The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-07-30
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Speeches from Judge Packer and Hon.
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PHILADELPHIA, July 2I.-Last ev-
ening at 10 O'Clock, Hon. Asa Packer,
and Cyrus L. Pershing, Democratic
candidates, were serenaded at the
Merchants Hotel, by the Asa Packer
Association. After the baud had per
formed a number Of airs. F'urfnan
Sheppard. Esd, came forward on the
balcony and said:
Fellow Citizen-The Asa Packer
Association has called this even
ing for the purpose Of paying their res
poets to our candidate for the Executive
Chair Of the C0mmOnweast and OF the
Supreme Bench Of the State. In doing
this the association has expressed not
the feelings Of the heads Of its mem
bers. but also the feelings Of the Dem
ocraIic party Of this city. Nay, more /:
it expresses the feelings Of the Demo
cratic party Of the State. (Cheers =
More than that, you have not only ex-
pressed the feelings Of the party as
political organization, but you express
the sentiments of all good citizens
who recognize in thisfevent the inaug-
uratiOH Of 4 new era in politics, when
men Of bIameIess lives and unsuIlied
regulations will De pE8cad in public pO-
sItiOns.
We have reason 10 congratulate our
selves upon the action Of the Couyen-
ton. It has placed in nomination a.
candidates gentlemen for whom it is
q privilege to vote. Cheers. Il is
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such men a. Asa Packer. and it Is
privilege which 1 firmly believe the
peOpIe will avail them selves Of indie
pendent Of political predictions. A
50 Packer Is a gentlemen who has in
Identified himself with the great inter-
eSEs Of a great State; he has identified
himself with those interests from his
youth, and through manhood TO the
present day.
Have you observed what the jour
mails Of our opponents said Their
mouths have been almost sealed, or
when opened, they have uttered words
Of fo0lishness. The life Of Asa Pack
er Is bIameless, and his escutcheOn 50
irnpenetrabIe. that the arrows aimed a.
him fall harmless at the feet Of the
shooters. He has identified himself
with the educational interests of the
State, and he has become so Intimate
Is associated with this interest, that
his name must descend to pCsterity as
blessed
Asour candidate for Judge Of the
Supreme Court, We present a gentle
man Of whom il may be said that he
passed through that most trying Of or
deals, the Legislature, without carry
ing with him even thesmeIIof smoke.
Cheers. Pure, incorruptibIe, clean
handed, we present him before the
I people. and with these two candidates
we have the elements Of success. But
( this l. not the place for speech-makiug.
( but for cOugratUlatiOn, and / therefore
have the pleasure Of announcing Go V
ernor Packer, believing that prophecy
in this case shall soon become history.
Z TCneers.
( Mr.. Packer now made his appear
aace. and was greeted with enthusias-
I tic cheering from the large crowd as
sembIed in front Of the hotel. Mr..
f Packer said Gentlemen Of the asa
/ Packer Club and feIiow-citizens and
/ Democrats: | thank you for this ex-
/ preston Of your kindness, and for the
/ honor you have done me in conveying
/
1 tiOns. I thank you for having desig-
/ mated me as your standard bearer IN
I the coming campaign. / can hardly
/ give expression to my feelings in ack-
nowledgment Of the compliment paid
! me by the Asa Packer Club and the
/ Democratic party, both here and in
/ Harrisburg. II is deserving Of my
/ highest gratitude. | hope TO be
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/ on me. The efficiency of this club in
/ the work begun and carried on thus
/ far In deserving Of great praise, and /
/ trust you will continue the good work
/ TO the end Of the campaign. | know
/ you will, from the earnest manner in
which YOU have entered upon it. |
/ will endeayor upon my part to lead
/ you, as you have placed me in the van
/ 10 victory. II we fail it shall not be
/ because Of any neglect on my part.
] You will excuse me from making a
| speech as it is no part Of my vocation.
/ There are those whose calling it is to
( talk, mine has been to work. Cheers.
/ / leave the talking to others, and viii
/ myself endeay0r to do my share Of the
I work. Thanking you for the kindness
! aud friendship manifested n thi:
/ greeting, I bid you good night.
/ There were calls for Judge Pershing,
and in response, that gentleman came
/ forward and said ne did not propose tC
/ make a speech, but desired merely te
thank them for this demonstrations
He had Unexpectedly been placed ia
/ nomination for a position on the Su,
( preme Bench of the State. To receive
such a nomination was no ordinary
honor, for the bench had been graced
/ by a Coulter, Tilghman, a Gibson,
dead. aud a LOwrie, Black, Lewis and
/ Woodward, living. The judiciary had
+ been represented as the weakest of the
4 several departments OF government,
but the events of the past few years
/ must have convinced any one that il
was the most important branch of the
government. The people could not eX,
pect him to address them upon politi
cal topics. 1t had not been the custom
in Pennsylvania for candidates to dc so
| and while he knew there was q dispo-
sition to drag politics on the bench, he
did not propose TO follow in this direc-
ton, and TO be the first to introduce
| the new system into the campaign
| fCheers. 1t becomes those who are tC
| be called to pass upon the lives, and
liberty, and property of the citizens tC
/ hiring m fha dispharup 0f that dutv =