Ww ffwlfod
Friday Morning September iH. ;s6.
Democratic and National Union
Nominations.
STATE TICKET.
FOR GOVERNOR,
. Hon. HIESTER CLYMER,
OF BERKS COUNTY.
♦ "
DISTRICT TICKET.
FOR CONGRKSB,
J. MoT). SHARPE, of Franklin eo'y.
FOR SENATOR,
B. F. MEYERS, of Bedford county.
FOR ASSEMBLY,'
HI RAM FINDLAY, of Somerset co.
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COUNTY TICKET.
PBOTHOMOTART,
O. E. SHANNON, of Bedford Bor.
SHERIFF,
ROBT. STECKMAN, of Bloody Run.
ASSOCIATE JVPOE,
GEORGE W. GUMP, of Napier.
COMMISSIONF.R,
DA VID HOWS A RE, of Southampton
POOR DIRECTOR,
MICHAEL DIEHL, of Colerain.
AUDITOR,
JOHN D. LUCAS, of Bloody Run.
ELECTION, TUESDAY, Oct. 3.
FOR ANSEMBI.Y.
We are authorized to announce Col. John 11.
Filler of Bedford county, as an independent can
didate for Assembly, subject to the decision of the
people on the second Tuesday of October next.
GRAND RALLY
OP %
The People!
lit/ the eternal! the Union must and
shall he preserved! —JACKSON, 1832 —
JOHNSON, ISM.
Taxation without Representation is
Tyranny!— DECLARATION OP INDE
PENDENCE.
All who believe that this is a White
Mail's Government and that it ought
to be administered by white men, all
who are opposed to Negro Suffrage and
Negro Equality, all who are opposed
to the reckless expenditure of the peo
ple's money, by the legislation of Con
gress, all who fought for the preserva
tion of the Constitution and the resto
ration of the Union, and who believe
that by the suppression of the rebell
ion, the Union has been restored, "with
the dignity, equality and rights of the
several States unimpaired," all who
are in favor of an economical adminis
tration of the Government and a re
duction of the national expenses, all
who are in favor of the Reconstruction
Policy of President Johnson, and all
who denounce the treasonable utteran
ce's of the Radicals, are earnestly re
quested to assemble in
MASS MEETING,
IN HEDFOKD,
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4th.
AT 1 O'(TXK:K, P. M.
IX'legations will he present from ev
ery township.
There will be a TOUCH-LIGHT PKO
< KSSION in the evening.
J ION. EIXiAR COWAN,
MAJ. GEN. C ESTER,
IION. RICHARD VAUX,
and other distinguished speakers, have
been invited and are expected to be
present to address the meeting.
The BEDFORD DEMOCRATIC
BRASS BAND will be in attendance
and enliven the occasion with its choic
est music.
Conservative nun of Bedford County !
(!he one day to your Country's cause!
J tatty for the t 'it ion !
J. W. DICKELLSON,
Ch'n Dem. Co. Committee.
Grant!
Soldiers of the Union ! fiend the re
buke which Gen. U. S. (irant gave tfie
.Radicals the other day at Cincinnati.
You will find it in all the daily papers,
including tin' Philadelphia /Vw. iiere
is what he said to the Radical Com
mittee that wanted him to make a
speech:
"Sir, 1 am no politician; the Pres
ident of the United States is my Com
mander in Chief; I consider this dem
onstration in opposition to the Presi
dent of the United States, Andrew
Johnson. If you have any regard for
me you will take your men away. 1
am greatly annoyed at this demonstra
tion. I came here to enjoy this theat
rical performance. 1 will In- glad to
see you ht-iu'irrotr ir/n nth. Pnri'kitt ar
rives."
WHY don't the Hertford Inquirer pub
lish BcocherV letters? Both of them
support the President's policy, ilon't
hide your light under a bushel.
FORWARD,
The Old Guard!
Last year the Democratic vote was
not fully polled in any of the districts
of this county. At least 31(0 Democrat
ic voters remained at home. On the
other hand the enemy polled their full
vote. < )ur majority then was 136. Had
a full Democratic vote been cast, it
would have been 436. Now, there are
changes enough in our favor to make
our natural majority of 436 come up to
600. All that is wanting todo this is to
get out the Democratic rote. Southamp
ton, Cumberland Valley, Londonderry,
Juniata, Napier, St. Clair, Bedford,
Snake Spring, Colerain and Liberty,
are all strong Democratic townships.
They are, however, districts which are,
with one exception, extensive in ter
ritory, and many of their voters reside
at great distances from the polls. These
voters must he got to the election. Let
ere eg man of them be seen before the etec-
tion, bg some of (he active men in the
several townships and let arrangements
be made to BRING ALL OUT who can
not come them.-elves. LET WAGONS
BE PREPARED TO TAKE TIIEM
TO TIIE POLLS. The Democratic
strong-holds must poll a full vote. The
Old (guard of J.'rmocracg must lead the
van in the charge upon the enemy's
breast-works! Now, men of South
ampton, of Cumberland Valley, of
Londonderry, of Juniata, Napier, St.
Clair, Bedford, Snake Spring, Colerain
and Liberty! Give us a clean sweep!
Give us such a turn-out as will make
the earth tremble with the tread! And
you, men of the close and minority
districts, there is wort: for gou! The
Radical majority in your townships is
sure to come down, an every instance,
but you must not slacken your efforts
on this account. See to it that you have
every man at the polls. Attend to the
wavering and doubtful. Bring out the
aged and feeble. Don't wait till elec
tion-day, but perfect yourarrangements
at once. Let us work, work, work,
| from this day forward until the elcc
| tion, and we shall roll up the largest
i Democratic majority ever given in
i Bedford county.
WORKING MSN.
We speak to you not as a Democrat
or republican, but as an honest, labor
ing, earnest self supporting and govern
ment maintaining man, and we speak
in all candor and earnestness.
If you vote for radicalism this fill 1 you
vote for
A <li * >lutlon ox ine Union. •
Another rebellion which will end in
: a general, terrible revolution.
Depriving restored states of their
honor and rights.
To tax a people wit bout giving them
! representation.
To educate one section to hateanoth-
I er.
You also vote-
To continue in power the most cor
rupt, dishonest, law hating leaders a
party or country was ever cursed with,
i and
i To pile up mountains of debts for
your innocent children to pay.
If you vote for Democracy and a res
toration of the Union you vote for
The equality of the States.
Taxation and representation to go to
gether.
For a peaceful Union.
For the good of an entire country,
rather than a small section of it.
For csiual taxation.
For lessening your own taxes.
For protecting working men.
; For peace, prosperity, the Union, the
laws and Constitution and common
j justice.
. It is for you to decide whether you
1 will have peace or war; whether you
will b" freemen or slaves.
HUMBUG!
j An unusual quantity of clap-trap will
' be visible in the Bedford Inquirer from
this date until the election. All kinds
of canards will be invented by it. All
! kinds of low and miserable appeals to
i its readers will be indulged in. The
; charges w ill be rung about as follows:
Traitors—Jeff Davis —Copperheads—
| Copper-Johnsons—J. Wilkes Booth—
| Clymer—Shannon—gun pointing North
—Traitors—degraded President—color
ed soldiers—infamous traitors—Rebels
back into power—Booth—Assassins—
Copperhead- e>jual rights—-colored
; persons better than Copperheads, Ac.
Such will be the rigmarole, the old
song over again. Who believes in such
humbug as that?
Look out lor Roorbacks!
The Bedford Inquirer will torn with
electioneering cards, falsehoods, low
apjx-als, tricks of all kinds, in its next
two is-lie-. We warn the people against
these roorbacks. The enemy are des
perate and will resort to any means to
stay the tide thai isaiaiut to overwhelm
I them.
For the Right.
FOR THE l"N I ON—FOR THE COUNTRY.
DEMOCRATS !
Republicans !
Working Xfen.'
It is for us to decide at the ballot box
this fall between peace, the Right, the
Union, the Country, or a bitter, bloody
revolution. And before you vote, we
beg of you as a brother would speak
with a brother, to consider well what
you will do.
We have had a terrible war. When
the people forgot the Constitution and
Democracy, trouble went abroad over
our once happy country.
The war is over with ; now we want
the peace the war was promised to
bring.
You are asked this fall to vote again
for the radical, abolition measures
'which bigotry and bayonets forced on
the country. Ask any man to name
even one blessing that has been brought
to the country by the forsaking of
democratic principles. When democ
racy ruled we all had
Peace.
Plenty.
Prosperity.
Light taxes.
A united country.
Equal and light taxation.
The constitution was our guide.
The laws of our country were hon
ored.
Peace and progress went hand in
hand opening forests, beautifying
plains, erecting cities, educating the
people, protecting all alike, adding to
our territory, and improving that which
we had.
Then came Republicanism, abolition
ism, radicalism, anarchy, desolation,
devastation, confusion, disregard of
laws,adventurism,oppression, unequal
taxation, aristocratic protectionism,
and nothing but evils innumerable.
Radicalism has not brought one bless
ing to the people or the country.
It has not added to the national do
main.
It has not benefitted the black race,
for that helpless people is to-day worse
off than ever before.
It did not make the citizen more se
cure in person or property, for those
who have misruled for the past few
years endorsed mobs, and destroyed
property simply for a difference of o
pinion.
Radicalism murdered innocent men
in cold blood.
Sacked printing-offices.
Killed editors.
Imprisoned the innocent.
Held men in bits tiles for months and
when hate was glutted, released the
half-starved victims of oppression
without specification or trial, and call
ed this law, liberty and order.
Radicalism increased our taxes from
thousands to millions.
It lessened our ability to pay, by ru
ining nearly half of the country.
It has toyed with our agonies, mur-
dered our innocents, laughed at our
sufferings, ignored our prayers, mocked
at our en treaties,sneered at ourpetitions
trampled on our liberties, joked in
clownish glee over the bleeding shreds
of a warning nation, protected the rich,
piled debts and taxes on the poor, forsa
ken the wisdom of statesmen for the j
maudlin rantings of drunken lepers,
and besotted and blasphemous men, and
now seeks to continue its horrid feast j
of blood, on an unarmed and disban-j
ded portion of ourcotnmon family, not |
for good but for evil, and the personal i
benefit of a few villains, traitors, union ;
haters and speculators who grow fat, j
treasonable and insolent at tlie expense i
of patriotism, labor and humanity.
V •* BUI I JMBMU *." J.".RRNR 7*2* l
The Sump Pyramid.
Ron WHITE s<n,;rj;sT< FKH :ti; OFT
Fifty dollars bounty for the two years j
white soldiers!
One hundred dollars bounty to the
three-years white soldiers!!
Three hundred dollars bounty to ne
gro soldiers! !!
Four thousand dollars extra pay to
each Rump Congressman !!!!
The nigger gets from three to six
time- as much bounty as youdo, while
the destroyers of their country, the
mem'oers of the illegal body calling it
self a Congress, reward themselves with
from forty to eighty times as much as
they did no' give you. The Rump first;
niggers second; white veterans last.
The Republican standard of valuat ion.
How do you like It?
THK very men who used to say that
Booth was an instrument in the hands
of Providence to remove the benign
and tender-hearted President and give
us a stern and unrelenting ruler in his
stead—those very men now declare that
it was a pity that Ab/.eroth, the would
be assassin of Andrew Johnson, aban
doned his purpose. Nay, they declare
openly that Andrew Johnson ought to
b< hung. The Democracy don't train
in any such as.-as. in crowd, and they
will allow no man to commit them to
any such doctrine.
The Law of the Land.
ITW IMOS OF THE NIPBK3IE <Ol RT,
ON THE UMAN or SO-CAI.M:I
UESEKTKRS TO VOTE!
Election Officers, Read!
The following is the opinion of the
Supreme Court in regard to the right of
so-called "deserters" to vote. It de
clares the Act of Congress void and of
■course the act of the Legislature based
upon the void Act of Congress is also
void. A MAX MUST FIRST BE
TRIED, CONVICTED AND SEN
TENCED its a deserter before he can be
deprived of his right to vote. So say the
Supreme Court. Head tor yourselves:
The act of ! sort provided for general
courts martial, and made minute and
careful regulations for their organiza
tion, for the conduct of their proceed
ings, and for the approval or disappro
val of their sentences. Subsequent acts
made some changes, but they have not
restrained tliejurisdiction or diminish
ed the powers of such courts. It is to
such a code of laws, forming a system
devisedforthepunishmentofd< juion,
that the twenty-first section of tl* act
of March :1, 18(io, was added. It refers
plainly to pre existing laws. It has the
singleohjeet ofiiu reasing the penalties,
but it does not undertake to change or
dispense with the machinery provided
for punishing the crime. The common
rules of construction demand that it be
read as if it had been incorporated into i
former acts. And if it had men, if the
act of DIM; anditssupplements had pre
scribed that the penalty for desertion
or failure to report within a designated
time after notice or draft (which the act
of iSGii declares desertion) should be
punished, on conviction of the same,
With forfeiture of citizen ship and death, I
or in lieu of the latter, such other pun- :
ishment as h\-the sentence of a court
martial may l>e inflicted, wouldany one
contend that any portion of this pun
ishment could be inflicted without con
viction and sentence? Assuredly not.
And if not, so must the act of 1865 be eon- j
stru d now. it means that the forfeit
urcwhich it prescribi's.likictll otb.er pen
alties for desertion, mustb eaeljiuhjed to
the convicted person after trial by a
court martial and sentence approved.
For the conviction and sentence of such
a court there can be no substitute. They
alone establish the guilt of the accused
and fasten upon him the legal conse
quences. Such, we think, is the true
meaning of the act, a construction that
cannot he denied to it without losing
sight of all the previous legislation re
sp<Ttingthe-umesubjeetniatter,nopart
of which does this act profess to alter.
It may be added that this construc
tion is not only require d by the univer- j
sally admitted rules of statutory inter
pretation, but it is in harmony with the i
personal rights secured by the Con.sii- j
tution, and which Congress must bepre
sumed t<> have kept in view. Itgivesto
the accused a trial before sworn judges,;
a right to challenge, an,opportunity of j
defense, the privilege of hearing the!
witnesses against him, and of calling
witnesses in his behalf. It preserves to j
him the common-law presumption of j
innocence until he has been adjudged !
guilty, according to the forms of law. j
It gives tinality ton single trial. If tried
by a court martial and acquitted, his in- !
nocence •an never again be called in
question, and he can bo made to sutler |
no part of the penalties prescrilxnl for j
guilt. On the other hand, if a record of j
conviction by a lawful court be not a pre-1
requisite to suffering the penalty of tl
law, the act of Congress may work in
tolerable hardships. The accused will |
then be obliged to prove his innocence
whenever the registry of the provost
marshal is adduced against him. Xod<-
cision of a board of election officers; will
protect him against the necessity of re
newing his defense at every subsequent
election, and each time with increased
difficulty arising front the pos-u hie death
or absence of witnesses. In many eases
this may proven gr (--wrong. It cannot
be doubtt d that in some instances there
were causes that prevented a return to
service, or a report by persons register
ed sis dc- drlers by provost marshals,
that would have been held justifying
reasons by a court martial, or at least
would have prevented an approval of
the court's sentence. It is well known,
also, that some who wore registered des
erters were, at the time, actually in the
military service as volunteers, and
honorably discharging their duties to
the government. To hold that the act
of Congress imposes upon such the ne
cessity ofproving their innocence, with
out any conviction of guilt, would be
an unreasonable construction of the act,
and would be attributing to tin- Nation
al Legislature tut intention not warran
ted by the language and connection of
the enactment.,
It follows that the judgment of the
Court below, upon the ease stated, was
right. The ptaintif not hitriru/ been eou
ric/etl of ((i sn'tion ind faifvrt to n htm to
the service, or to rtport to tt provost mnr-
S/HI/, anil not In trite/ been a u'encctl to the
penalties ain I forfeit lire of lite'tar, tens en
titled to rots'.
Another Victory.
MONTANA ANSWERS MAINE.
The gallant Territory of Montana
sends greeting to Pennsylvania. She
gave the Democratic ticket major
ity, on the* Ith inst., as the following
telegram will show:
SAX PKANcrsco, Sept. 10. —The elec
tion in Montana Territory on the Ith
fust., is reported to have resulted in a
Democratic victory, by a majority of
11,000. '
Clymer and the Union!
Now, honestly, is not the issue be
tween < lymerancK loary just this: Shall
the Union be restored, or shall the
Southern States be kept out of the Un
ion till they agree to thodegradiug con
dition of Negro Suifrage? No one j
will deny that this i. the issue. How,
then, can any Union man vote for
deary
"To Think!'
Yes, just to think that Jonathan Boon ;
Cessna is dictator of the Radical party i
of Bedford county —Jonathan, who ad- j
drosses NECiRO MEETINGS and sits
down at table along Me of the "culled
brudivn.' 7 No wonder we hear of men
leaving tin ranks of that party almost.
daily. '
Election Officers,
BEWARE!
Look Out For Prosecutions !
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
have decided that no so-called destrier
can be deprived of his right to vote by
an election-board. A man must have
been tried awl convicted of desertion, and,
a copy of hie conviction mmt.be laid be
fore the election-board before he can be de
prived of hie vote. Such is the decision
of the Supreme Court and any Judge
or inspector of election, who will re
fuse any so-called "deserter" the right
to vote, WILL BE PROSECUTED
AND PUN IS 1 LED! A few days ago,
j an election-board was tried in Belle
fonte, Centre county, for refusing a so
called "deserter" the right to vote.
Judge Linn (a "Republican" Judge)
presided at the trial. The "Republi
can" Judge and I nspector who rejected
| the complainants vote were, convicted,
whilst the Democratic Inspector, who
protested against their action, was ac
quitted. The following account of tins
trial is from the Bellefonte Watchman:
CONVICTION OF AN EJECTION BOARD
FOR It KITS I NO TO RECEIVE THE VOTE
i OF AN AEEEOKD "DESERTER." -The
trial of Josiah H. (Brown, D. M. Betts
arid I). 11. Yeager. Election Board of
! Snow Shoo township, lor illegally re
fusing the vote of John Dayton, at the
October election in 1865, resulted in the
conviction of Brown and Betts and the
acquittal of Yeager, the Court having
I instructed the jury that they could not
I convict the latter under the evidence.
The facts of the case, as given in ev
idence on thetrial, are about as follows:
John Dayton, a man of foreign birth,
presented himself at the window at
! the October election in 1865, offering
l his ballot in one hand and his natural
j ization paper and a receipt for taxes in
the other. He was challenged by one
; of the Board as a deserter, as lie had
been absent from the township during
i one of the drafts. They refused to al
low him to vote unless he would take
an oath that be had not left the town
shipto avoid the draft. Mr. Dayton re
fused to do this and liis vote was re
ijected, Mr. Yeager protesting against
i the action of the Board and Ixung over
ruled by bis companions. .Mr. Orvis
assisted* the District Attorney in the
prosecution and Mr. Mel!lister con
i ducted the defence. The jury were out
| but a short time when they returned
I with a verdict of guilty as to Brown
: and Betts and not guilty as to Yeager.
We hope the effect of this trial may
: be to prevent all such illegal attempts
jto deprive qualified voters of their
j rights in the future.
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Hiester Clymer.
No purer patriot, no better man, lives
! in this Commonwealth than lion.Hies
ter Clymer, our candidate for Governor.
Look at hisrecord as a public man! liis
I enemies are unable to point to a single
I stain upon it, and they are even con-
I strained to praise his honesty as a leg
lsiaior and ms purity as a statesman,
j But how is it with his opponent, Gen.
■ Geary? Every body knows him to be a
! mere political adventurer, now acting
; with this party and then with that. lle
is as illiterate as he is venal, and should
he be elected liis own party will be a
i shamed of him in less than a month's
; time from his inauguration. Mr. Cly
mer's record on the railroad question,
| is correct and what every friend of im
provement could desire. He is in favor
| of a free railroad law and opposed to all
monopolies. On the other hand, Gen.
Geary has always been in the market
i
and will always be, for it is his charae
j ter to sell himself to the highest bidder.
These are plain words, but they are the
truth! Choose ye, then, between those
two men, and choose vo carefully and
I j J
: deliberately.
Heads Off!
R. G. Harper, Assessor for this dis
!
trict, and Edward Scull, Collector for
! the same, have been removed. Hon.
A. H. Coffroth, of Somerset, has been
appointed Assessor and Col. R. C.
, Swope, of Adams, Collector. We are
in favor of the removal of all subordi
nates who will not attest their sinceri
ty in supporting the President, by vo
| ting the Conservative ticket.
"No.3BT'
Do the "Republicans" of Bedford
j county approve of the course of their
i party leaders in associating with and
j making speeches to NEGROES? Do
! they endorse the course of J. I>. Cessna,
! Chairman of their County Committee,
I in haranguing the crowd of darkies
■ who afterward mobbed Nehemiah Flee
| gle? Where do they expect to land if
l they follow such leaders?
"How. Now. Southampton ?"
Such is the question of the Bedford
I Inquirer. It may well ask, "J low, now,
j Southampton ?" There is a small
screw loose in the Radical machine in
Southampton. The honest yeomanry
of that glorious old township can't see
the darkey in the light in which Thad.
Stevens and the Inquirer regard him.
| Southampton will give Clymer an o
i verwlielming majority.
A big delegation—Jonathan I>. Cess
na, of Negro Pit- Nic notoriety, a black
sliiped Voon, a paivel of hoy;:, and J.
i Cessna bringing up the rear—went to
' Bloody Run, on Saturday last.
A Word for Bedford County.
The only candidate's for cither branch
of the State Legislature, who reside in
Bedford county, are Col. J. H. Filler
and B. F. Meyers. If Bedford county :
is to he represented by her own citizens !
at Harrisburg, these candidates must 1
be elected. AI! the other nominees for j
Legislature reside outside of Bedford :
county. Are not our local interests!
worth taking into consideration in the
election of a Senator and Representa
tives? Why, ourpeoplearelanguishing
for the want of railroad facilities. With
mineral wealth undeveloped that is ex
ceeded scarcely any where in the State,
with the most splendid sites for furna
ces and iron-works unimproved, with
all the natural resources to give labor
and sustenance to thousands of an ad
ditional population, Bedford county is
kept in the back-ground, simply be
cause she is either misrepresented at
Harrisburg, or not represented at all.
llow was it last winter? Why, even
the Bedford Inquirer denounced the
course of the men who represented us
!in the Legislature. But has the lnqni
| rer seen to it, that safer men are now
upon its ticket? No! Not a single
pledge has it required from them! Not
a single word does it now print upon
the railroad question! It expects its
party to go it Mind, and trust the fate of
Bedford county interests to men in
Somerset ami Fulton entirely unknown
to otir people. Will they do it?
tjaawß-WMuum " <maymnrrxmi*
A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY!
Who Bids? Who Bids?
Francis Jordan, Esq., Chairman of
the Radical (State Committee, has writ
ten a letter to C. W. Asheom, Esq., sta
ting that Congress has passed no law
discriminating against white soldiers
and in favor of the blacks! But, mark
you, he does not deny that Congress did
pass a bill giving SBOO bountyto the ne
groes. Not a bit of it! He knows that
to be a fact susceptible of proof by the
official records of Congress. But we
will not allow Mr. Jordan todumb-fun
gle even the most ignorant and credu
lous. lie now offer fo bet £IOO with any
Radical who wilt dare to take it up, that
Congress did JH/SS A bill giving the negro
soldiers SBOO bounty! if no other argu
ment but this will get through some
people's skulls, we are willing and rea
dy to give them just as much of it as
thev want. Who bids?
groe.-. Not a bit of it! He knows that
to be a fact susceptible of proof by the
official records of Congress. But we
will not allow Mr. Jordan todumb-fun
gle even the most ignorant and credu
lous. Fit? now offer to bet SIOO with any
Radical who will dare to take it up, that
Congress did pass a bill giving the negro
so7diers SBOO bounty ! If no other argu
ment but this will get through some
people's skulls, we are willing and rea
dy to give them just as much of it as
they want. Who bids?
The Great Soldiers* Convention!
A grand National Convention of
Union Soldiers, assembled at Cleveland
mi tile ITfii luut. (Jon. John E. Wool,
the oldest General in the service, presi
ded temporarily, and General Gordon
Granger, permanently. An immense
number of delegates were present. Gen.
Slocum, Geary's old commander, Gen.
Custer, Gen. MeCook, and a long list of
other distinguished ofiicers took part in
tliet 'on vent ion. The address and reso
lutions support the President and take
strong Conservative and Democratic
ground. The real soldiers of the coun
try are Conservative; it is only the
Banks and Butler school that are Rad
ical.
MR. SHANNON'S RECORD.
The record that Mr. Shannon has
made seems to give our Radical breth
ren much trouble, and the Inquirer
makes public appeals to the rank and
file to stick to Lingenfelter, in the vain
hope that, by the button-holing process,
enough Democratic votes can he seduc
ed from Mr. Shannon to give his oppo
nent a respectable vote in the county;
for the Radicals know that he has not
the least chance of election. In the
long article of last week's Inquirer, con
cerning Mr. Shannon, there is only one
; sentence which we can endorse, that
"socially, Shannon is a very clever fel
low."
FRIGHTENED.
The enemy are terribly alarmed at"
the defections from their ranks. They
are trying to conceal their fright by
keeping up a bold front, by bragging
and blowing, but all in vain. They
know that they are doomed, and they
cannot conceal their despondency.—
Democrats, now is the time to charge
tire dispirited lbe! Now is the time to
secure their utter discomfiture! For
ward, the < fid Guard!
Our friend A. 0. Mullin, Esq., has
been appointed Collector of the seven
teenth district. Aleck is a clever fol
low, although a "Republican," and we
are glad to hear of his good fortune.
"IN Til IS REPUBLIC TIIE SAME
LAWS MIST AND SHALL APPLY
TO EVERY MORTAL AMERICAN,
IIUSH MAN, A Fill CAN, GERMAN
Oil TURK." T/nttl. Shcuts (See Bed
ford Inquirer).
"Till: GREAT ISSUE TOBE MET
AT THIS EI.Li TiON IS TH I". QUES
TK )N OF NEGItt) RIGHTS."— Thud.
Sit reus (See Bedford Inquirer).
THE 11AI(AI. KKBEI]
Theol<l MeccHHioiiittt.s ami the lliullrals in
< ncntliip •
The "Blclnnoifl Examiner" on Politic* •
The masses of the people, and nine
out of every ten of the statesmen, of
the South, have given up the idea that
Secession is either Constitutional or
practicable. But there is here and
there a stifi'-neeked .Secessionist who
doesn't want the Union restored and
who, therefore, strives to do all lie can
to keep up trouble between the people
of the North and the South. In order
to do this heplays Into the hands of the
Radicals by denouncing President
Johnson and by declaring that Thad.
Stevens' theory that the Southern Slot,*
are out of the, Union accords with and
is practically an acknowledgment of
the successful establishmet of the dog
ma of Secession. Men of this class are
in entire harmony with the Radicals,
for the reason that they know that if
the Democrats get into power, the Un
ion will be restored. The following from
the Richmond Examiner , of a late
date, shows the drift of the designs of
this handful of conspirators. Let every
Union man read this and say win llier
he can vote with a party that is hand
in glove with men who talk in this
style:
"Tlic Xarthrm Elections.
There is some anxiety manif - ted a
mong our people in regard to the prob
able result of the coming elections in
the Northern States. We conies- out
deep concern in the issue, hut wcaliJler
from those who desire the success of
the Conservative, or Democratic ticket.
The Radicals hold that the Southern
Sta't ■ n--- out of the Union. This was
our view during theeontinuanceof the
war. nay, It. was the opinion of every
urn i. woman and child in the whole
Com :■ • Let,therefore,theßad
ieal ; ar'y succeed and our interpreta
tion of the Federal Constitution be
! 'on.' the rule, and the theory upon
win Fie North acted during the war,
falls to the ground. Besides what
thanks do we owe the Democrats of the
North? During the war they fought
in the Federal armies, na.v, the mo.-t
dangerous leaders of the Union party
during our struggle for indejiendence
were Democrats. SEYMOUR, of New
York, and PARKER, of New Jersey,
both of them Democrats, LOST US
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG,
by rushing their State troops to the
rescue of Gen. Meade. Then, there
were McClellan, Meade, Grant, Slo
enm, Blair, Custer, Roseeranz and oth
ers, the very quintessence of Federal
chivalry, helping to reduce us into sub
jection, and all of theseare Democrats.
Farragut and Porter, who did more to
cripple us than all the armies put in
the field against us, too are Democrats.
Why, then, should we have any sym
pathy with the Northern 1 )emocracy ?
Rather, why should we not desire the
success of their opponents? For our
own part we hope and pray for the tri
umph of the Radicals. Their success
will bean acknowledgment on ttw part
of the Northern prop'- TIIAT THE
TEN SOUTHERN STATES ARE
OUTOF THE UNION, and PRAC
TICALLY, OF THE INDEPEND
ENCE OF THE SOUTH. We hope
especially that Geary may succeed in
Pennsylvania, as he is in the hands uf
Mr. Thaddeus Stevens, and hence his
administration will proceed upon the
theory THAT THE S< )UTH IS OUT
OF THE UNION AND THAT SE
CESSION IS AN ACCOMPLISHED
FACT."
What think you of- that, soldiers,
who fought to restore the Union? Who
is the choice of the "Rebels" now?
Ix 1804, the home vote in this Sena
torial and Representative district, stood
as follows:
Meyers Findlay, Dcm, lioss & Armstrong, Rep
Bedford, (570 maj.
Fulton, 282 "
Somerset, 771 maj.
o">2
Dem. maj. 178
Hence, if the Democracy of the dis
trict can do as well now as they did two
years ago, the election of their candi
dates for Senator and Representative is
assured. Go to work, therefore, and
victory will crown our elForts.
Whkxkvkii our opponents lose ad
herents, they resort to the trick of car
rying about some emblem which may
operate to recall old associations and
thus.attach their men more firmly to
their ranks. For instance, a very small
! delegation went out of town, on Satur
day last, with a 'coon, (some say a 'pos
sum) tied on a little pine tree. But they
can't make people believe that it is
"that same old 'coon," for'this one's
stripes are a little too dark.
As evidence of the good faith of the
Southern people, we note,with pleasure,
the fact that the late Confederate fun
erals Forrest. Chalmers and others tel
egraphed to the Soldiers' Convention at
Cleveland, that they were willing to
trust fh< ir fate in the hands of th< I'nion
soldiers of the country. •
11 ox. John Latta.—This gentleman
has been stumping for the Democratic
ticket in this county, and has done good
service fort been use. .Mr. Latta served
three years in the State Senate, repre
senting the Westmoreland district. He
is a gentleman of fine abilities and dos
! titled too vupya high place as a lawyer
and statesman.
Tin: Bedford Inquirer makes a gr at
ado about Vermont and Maine. Why,
in the first-named the Democrats have
gained 8,000 votes sine-' las? year ai d
several ropr But why
doesn't if mil its Reader about Califor
nia and Idaho, and better still, of M- -
tana?