Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1860-10-12
For the Inquirer.
New Yerk Letter.
New YoRK. Oct.

FRIEND OvER:-The billows of the politi
cal ocean run high and dash over us here from
the North, South and West, showing what
storm is rolling over the country. The Dem
! ocratic party is in chaos. Its motions are tht
spasmodic conyulsions of an expiring inebriate
That great party, which for so many years ru-
led and almost ruined the nation, now lies Oh
ITS back, gasping the last breath is depart
ing. But yesterday the word of the Democ-
raey might have stood against the world; now
lies it there, and none SO poor to do it rever>
ence. 1t was pitIable to witness the imtecili-
ty and utter Generalization of the party IN the
long and painful effort to fuse the two factions.
To give certain eclat to the business, and
thus dazzle the multitude, the high contract
ing partiet ststioned themselves in the maguif-
iceut hotels of the city. First came a missve
from the Ast0r House to the Metropolitan
suggesting fusion; then reply from the Metro
politan accepting and suggesting plan: then
a fare from the Astor at tie plan. Soon
the protocols of the negotiators were dropped.
and the fiery missiles few. The pot called the
kettle very black. Confusion reigned in Tam
many. and Mozart and war to the knife we're
proclaimed in those high places. But then a
letter came from the St. Nicholas, rnpIete with
conciliation. Tho 'sPewter Mug" was suggest
ed-that place so famous heretofore for drown
ing the sorrows of Democracy, apd rubbing up
the backs of the unterrifed with bad whiskey.
Thith@ the high contracting parties, Messrs.
Green and Ben Wood, with their retainers,
repaired in the fond expectation that by the
generous diffusion of whiskey, and the result
ant confusion of their brains, fusion might
be effested. Sure enough 0, thou whiskey !
great paci6cator of Democracy! The negoti-
ators drank themselves to a fusion. But,
alas the course of true political gambling
runs not smooth. Green and Wood we're
merely chairmen of sub committees; and when
they reported to their superiors. the great Mo-
gul of the Douglas Democracy in the State.
D,aa Richmond, knocked this ban,lng of the
"Pewter Mug" 10 the head and kicked it cut
of doors. Thus ended the frst act.
The next was grand fusion meeting at the
Cooper Institute. 1t was given out many days
before, that all the great Denocratie aud Bell
everett guns of the nation would be on hard
to swell the general thunder. Il was rlacard-
ed all over the city that a fusion ticket would
be then and there announced to the assembled
thousands of Gotham; aud of course curiosity
was on tiptoe. But New York was again
doomed to disappointment. No such ticket
was proclaimed. Instead, committee of ff-
teen was appointed to select ticket. The ff-
teen met and adjourned; met again, and ad-
journed. However, at last they succeeded in
patching up fusion ticket. But the Breck-
inridge party very generally will discard it,
The fusion between Douglas and Bell previ-
ously agreed upon has precipitated thousands
Of native and naturalized voters from the De-
mocratc and SO called Union party into the
camp of Lincoln. The day is passed in this
State when men can be sold at the political
shambles for SO much per head. New York
The trading politicians, seeing this, have turn
ed like school of sharks from New York TO
Pennsylvania. They calculate that your State,
which they call the ed Dutch State," can
be more easily humbugged. The free-tradibg
merchants in this city, who feel no interest in
the industry and welfare of Pennsylvania, who
are constantly sneering at the productions Of
this country, and say there is nothing made
here fit to have in the market, who would go
on their bellies, and eat dirt all their lives to
get Southern trade, and who give their money
by thousands to strike down the Tariff Of
1912, to crush Pennsylvania prosperity and
keep her PROSTATE ever since--these men are
now again lavishihg their money to carry your
State. Will glorious old Pennsylvania not
send those rascals bowling back to their native
hell 2 Win she accept and drain the poisoned
chalioea Will she again prostitute herself,
aud dash out her brains at the bid of these
great enemies of her interestl Thaddeus Ste
vens, the other night, said at the Cooper Insti-
tate, "in Pennsylvania every man is a protec-
ZIONIST" Pennsylvanians There is a con-
spiracy formed in this trade city, by your
enemies, to corrupt your ballot box, aud make
your State stab Lcrself. Everyman to his
gun!
d. S. RIDDLE.
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