The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-09-15

| bled for long time 1.-THE members voting BY
States) to prevent the majority of the States go
| ing for Mr.. Jefferson. They never were ablt
to obtain a majority for Burr. The democratic
members proved true to their trust, aud the fed
eral members of one state at length yielded
and Mr.. Jefferson received the majority. He
was inangurated on the 4th of March, 1901
He surrounded himself with the abIest and bes
men OF his party, and having obtained the ma
jorty in each house of Congress, he repeated
the obnoxious laws passed during the admin
sration of his predecessor, simpli6ed orr GO
vernment, reformed the abuses in IFS admin
Sration, lessenpd its expenses, and abolished all
parade and ostentaton-in fact, made it the
model republican government it was originally
intended TO be, and generally has been since.
After administering the government for eight
years he voluntarily withdrew, and was sue
ceeded by MIR. Madison. During the whole OF
the administration of these two statesmen, the
federal party were rancorons and malignant IN
their opposition to the government OF the Union,
(verging nigh on TO treason,) in the doings OF the
Essex Junto-thp Hartford conventon-the re-
lusal to furnish men and means to carry on the
war in which we Were engaged with Great
Britain from 1912 10 1873, emphatIcallv called
the second war of independence, and their con-
slant apologies for the acts Of Great Britain dur
ing that war, mourning over our victories and
rejoicing at those Of our enemies. Jackson,
however, ended that war in a blaze Of glory at
New Orleans On the Sth Of January, 1873.
Jackson fought many battles, martial and civil,
for his country.
Up to the time of this war, federalism, al
though ioiIed and defeated, had held lis crest
erect and displayed portion Of It's former PRIDE
and arrogance During this war, however, II
assumed the name Of theAHpedce party,o and
since then has been known~by almost as many
names as there have been political conflicts in
the country. About the conclusion OF The war,
one Of its leading editors IN writing TO another,
about equally pre-eninent in its ranks, advised
a change Of tactics, urging that il would be bet
ter TO waive the proud prdenslons they had as
suned, of possessing all the talents, all the de-
cencv, and all the learning OF the country, and
seek success sS6y faaR3Rg tie embers of dlScon-
tent in the democratic ranks" The hint was
taken, the party name was dropped, and since
then they have been found, upon every occa-
sion, tomenting divisions in the democratic
ranks, b. inAanling the passions and prglndlces
of any portion of our citizens affected either
from the influence of Circumstances and trade
RsQn o6 6sszpecuniary affairs. from foltt4eai -et
peiSolfdl diSappolnttnens, from local preJudiceS
or habits, from sectarianiSm or ianatlcIsm in re-
ligon or any other cause. BIT they hare aeger
cbanged their principles. Whiggrry Of the
present dav is the federalism of 1888, grown
more cunning. 1t has stopped from It's high
perch, and is now mere trucker for office, in
which, if once firmly reinStated, it would show
all its obnoxious traits OF character over again
The attempt to elect Burr in 1901, and the at
tempt to defeat the election IN PENNSYLVANIA in
1888, by the acts connected with the Buck
shot war, are but different efforts Of the same
party ''to treat elections of the people as though
they bad not taken place"
The democratic party have ever been true
to their professions. Recognizing TO their full
lest extent the right and ability of the people
to govern themselves, they have deemed it the
best policy to have the people governed as lit
tie as posSible--to abstain from the passage of
all arbitrary laws affecting their persons, pro-
pertv or righis-to require the citizen 10 give
up the iewest of his natural rights, that will be
consistent with the safety of society, and clothe
the public servants with only those powers that
are absolutely necessary for these endS--to re-
wants, should return at stated and short periods
to The people, TO whom all power belongs, that
the same NAV be conferred either on the former
incumhentS, when found worthy, or upon 9TH
ers more merorious For although power does
not always corrupt, Of which we have bad ma
ny admirable examples, yet its tendency is to
corrapt Of which we regret to say we have
had not few.
The principles of these two antagonistical
parties are involved in the coming contest in
Pennsylvania. The democratic party, ever
honest and candid, avow' their principles in
open day they bear the same honest name they
have borne for more than half a century.
That name conferred upon them as term of
reproach, has " on IFS way TO public confidence
and esteem, and so much is the power of that
name felt, that ancient federalism, now modern
whiggery, has often sought to steal it, to de-
ceive the people Democracy advocates the
rights of all our citizens, it abhors all exclusive
privileges TO The few, it knows no distinction
between our native born and naturalized citi-
zens, other than those which the constitution
has created. One of its first acts when Mr..
Jefferson came into power-was to amend the
laws and facilitate the means for the naturaliza-
ton Of foreigners. 1t remembered among the
causes assigned for declaring our country inde-
pendent, an important one, that the king OF
England had Distracted the laws for the natur-
alzation of foreigners; and in this as in all
other acts they have carried out the principles
of l776-not the principles of the miscalled
''Soas of the sres of TO-
Our adversaries are endeavoring TO crawl in
to power at this time by concentration of all
their own partizans proper, and an attempt to
excite among other prejudices, foreign and in
lmica to the constitution of the United States,
in relation TO two subjects calculated to excite