Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-04-03
rHE VICE PRESIDENCY.


We have heretofore refrained from any
discussion Of the merits of the various can
didates in this State for the nomination of
the Republican National Convention for
Vice President. The course of our delegate
to the State Convention and the persistent
effort Of the managers Of the Curtin ring
seem to call for a plain statemet of the
condition Of public sentiment in this county.
Our people, with the exception Of few
partisans, have become thoroughly DISCUS
ted with the Curtin and Cameron fight and
and wish to have nothing further to do with
either faction. As far as the merits Of the
two men are concerned they both have
many good qualities and some bad ones.
We have no i'll win toward either Of them
except that we think that for their conduct
in sacrificing State and National interests and
devotion to the principles and success Of
the party, all to their own desires of person
al preferment and bringing their personal
qusrrels into the party to distract and d.
vide It they deserve the emphatic rebuke Of
the people of the State. There is no better
wav of doing this than by ignoring both
until they learn that while the people have
applauded the services Of both in various
Offices Of honor and trust, they will not brook
being made servile tools for the promotion
Of mere personal ambition nor the cats
paws to fght-out personal quarrels and
Tiyalries.
The Services Of Coy. Curtin during the
war have been fully appreciated and for
them he has received well merited honor
and praise from our people. All this how
ever has not nor viii it buy for him or any
other public favorite immunity from the
stern rebuke Of the people when he at
tempts to force himself into position In de-
fiance Of their expressed wiz. This seems
to be the character Of the effort now making
to compel all the delegates of the state to
cast their votes for Curtin at the Chicago
Convention. 1t is true Curtin got the Ma
iority in the State Convention How he
got that majority we do noteertainly know;
it may be an expression of the will Of the
majority Of the party, but we are quite
sure that it Is not fair expression in the
recorded vote We sent delegate there
instructed first by the unanimous vote Of
two County meetings and afterward by a
three -fourthsvote Of the County Committee,
to vote for T. NJ. Stanton as the choice Of
Pennsylvania for Vice President, yet he de-
liberately voted for Curtin and betrayed his
trust by setting his own will up against the
express and emphatic instruction of the
party How many more delegates were
guilty of the same faithlessness we don't
pretend to know but there is reasonable
ground for suspecting that there were more
of the same sort in the Convention. We
will heartily support Gov. Curtin if he is
nominated, but we declare emphatically that
he has not been much less is he now the
choice Of Bedford County We wish it dis
tinety uudertood that we are opposed to
putting forward any man who shows a dis
position to override the expressed will Of
the people or who shows any inclination to
sacrifice the credit of the state and the
principles Of the party for the sake Of mere
personal preferment