The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-09-11

moving up the Tennessee river. He
was very feeble and his faithful slave
carried him to the river side that he
might once more behold the exiIed
Stars and Stripes, the flag he so dearly
loved When at last the banner of the
Union came in sight, the old man
shouted,
''Hallelujah Hallelujah
The old flags back in Tennessee -
and handed his slave his emancipation
papers. Now, said Col. shriner, the
large class of Southerners, of which
this old Union man was the type, are
| placed beneath the heel Of negro des-
/ potism, controlled by bayonets, in the
interest of carpet-bag political adyer-
| turers from the north. But want of
| space forbids further report of this
able speech. The whole audience was
/ thrilled by the appeal thus made to
their sense Of justice and feelings
of mercy, and we saw the big, manly
tear trickling down the bronzed cheek
alike of Republicans and Democrats.
| Col. Shriner sat down amid the most
vociferous applause.
The following resolutions were then
offered by B. f. Meyers, and unani-
mously adopted:
ResolUcd, by the Democracy of Bed
/ ford county in Mass Meeting assem-
/ bled, That we do most heartily and
completely endorse the nomination of
! HoratiO Seymour, of New York, for
| President, and Mai. Gen. f. Z. Blair,
/ af Missouri, for Vice President, recog-
! nizing in them statesmen and patriots
! whose public as we'll a5 private record
/ is without reprOach.
/ ResOlred, That the platform of prin-
ciples adopted by the National Demo-
| cratic Convention, and endorsed by
/ the Union Soldiers and Sailors Nation
/ al Convention, repeats the time-hOnOr-
| ed doctrines Of the fathers of the Re
! public and announces those great truths
! the observance Of which alone can per-
! petuate our form of government and
! give prosperity and happiness to the
! people.
Res0lyed, That the Chicago Platform,
npon which Grant and C0lfaX are plac-
/ Ell as candidates, forces Negro Suffrage
upon the people of ten States of the
/ Union, gives 600, 900 negroes more
! political loWer than the 100000 white
! Of glo, +I ~
! trecdmen's Bureau which costs the
! people of the North millions of dollars
! per annun, SuStainS the RecOustruc-
ton military deSpOtism, which costs
! the Northern people hundreds of mil
1 lions yearly, endorses impeachment,
evades the financial question, and ig-
nOres the question Of taxing the bond
| holders.
/ ReS0Lyed, That we are in favor of
a speedy payment OF the public debt,
! in the lawful currency of the country,
/ where gold is not specified in the con-
! tract that we are in favor of abolish
| ing the National Banks, and canceling
| the bonds held by them by substitu-
! ting therefor the greenback issues of
! the government, thus giving the peo-
! pie safer currency, paying off $50 mil
| lions of the public debt, and saving p
millions annually of interest in gold.
ReSOtred, That we are in favor of tax
| ing the government bonds, as other
property is taxed, so as to relieve the
masses now burdened with taxation,
] and compel the wealth of the country
| to pay its due proportion of the taxes.
ResOtUed that the expenditure of
$500, 100000 ofthe peoples money, by
! the Radical party, since the close of
! tho Xyar WIT bp,It IaaraaS n tbn r,Ilbf fip
debt, should startle every thinking
man, and every patriotic citizen will
| demand that they shall be turned out
! of office.
ResOiued, That in the nomination of
Hon. F. NJ. Kimmell, for Congress,
w. j. Bacr, Esq, for Additional Law
Judge, and Geo. McGovern, Esq,
! and Ser'gt Abraham Wilson for Legs
lature, the Democracy of Bedford c0un-
ty recognize standard bearers of whom
they are justly proud and who will
lead the people to assured victory.
ReSoired, That the Democracy Of
Bedford county regard John Cessna as
a traitor to the party that made him
and that his nomination for Congress
is an insult which they will resent at
the ballot-boX with all the might that is
in them.
The meeting then adjourned with
three times three and tiger, for Sey-
mour and Blair, Kimmell and the
| whole Democratic ticket.
The Democratic Brass Band was in
attendance during the meeting, and
discoursed most eloquent music. The
young men who compose the band,
deserve great credit for their persever
ance and the proficiency they have
made. Their music is far superior to
that of the G.. S. r. B. who persist in
forcing their harsh and grating sounds
upon the ears of the people at every
Democratic meeting.
IT is a good thing for the Radicals
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