rises against
the spirit of free labor, one whose children be
has murdered, and that is champion ssnos of
woman born. iLaughter.l And now
son Macduf,
And damned be he who first cries hold-enough.'' %
lRenewed laughter and cheers.l Oh, there is
justice in history. (Ckeers.)
The same betrayal of the Free Labor cause
the Nebraska bill, which was to be his step
ping stone to power, proved to be the abyss which
engulphed his honor, his manhood his strength
and his hopes. There are those who mean to
reverse the judgement of history. Vain un-
dertaklng That man is marked by the hand
of eternal retribution, On his very front stand s
the fatal touch. Do not attempt to arrest th 9
hand of Supreme justice. You cannot say a
him from his ruin, Why are you so eager to
share his disgrace2 Leaders of the Douglas
Democracy, what means Jour empty bravado of
strength2 You cannot deceive others; Why are
you working so hard to deceive yourselvess--
You know that your orators are bat endeavor-
ing to gavanlze dead body into artificial life.
You are we'll aware that your mass meeting
demonstrations are nothing but huge galvanic
batteries at play. What means your desperate
attempt to glue your broken fortunes together
with those of other Partiesa Do you think this