n/ifli, when comparatively fresh upon my ;.ciuory, was given to the public in my let tar of August, 1827- The publication them of this private conversation could serve no other purpose than to embarrass me and force me prominently in the pending contest— which I desire to avoid. You are certainly correct ir your recol lection. "You told me expliicity that yon did not feel at liberty to give the conversa tion alluded to, and would not do so, under any circumstances without my cspresMan.'* In this you acted, as yon have ever done, Jibe a man of honor and principle." To show how the terrible exposition made by Mr. (Hay in Cotton's biography of him was regarded a t (he time, we may mention the fact, that when it appeared, all the Democratic organs were startled by it. Mr. Buchanan was then DO candidate for officer and on that account it created a less power ful impression than it would otherwise have done, but we vividly remember the sensa tion manifested by the Democratic papers especially those of Pennsylvania. '.Ye copied iuto the Journal and article from the most prominent any influential of them ali, declaring, as several of the rest did that Mr - Buchanan must respond to refute the charge made against him or expect to he dispensed with by his party. And we and hundreds of other Whig editors called upon him and defied him to respond while yet Ilcnry Clay and R. P. Letcher vere j both living to meet any denial or equivoca tion that lie might put forth. But he re- ' piled not. lit uttered nr. word. He could j not be induced either by the warning threats j of political fiiends or the loud defence and ! demands of political opponents to open his j mouth. Humbly lie bore from the greatest ; man then living upon earth a published charge, which, if true, exhibited the most ir_ ; redeemable infamy on his part. And now we ask the old friends of Henry , ' 'lay, we ask the old-line Whigs, w> ask ail ( h< norablc men, we ask the whole American j ]■! ople what they think of Jatues Buchanan,! tid bow they mean to act toward hind O j what a si) a me, what a burning shame, what J n everlasting shame it would be if the i Vmerca'n nation, after having thrice rejec ted Henry Clay front the Presidency on ■ ceount ot a charge of bargain and corrup tion resting on the alleged authority ot J uncs Buchanan, and all because Mr. Clay li kened to the earnest prayers of Mr. l>u -Iron, the real proposer of bar, an an " c r rt ptioii, and spared him for ncirly the life tune of a generation, were now to elect that -tine Mr. Buchanan to the Presidency.— frilly it would he almost enough to make a man sick of his species. "Thaddeus Steven®, the well known and sagacious politician ot Pennsylvania, pro nounced the fate c.f the republican cause, upon the nomination of Fremont. He de clared that it would insure the sueaes- of Buchanan in Pennsylvania, by a majority of flirty thousand. .Mr. Stevens was foi Justice Mel jean. Washington Correspondent oj the Holtimore Sun. Mr. Stevens did no such thing: and al though it is hopeless to think of keeping the Buchanan press from ly ing, it is perhaps wvil to nip this lie in the hud. When Judge McLean's letter of declination was read in the Convention, Air. Stevens asked tor an adjournment, to enable the Pouusyl, vauia delegation to consult with themselves and other delegations; but preeeiving that there was a strong desire to torn- a ballot then, lie warned the Convention to beware lest in its anxiety to sweep away its foes it might not sweep off also its friends and added:—'lf you force Pennsylvania to go j into a ballot uoiv, you will be beaten in j Pennsylvania by forty thousand majority." ' Mr..Stevens never said, or hinted, that Fremont would be beaten in Pennsylvania. The contingency which, be thought would render such a -esult inevitable, did not happen, and although ho was a warm friend : ot McLean, he cheerfully promised hi- : support to Fremont. We arc aware that a pinion of the press reported him otherwise, hut the Convention, at that moment, was in j a state of great excitement and confusion, aud his remarks were not clearly apprehend ed by the reporters. We beard him dis-j tiuctly and numbers of those around usj concured in the statement vsr have made above.— i'itlsburg Gazelle ° , ( OL. BEXTON AM) THE PKtMliKNcl . ! Ihe W ashingtou Union, the organ of the , tU illiteracy, is out against "Old Bullion." 1 The Union explains ihe mystery of the old 1 man's support of Buchanan* Here the orgau of Democracy on Benton: "We think the nomination of Col. Fre mont furni-hes an "explanation" which; relieves Col. Benton's course of all "uivs tery." That he is opposed to the election ot Ids own son-iiv law will be credited by no one: that he was cognizant of the scheme j whi'-b has resulted in his s ju-in-kiw's nonii- j nation will hardly be questioned. If he can draw off from the Democratic electoral J ticket, and thereby give the Filluiore clctr j toral ticket a plurality, he will increase the ■ chances of the election of his son-in-law the House of Representatives. If Co!. Benton was honestly for Mr. Bn- 1 chnnan, (which he cannot be without stuiti fjihg himself,) be would decline to run for Governor, and have the Benton electoral iickel withdrawn. His support of Mr. Bu-1 chanon, however, is insincre. lie is work- l s for the election of DoL Fremont, which i " d enable Did Billion to be "power be - ' tin thsj ii greiter tfiaa the throne." Willi & CiiltU 53|pi^ r BEDFORD, Fa. I'rhlay Morning?, Jul) 11. I*r '•Fearless and Free." DAVID OVKFI, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. FOR PRESIDENT: MILLARD FILLMORE, OF NEW YORK. FOR VICE PRESIDENT: ANDREW JACKSON RONELSON OF TENNESSEE. IMON TICKET. Canal Commissioner THOMAS E. COCHRAN, Of York County. .ludilor General: DARWIN PIIELPS, Of .Armstrong County. Surveyor General ■ BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTE, Of Bradford County. NOTICE. By divine permission, the corner stone of a new Lutheran Church will be laid at Rays Hill, Pa., (in the charge of the Rev. W. Bradshaw Bachtell) July 26, 1856, at 1" o'clock, A. M. Several ministers from a distance will be present. The public is respeetfully invited to attend. By order of JOHN NYCU.M, Sen., SIMON NYOUN, G. W HOUSEHOLDER, I Building Committee. i July 11, ls">6. To the Americans of Penn'a. At a meeting ot tin- State Council of the State j oi Pennsylvania, held in llarrishurg, on the 18th j .'.t May last, it was resolv -.1 that Die I'resi lent ' and Secretary in- authorized to call a Conven- j tion of tln American party of the State to as semble at H irrishnrjr. t>n the first TUKSIUT i:i j August next ensuing, lor the purpose of glue ing in nomination an Electoral Ticket, and transact such other business as may be necessa ry for the prosecution oi the Presidential eani d&ign: and in luvnrdane.- with siid resolution, the friends of FILLMORE AND TIONELSO.Y arc hereby requested to meet in their respective Districts, on or before. the i!s'h day of July, and elect Delegates to the said Convention, corres ponding to tlie number of members they are en titled to in the Senate and House ot Represen tatives of th - Legislature of the State. The siid Convention at ll.trrishurg to meet on TI'KSDAY. the fifth day of August, at It) o'clock .A. M. 3SO. K. EDJE, President. THUS. L. GIV'FOBU, Secrelury. AHLRICA\ €Ol!i\T¥ Oi\- Vi;.\TIA. The Delegates from each Township and Borough in the County are hereby notified to meet at the Court House in the Botougli of Bedford on Thursday the j Ist day of July in®t.. at eleven o'clock A. M. to put in nomination a County ticket for the on suing clcc'ion. Each election district is entitled to two delegates, and it is desired and expected that cverv Township and borough will he fully reptesentcd. By order of the County Committee. FFi. JORDAN, Chairman. 11. NTC'ODE.MFP, Sec'fy. July 11, ISfrG. 2 HE® OI.'BSCK IBERS to the stock of the Hopewell O and Htoody Run Plank and Tnmpikp Koad Company, are hereby notified "that the *4th in st almeiit. being live dollars on each share, wilt be dm-and payable at the office of the Treasu rer oi; the 2<rth Julv nest. By order of the Board of Managers. JOHN MOWER, Treasurer. J line -7, 187.6. Jdmeji Buchanan in ihvor of Tfii Ceitfs a day ftsr Ihs- i.afeorinsf Man ! HE lit THE TilOOr. Extract from the speech of James Bu chanan, on the Tariff, on the ii7th January lb 10, in the United States, Senate, to he found in the Congressional Globe, pages 135-6: "In G'Tinany, where the currency is pnreh* metalie. ami the cost of everything is REDUC ED to a hard money standard, a piece of hruait ch >lh can la- manufactured for titty dollars; the' manufacture of which, in our country from the expansion of paper enrrencv would eost one hundred dollars. Th" foreign French and German manufacturer imports this cloth into "ur country ami seils it for a hundred. Docs ttot every person perceive that the redundancy of cur currency is equal to a, premium of one hundred per cent, in tavor ot the manufacturer. •'No tariff of protection, unless it atnounttd to prohibition, could counteract these advanta ges in favor of foreign manufactures, i would to Heaven that 1 could arouse tic .attention of every mxnntkcturer of the nation to this impor tant subject. "What is the reason thai, with alt these ad vantages and with the protective duties which our laws afford to tiio dotiiesiic manufacture of cotton, v.e cannot obtain exclusive possession of the home market, nnd Mtcccsrfnffy contend for the markets of the world? it-is simply because v manufacture at the nominal prices of our own inflated currency, and are compelled to sell at the real prices of other nations. REDUCE OtJii NOMINAL STANDARD OF PRICES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,and you cover our country with blessings and benefits. "The comparative LOW PRICES of France and Germany have afforded such a stimuious io .their manufactures, that they are now rapidly ex | tendmg themselves, and would obtain possession in no small degree, even of the English home market.; IF IT WERE NOT FOR THEIR PROTECTING DUTIES- While British manu factures -are now languishing, those of the continent are sptinging into a healthy and vigorous existence." A careful examination of Ike average prices of labor throughout ike world, shows that it only amounts to TEN CENTS A DAY! Laboring man, will you vote for Buchanan, who L willing to give you only (eu cents i day for your hard labor' WORSE AND MOBS OF IT. In utter disregard of all our friendly warnings apou the pubjcct, our Locofoco friends will penuit themselves to get exci ted, and to do and say some very foolish things. They not only profess to be more righteous than other men, but also claim su perior intelligence and decency; and yet in their fiery zeal they are constantly betray ing an utter want of good manners and good taste. At their recent county con vention they passed (unanimously as we are told) a.long rigmarole of resolutions, and among them is the following choice speci men, both iu style and substaucc. "Resolved, That the charge preferred "against James Buchanan by a few of the "lower order of Abolition scullions, is false "in fact —false iu every particular—desti "tute of even the shadow of foundation— "and we call upon the people to treat it "with the contempt due to falsehood iu "meanest form, and spurn the creature who "would iusult your intelligence by uttering "it iu your piescnee as you would a POLE "CAT." Such is the resolution copied from the Gazette of lust week, punctuation, capitals and all, just as we found it. Isn't it hu miliating to find men possessing intelligence and decency belittling themselves bv the use of such intemperate, not to say inde cent language as the above. It is no has tv, ill-advised expression, but the deliberate act of what calls itself the Bedford county Democracy, in mass meeting assembled.— By the way too, what does the resolution mean?—or rather, is there any meaning in it? Read it again. "7'Ae charge preferred against James Buchanan, by the lower or der of Abolition scullions, is fblso," Ac.— What charge can the resolutions refer to? Is it the charge that Mr. Buchanan denied his residence in Lancaster county to shirk the payment of his legal taxes? This sure ly cannot he ''the charge," because this is well substantiated by the letter of the Hort. gentleman over his own signature, to the as. >essor, in which, among other things, ho savs, op may again become a resident of Lancaster, but that is wholly uncertain."— Can the resolution refer to the charge that Mr. Buchanan in a certain speech declared that "if he thought be had a drop of demo cratic blood in his vein * lie would open them and let it out?" We presume hardly, for this i substantiated by the written statement of persons who were present and heard the remarks, ('an the reference he to the charge that Mr. Buchanan was an open and avowed Federalist in the days of Federalism, and as such opposed "the weak and wicked administration'* of James Mad ison for its prosecution of the war of IS 12? Surely not, for this is a matter of history, and is clearly proved by his own 4th of Ju ly oration published by us in last week'., paper. Can the resolution have reference to the "ten cent" charge, and Mr. Buchan an's advocacy of low wages for the laboring man? We do not. know, hut we presume hardly, ami inquire for more light upon the subject. Wo infer this caunot be the charge from the fact that the resolution declares it to he "destitute of even the shadou; of foundation." Among other things of like ituport, Mr. B uchanan certainly did say in j one of his speeches in Congress, "Reduce , oar nominal standard of prices Ihroughoil file world, and you cover our country wild blessing* and bewfils. This, taken in con nection with other parts of the same speech, and a knowledge of the rates of wages in the old countries, makes at least a very dark shadow on which to base tire charge, even if it does not amount to satisfactory evi dence. The resolution, however, leaves us alto gether in the dark as to the charge intend ed, so that at best we can oily guess at it: but the authors of the mysterious enormity are a little more clearly indicated, but not much. The charge is said to have been made by l '-Ihr. lower order of .Ibn/ifiort scullions."' In our hutuble way ,vd have been supporting Millard Fillmore for the Presidency, to the best of our ability. He is no abolitionist, nor are any of bis friends such so far a< we know. We congratulate ourselves therefore, that we are innocent of Ike charge whatever it may be, and that we shall therefore not incur the direful conse quences Indicated in the resolution. More than this, we do not associate with "the low er oider of abolition scullions;" and we presume therefore have not seen or heard the charge referred to, and in conclusion, we again caution our Locofoco friends not to keep such company, for the proverb says "a man is known by the compariv he keeps. 1 ' and from the resolution in question, it is very manifest that if thev ever had any manners or good taste, they are by their as sociations, or some other cause, sadly de generated aud fallen. REAPING MACHINE—W call at tention to the advertisement of Messrs. .Jackson and He Annit of Hollidaysburg. The Machine was tried Ja.st week in fields of Messrs. Mann and Schcll, in the presence of a large number of our farmers, who warmly testified their satisfaction at its op eration. On Monday last it was tried in a wheat field of Maj. John Watson. The best evidence of its success is that Maj. Watson immediately purchased it. All our farmers are now harvesting and Bedford is quite dull. The grain crops are good. BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE. COL. BENTON, In tne Gazette of last week is published a nkort extract from Col. Benton's great speech recently delivered at St. Louis, and it is stated that the speech "will be read with great interest by everybody." We are sorry the editor did not publish the F peeeh entire, instead of selecting a few lines which would best suit his purpose.— The speech is a very long one, and a very good one, and we venture to say the Gazette would not publish it entire even if paid for as an advertisement. We would do it for him were we not so crowded, for it contains the most vigorous and scorching review of LoeofoeoLm we have read for many a day- We agree with Cel. Benton in nearly every thing he says; and if he is re:Jly friendly to the election of James Buchanan, as the Gazette says he is, he has the stragnest way oi showing it'of any man in the whole coun try. As he has been eilled upon the stand by the Gazette, and endorsed as a true and faithful witness, and his speech approved, we will give at. extract or two from it, and allow the friends of Mr. Buchanan to take such consolation front it as it will afford.— The Col. attended the Cincinnati Conven tion, not as a delegate, but to see what was going on, and in this same speech he dis courses upon the subject, and also upon the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, as fol lows: "I know the scheme of those who con trived the deed, (the repeal of the compro ! raise of 1820) and the hard work they had : in bringing some of its subsequent chatnpi : ons up to the sticking point. It was a plot | for political power, hatched by, politicians 1 unknown to- the people, and intended to 1 make presidents, by welding the Slave j States into a unit upon the slavery ques tion, governing the nomination by the two j thirds rule, and procuring from the free i States by dint of Federal patronage the i twenty-nine voles which were necessary to ! carry the election. This w the plot and ! hard was the work to get it along. The i hill (the Kansas and Nebraska bill) was ro | ported without the repealing section; the ! fault of the omission was laid upon a eopy ' iug clerk, although the report which aceoin- J panied the bill declared the omission, and i stated the reason for it, —although one of the party declares lie forced the authors to put-it in. Then hard work to pass it— menacing the aspiring, coaxing the weak, seducing the venal. Indemnity in public of fices was openly promised to those who would betray their constituents—a promise which has been faithfully kept, anJ the on ly one of nil Hint it made, which. In us been kept by this Mnniustration —witness the violated pledges about the Pacific Railroad, the reductiou of duties and a long list of others. Finally, the deed was done—the deed from which Mr. Calhoun recoiled; but the harvest has not been reaped. The i'res- . ident and his file-leader (Douglass) took the ! field for the reward: they both entered tLe j lists at the Cincinnati convention, and were j both miserably defeated—repudiated by their own party —the first instance of a President so repudiated in the whole history of our country. I went to Cincinnati to be near that Convention, &e. (See extract from his speech published in another part of the Inquirer.) Tnese are extracts from this great speech of Col. "Renton, arid we regret, a want of room prevents us from giving more. There arc other parts of it equally refreshing, and ' equally true, referring more directly to Mr. Buchanan, and his position, and which we hope to be able to give our readers before long. Was not the Cincinnati convention:! great Convention Who would not support its nominees, after reading this truthful ac- count of tue elements of which it was com posed? If we had said one half as much abou* it as Col. Benton has, we would have been called slanderers and liars, but as a good Buchanan .Democrat has given the above giaphic desci iption, ail mouths should be stopped. This is only a fair sample of Locofoco conventions generally. An intel ligent friend of curs, who was present at the recent Locofoco convention at Harrisburg, aud who was personally acquainted with nearly all the delegates, assured us that at least one-third of them were ou the list of public defaulters to the State. This is true, but our Loco friends will swear it Is a lie, because we have nut Col. Benton to endorse it. It is not the less true ou this account, and we exceedingly regret the Col. had not been present at it also, so that he might have verified our statements by that same person al knowledge which enables him to speak so eloquently and truthfully of the great as semblage at. Cincinnati. FOURTH OF JULY. The Fourth of July was celebrated in Bloody Run, by the Bedford ltifleuicu, and"j Cadets, Cumberland Valley Blues, and ; Bloody Run Blues, and a vast number of : citizens of Bedford, and the vicinity of Bloody Run. The Declaration was read ; by Mr. Woodcock of Bloody Run. An Ora- ; tion was delivered by lr. H. SPANG, fSsq, i which was very highly praised by all : who hear 1 it. Dr. Oerapber also delivered an Oration in his happiest style. After the addresses a huge company sat down to a sumptuous dinner prepared by our trieud Mr. John 8. Crouse of the Kbbert House. The occasion will long be remembered by all who pat took of the festivities of the oc casion. I "Resolved, That we extend a sincere and beartv invitation to those old line? Whigs who have never bowed the knee to the dark and Anti-American spirit of Know Nolk ingistu—who have never prostituted them selves to so degrading an organization—to unite with us in the approaching campaign, I in the elec'ion of the nominees of the Cin ! cinnati Convention. Wc will meet you as : brethren, sand treat you in the Bpirit of true i American brotherhood." This is one of the resolutions offered by t Join P. lleed in the late Loeofoco Conven i tion in this County. Mr. Reed was the i Secretary of the Convention, and he tolls us i in his report of the proceedings that it was i "warmly adopted by acclamation." How j must the heart of the Secretary have palpi ; fated with pride when he read off iu piping | treble this exceedingly benevolent proposi tion! The niggardly Scotchman, who iu a geuerous outburst of liberality gave his j neighbor the itch, has never been equalled ! except by the author of this resolution. Our old Whigs will not forget that the I very persons who adopted this resolution are the Federalists and sons of Federalists i in this county, who opposed the glorious war of 'l2, and have now for their eandi- I date, Jatues Buchanan, the bitter reviler of ! Madison and the war. The old Whigs of this county will not be | very proud "to meet as brethren" the same men who insulted their candidate for Presi j dent, tho brave and accomplished Harrison, i by hanging out a disgraceful badge as lie | passed through a neighboring village, and | saluting him with demoniac shouts aud his i sos. The old line Whigs nave not yet ceased | to remember the atrocious slanders sent abroad by these very men against their : great champion, Henry Clay ; nor will they soon forget how after exhausting the vocab ulary of reproach and calumny, they busi ly employed themselves iu scattering throughout the county, filthy caricatures, teprcsenting Glay as a gambler, drunkard, murderer —in short, as the vilest among men. Above all, the Glay Whigs will not for get that James Buchanan was the man who invented and gave currency to the infamous charge of Bargain and .Sale, by which Hen ry Clay was defeated for President. And they will remember that after this calumny had !o<t its force, and when Henry 01 ay was again m 1544 a candidate, for Pre.-i --dent, it was James Buchanan who induced the people of Pcrmsy ivauia to vote against him by telling them that Polk was a better Protective Tariff man; aud for this, Henry ('lay nerer forgave him. Are not these things too true ? Yet witli these crimes unrepented, with malice still rankling in their heart-; they have the unblushing effrontery to mil upon the old line Whigs to help them ! It was ill-ad vised and indecorous in the extreme to put John P. Reed forward to taunt the Whigs of Bedford county, by awakening such hate ful reminiscences. Aud what we have ci ted are only a few of the most prominent of the unexpiated offences of the Federal Locofoeos'of this county and their candi date. There is a long score of "notched" revenges which will not bo forgotten as the campaign advances. Meanwhile, wo envy neither the head nor the heart of the Whig who can basely strike hands with the tra ducers of his party and its brightest orna ments. We know there are none such in Bedford county. CLAY AND BUCHANAN.—We call; the attention of eur readers to a powerful ; article on our first page from the Louisville ! Journal, in relation to the old "Bribery and ! Corruption" charge against Henry Ciav.— i It will be seen from it the complicity of Buchanan in the matter. From an extract from C'dton's Life of Clay, written by Mr ! Caly s own band, the fact is clearly proved j and Buchanan aud his friends have not dared j to deny it. Itecd the article old Clay men, and then say whether you can vote for the j vile slanderer of the great American States- j man. The last arrival from England, brings news of the most pacific nature. Mr. Dal las is not to be sent borne, and from the 1 tone of the press, and debates in Parlia ment, it is thought that the peace of the I two nations will not be disturbed. How INCONSISTENT. —Buchauan and his ! party pretend to deprecate the eivil war! prevailing in Kansas, and yet endorse the ! very men and the very measures that have | caused that war; and further, it successful at the polls next fall, they are pledged to the continuance of that policy. At present the terrible fruits of tbis policy are mostly confined to Kansas: let the same policy be continued four yeats, and civil war will light up the country in one lured glare of terror throughout its wide expanse. It is not our duty to averi the danger while we have the power? FINANCIAL. — Humor says that President Pierce is smoothing the way for the (expcct j ed) incoming administration of Ja*. Bu ! eUanau, by ordering the introduction into tlio different mints of new and extensive machinery, calculated exclusively forstriking i off tlimes. The only (Herman paper in Cincinnati that hoisted the names of Buchanan and j Breekenridge, is the Valksfrtnnd, a daily ! Catholic Journal. [Dillon. Frank Granger, ex-Postmas j ter General under Harrison, has declared for 1 Fremont,. IMPORTANT SPEECH OF MR. FILIr • MOIIK. Ex-President Fillmore was was handsome ly received last week at all the towns along the North Hirer, on his route from New York city to Buffalo. At Albany he made a speech ef considerable significance in re ply to an address from the Mayor. Wc make the following extracts We see a political party presenting can didates for the presidency and vieeprcsidcn selectcd for the first time froui the free States alone, with the avowed purpose of electing these candidates by suffrages of one part of the Union only, to rule over the whole United States. Can it be possi ble that those who o-e engaged iu such a measure can have set -usly reflected upon the couseqnenccs which must inevitably follow in case of success! (Cheers.) Can they have the madness or the folley to be lieve that our Southern brethreu would submit to be governed by such a Chief Mag istrate? (Cheers) Would he be required to lollow the same rule prescribed by those who elected bim making his appointments? If a tuan living south of Mason and Dixon's Bine be not worthy to be President or Vice President, would it be proper to select one from the same quarter, as one of his cabi net couueil, or to represent the natron iu a foreign country? Or, indeed, to collect the revenue, or administer the laws of the 1. ■ States? If uot, what now rule is the Presi dent to adopt in selecting men for office that, the people themselves discard in select ing him? These are serious but p. action; questions, and in order to appreciate tlrotii fully it is only necessary to turn the t ibros upon ourselves. Suppose that the Fuuth having a majority of the electoral vote., should declare that they would uot only have slave holders fur President nnd \ ice President; and should elect such by tiieir exclusive suffrages to rule over the North. Bo yoa think we would submit to itr N_ not for a moment, f Applause.) And do yoa believe that your Southern brethren arc loss sensitive on this subject than you are, or less jealous of their rights' (Tre mendous-cheering.) If you do, let me telj you that \, it are mistaken. And thereiore YOU- umst SEO that if this sectional party succeeds, it leads inevitably to the destruc tion of this beautiful fabric reared by our forefathers, ctmeuted by tiieir blood, and bequeathed to us as a priceless inheri tance. 1 tell you, my frit-mis. that 1 speak warmly ou this subject, fur I feel that we are in danger. I niu determined to make a clean breast of it. 1 will wash my bands of the consequences, i\ baiever they ni iv he: and I toll you that we are treading upon the. bink of a volcano, that is liable at any moment to burst forth and overwhelm the nation. 1 wight by soft words, bold out. delusive hopes, and thereby win votes, liut I never can consent to be one thing to the north and another to the South. 1 should despise myself were I guilty of such invasion. [Tumultaons asplause.] For uiv conscience would still ask. with the di ain itio poet — "Is there not some curs Souie hidden thunder rest with mortal wrath— To blast the wr.-teh who owes his greatness To his country's ruin." (Cheers.) Tn language of the lamented, immortal Clay : "1 had rather be right than be Pre sident." (Enthusiastic and prolonged cheers.] It seems to me impressible that those etr gaged in this can have contemplated the awful consequences of success. If i c breaks asunder the bonds of our 1 nion, and spreads anarchy and civil war through the land, what is it less than moral treason? Law and common scr.sa hold a man respon sible for the natural eonsfttjuenoos of bis acts, and must not those whose acts tend to the destruction of the government be equally hold responsible 1 [Applause ] And let me also add, that when this I "nion is dissolv ed it will not ba dissolved into two repub lics,or two monarchies, but broken iuto frag ments, and at war with each other. OLD BULLION OS THE CINCIN NATI CONVENTION. L.i Col. Benton's speech at St. Louis on last Saturday week, lie gave the following description of the Cincinnati Convention, which all who were there will recognize as correct: 1 went to Cincinnati to he near that Con- ! veimon—the first one I ever approached, i 1 went out to sec how tilings were dona. | and to assist a little at a safe nomination, I found a garrison of office holders inside of I the Convention, and a besieging army of the same gentry ou (he outside of it. Packed delegates were there, sent to betray the i people. Straw delegates were there, com ; iitg from the States which eouhl give no Democratic vote. Members of Congress i we're there, although forbid, by their du- I ties, from being at such a place. A cohort i of office holders from Washington city were • : there, political eunuchs in the federal sys tem, incapable or voting for the smallest federal effim, yet sent there by the adiuin- I istration to impdsa a President upon the ; people. It was a scandalous collection, excluded bv the constitution from being j even electors of the President, and yet I sent here to vote for the Administration— j and to vote upon the principle of the ox I that knoweth his master's crib—upon the i principle of.lho ass that knoweth the baud that feedeth him. Bullies were there from , the custom house and the Five Points in j New York—all with the approbation of the | administration, for tho office holders would j not he there, (absent from their duties, and drawing their pay,) without the oousuut of their employers. It was a scandalous col lection. The members of Congress wer ein 1 the double breach of thir duties. TIN V were neglecting their bgi.-litiv.- ami:, tn'i doing what they ha*i been interdicted fro:,- doing. Tbiitjt ye,ire ago, tl e eoHiinatk.n of presidential candidate* was taken ft i(,di gress on account of the corruption which it engendered, and given to delegates, inten ded to lie fresh from the people and t,> t hey their will; and the nomination removed from ! Washington to Baltimore, to get oat of tic j reach of President-making members.* jiut these members followed to Baltimore, ■-*, i '•"& p 1 ox its liotu some delegate when the* i could get no appointment from he people-, j and to got rid of them—to get entirely be ! yond tiieir reach—the convention was removed from Baltimore to Otaehsnat! Vain effort to escape them. They fo'! on to Cincinnati. They broke up Oongr.s : get to this forbiddefi Surely the i.ew President will be very hard-hr rt i il he does not remember them when he come. to the distribution of office. From Washing ton city came a new corps, tievi r bei". pu upon such service—the office holders i.i th city, clerks in the depart in;-it*?— bcr.ti- o: bureaus—men who have no vote any fed erai election—political hybrid , unable (<■ act a man's part in any election, i sent to j Ciucinuati, as a life guard, to .-in-port ti ! administration. Snch was the composition of ue.nrl'.* one half of the Whole conventi -i—custom hou> officers, post, roaster.-?, salari -i . --ks p-u ti ed delegates, straw dt legal j • de l eu nuchs, members of Cong: trici ' - torneys and federal march, ' p , in which they met, and v, • ~ provided by a packed admin;- it' - n mittee, was worthy of tip? m. it is a sort of Jon, approached by a ,* ;t.-.r row passage, barricaded by ti do. rs, j each door guarded by armed . .itL J orders to knock down any jot the ap -1 preached without a ticket from : ?ou . it- J tee —and a spoon 1 order *0 I -<•? el j with arms to repulse the Mi; -■.'ei-.-ga lion which came to vote for -:a<i —a repulse which they attei: , i, and go.'. - themselves knocked down and trampled I under feet. This den had no ir. i b, j which * .-pie could look in, or s-.e the light j of the Mm enter—only a row of glass like a j steamboat skylight, thirty-five feet above ' (be floor. It was ttie nearest. leprtsen'at ion i of the -'black hole"' in Calcutta, and like 1 that Hole had well nigh become HQtorinu -1 tor a similar eatastir.phc. Tie- ii. ,1c pain - I of glass above wete hung an j hots, and ! inrned flat to let io the air. A r._in cam ! on—-drove in the den—and to exclude it the | panes were turned up. Smothering.' Siirorb | ering' w;u theory in the den. and the class 1 had to be turned up again. Over this place I was a small box for the admission of sj tutors, its approach barricaded and guarded, and entrance only obtained IVom the sane packed committee; anil to whom they g&vv ti -kets was seen when the first votes w* re giv- ti for Bm-'ianaij-—a;i-l v. Iron each Stat 'hit/oted f, r him was hissed—even Vit - giiii.-t' and the i.i sing only stopped by a threat to clear the galleries- Such is the pass to which the nomination of President is nw brought. IHliifHEB. (!n tkc eveningnf Tuesday the Ist in-i., by the llev., Win, 31 Buxton, John J, Ht.'SSEJ., Esq. to Mi-S E.MZABi,TH UW'IN, ail of Pittsburg, Pa. The happy couple are now on a visit to tii ir friend* in tiiLs place. They ii oo out be-t wishes for their happiness ami pruspei ity. At .tin house of if. Nichodemus, Esq. on titeevening of .Sunday the "9th June, by the Rev. 11. Heekei'mait, Mr. Kmam'Sj Fisutft, of Sehellsburg, to Miss Ann M. Arnoi.k, oi" Bedford. On the 3 i July inst., at the rcsiT-nee of Joseph Evans, E.- ~. by Lemuel Evan.-, Esq * .Mr. David Yurxo to Miss Hannah Ev ans, al! of Bros.l 'l'Ap Township. On tn 1 inst., by the Rev., 11. Jleekor mati Mr. (Jkoiioe Slut sto Miss Ann P. Smith, both of Bedford. iii L:) Oa the 27:b June nit., at his icsidtiwie on Broad Top Bedford County, after a lin gering and painful illness, which be boiA with Christian resignation, Mr. Wi'i.iiam Anderson, aged (16 years and "5 days. The deceased was one of the pioncacs < f the hill country :>f Broad Top. Many we e the virtues blended in his diuiavur. he was known and respected by many, loved and cstemed by all. On the 23th June .Mr. P.vmih, Diuu, of Dry Ridge, formerly of Friends Cove, aged 50 years, 7 months and 3 days. On the Ist inst., Mr. CoNt:i> Geyeß < f of Juniata township aged 64 years, and 16 days. ATDITOK'S I*OTIC Eh TVrDTK'K is hereby given to all persons infer- JLI estvd that the undersigned has been ap pointed I y the Orphans' Court of Bedford County, Auditor to distnhutc the la Unco in the hands .i John Dickey. Administ rat or of S aiiiuel 1,. Tobias, Esq., dee'd, to and among all those entitled t<- the same; and that 1 will sit fur that purpose at ny office in the Borough of Bedford, on Tuestay the 22(1 day of July, inst., at one o'clock, I'. M.. when and where alt who think proper may attend. JOHN MOWER, -hi4itnr. July tl, 1860. iilminiytratci N Notlt'C. LETTERS of Ariroiiiisirdioa on the Estate of Vfm* Anderson, l .tc of Broad Top Township, Bedford County, deceased, h wing boon granted t > the r.nd tsigued, all per* >tn indebted to said Estate will please make pay ment without .delay, and those having tJ on. Will present them to LEMUEL EVANS, LEWIS ANDERSON. l-vih realtling in RroaJ T*>}> JWtu/tip July 11, 1866-f* AUDITOR'S NOTICE. rpHE undersign-.' I, appointed by tho Orphans' _L Court of Bedford County, t- distribute t .v _ balance of the money in the hauls of Join Mower and $. L. Russell, Enquires, A !*>!ais irators de bonus nn, with the XV"111 arm -x al of William Lane, fate of Wop.ovell, Towaaldp i i said County, deceased, to and among the tM li tors ol'.viid decedent entitled to receive ta same, will attend to the dut'ns ot his appoint ment on Tuesday the 2Jtb day of .) tjly, tost., at his office in ibe Borough of B iford, wavy and where all parties inter. s.t J eti.M.*nl a tliev see pr. per. a. u jfP.LV>;, .rfnf r. July 11.18-60,
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