Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-04-29
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1las 4aresentatioi1
Fo- TIA Bellaa7 ir1a9a
Mr.. EDITOR 10 Saturday, tse 23d inst the
+ Democrats &c Bedford BOROUGH presented a aag
70 she Democracy ST, clsir Township for the
great Democratic plftarity ef e.5as4sfoar at the
! Spring Election 4here was turnout OF men,
women and children, % attcna 70 this matter. -
The presentation snd eeaption was 4one N school
bog fashion. sonething was expected worthy Of
tbe occasion from lhe instrious speakers, but
thore was considerable Disappointment
! This uiatter being disposed Of, i was evident
something voad "slrn up ater all and 50 i
4 aid Aseyelythiag has lis prelude, 50 in this. =
The aag presentation was but the prelude to
regular political meeting tlus ilaugaratipg. at au
e11ly day, fer fear Ichabod' mightbe writteno On
al the former glory achieved.
They congratulated each other over the eighty
four majority. Why, what change! The De-
mocrats ignore Tie read cause of this so called
change The change IS not in the political senti-
nient of the Township. for this is stlE unchanged
The change IS owing to . majority Of the Repnb-
lican voters having gone into the army. This is
ignored The next draft viii tell the tale. Be
sides this some thirty voters all Republicans did
/ not go to the polls 1t the Spring Election Tie
speakers boasted that they would have oyer
hundred majority next iaH, but in this theHe is
assurance only for disappointment A few words
yet Of description as to the speakers and the sub
ject matter poured out on the Democracy Of 81.
Clair Township.
Mr. shannon being ealledfor, soon mounted the
wagon and entertained The audience IN his usual
TRADE Of epithets. Ii is truly lamentahle that
such a man having nothing 70 say to the purpose,
should still persist in forcing himself before the
] people lie makes great deal Of noise, but Ike
an empty wagon, there is nothing IN it. lie
spoke much about speeulationin green-backs. It
was evident that ID his late trip to the east, few
weeks ago, brought hin happily in contact with
the green back speculation. As much as he de-
t nouneea it, he doubtless WILL ike others, sell gold
5 and silver for eraeR-baeks It was very amusing
, to hear him call he war democrats by the name
q of ,oo9lg had -dcnocyat. Q, ye gods Of ne
u gro worshippersl We love the negro, but yon
dom" Yes, he loves the negro, else he would
! not make him subject Of thought.
lIr, Palmer, the assistant Editor Of the Bed
e ford Gazette being called for, commenced about
\ an old man making his last viii, near death, who
would stu live ard die Democrat, 50 woald he,
0 so mote It BE- Is had, like the former speaker,
4 great many topics to diate on Having heard
9 this young man 10 much bepraised, we expected
Y to hear something worthy of the occasion, but it
was evident that very little could be expected
Among the many things said. he adyerted TO the
{ Long 5 secession speech in Congress, a few weeks
e ago. he said he endorsed the speech, and DIR.
1, Long position; and would also say rather than
e to hare The South sulj,gatca he scoeId 90 n for
: separastoa Here we have an Editor protesting
4 to be loyal man and still uttering reasonable
d language, and what was remarkable, that many Of
: his auditors should second such utterances BY
i saying, SO do Z isita wonder that we should be
! called a secession county abroad when such trea-
r sonable doctrines are taught IN our midst? But,
sir, this IS libel on the Intelligence Of The people
Of this county, if part Of the Democracy preach
and believe such REASONABLE doctrines If the
position Of the South be correct and did really
believe ths doctrine, would certainly sell out
: and pass over the lines. woQld exemphfy my
sympathy with practical demonstration IN what
1 did really believe. # for the South, Why not 60
2 to the South. We felt sorry to see 1Ir. p. IN his
early career, prostitute himself by such principles
The nexI speaker was 1IT. Fisher, Bedford
school toache7. lie spoke Of England in her con
duet towards America and the result Of one over
the other. Spoke of Thompson teaching and
its influence. on tl., present crisis, &c. On the
whole, tbelitde speech was creditable and much
exceeded the TWO tornla,
Mr. Hartley, Of Hardware notoriety, was called
for. lie exhibited pretty good lungs by opening
tho. valve every now and then. lie spoke Of the
farmer-they shoald not 90 70 war, because, ii
The forming interest stopped the, would be ia
nine lie donlaless had his eye on sel-ipterest
in common with others lie thought Of selling
mowers and graindrills to the5armers, b,,tf they
went TO war, the famine predicted did not esncern
him 50 much as the sale Of agricultural in1rle-
4 ments.
LISA remarkable fact, that not one word, by !
way Of Misrepresentation or condemnation, was ut |
tered 10 regard to the rebels Every inference
tlawBattom the premises, assumed by these
speakers was, 10 the eject, that the position Of
The rebels was a correct ona-a constitutional one
--and that they approved Of it: the north was
wrong and the south vas right They were peace
ifefeeFl as such we're glad to be associated With
Fernando and Ben Wood, Eallaadigha1n q Co. |
4 O temporal 0 morest Union
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