The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-08-17

iditC as SOiipVlSHl dS NOu dFe dQG VIII give
you reason for that. think the New Harap-
shire boy who moves to the West when be is
! twenty years OF age, is just as capable OF self
government as the brother that remains behind
Just cast you, eyes round this neighborhood, ard
hnd an old gentleman who had two soas.-
The one was an ambitious, restless, energetic
daring boy; the other was an amiabIe, kind,
lazy, good fellow. lLaughter) Which OF
these boys do you think went out West ?-I
Which stayed at home, and, lived with daddy
and nanny? tLaughter.) The bold and am-
bltlous young fellow went and dug uD the prai-
RE or IN the wilderness he carved out his owo
fortune, made his own farm, put up hisiown fen
ces aud perhaps split his own rails Laughter
and cheers.} He cultivated his own fields, g.
rected school house and a church-yes, and
made his own cabinet work, too. By that time
| reckon the wtId boy had sown his wild oats
pretty well, and was fully as ca pabIe of self
government as the one that STAYED here and ac-
led under fathers and mothers advice. And
what more Very likely that young fellow,
after he had made home tor himself in the
West, found himself little lonesome and con-
cluded to come back and see the old people, If
he did, ten TO one that he put his eye on the
prettIest girl that could he touud in the neigh
6oThood, and took her out West with him, thus
taking away from the old New England
State not only the smartest boy, but also
the prettI7st gIrl in the district laugh
ter and Cheers. Now, are you going to tell
me that such people are not capable OF self-gov-
ernment, merely because they live IN a Terri
tory t''Not We hold that every poIiti-
Cal community, State and Territory alike, has,
under our system of government, the right TO
govern itself in all things that are local and do
mestIc, and not federal And, what is more,
Mr. Buchanan thought 50 IN 1856. The re-
PubIcans all thought so when they voted for
the Crluenden bill in the L=compton conirover-
sy. CHEERS. The democratic party thinks
SO now. LA?plause.I This principle of popu-
Ter sovereignty and non Intervention is a cardi-
nal plank IN the democratic platform. Every
/ democrat has heretofore declared and consider
ed It fundamental article of his creed. But
here / must be just to other parties. We dem
crratS are not entitled to the exclusive claim
/ and exclusive cred: of this doctrine OF uon-in-
tervention and popular sovereignty. In 1852
/ It was adopted as plank in the whig platform
I Clay and Webster established It in the compro-
/ mise measures of 1880. General Pierce was
/ nominated upon It in 1852, and elected upon it.
/ ] remember we'll that in the contest between
! Pierce and Scott, in 1852, the whole contro-
verSv was which party was entitled 10 the most
! credit IN the adoption OF the compromise meas
/ uFes nf 1850. The wings were in the habit OF
! claiming the exclusive credit because their
! great leader, Henry Clay, was the anthor Of the
measure, because their godlka Webster made
the argument TO vindIcat- the measure. and be-
cause their model President, Fillmore. approved
the bill after Congress ba3 passed il. On the
other hand, was in thr ha5it of dpnvinr that
: the wings were entitled to all the credit. or to
more than halt OF it, tor the reason that while
admitted that the whg party furnished the
generals, We furnished the soldiers that yotedapd
passed the measures through Congress But il
cannot be denied that both the whig and demo-
cratic party, in 1852, stood pledged by the
platform, % this principle of non-nte: vention by
Congress with slavery inhe Territories of the
United States. Will any man deny the truth of
, these facts "No'l How then does it ham
pen that 50 many old wings. so many old demo-
Gratis, have strayed away from the path where
both parties used 10 tread in peace and harmony
Wings and democrats were IN the habit of quar-
relng about the distribution OF the public funds
and the specie circular but at the same time
they agreed on :he slavery QUESTION. Non-in-
terVent0n was plank common 10 both parties
You wings agreed 10 stand bv that, and so did
we democrats. want to know whether YOU,
old wings, are going to Jump off the only plank
remaining IN the platform merely brcause you
flnd me standing on it | give you fair notice
that | never intend to abandon it, i. I find every
whIg in America on it. daughter and chpers.l
So it was with the American party ia 1856
You Americans and we democrats differed about
other matters, bot agreed on non-inter-
ventlon. Remember the twelfth arti-
Gle in that celebrated American creed, in which
you "pretermtted'' the slavery question:
E'Pretermit" was the word used. Now want
TO know If you are not wiling to preternit it
now7 Pretermitting, I reckon is about the
same as non-Interterence. Let every old line
whig, every democrat, every American, every
conservative man, rally on this principle of non
F., interference by the federal government with
slavery in the Territories, and you viii! have
peace and harmony all over this lane. Re-
member, there has never been sectional strl!p
IN this country except when the fedora govern
ment attempted to take power over the local and
domestic institutions OF the people So long as
Congress has confined It's acts to those few ob-
lects specified ln the constitution As being fed
eral, and not local, there has been peace But
now you find this country threatened with sec
tional srlte, and why? Because you are now
realizing what the Father OF bis Country, in
his farewell address, cauiionrd bis countrymen
against. You now ind this country divided IN
to two sectional parties, one North and another
South. The republican party appeal to pass
ions, prejudices, and the ambition of the North
against the South and her institutions. SecsS-
sIonIsS OF the South appeal to passions, prsjudi-
ceS, and to the ambition of the sovereign people
against the North and our institutions. The re-