Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-12-12

- - 'Hs ofaons are really lnfiahed with de-
sire to change tie dor6esfic institutions \,
existing States. To accomplish their sI.
Jecfs, tAey dedicate themselves 10 tie oaiau.
task OF depfeciating the govefnu,cslt organ
izliion which stands ID tl.eir way, and II
Illuminating with indiscriainate inyeet;ya,
not only the citizens Of particular Sfutes,
Nlth whose laws they find fsuh, bat All etb-
ers OF their fellow eiiizens througl,aat The
country, who do not participate with tlen,
10 thsir assaults upon the Constitution,
trained and adopted By our fathers, aud
elanniag for the privileges it. has secured.
aud the blessings it has conferred, the
stea'iy support and grateful revereneeso sot
their children. They seek an object which
they we'll know to be revolutionary one.
they are perfectly aware that the change 10
he reiatise condition of The blaek and
white races in the slayeholding States.
which they would proue,e, is beyond sheil
lawful authority; thatto them il is for
etgu object; that it eannot be etfacted by
any peaceful fundamentally Of theirs; that
Tor them, aud the States of which they are
citizens, the enly path 10 It's accomplish
nei,t Is through burning cities and layaged
heIds, and slaughtered populations, aud all
there Is n1ost terrible in foreign, comPlica
ted with civil aud sci vile war; and that the
hrst step IN the attempt is the forelble dis
ruption Of a ceunlry embracing iu It's bread
bosom degree of liberty, aud an aliiyun,
OF individual aud public prosperity, to,
which there is no parallel 10 history, aud
ubsIitnting IN its place hostile governments
driven At once and inevitably into niataai
devastation and fratricidal carnage, trans
forming the now peaceful and felicilous
brotherhood into vast permanent camp Of
armed men like the rival monaFchies of Eu-
rope and Asia. We'll knowing that such,
aud such only, arc the means and the cnnse,
| qaeaees OF theif plans aud purposes, shey
endeavor to prepare the people OF the Uni-
ted States for civil var BY doing everything
in their power to deprive the Constitution
and the laws Of moral authority. and TO
undermine the fabric Of the Union by ap-
peals to passion and sectional prejudice, by
Understanding It's people with reciprocal ha
tired, and by educating them to stand face
to face as enemies, rather than shoulder 70
shoulder as friends.
Its BY the agency Of such unwarrania-
bic interference, foreign and domestic, that
the minds Of many, Otherwise good citizens.
have been so iaaaned into the passionate
condemnation of the domestic Institutions
of the southern States, as at length 10 pass
insensibly 70 almost eqallly passionate hos
lility towards their fellow citizens of those
States, anl thus fiiaily 10 fall into Tempo
rary fellowship With the ayowed aud active
enemies Of the constitution. Ardenty a;
rachcd 10 liberty in the abstract, they do
not stop TO consider practically how the
objects they would attain can be accom-
plished, nor to reflect thar, even II the evil
wee as great as they deem il, they have no
remedy 10 apply, and that il can be only
aggravated By their violence aad uucousti-
iutional action. A question, which is one
Of the most difficult Of all the problens Of
soeia, institutions political ecoaoiny aud
statesmansiip, they treat with unreasoning
intenlrerance Of thought aud language =
Extremes beeet extremes. Violent attack
from the North tiads its inevitable eonse-
qnence III the giowfh of spirit Of angry
defiance 1T the South. THUS IN The progress
of events we had reached the consuunnation
which The voice of the people has now so
poiutedly rebuked Of the attempt, Of a por-
ton Of tho States, By a sectional organizq !
ton aud movement, TO usurp the control Of
the government Of the dated States.
/ confidently bciiege that The great body
of those. who iueqnsilerateiy took this fa-
tal step, are sincerely attached TO the Com !
stitution and the Union. They world, up
on deliberatiou, shrink with unaffected hor-
ros from any conscious act Of disubion or
civil var. But they have eutcrcd into
peth, which leads nowhere, unless it be to
civil war and disunion. aud which has no
other possible outlet. They have proceed
ed thus far in that direction, in consequence |
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