The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-09-12


The only measure which the South got was op-
posed aud resisted, even after its enactment,
aud in many places its execution was wholly
prevented. We demand, again, here was
the aggression
Il is on these facts We base The assertion that
in every contest where the rights of the North
have been entrusted 10 Democratic protection,
they have been guarded faithfully and WE'LL
We have not resisted any just claim which the
South oyer made we have meant 10 treat them
fairly, and TO carry out in good faith the obliga-
t,ons imposed on Us By the Constitution. Bot
Il tilr're has been any instance in which the
South has got more than lis due, the history Of
the transaction has escaped onr notice. On
the contrary, we submit TO Won, fpIiow-citizenS,
whether the South has not got the scantirst
measure Of Justice that could possibly be dealt
to her, Has not the North had all the pTcpon-
drrance! Has not oar section had the adyan-
tage OF all the important concessions that were
ever made?
The States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michi-
gan and Wisconsin, were slave territoIv-
They were presented to us by Virginia as
gracious gi1, and We excluded slavery. The
State of Iowa, tbr Territories Of Minnesota and
Nebraska, were slave territory under the law
strong, and we made them free SOIL Slavery
once covered the whole Union. lis repl,sen-
tatives in the National Government are now in
a minority Could anything bGt tbe grossrs
malice, The most stupid folly, or the most un-
mitigated knavrry, have suggested the idea that
slavery was encroacbin5 upon us while these
things were going on?
Our limited space viii not permit Us 70 re-
count the unjuSlGablr injuries which tbs Abo-
Iitionists have perpeirated and attempted to per-
pTtrate upon The people oi the south, upon those
IN the North who do uot urite with them, and
upon all the institutions Of the country. They
have sought every occasion and taken advan
tage Of every event which coald give them an
excuse for pouring oGt their venomons siandrTS
upon the fathers of the Constitution, upon the
Constitution Itself, and upon all who support
it.
The agitation began in England among per-
sons whose gross ignorance OF America was the
only excuse for their insane hostility to our L
mon. They sent over 10 this country one
Thompson, member Of the British Parliament,
nan of ability, but reckless like his employ
rrs. Under his influence and direction >oci--
ties, modelled after the old English form, were
established in New England. The ayowrd OBJ
lrct Of these societies was 10 incife insure cti0n
among The Southern negroes. For this purpose
they distributed among the negroes, by every
means IN their Power, pictures representing the
scenes Of violence, murder and arson. through
which the slaves, if they would adept them,
might be free. These things were accompan-
led by promises aid and support from British
and American leaders. Long subsequent to the /
time speak of, Joshua r. Giddings, mem
Der Of Congress, aud now the leading friend of
Col. Fremont, admitted the accomplishment Of
this object "a srrvile iusurrecton led BY British
officers 10 BE- the dearest wish Of his heart
10 doubt he spoke the general sentiments Of his
party.
Think, frllow-ci,izens, of the situation in
which this must have placed the Southern peo-
pie. They found the institution Of negro-sa-
very fastened upon them without any fault OF
their own. Many ofthem believed it to be an
evil, but they could not hclp it. They had The .
wolf by the ears and they could neither hold on .
with comfort nor let 90 with safety. A grner-
al emancipation would have been a virtual sur
render Of the whole Southern country to the
black race, probably the extinction OF the whites
in their own blood. The fate Of St. Dmngo
and the British West Indies forbade such a
thought. 1t was in this condition that they
Were a&SalIed by every means which malice
and cunning CoGld devise, ~ order TO increase
the danger and difficulty of their Situaiion.-
Have they not good right TO complain bitterly
OF party which WAS doing all it could 10 Hiur-
der them, their wives and their children
They did complain. But their complaints
were uttered in vain. General Jackson called
the attention of Congress to the subject, and a
bill was brought in to prohibit the transmission
Of lncendiary documents through the mail, but
the South was in The minority and the till was
lost. 1t was not only lost, bat the proposition
10 prevent the United States mali from being
prosti;uted TO the purposes OF assassination and
murder, was made the occasion for new cry
Dt Southern aggression, and every northern man
who favored II was again called a dougaidce,
coward and traitor.
In the present canvass the abolition party 4
has strength which it never had before. The
dissolution of the Wing party left many men
without political connexions aud some OF them
have causeieSs feeling against the Democracy
which makes them embrace any doctrine, and
risk disunon itself, rather than Join us. Many
of the adhrring Know Nothings were led over
bodily, with their eyes shut, into the pilill of /
Aboionism. They have, out of these mater- +
', 'N' h''N l''ttN NiliIh tiIr htie 10 cat
publican. Yes, a combination of men, acting
under the influence ofopinions formed and de-
veoPed in Eng gland--propogapd hv British
PmIssaries-advoeated by the British press, and
aiming a direct blow at the only strong republic
on rarth-such party adds TO itsothrr sins the
base hypocrisy OF calling itself by the sacred I.
name OF Republican.
Their only battle cry at this moment, and tor
some time past, has been Kansas Kansas Kan
sas Mr.. Buchanan viii be elected President