The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-12-08

all public funcitnnaries 10 STREET responsibility, not
only in regard 10 the iaw bat also IN regard 10 pub
lie opinion. We pretend Judge the character oil
candidates for Office by fu aid fair considerations,
and by public discussion, in speeef aid 10 the press.
We have secured ourselves. by constitutional cou
pact, the right freely assemble 10? The purpose Of
discussing public TneD and public measures. We
have hitherto assumed'at all times hat tut! and tree
discussion OF mrn ard IS measures is OF the Very
seuce ol republican liberty. And we have never
ceased TO reproach The nonarchical and rstocatc
despotisns Of other countries With the fact that,
owing the absence o! public and free discussion
among them, secret conspiracy, midnight canal, and
other claDdestne contrlvahreS. grow up IN such
countries as The natural result Of the tyranny OF rre-
sponsIble power IN the hands OF kings and Oi enPe
rors.
In the face of these facts il is certainly Of he
extraordinary phenomena % mndern TINS thaC
there Shoud have sprnng into existence, n The Jnt-
ted States political party whose only mode ol ac-
ton seems 10 consist of something AKIN 10 midnight
conspiracy, the conspfator- beng banded together
hy oafus binding them 10 the performance Of TWO
things the most degrading to intelligent ffeefneu
which possible 10 conceive, fNt, that They
viii the bind senseiess tools OF uHkuoWn and
ponshle superors, aud, upon the mere delatIon
OF such masters, think acr, and vote, utterly With
ont any conscientious determination Of their own
Judgments, any manly exercise Of their will;
and, secoagy, that for the purpose OF bns GIVING ei-
feet 10 tie dictatorship Of such masters, they vail
live and act in the continued practice OF dnPcity
and bad faith towards all such OF their lro@citiZens
az 10 h"' '"'"St 10 rl'Vi ''' '"e ''''
instruments aid the victims.
oar F'Ilafis s"eh '"cuo''eHo" me more mar
religious men, they profess to betidt ministers
Of the Gospel even should, by any possible obiqnity
- "''h"' "e'o'Ne 's'o'''''H - ""St - a. ~ =
'o"1 I'-'"'s "'S' ~ y i''."' lo' - 49,
mony 10 the contrary, thai the members Of this
rrci association bound together by solemn oath
u" a. io' "'' ma -" '' IA '"e' i@'t
'du4tS' "''' even t'e las % '''' "- ~ i''S "
'"e assoc '"l'o'' "A "''S'T' % '' "" so''"'y
S"earI 'H&' ne Wis tie ." 'n7 :" "S h'po"'
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an" ~ >"'F ie' FS'ss l ''"',"- "o '4''s- 't"'" H's
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"a, 'a"'o'' = - ~ 20. - " " 49,
( hottest '"H2al'"hS 10 DE i''"'''fF ana Io"@l
al tIufh ahi sincerity, III we 'dtF ~ " d" oI 9F''
Does noi such an association therefore, involve i>
'heiiorIN ~ ''' c"''7'", N,"l'" 81 "tt ''g "i-"
l'"iN "' d i'et'''"''' ann va, 'a""'i
if'th' INC "'"l ~ """i We '"i'>,T "'' ""p' "''
our sorrows "h"'" we 'uEP"7e 70 'r honestly az
Iached u" rs a we are I" num- "h" Itu'e'Se' on an
occasions 10 co-'he'a'e WIZ" US ds oio'hfi )" the
"Na'Fs OF i'rs Fu't'c an" !tI"'F-' ''. menu - ~
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"oe' 20 ms >''''' "'" '''" "is
ga - ,'"'A''e ny 5oC'' d''' ''''%' s'''e'J ''-"-
%e" 10 dece''r 10 aeliaua ana 10 aSho"oF Us al eve
y '""''h' OF a., me- - i"SS'''e 80 '"'''Ns "'
any lHS more VtIt ''o"l COZ 'p', 'h'dii'ou' '"ah
an ASSOCIATION "He" ,1"N o''l&f> 10 me F'oI"i'oh o.
/ every PflHcIide oi truth aId "' hoHoF
Ii 'hr people oi me oH'e" o'a'es Haa oeeH over
"a" ana e""ForIe" ny some .oiF'SH esSto', l1op's
-'"lo''"" 81 t"Se 90 p" t'ilo'"' u 1'uSS'" " '"s
fo"thfi"fa nan Cohhsc"it" lHt property o Tue '''-
f&rIt"' Fe"hceu me he" 20 >iaNes, dHu lHtf N'FtS
aH 'a"&h'rfS /" siia'e II '"Fy ha' oe asf"'ra hF
e"""''y WIN h'e anu wore IA 'ne p'"ee7S oi mus
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'o" -" SN 80 - 80 -,
nso,le 20 ,ba ir';,ai Gtafns sba1,d ara.,e :, M
- ,sn;-..,, -, ,,,r ,,..a,,s tbT - hII
rp.ef them yItj sD,oob tlres bpt with rare and re-
vapua in o,,r hearts. 7Iat ,va sboud srudv and nrac
tjse th, ans Of darapfiop So a. 10 cheat them INTO
tancied serurlry upiii the day aad the hour should
CONE 10 r,e as one faa 10 avensp ourselves on our
oppeSs,ls and recover the liberties and indeperd-
euce OF tie Union. Such awful emergencies bave
occurred IN the history 0i nations and have served
10 uStify If ANYTHING can Justify the organization or
roiIr,ivEt cansDiraries for the ACCOMPLISHMENT of
great political rcvoIntions
II any sucA exIaen.v of qnSneaka5le public calam-
tv Tor ,Yhfch midnight conspiracy. and fha: alone.
afforded The means of esra{a now existed in this
CbGnfry. what is on around Nauld b. rpla-
ra be lo some ADEQUATE inducements if not iu~tfca-
ffoil Buf bow prItv hoy miserable how contrmp-
rile are the ALLEGED ni,eefpert. Of the systematic
deception and midnight conspiracy Which now rage
like 4 p.stiience through The Land a wretrhed ont
east Stotchuan naiEcd Sa\vney McSwIsh alias the
cancel Gabriel n EaiC.razv f,reicn varaboud
neither am American 5v birth. by uarur:lizaton nor
hy auv poll,ase or t}I; of ,ynlparhy with the L
nited States; at i wrftcbed Italian called Gavazzi,
apo~tatr Priest. and he, a,o not an American. Ell
Iher by birth, naturalization, symrathlps; or ano