Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-09-20


come with these breakdown resolutions they
Iportinus, half woman and half fish [eheers and
laughterl, and all scales. [Laughter.l But
the voice IF the people Of New York 10 like
that of the French, ''Too late! Too latei"
Tcbeersl The hand writing was against the
wall where theq where sitting, like Belshaz-
zsr at bis iInpious banquet, when bis kees smote
together, and he was pale aad trembling
They must fall, for their ueurped and abused
reign, like that of the Rabylonian king, is di+
vided and finished. A more corrupt and rots
ten regency than any that has ever existed,
combination which lives and breathes and has
its being in the lobbies of legislation and Office
brokerage. which fosters at every pore, which
is spotted AID leprous in every feature and
lineament has been brought TO The judgement
of the people finally. Il will be cursed by
every American in the Union when known,
and whip be put in every honest hand, TO
lash the caitifs naked through the land.
am for great popular movement during the
existence OF the war, not made up Of Repub-
licaus, Americans. Democrats, nor anything
else except Union men frem the people. | am
for throwing off those sbackles of worn-on.
organizations, aud consigning them to the tomb
of the Capulets, and letting a fresh Union par
ty rise up to prosecute this war [cbeers |. for
which have enlisted fCries Of "Good "GoOd"
and cheers.I 1t must not be hitched to'auy
political organization, nor any organization to
| that: it must be made OF true Union men and the
/ only platforms must be the Constitution and the
! Union, end vigorous prosecution of the wsr un-
| til rebellion is put down and the supremacy of
| The Gsvarnment, Of the Union aud the Stars and
Stripes, are reestablished-with justice to rebels
Justice to loyal citizens and royal States. rms
ticket viii snpport, and 1t viii ne electea' VIII
follow you in its prosecution. GF you mly me, or
we will 90 along together. The day of party backs
is over. They have had their share AMI their day
has come. Justice has been drowsy and nodding
upon her seat but she has finally walked up and
they have been tried and condemned, and are now
ready for execution, and away with them. [Gheers.]
They have no principle, and never had. They are
ike the Vermont preacher / heard about He had
agreed to preach many Sundays for SO many
bushels of rye; when he preached his first sermon,
he told them he would change and preach any
other doctrine that would suit them if thst did not,
for his rye. ILaughter.l Now, these men claim
TO be running the Democratic party Of New York.
There is no doctrine, from that OF an AboiItonist
50 black that he would make Wendell Phillips turn
pale by The side of IL, aud no fEo-SJayery SO rank
that it would take the brass out of South Carolina,
but they would resolve in moment, to hold their
power. TCries of ssThat is so.''] In their reso-
lutions they pretend to go for the salvation of the
Union but they 90 few steps forward, and then
few steps backward, then few steps sideways, and
show their action be grudgng and iuslncere, and
give aid comfort to the enemy by making up queru-
lous issues with the Administration and charge upon
+ it the origin of the war. When men guilty and
attempt to charge their guilt upon Others, it is
well to look at their history Those men went to
Charleston and had control of the New York de-
legation of the Convention there; and when the
South Insisted on a certain platform of principles
that is, they insisted that what cal led Pop
Hlar Sovereignty should not be incorpofated-they
I fought two weeks over it. These men, holding the
balance of power, insisted that particular de-
! ciaration. While think the SecessioniSts, some
of them, were acting in bad faith, these men were
acting in equally bad, and even worse. They were
gamblers each side, and understood, have no
doubt, to some extent the mods and winks of each
other. But the Southern men said, because these
men would have the Popular Sovereignty plank in
their platform, that they would not agree. They
withdrew from the Convention, and adjourned to
Baltimore. They were foolish and wrong in going
out, but they had right to come back, and sought
to do so in Baltimore. These same men had the
balance Of power there, and prevented their COM
ing into the adjourned Convention. If they had
been permitted to come in, probably the difficulties
might have been and would have been healed. But
| these went on and made a nomination in which
| they knew the South would not concur. And .heu
of their own motion adopt the very platform which
had been the subject of two weeks controversy in
ton there. That is true history of the case. 1t
is perfectly notorious that some of these men had
corrupt jobs and pecuniary investments, that they
were looking for investments made to be used in
controlling the expected Administration, TO secure
which investments particular nominations must be
| procured. They pretend to account for the mode
in which this difficulty arose. have no doubt
but many of these Southern Rebels in arms meant
Secession at the time. But the wind would have
been taken out of their sails, and popular feeling
w0ufd have n q
the New York delegation had not played their de-
| testable game. And these men are they who are
| afraid of getting mixed up with and contaminated
| by contact with the Administration. They will
never be trusted again by the people of New York
They may run ticket, some portion of it cofnpo-
sed of very good men, and some of it quite TOO
rank with Secession but ticket unexceptionable
would never be supported coming from such
treacherons and corrupt leadershps. The Demo.
cratic party is great power, and has alwavs been
| true. Like Rome, as the schoolboys saw in their
orations, it originated ir the efforts Of a wolf
sucked founder''-t gained the popElar confidence
and shaped the policy of this Government and
great blessings flowed from its administration un-
der Jefferson, Jackson, and Others Bnt, in an
evil day. the Democratic party, like the Individual
who went down from Jerusalem to .efica fell
among thieves, who plundered it and lest It half
dead laughter i to that you may mare than
to any one cause the decentralization OF the party
and downfall of the country The Democratie
party did sit like Rome upon her seven hillst Bat
as with Rome, so with the Democratic party both
were brought to the block of the auctioneer But
yesterday the name of the Democratic party miQht
have stood against the world, now there are few 80
poor to do her reverence, because Of her execrated
and knavish leaders. But
"Irnth crushed to earth shall Tiss again.
The eternal Years Of God are hers
Bat error, wounded, writhcs in pain,
And dies amid her worslpsrs."
Tho DeIoeratic party is strong in its popu,
lar element, but It never was strong enough to
carry so much fostering dead weight as it has
upon It's back now. ELauyhter.l Il has got
to throw overheard its jonahs, expel its Achans