The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-08

True emoerAey-EIOquenf Extracts.
A meeting Of the trne and tried De-
.mocracY was held in the Court House.,
in Bedford, Pa.,i on. the evening OF SAT-
urdaY, September 2Sd, 1885, That firm
and reliable Democrat, Col. Jos. w.
Tate, was unanimopsly chosen Presi-
dent of the meeting. After several able
and eloquent addresses had been .deliv-
cred, on motion of Hon. Benjamin +.
Myers editor of the Bedford .Gdsette,
and present Democratic candidate for
Senator in that District, Col. Tate was
called upon to address the meeting.
The Colonel responded in his usual
able and eloquent manner. .fAfter dis
cussing the issues of the day the Colo
mel eloquently exolaimed;-Ci Gin. Gds. Z
II believe that ProVidepce bad o hand,
in the removal of Abraham Lincoln. I
believe that the name of y. Wilkes
tBoothiwtll live; that he laid down his
life for his country, like Winklereid. !.
Switzerland had her Winklereid and
her VIM. Tell. Scotland her Robert
Bruces and AMERICA. HER BOOTH. The
time is coming when there will bela
monument erected to Booth, HIGHER
THAN THE SPIRE or IIN6oLN, who
Sleeps beneath the sod in Illinois. % =. 2
- am one of those men of another
country, who wear on their coat OF arms
the hand and the dagger" j
The Colonel continued at some length
in the same eloquent and patriotic
Estr9in, ptterinR only sentiments of a.
truly Democratic character, and retired
In the midst or great applause.
In the Bedford Gazette of January,
1851, C.iE.5 Shannon, Esq, Democratic
candidate for Prothonotary, in a card
published over his own signature, in
speaking Of a debate ii" the Bedford
lIyceumi uttered the following patriotic
and truly Democratic sentiment:=.7i r
!, a. distinctly said, however, that I
would not fight at all In such an un-
natural war-that I was like some of
my Repu blicanI friends, I would prefer
staying al home; but, If were COM.
PEELED 70 pull trigger, 1 hoped it would
De e when the muzzle OF my gun was
Speaking Of the abolition of slavery
IN the District Of Columbi B. r. Myers
said: Fsa7s 'd -
Congress is truly, already insane.
The conduct of that body would have.
made q secessionist of Job, if he had
5Sss5 6esn slayeholder:'iT 7gsette, April Is,
Speaking OF the DRAFT, he said
t'sBut let not Congress and. the Admin
lstration build false hopes upon this
patriotic submission. Let it not be ex-
pected that Pennsylvania will again
uncomplaintngly respond to similar
call for copscrtpts. The people of this
State have given their last man to this
bloody, though utopian crusade, and
until the President and Congress revoke
their abolition programme, a demand
for more troops from this State will be
worse than useless.-Gds. Jan. %, 1868.
On the same subject, Myers said:
we say 70 Congress, stay your en-
tcroaching hand, lest you awake the
sleeping lion of Pennsylvania prideI
We say 10 the PRESIDENT make not
Dlonystus OF yourself, for they are not
Damons among the people of the North
who will dare to resist any uburper.-
Gazette, Feb. 81, 1868. Gl,i l1tf.'5f
1n'speaking of the Provost Marshal.
Myers said; yrH ali rsi y, Hin8gl n
"When the President shall see fit.to
undertake an enforcement of the con
scFipdon, we shall look with some an X
tety and more curiosity for the name
OF the wretch who will not scruple to
disgrace himself, and the community
In which he lives, by accepting this
odtous Office. Let that man, whoever
ne may be, make up his mind that he
cannot livea peaceful life nor die an
honorable death. .nLGdzette; March I3,
lBaltln1ore last Thursday Might
so r9.I From The Baltimore AnlerteuI! ri
2 The grand Ratification Meeting and
Procession of the Uncohditional Union
party last night was by far the most
Imposing and attractive demonstration
ever made In Baltimore. In numbers,
enthusiasm and earnestness It SRns
truly no6le, showing that the loyal
men OF BAltinoFe are alive to the crisis
and determined to do theif share to.
war d "makinR treason odiSus. - The
procession was alike imtmehS6 In num-
7 befs and renlaFlkablei for the novelty
and beauty OF the 'transparencies, bun
ners and devices that were carried or
drawn In the line. The ingenuity.
skin and taste displayed ihithe pfepaf!
iatiohsi Of the monitors, representations
OF Libby Prison and. AndefsonyiIle.
and the triumphal. cars, which were the
great attracti0ns OF the display, recefV-
ed universal appreciation. AS the
procession pissed along Baltimore
we have never seen equalled!-
I The long line of parti-colored lam
terms and flaming torches, the f1utter of
hundreds of flags, the music OF the
bAnns, the flashing of fireworks and
the responsive CHEERS between those in
the procession and the immense crowds
onthe sidewalks made an association
'of sights and sounds such as are to be
had nowhere except in a popnlous
American city during an active political
canvass! LIE = ~ FIJI : :
The meeting in the Square was equal
~ successful. The grand stand was
quite an achievement Of good taste and
rich decoration. Notwithstanding the
attractions of the procession; a good at
tendance was secured during the whole
evening, and the speeches were1oudIy
and continuously applauded. When
the procession passed through the
Square, the scene from the stand was a
magnificent one, and the enthusiasm
division of the procession attracted
much attention, and the display of this
class of our fellow-citizens IS worthy OF
praise.
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