Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-08-06
a RoTTEN PLANK.

What the late copperhead Convention
lacked in honesty and consistency it made
up in brass aud impudence The fourth
resolution Of their platform reads as follows /:
Resolucd, 5. That the movements now
being made for the amelioratiou OF the con-
dition Of the Iab0Fing man have our most
cordial co operation.
Co operation in behalf Of the laboring
man, except Just before election to gain his
votes, has never been q part Of the creed Of
copperhead party or its predecessor the
Democratic party 1t IS today and has
been for years the open and unblushiug ad-
vooate Of free trade, which would reduce the
wages Of the American iaborer to level
with British psupers, It's sblest leaders
have openly advocated free trade for no 9TH
az reason than that it would reduce the
wages ofthe laboriDg nan. How tho cop
perhead Convention could incorporate such
plank in its platform and then place upon
it as a candidate, in preference to his poorer
rivals, one whose only claim was his wealth
coined from the sweat Of the laboring poor,
| passes cur comprehension. We knew that
the Convention was the embodiment Of
brass and impudenee but We did not think
/ It was capable Of any such deliverances. The
eopperhead party was the advocate, defend
er and ally Of the slave holders rebellion,
its leaders boldly promulgated the doctrine
that capital should own labor, one Of its
brightest lights declared that free trade
which would reduce the wages Of the Amer.
lean laborer 10 ten cents day would cover
the country with benefits and blessings, the
candidate they have nominated amassed q
large portion of his immense wealth by
grinding the faces Of the laboring poor, who
worked his mines and railroads, and yet they
have the hardihood and hypocrisy to at
tempt to cajole the laboring man into voting
for the purse proud srigtocrat whom they
have nominated as their candidate for Gov
ernor The policy Of their party has always
been to make the rich richer and the poor
poorer. The poor man according to their
late preaching should be owned by the rich
man so that his board and clothing should
be his only reward for his labor and in order
that the proud aristocrat nigh grow rich and
fat upon tie profits Of the poor man labor.
To This end they have been the friends and
advocates Of slavery, the hirelings ofbritish
free traders and the enemies of American
industry. Under the name of Democracy
they have ever been the upholders of aris-
tocracy. Like their rebel allies they carry
false coloYs, and under the guise of friend
ship would gain power in order to blast the
hopes Of the Industrious, honest, aborine
poor Falsehood and deception have al
ways been and still are the most prominent
characteristics Of the party. In 1914 they
cried Polk, Dallas and the tariff Of IS42 in or
der to carry Pennsylvania and the moment
they ascended to power they repealed the
tariff Of 1912 and caused such damage to the
manufacturing interests of Pennsylvania
that she has not yet entirely recovered from
its effects IuIS6O and 1861 and during the
whole war Of the rebellion they called them
selves union men while in the very act Of
aiding and abetting rebellion. Such is the
past record of the party that throws out the
above bait to American working men, 1t
Is fa'se, dishonest, hypocritical Let the
laboring man beware Of casting his vote for
a party that has always been his enemy and
the enemy of bis country. It's professions
are false, its intentions dishonest. It's rec
ord eontradicts its professions Let igno-
miniUus defeat bu its just reward.