The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-02-14
Grand Democratic Mass Meet
ing.
CONGRESS REBVEED AND THE PEESE-
DENT SUSTAINED!
Let Congress Remove the President il
they hare!

of the Democratic County Committee
a large assembIage of Democrats and
Conservative Republicans, took place
at the Court House, on Monday eve
ming last. The Court room was dense
ly packed, not even standing room re-
naming for those who came after the
! speaking had commenced. On motion,
Ex- Sheriff w. S. FLUKE was appoin-
! ted President, with the following nam
| ed gentlemen as Vice Presidents, viz :
Samuel Elliott,sG w. DehI, Geo. W.
Horn, James Collins, f. d. Beegle,
! VIM. Keyser, John Alstadt, Jno. Keys
er, Samuel McFeeters, Archibald Blair,
Jacob Semler, Samuel NJ. Sleek, John
Pennell, Andrew Crisman, Charles
FaxOn, Esq, Christian Myers, Adam
| ZembOWer, Isaac ID. Earnest, aud Is.
T. Buchanan; and the following gen
llSlilSll 'S ptCiCtdlII7, VIZ ~ W. 10
Hall, a. J. Sansom, Josiah Ritchey,
Solomon Shradpr and III. w. Reed.
On motion of Mr.. r. w. Berkstress-
er, committee, consisting Of one per-
son from each election district, was APP
pointed to draft resolutions expressive
of the sense of the meeting. The COM
mittee was composed as follows: r..
w. Berkstrcsser. Chairman, j. Il. Gep-
hart, Henry P. Diehl, John Dicken,
Geo. Elder, Henry Fluck, VIM. Keys
er, Isaac Kensinger, Henry Miller,
Daniel Fletcher, levi OFT, Peter NJ.
Barton. A. J. Morgart, Andrew Nor
timore, Charles w. Colvin, David
Howsare, A. J. Crisman, j. n. Gump,
VIM. Detwiler, w. NJ. Pearson, S. S.
Fluck, and Adolphus AXE.
On motion of E. f. Kerr, Esq, Hon.
F. NJ. Kimmell was called upon to adj
dress the meeting. Judge KimmelI
responded in mastery effort, and was
listened to, as he always is, with rapt
attention. His speech was frequently
interrupted with rounds of applause.
O. f. Shannon, Esq, was next intro
duced, and delivered an argumentative
and convincing speech, at the close OF
which he called upon Is. F. Meyers,
for an exposition of the uncOnstitution-
aity of the Reconstruction acts, and
the usurpation of the Radical Congress.
Mr.. Meyers responded to the requestand
gave the audience statement of facts
and figures which was calculated to o.
pen the eyes of the Republicans
who have thus far followed their lead
ers blindly and without thinking
whittier they are drifting.
After theconclusion of the lastspeech,
Mr.. r. w. Berkstre55er, chairman OF
the Committeeon Resolutions, made the
following report, which was unani-
mously adopted, after which the meet
ing adjourned with three cheers for the
Constitution and the Union:
Resolred, BY the people of Bedford
Il fln I,,,
Constitution of the United States and
the Union Of the States existing there
under, that, laying aside all partizan
prejudice and suDOrdinating ali minor
differences to their duty to maintain
that Constitution and preserve that
Union, t. the end that each and every
State shall once more be restored TO It's
proper relations to the Federal govern
ment that peace may be restored to
our whole country, and that the waste
places may be made glad with prosper
ity and plenty, it bphOOVes all good
citizens, irrespective OF former political
atfinities, to unite together for the OV-
erthrow of the adical Revoutionists
who are now threatening to destroy
this Republic.
ReSOtUed, That the public officer who
swears to support the Constitution and
then deliberately and knowingly vio-
late5 it, is IA perjured aitor, be he Sen
ator, Congressman, or Executive, and
should be held up to the scOrn and eX-
ecratiOn of the people whose trust he
has betrayed and the charter of whose
liberties he is tramp!ing under his
feet.
Resolred, That Congress, "acting
outside of the Constitution" (as ac-
knowledged by one of the leading men
of that body deties the people to whom
it is responsible for its acts, and, there
fore, merits the condemnation of ali
good citizens. 1t has erected a Military
DeSpOtiSm in ten States OF the Union,
whose representatives it has refused
adnittance for upwards of two years.
1t has established Negro Suffrage in
ten States Of the Union by force of
arms. 1t has kept upa standing Army
of fifty thousand men ut Il cost of hun
dreds of millions of dollars per annum.
| has kept four millions of negroes III
thriflIeoS idieness, by maintaining them
at the public expense through the "a
gency of the Freednen's Bureau. 1T
has robbed the Executive of his just
and CONSTITUTE NAL powers and now
seeks to abolish the Supreme Judici-
ary. 1t has added millions on millions
to the public debt, since the close of the
war, without making any provision
for the payment of any portion Of it.
1t has established system of taxation
unequal in its operation, leaving the
wealthy nntaKea and placing the bur-
don unOn tha middle and ntNIrpr class,