The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-06-05
THE CAMPAIGN OPENED
Bedford County Awake !
HANCOCK AND LIBERTY,
The People aroused Great Enthusiasm
Powerful Speeches, &c.

The People aroused! Great Enthusiasm!
Powerful Speeches, &c.
The campaign of 1868 opened auspici-
ously in Bedford county, on last Satur-
day night. 4 meeting was called for
the purpose of congratulating thecoun
try on the failure of the Impeachment
farce; on the removal of the man
Stanton, from the War Office who has
been at the bottom of the late attempt
ed outrage on the Constitution and lib
critics of the people, and to express a
preference for the Democratic Presi-
dental nomination. 1t was the most
successful impromptu meeting held in
Bedford for many day. The balcony
of the Mengel House, in front of which
the meeting was held, was illumina-
ted, while overhead and across the
street, hung beautiful flags, with a star
for every State.
On motion of E. F. Kerr, Esq, the
meeting was organized by the election
of the following officers: President,
Capt. THOs. II. LYONS. Vice Presi-
dents, w. r. King, Lawrence Def
baugh, J. Clayton Brashear, w. NJ.
Earnest. Joseph MOrtimore, Philip
Huzzard, a. ID. KOontz, Josiah Haley,
Daniel Fletcher, w. NJ. Wisel, Isaac
Earnest and j. T. Gephart. Secretar-
les, w. w. Barclay, w. c. Schaffer
and John Keeffe.
The Band played "Red, White and
Blue" after which Col. JOHN Ii. Fill
LER was introduced amid the cheers
of the crowd. He held the meeting for
over one hour by one Ofhis most fOrcible
and logical speeches. He showed the
danger the country was in, by running
man for President who had sixty
battallions of soldiers at his back, to
help him carry ten States now pinned
together by the bayonet. a party
representing itself as the embodiment
of the loyalty of the country was now
lead by Butler and Logan, the one vOt-
ing fifty-seven times for jeff. Davis
for President, and the other raising
rebel troops and sending them across
the Ohio into the Confederacy. But
we will not attempt to give even an
outline of his able effort.
o. f. Shannon was called upon and
responded in his Usual felicitOus man
ner. The greatest enthusiasm prevail
ed, and the whole affair augurs well for
the success of the Democratic party in
the coming contest.
The meeting adjourned with three
rousing cheers for HANCOCK.
THE nomination of Grant, and his
Willingness to stand on the Chicago
platform, falls on the people like dead
weight, and Halls ratification meeting
was in consequence a perfect fizzle.
Cessna knew it, and to avoid the hu-
initiating spectacle of failure in at
tempting to ratify nomination he had
helped to make, left town. Perhaps
the fear that Hall might endeavor to
prove, by holy writ, that slavery is a
divine institution, kept many away ;
or, perhaps, the speech he had prepar-
ed for the April court meeting, and
was prevented from making on account
of brother screecher talking against
time," was not considered worth lis.
tening to now. Who knows? At any
rate, Hall should try his hand at
something else, for evidently getting
up ratification meetings is not his forte
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THOSE HAv.
ING PIANO FoRTEs.-Mr. T. A. Salvo
the celebrated Piano Forte tuner, from
new York, will remain in town a few
days and all those who are desirous OF
having their Pianos put in good order
and their Original Sweetness of Tone
Restored to them as when they were
new, can now improve the opportunity
Mr.. S. has been in Huntingdon fol
the past four weeks tuning and he re-
spectfully refers to B. NJ. Green, music
dealer. Mr.. Salvo has the highest OF
testimonials from Professors of Music
from New York and PENNSYLVANIA.
He will visit each Piano twice a wear.
Having given the highest satisfaction
to all his customers he hopes for a
continuance of the same. All orders
left at the Gazette Office will be
promptly attended to.