Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-08-17
REPUBLICAN UNION MASS MEET
ING IN ALLEGHENY CITY.
Addresses by Colonel Frank Jordan,
Hon. w IN. LII. Konntz and ofhers.

Of Allogheny city was held on last Thursday
evening, the 9Th inst, which, though not
anticipated to be one of Importance, assum-
ed the shape Of a great Mass Meeting. Two
Of the principal speakers were Col. Jordan
Of this place and Hon. VIM. Fl. Ko0ntz our
able and efficient representative in Congress.
We find the following synopses~ of their
speeches in the Commercial:
Colonel Frank Jordan, of Bedford county.
Chairman of the Republican Union Execu-
tive Committee Of Pennsylvania was the
first speaker He said chat to the superb
cial observer Of men and things it might be
supposed that after a hard fought war and
the suttcrings t entailed, we were entitled
to rest from our labor for season at least,
and let the machinery Of the Federal Gov
eminent take care OF Itself, as we had be-
iieved when the war ended that it was fully
capable Of doing. For the common idea
was that the issues Of the war had been set.
tied forever with the overthrow Of the re-
bellion, and yet In all this we found our
selves sadly deceived, and the adage that
eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
was brought home to our understanding
more forcibly than ever.s He alluded to the
election Of President Lincoln, to which,
unfortunately for the country at large,
factioUs minority were not willing to submit,
although they were compelled TO admit its
legality, and they took an appeal from the
decision of the people, and by the sword at
tempted to sustain ii. In 1896, these same
men adopted in Convention at Cincinnati the
Virginia resolutions, which embodied the
dogma OF State rights, and reasserted them
when the late President was announced as
the chosen ruler of the nation War fol-
lowed, and the Democratic party found it.
self allied to the South, compelled to 60
with the South in its crusade against the
government, or trample upon its action in
Cincinnati. The result was a split in that
party, for there were those In it who loved
the country more than party, and these raj
lied to the side of the Union and the Con
stitution. The others followed the fate Of
the Secessionits, and found themselves
ANONYMOUSLY beaten at last If any issue
was adiudicated by the power Of the sword
in the war il was the dogma of State rights.
But the Democratic party, aided by the or
igiual trainers Of that political heresy, were
engaged in an effort to Tesusitate 1t,
and if the campaign should by any
accident result in the success OF the Demo
cratic party, he had no hesitation IN predict
ing that the great fight would have to be
fought over again. no matter what was sac
rifced BY it. The Blairs said that if the
rebel States were not admitted into the
Union war would be inevitable IN the
North. He believed that we had had
enough Of war and its consequences, but at
the same time he was unwilling to yield up
his principles, because they were the toun-
dation stones upon which the Government
was erected, and without which it could not
be maintained, Cheers The men with
whom Blair affiliated were the enemies Of
the Government. They were the infamous
Wood, of New York, Yallandigham, Of
Ohio, Clymer Of this State and others OF a
similar ilk. These men were going into
ConycntiUn at Philadelphia in a few days, to
resume their crusade against the nation S
life. but he felt no uneasiness over it for he
was confident that success awaited the Union
party in this State and in the Union He
devoted some time to reviewing the political
apostacy of President johnson, and presen-
ted q statement Of the terms upon which
the Federal Congress would consent to re
admit the rebel States into the Union. Its
policy differed from the Presidents, because
one was right and the other wrong. The
rebel leaders broke faith with the Govern
ment when they went ont of the Union, and
were not to be trusted aeair until they had
shown fruits meet for repentance. Their
was sorry loyalty, and would not stand the
test. The terms prescribed by Congress
were AZ once honorable and liberal We
have enlarged our liberty, and we must en-
large our Constitutions by Incorporating
some of these terms and the first was, that
for all future time, every man born on our
soil is free man, and entitled TO his rights
as such. without distinction as to color.
lCheers.) Another one was to prohibit a
rebel casting more votes than a loyal man.
Still another was that the leading intelligent
rebels of the South shall be punished and
their treason made odious; and yet another
was that the war debt Of the loyal north
shall be paid to the uttermost farthing, and
the debt Of the rebel South repudiated and
declared void These terms were such as
every pure patriot could accept without
single mu1ynur, and the rebels would have
70 take them or stay out In the cold
iCheers. These terms, too, were essential
to the satety and permanent welfare Of the
national governments We had the right to
exact these Of the South, and these only
would omen the door OF the Union to them.
Colonel Jordan here removed his coat, and
proceeded to discuss the GubernatorIal ques-
JtOl. LIZ ICNICNCN lAtC ANNOAN VI A'SiAtttoA
Clymer, and contrasted it with the perils
and sacrifices made by Gen. Geary for the
Union His illusions to the latter were
frequently applauded, and at the close of
his remarks the crowd gave him mthree hearty
cheers.
SPEECH or GENERAL IIooNTZ.
Hou William I'll. -Koont2, Representative
in Congress from the 10th District in this
State, was the next speaker. He remarked
that it was due to himself to say that he had
not anticipated being requested to address
his Allegheny county friends on this ocea-
sion, and he scarcely felt prepared to do so
for his time had been greatly engrossed in
contesting with Mr.. Coifroth, scat in the
tower House Of Congress. Still he felt
degree Of pride seldom experienced, in
standing up before the people OF this ban
nef county of the State, to speak to them
about the great questions Of the day. They
were loyal TO the very core, and he felt i'm
bued with the principles of the Union party
on an occasion like this, but his remarks
would necessarily be brief. He deemed the
present contest the most important one in
the history of the nation When the war
desolated the land, and we presented the
singular spectacle here at the North of a
broken people divided upon the question as
as to whether we should sustain the national
life or not; then he thought that was the
gravest struggle IN which we could engage,
but he felt bound to say that the present
crisis was far more important. We could
not discuss the issues which now SO painfully