The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-12-28
1y-A Happy New Year to all.
THE PLuNDERERS!

EsThis is only one feature of the regular sys-
TEN OF plumber practiced by the "Democracy."
The cohesive power Of public plumber being the
only power that holds the party together, every
Democrat, when in Office, regards 1t as duty
to steal all he can himself, and allow others the
same privilege"
This extract is copied from the Morning Her
nd of last Monday. It's source scarcely entities
it to a notice at our hands, but it is so very low
so deteStably mpan-So entirely Characteristic
and withal so much in accordance with the
arguments generally used by the opposition
against the Democratic party, that we claim the
Indulgence OF our readers for dwelling upon it
moment.
Human nature is falIiblp, and all experience
teaches that there are specimens ofthe genus ho-
mo who wear the smooth, frank expression Of
honesty to cover hearts "deceitful above all
things and desperately wicked" Such men, we
admit, land we admit it with tlnge of shame
have been and are to be found in the Democrats
party They seek ITS embrace as means to af1l
them in accomplishing their neiariouS purposes,
jus! as the hypocrite seeks the pale ofthe visible
church TO deceive the world and cheat the devil.
The former sing paans TO Democracy while they
plot and coun,erplot how TO betray their fellow
men, while the latter joins IN the worship ofthe
sanctuary while his heart is concocting schemes
to cheat his God. These fostering sores upon
humanity will always exist, and The utmost that
honest men can do is to punish them for their
wickedness and deSpise them for their treach-
cry.
But we are far from admitting that the Demo-
cratic party holds larger number of these
scoundrels than any other party. We do not
even concede that it contains as many. Look
at the pas. history Of the old whig party, tpeace
to its ashes y and what dark shadows loom up
there See the gloomy outline Of the United
States bank arising, while the walls ofthousands
Of wretched homes ascend upon the air. Be-
hold the damning iniquity OF the Galphin swim
die blotting the records of Wing Administra-
ton and Whig Cabinet officers! And how many
petty crimes in our own State and neighbor-
hood cluster around these pyramids of wrong
all the offspring of Wing principles and the
acts of Whig professors And vet we do not
pretend to say that that old party was entirely
corrupt. No. there was honesty in it. honest
men adhered TO it but all this honesty produc-
ed in It's day very little good.
And the American, the Know-Nothing party.
is ii above suspicion We trow not. Massa-
chuSrtts Legislation and Kentucky elections are
occurrences of two recent date 10 require more
than mere mention. Are the thousand and
one instances of talsity, treachery, perjury, of
that party forgotten No they are familiar as
household words, and will be remembered when
the partlcipators in them shall mouIder in the
dust-despised and forgotten.
Bat it may be said that all this is not answer
ing the Herald. True, recriminaton is not ar
gument. We did not intend TO answer thai pa
per- We desire merely to show what kind OF
men raise the hugh and cry against Democracy,
and We can only account for their bitterness, by
presuming that they are afraid to look inwardlv.
The cunning fox often employs ruse TO divert
the pursuers from the right track
While we cannot deny that men protesting
10 be Democrats have committed wrong acts, vet
We can say that the party never took them TO
IFS arms, after the wrong was committed, and
attempted TO shield them from Just punishment.
On the contrary it was always first to have the
guilty punished and the wrong righted. This
fact is, Of itself, sufficient TO answer all the bill
llngsgate OF the Herald and kindred prints, and
with 1t we shall leave them to reflect upon their
own political acts, conscious that they can find
plenty Of food Tor unpleasant fancy and plenty
OF crimes requiring ance.-Harrisburq
Union and Patriot, Dec. 81.