The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-12-22
"Aaericans 1last Rule America p

inscribed upon the banner OF the proscriptiyr
party which gioTies in the cogRomen otHhnow
Nothngs," ID order TO swell IFS ranks from the
ignorant and unsuspeciing in thr conIrpeity.-
This looks very fair and patriotic but did il ney-
er strike any oae behind this railYng cry oithe
new organization was concealrd the most ariS-
tocratc principle ever promulgated in this free
land--that within tie petals of this fair rose
lurked and ranked the deadIirst poison -
Be it remembered that the whole mraning OF
the moito-'sAmercans must rule America"
upon which the new party is founded, is the
exclusion Of adopted citizpus from oiIice-noth
ing more. The opinion entertained 5y these pa
triotic gentlemen hen is, that those who will
fill the various offices in this Republic are the
rulers and not the servants or agents, Of the
people-that the otFcp-hoders are OR masters,
and their constituency bond sianes-tbus 'gnof-
ing and setting themselves mp in opposition to
the Whole theory upon which our republican
system is based. Was this the idea OF Jefferson
and Madison. and their immortal comppprs,
who, fresh from the periis of the Revolution,
repudated the ''dIvine right of Kings 20 rule,
and laid broad and deepin our glorious cnnsiitu-
ton, the foundation OF civil and religious lbrr-
ty, and the lhborn right Of THE PEOPLE 10 GOV
ern themselves Was not th- precions blood
split in The ''imp that tried mems souls" the
prce paid for the establishment Of seli-govern-
ment and the great dOgma of popular sovereign
ty And are We to be told row, by this new
school OF political philosophers, after realizing,
for over half century, the proud position of
representative Democracy, that tap maxrrs oT
our fathers were fiction and lailnre-that
wr must prepare our minds to acknowledge an
arlstocracy ni oiiicr-hoders- whether they te
ConSrrsSnien or drunken polcrmen-wit pow
rr to do as they list, beyond and above response
biIity 20 the people, who make them such =
Ontupou such cringing sycnphantS and parasites,
who are unworthy to brrahe the free air of this
free Iand--who have not learned the first les
sans OF Rrpu5lIcaniSn-an who are not eutl-
tied to the proud name ni American citizens
Taere is neither point non force in thr appIi-
cation OF the precept that ''Americans shall rule
America" and il only falls from the lips of tur-
bnlent and base drmagogues, as cheat to de-
lnde their gnlihle followers. Americans havr
always, and always will rule America, as long
our laws, National and State, remain as they
are. So long as the elective franchise is extend
ed 10 the poor as we'll as The rich--So long as
the doctrine Of ''Bo taxation without representa-
ton, IS asserted and maintained-So long as re-
lIgotts tests are krpt from opr statute books
and men are left free to worship God according
20 the dictates of thrir own conSciences, with
s'R0ne TO morSt or. make them airaid"-we
need not trembls for tie suhverSou of onr lber-
t-S, and Americans VIII continue 20 rule a.
mrrca, thro' ther accredited agents, be chosen
from oil the naikS of life and from all religions
perSuaSlons. Bot il in an honr Of madness and
folly, the people, infamed by Srctarian pren-
dices and bighry, Uhe most dangerous to the
peace and tranquility 81 Statp,) should intro
ducr the d, ably UpaS tree Of know-NothingiSn
and Religious prescription into the councils of
the nation, 70 overShadow the land, and blast
and wither the Wholesome Prestine vigor Of our
institutions, from that moment may date the
downfall OF The Republic. Pennsylvania.
Horrible f6mr-.Hrdeyous .9ssauH apon a
H-ife, and attempted Suicide By the HaSbqad.--
AZ an early hour this morning Officers Prickrtt
and Shear We're altracked to house in Moore,
near Front, First Ward, BY the cries ola female
for help. Upon Fastening TO the scene, they
found that man, named John Martin Rudolph,
a shoemaker by trade, had, il fit of mania-a-
p0tu, committed a murdprouS assault! upon his
wife with a pocket-knif- and pair of scissors,
with which he had inflicted eight severe s;abs,
the most OF them in the abdomen. After thus
attempting To kill his wife, be attempted his
own life, and stabbed himself in fourteen differ
ent parts ofthe body
The poor woman had with difficulty made
her way TO the front Of The house, and notified
the officers, by her cries, Of the terrible affair.
The facts Of the case, as we learned them, are
these Randolph is quite an incorporate man,
and for some weeks has been drinking 10 rx-
cess. Last evening. he was qnte merry and
sang and conducted himself in a manner that
showed something was wrong. He sharpenrd
his pocket knife, and put point to a pair OF
scissors, and thus armed, laid down. In the
nlght he became noisy and bis poor wife and
children would have lain fed from the house if
she could have known where to take reiuge.-
About ? O'Clock this morning, he made the as
sault described When toe officers rrachpd the
house, he charged the wifi with siabhing him,
but it was plain that il was all his work. The
ininries sustained BY the wife are expected to
prove fatal, but he is not 50 badly hurt. Both
OF them We're taken to tie Hospital.
The unfortunate parents have two children,
a girl of eight years old, and bov OF Slx.-
Their appearance showed want of comfort in
the hosehold, which every household does in
WnICh rum exercises us ltariui sway. / ne
girl told the story of her fathers crime and
mothers wrongs, with all artlessnes that brought
tears to the eyes. Being asked if herself and
brother We're the only children, she replied that
she had brother, (here her sobs choked her
utterancel bot she continued; he is dead now.
These children are suddenly left vthout a
home, or any one to look after them, but kind
neighbor, who took them in charge Tor the time
being. The invisible spirit of rum has here
done the DEVILS work sure enough. The con-