The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-06-23

Trxr Sc Let g0ar aioder0tioa 3. k.ofra 44to al
aaeu.'7--PuILIriANS, ~ ;.
PoLmIes, the abs tract aud elevated sense oi the
term, Is science, arnmis the nobes and most
Sal that engage the mind of maa. Ii embraces
its enlarged and comprehensive yphere The dear
est and most cherished temporal interests st the
ilan family. BY this study are unveiled the means
whereby sagacioas and enlightened policy imparrs
elevation aud grandeur force and stability, human
institutions. BY it, governments founded and
perpetnated. 1ne study OF politics, a science, en-
abes 10 detect in the soclat organization those
lurking principles OF detection and decay Which, re-
reivIng their vitality from the dcprari1tes nseppra-
hle from Ignorance and Luxury, eonduee pafayze
the virtue OF the masses, aud sport with the fate OF
nations Ne proper aud Impartial study OF politics.
s,ua!hes man to trace from history the corrupt iniu
enees OF venai administrations upon the best cOnst
tinted oveFnmentS, and to off the enHtans eide
teclon and ruin, before they have sapped the foun
datons, and overturned the super structure, Of ma
uonal prosperity. II qualities, aso distinguish
between the Patriot and the Demagogue- the man OF
principle and the man OF nteres-and serves 10 de-
monstate, Tint III Their p1irafe characters alone
10 be found the true both of political virtue
and deprayity
lti the custom with many to decry the very term
''pohtIeian9 as one OF lntany and shame, But
why lfratTiotic and enlightened, from the errors
and calamItles OF other republics he CLEANS lessons
of wisdom and virtue for the safety aud perpetny Of
Ais own. With the ofnational prosperity as
The runs OF ancient grandeur, he does not
plate with stoica indifference, hut~every memorial
al destruction he traces 10 It's primitive Look
ing over the map Of the worlds history he pcrceives
that there never yet has existed city state, or
nation, that has survived the fatality OF certain ele
ments and causes OF decay. He sees Nineveh gone
EabyicH gone-Troy, and Tbrbe>, and Palmyra cone
the old Me5o-Persan empire gone-the Greeidn
empire gone--the Renlan e,opire goue--palesrlne
whose classic soil once echoed the virgin step, Of
led nj
ln@ aond these speaking symbols OF by-gone ages
from the moss-coveed sepuchres enshfInng the dust
of departed glorles, he cvokes utteraIces wisdom
peroeivias IN theui multiplied proofs that there rs
Providence palpable in the government OF earth's
eupiresa God railing in the heavens, at whose COM
Hand nations appear and disappear like bubbles on
the OF time. And at the Shrine of these departed
:lorles Goes the we-inormed politician enkinde the
prome hean fame which i 10 lllumne the unknown
tuure. Folly and Crime eIouib The rTide Of Pow
and the Ponp OF Civilization; but il is the polI-
cans task 10 open ID other places new for
theIr renosailen where The of dissolution have
Hof yet penetrated.
Such being the elevated and useful character of
political science, have not deemed ii inappropri-
fheue, at this particular uncIure on the eve of
an eNcitins election, for calm and dlspasso pull
pit effort. In doing, wouId not of course, lose
sight OF the sacredness either OF the place, or the
'lay. The time is the Hgy OF our Lord Jesus Christ
tbe place, the church, founded IN His blood. With
The Apostle, g magnify mine Office When desc
crate II 10 unworthy ends, Jet smy sbt hand forget
her cunning and my tongue cleaYa 10 the roof OF my
mouth" With partizanship and its contests for
place, have nought to do But with government
aS system OF ethics, applied to the regulation OF
communities and states, Tor the preservation of neir
internal peace and safety, and the Development aud
augmentation 81 then moral, inteliectI aud refgi-
ms eaeTgicS-Ae- have all Eluch 10 10. And Mi- To-
pie with which the most cherished interests OF man
are indlssoubiy iurerwoven dare aud will discsss.
The idea, 10 whIchl wish 10 assign prominence,
Is, that I'D hs county, where freedom al speech and
OF the press untramnfIed, what most need
Is PoLlTicAL ToLERAfioX. 10 the calm and dispas-
sinaate Judgment OF every unpTcjGdiced mind il is
submltted whether political diiiereFcrs, for the
most Part, are not conducted with des rec Of acri-
uoGy, from which the better portion Of The comulu-
hity revoltS IL lfCIvzation III its progress has ban
ished those instruments physical torture by means
oil which, IN the dark ages, the artful dsmagogue e>
tahlshed his terrible despotSm over his feow-mar
unhappily there still other agencies OF coercion
IN existence equally to be deprecated. There arr.
no longer any royal butchers, like King JOHN OF Eng
land, Ia extorf wealth and homage by tearing teeth
from The nouih-but for violence and force the sub
Sttutes here rlbad abuse and ansparing caIumny
Our arena OF political discussion, 10 great extent
has degeneraIed into a gladatoral ring in which
;he eontToVerSafistS, forgetlul that politics are
branch o morals. assl each other, often, with al
most dr'noEiae phrenzv. Their aim does not seem
10 be- 20 convince, but to exterminate as If Obleeuv
were no5ler weapoI than Reason, and 10 defa,ne a
neighbor prouder acIes en,nt than Ia rec lain him
RON efsor. a happy millennium wall have dawned
upon our land, when iis party disputations shall be
eoatncled without resort 10 incorporate deBuncia-
lion, and ri5ald ovectiYe-when the sole ground of
controversy shall be the antagonist principles of 20
verIfnent-when the struggle shall be one OF Reason
and Opinion, ard the establishment OF Trutb-aad
when goatForeY shall have ceased TO be sunl ken
INTO wreiched brawl, in which bad ends and worse
means act tte ehief part.
II Is not 70 be expected that on questions of grave
and disnihad importance, we should all thfak alike,
nor wouldn't be desirable. In the material world we
behold an intermnabe diversity. The excellent
hard OF nature has fashioned any :wo objects ex-
aetiy similar From the flowers that bloom on the
same parent stem, and the leaves that rustic on the
sane branch, 10 twin sisters aud brothers, all bear
distinctive marks OF inexhaustible variety. Much
more sirikinglv stil is this principle exemplided in
the diverse and manifold operations of The intelligent
and Immortal mind. Bouadless as is the Geld of