The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-08-02
THE DEMOCRACY OF LUZERNE AND
WYOMING. PA.

IHE DEIMUCRACf UF LULERNE AMI
WYOMING, PA.
A very lar ge and enthusiastic meeting of the
Democracy Of Luzerne and Wyoming counties
was teld at the village OF Orange, Franklin
township, Luzerne county, on Thursday, the
| goth nl.., at II o'clock A. NJ. After raising
most splendid hickory pole about 80 feet high,
and RAINING up TO its head a very beautiful ma
tIonal flag, and three cheers each for the Stars
and Stripes, the ladies participating and pres
ent, the Democracy and the Union, the meet
ing was organized by the selection of Ira Hal
leck, Esq, President, and large number OF
Vice Presidents and Secretaries.
! The following are the resolutions adopted
| ReSofUed, That the flag of our country the
| Stars and Stripes, under which our fathers
marched to victory on the battle fields of the
revolution, and which floated victoriously over
/ them IN the second war for independence in
/ 1912, and which has ever been the boaSted en-
/ sign OF the brave and the free-has ever been
/ the banner of the Democracy, and they have
ever opposed and execrated blue lights, black
/ cockades, black Abolition flags or any others
/ by whomSoever devised or used as SYM
bols of opposition to our once united and happy
! but now distracted and unhappy country.
! RESOLVED, That with Democrats, attachment
! to the Federal Union, and strict obedience to
the Constitution and laws, and liberty, equality,
and fraternity undr them, have ever been fun
damental doctrines and continual sources of ac-
/ tion, not SpaSmodic and ephemeral, but contin-
uous anc eternal, and we do hereby declare our
unaltered and unalterabIe attachment TO the
/ same.
! ReSotUed, That we have no confidence in
any man, or set of men, who will in times
like these, when everything is at stake, desert
true principles and correct faith, under any
pretence or for any personal sinister purpose,
for we are satisfied that those who will betray
principles, or even parties for personal consid-
erations would for the same reason, if they were
sure Of their reward, betray their country.
ReSOLved, That we have no confidence in
the pretended Patrlotis or Union sentiments
OF men who have spent long, long years in
fighting for their country, opposing her in her
struggles against foreign powers, and defaming
her at home and abroad, and who now exult
and rejoice over the present civil war IN our
country, the devastation and ruin that follow
in its path, and the destruction that is impend-
ing over US.
Resolred, That the corruption exhibited in
our State and FatiUuaf auTnIIItstIut-,.-, H.
expenditures Of the monies raised to clothe and
feed our gallant and patriotic soldiers and sup
ply them with other neCeSsaTes, deserves the
condemnation of every honest man and true pa
trio:, and displays mournful evidence of the
degeneracy Of the men and the times.
Resolved, That we will support no man
in future for any Office who does not come up
to the full Democrat Standard of qualification.
He must not only be true and tried patriot,
ever on the side of his country and the whole
country, but he must also be CAPABLE and HON.
EST. PATRIOTISM, CAPACITY, and HONESTY,
have ever been the true qualifications for Dem
ocratIc candidates. and whether we succeed
in our endeavors or suffer defeat we are re-
solved TO adhere to the Democratic standard
and apply its test to all candidates offered to or
claiming our suffrage.
ResoLUed, That while an adherence to the
Democratic Standard of qualification has Civ
en- TO the country and to the world such men
as Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Jackson, and host OF other great and
glorious names, departure therefrom has CIV
en- Us the poor, miserable, and corrupt imbeci-
les now at the head of affairs, or seeking to be
placed there--a set of solder-robbers State
plunderers, canal-thleves, and political noun
tebanks, disgrace 10 their country, and an
offence before high Heaven.
After The adoption of the resolutions the
meeting was ably and eloquently addressed in
turn by Stephen Jenkins, A. R. Brundage, and
E. B. Chase, Esqrs., amidst cheers and frequent
demonst ratons of applause, after which the
meeting adjourned with nine rouSing cheers.