The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1869-09-30
The @eaford Gazette.
ADDRESS
OF THE
DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL COM
METHEE OF PENNSALFANIA.

DNtU.-IIle 1JeHlOCidtiS A'Uatc O6ulIdi
Committee, duly impressed with the
ofthe approaching election,
and desirous Of discharging the duties
upon them in all suitable
ways, proposed to address to you a
few sincere, earnest words.
We desire by the election of Mr..
Pershingto the bench of the Supreme
Court, to secure a judge of ability and
high character, who will be impartial
in his great office, and will make the
Constitution and laws the rule of his
Judgment and action.
The election of Asa Packer to the
office of Governor is recommended by
many considerations of high moment,
to some of which we propose to call
your attention.
Reform is needed in the State gov
ernment, and he is fit man to intro
duce and uphold it. For he will come
to the performance of public duty,
armed with integrity as with a gar
ment, with a knowledge of the bust
ness interests of our people, and with
an earnest purpose to do good and re-
sist evil.
What has been amiss in legislation
and in Executive action at Harrisburg
in, recent years, will be rebuked by his
election. For he has had no concern
and no sympathy with the misman-
agement of the State finances and
with the enactment of odious or inn
provident laws he has been engaged
in honorable enterprises of great pub
lie utility, and has given his sympa-
thies always to honorable men. This
is an indispensable qualification for
the Office of Governor, or of President
Without it, executive service must be
badly performed or neglected.
Asa Packer represents well one prac-
tical effect of our free institutions. A
penniless youth, and man of humble
polition in the earlier years Of his man
hood, he has achieved a prominent
position among the business men Of
the country, and distinction as a polit-
ical man. He now appears before you,
not unsolicited, as candidate for the
highest Office in the State government,
and holds as such the respect and con-
fidence of his fellow citizens, more
truly and firmly than could a man of
high rank and proud lineage in a
country of despotic or aristocratical in
stitutions. In his case, popular con-
fdence is based entirely upon the solid
foundation of real merit; tried
throughout an eventful career and
manifested in honorable, useful and
magnanimous action.
Asa Packer, in the Gubernatorial
chair, will give to us what we greatly
need a strong point of defence and Sc
curity against violent, unjust, ill-con-
sidered, selfish and partisan laws. He
is above all baseness, Independent OF
all cliques and "rings" $50 called, and
as incapable of conscious injustice TO
political opponents as Of unworthy
subserviency to political friends. He
will be just, firm, faithful and toler-
ant in his great Office, if he shall be
charged with its duties, and will pur-
sue therein no selfish object, whether
of ambition or of private gain.
Asa Packer is a true representative
of the industrial interests of the State
and of our great public improvements
His relations with both are extensive,
and his views regarding them enlight-
ened and liberal. He will favor and
aid the development of the former and
all possible extensions of the letter, SO
that our people shall be prosperous
and be enabled the better to bear the
great burden of their public debt.
The present canvass has not been
one of excitement or of noisy effort.
But we believe that earnest thought
has been directed by oar people to the
issues involved in it, and to the respec-
tive claims of the candidates before
them. There is a disposition in the
public mind land a proper and time
~ onel to pass from sectional and ad-
ventftious questions connected with
the recent war, and bestow attention
upon financial, monetary and industri-
al ones, which come home to our peo-
pie in their everyday pursuits and av-
ocations. Money is scarce for many
legitimate and useful investments our
taxation is in many respects unequal,
and upon some objects oppressive; the
rates of interest upon public loans are
improvident, the expenses OF the Gov
ernment (both State and Federal) are
excessive, if not profligate, and the re-
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