Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-01-19
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OUR CANDIDATE FOR THE CIR
ERAATOREAIl NOMINATION..

The Convention which assembled, in Bed
ford, on last Wednesday, by unanimous
vote, presented Hon. john Cessna as the
choice Of this eounty for the Union nenliua-
tion for Governor. The contest between the
rival candidates, Col Jordan aud Mr. Cessna,
was marked with considerable warmth, and
resulted in casting heavier vote for delegates
than was ever polled, at any previous dele
gate election, in this county We are salts
fed that Col Jordan and his friends viii
now accord to Mr.. Cessna that cordial sup
port fer the nomination that IS 50 necessary
to secure success and @reserve the harmony
of the party.
Mr.. Cessna's course, for the last four years,
has won for him a host of friends, both at
home and abroad. When the war broke ont,
he placed himself, at once, upon the side Of
the Government. His first great aim, as a
Democrat, was to bring the Democratic party
up to the support of the war. Tothis end
he labored constantly and earnestly He
was every where received as War Demo
crat, and while the least conceivable hope ap-
peared in favor of committing the Democrat
ic party to the support of the Administration,
Mr.. Cessna endeayored to shape its course to
that end, bnt when the Democracy declared
that the war was a failure, and in favor Of
Peace, he saw no other honorable course left
him, but to identify himself with the party
that was determined to vindicate the laws
and suppress treason. From the day that he
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election of Abraham Lincoln, he has been
received and acknowledged as one of the
leaders of our own party everywhere. During
the canvass which followed, he labored night
and day, to bring about triumph.
AT the late State Convention he was chosen
its Chairman, and the policy re.shadowed in
his speech, on taking the chair, was as.taken as
the keynote for the platform of principles on
which our ticket was to go before the masses
The same Convention, by unanimous vote,
selected him as the Chairman of the Union
State Central Committee, a position not ofhis |
own seeking, which was conferred upon him |
for his well known energy and zeal for the
cause of his country. The canvass was |
short and decisive one, SO short, in fact that |
many of our friends thought it beyond the
range of possibility to arouse the people to |
such an extent, as to guarantee us a complete
victory, The country had just passed through |
terrible ordeal of war, and settled down to
enjoy the quiet of peace, while the army,
which had been so formidable in bringing
Union victories, by both bayonet and ballot,
had gone back to the plough, the loom, and
the anvil, and no one was prepared to say
what formidable obstacles the canvass would
develope. Doubt and uncertainty loomed up
on every hand. Our antagonists were buoy
ant with hope. They told US that we could !
no longer 'syote the army, as they we're
pleased to term it, nor could we excite the
passions of the people with patriotic appeals.
And many of us thought there might be too
much truth in the latter statement; bat we
never hesitated to place confidence in the
men who had met the enemy face to face.
AT this juncture Mr.. Cessna took the helm.
He labored earnestly, never for moment
devisting or swerving from his purpose to
conquer the last remnant Of treason at home,
@-A NJ hooho UP HIS SUCCESSFUL iaOOES on the
I'd Tuesday of October last, with one of the
most brilliant victories that could be desired
by any party. We may earnestly hope that
he viii receive the nomination for Governor
at the hands of the Union State Convention,
and if he does, we have no hesitation in say
ing that he will be elected by one of the larg,
est majorities ever given candidate for that
Office in this State.
The contest which took place in this coun-
ty was very much to be deplored, but under
the circumstances, ii could not have been
avoided, unless one or the other of the candi.
dates had withdrawn his name, which we sup
pose, neither felt ike doing, and the only
plan that has been practieed here, to settle
the claims OF candidates, has been by submit
ting them to County Convention, and the
result of the Convention is always accepted as
final. Col. Jordan has many claims upon
our people, by whom he has always been
highly esteemed and frequently honored, and
had he received the sanction of majority OF
the convention, no people would have made
more strenuous efforts to advance him to the
Gubernatorial chair than the Union citizens
Of Bedford county