The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-10-26
ARRIVAL OF GEN. FOSTER AT HOME.

Governor arrived from the East by The mid-Gay
train of Wednesday. He was met at the depot
BY a crowd of bis admirers and friends, rnclp-
ding many OF the Opposition party, anc was es-
corted by band Of music and procession to
his house. Having arrived there, he was ad-
dressed by Gen. William A. Stokes in substance
as follows
am most happy, Gen. Foster, as the organ
of your fellow citizens of Westmoreland coun-
tv, to bid you hearty welcome 10 your home
We salute you. sir, if not as ConqueroT upon
the field which you have nooly fought, as the
unchallenged hero of right, and truth, and JUS
tice. You may well say, as did Francis |, .af-
ter the disastrous Datte of Padua, awe have
lost everything but our honor" Here, sir, the
homage of our hearts is offered as compensation
| for error and detection elsewhere. But indeed
you need no compensation. Your manly Feso-
luton and firmness, :mpenetrabe by adversely
your retrospect Of the path of honor, which you
have trod with unfaltering steps and the spon-
taneous support which YOU have received from
the wisest and best of your political opponents,
offered US satisfaction which words cannot en-
belish.
You have rebuked the fny Of fanatlcism, and
have held the scales with impartial indepen-
! dence between the warning elements Of evil
| Mighty and majestic man, we contemplate you
with i-repressble and inezPressble admiration.
/ The truths which you have given TO the world
vii! never de, for they reflect the immortality
( otthp Divine author tail truth.
| For ourselves, sir, we are recoUcilad to the
! loss which Pennsylvania has SUSTAINED, 5y oar
great gain in having all Of YOU for ourselves
alone. Secure in the affections ot our people,
you may defy the irowns Of fortune. Fayorite
son OF old WestmoreIand, we unite IN reyereut
! homage to your virtues. Elsewhere, you are
the iilastrious champion here yoa are the
faithful frieod,
| And for our part, we may all say, in the Ian
guage OF the Psalmlst, aWe are beaten but not
vanquished cast down but not dlsmay-
ed"
| Again and again, SIT, with heart too full for
utterance, bid you welcome, and thrice well
come, 70 the home which is honored BY being
yours.
Gen. Foster replied
GEN. Strokes AND MY FRIENDS 1t is iDpos-
qIle .i3s rr.e- evarnss the deep gratitude which
! but | trust not dtsgraced. / come amoug YOU
again 70 live in peace, and hope, to show IN
1.-The future, as in :hc past, my allegiance to the
Democratic party, and my warm sympathy for
nv friends Dnring the whole contest just en-
dcd, have assaiisd no man by word or act. l
have neither SAID nor done anything which J re-
Egret, and I hope nothing for which my friends
need blush. Firmly standing en- Democratic
TRUTH, gladly resume my place in the ranks OF
of the partv-ready to fight the common enemy
( Of the Constitution and the country.
Accept, Gen. Stokes, my heartfelt thanks,
for the too fiattering terms in which you have
expressed the feelings Of our friends.
No language is adequate to express the en-,
thusiasn Of our people in behalf OF our grea
citizen and distinguished friend. Successful o
defeated, WestnoreIand viii ever prove :rue tC
Henry D. Faster. He returns 10 Us wlthou
fear, and without Ieproach Bayard OF Penn
sylvania polilics.-Greensburg Democrat, DC
fojsr, 10.
"Westmoreland Will ever Prove true Il
Henry D. Foster" She manifested her loyal
0 ty by giving him majority of 446 votes-i
! should have been 5000. To her lasting sham
0 be it said, a large number of her Democracy as
sisted at his sacrifice. The Grecians were ire
quentlv guilty OF the folly of ostracising thei
J., best citizens, but the hour of repentance cams
: and they were recalled. No man living ha
Y friends more devoted and attached than GeE
!. Foster this is due to his noble and generou
. nature and his commanding ability. We wer
d in Greensburg when Gen. Foster reached hom'
Il and present at his reception. His friends gath
, cred about him and exhibited feelings of tn
: deepest attachment. 1t was proud momeT
1t for the brave champion and defender OF Den
ocratic principles, and will long live IN OF
al BLaUsDWe Record,