The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-04-27
A WARMING.

History lsfuil OF instructions as TO the machi-
nations OF secret parties. Secret combinations
should always be viewed with jealousy and dis
trust The destruction of Troy is faithful IL
luStration of treachery and deceit under the
mask OF friendship and secrecy, and should be
an impressive warning 10 the Democratic par
ty. OF all the wars Of the ancisnts, that one
IN which Troy was engaged, IS the most com
Splcuous. The city stood DOT for fen years a.
ganst the most powerful invasons Of which the
historic page gives any account, and would un-
doubtly have been successful but for the stFate
gy OF the enemy. it is said that all at once the
Greeks retired from the walls OF thp city, as if
having given up the siege, and disappeared from
the sight Of the Tloans. Before retiring, how
ever, the Greeks constructed tremendous
wooden horse, filled il with armed men, and
placed 1t before the gates Of the magnificent ci-
ty. The Troians came out aud admired its
tremendous proportions, and insisted upon car
rying it within the walls Of the city. They
were warned Of the danger, but the s'Greciaa
horse" was admitted, and at night armed men
sprung from lis capacious recesses, the gates
We're thrown open, and Troy was laid in ashes
and numbered among the things that were.
A distinguished writer hasdecared that CHS
the impressive lesson taught bv the destruction
Of Troy, should BE- Needed bv the patriotic and
virtuous of the country. The secret cabas;ic
order that has recently strntted upon the siege
OF action, presents a parallel only to the vicious
actions and principles Of the hired aSsassins of
RonEsFiERRE and MURAT. The Jacobinical
club OF France started out to exterminate the
Catholic church and ipudaI de$potsm, and
when it had finished lis work, it left France
land Of nlides, and under the dominion of the
hasrst passions Of the human soul. The reader
Of history cannot fail 10 ser the striking similafi
ty between Jacobinism and know-Nothings
It's bgotry and intolerance. Spain and Italy
also organizations are exact patterns, and the OBJ
JtctS, rise up as living monmumentS OF the
blightlng influence of secret political tyranny
and religious intolerance The turnpike road
ofall history is raved with the remnants of de-
parted republics and extinguished nationaitieS
of modern Europe, that have passed away 'slike
the baseipss fabric Of vision. before the retrib
utive justice Of Him who hath said, ''that
pride goeth before destruction, and the rod is
surely sriitipn in the hands of the oppressor."
Know Nothingism, elias Whiggery, is now
attempting that by strategy, fraud and decep-
ton, which il has failed 10 do by honorable
means. The very fact that combination Of
men can be formed in free government setting
in secret conclave and conspiring against the
rights and liberties Of free people, is sufficient
evidence Of lis dangerous tendency and alarm
ing consequences, and should convince all ''that
eternal vigilance is The price Of liberty" An
oIigarchy as dpsPotic and vicious ever ruled
the most dePravrd nations Of the world, is now
established within the United States, and those
who join ii are mere vassalS ia infamous tyrants,
bPing bound hands and feet by wicked and sa-
crileSious oaths. What spectacle in free
government! Democrats, remember the sGre-
clan Horse ~ E'pryiSblrr T?3On