The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-12-26

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EeTnrent, is untrue?
t DO rot agree nor DO ] symPaihize with
much that is said at the South on the subject of
Slavery
| have read articles from the "Southside
Democrat, the New Orleans 'sDea," the
Charleston .sSlandard, 2 and other Southern pa
/ pers, on the subject of labor, compai ing white
with black labor, from which utterly and
tirely dissent. ! have no sympathy with The
BarnweIl Rheit school oipolilics in the South,
who talk 50 lBcessaRtiy end 50 npPantly Of
dissolution Of the Union, as though il had cost
our fathers nothing, as though it were worth
nothing. and It's dissolution would remedy sin
I gle one OF the evils complained of; and | GER
tainy have no respect for ihe' suggestion OF Gov
ernor Adams, Of South Carolina, that the slave
I trade shall be re-conlmenced. ] condemn, dis
fcard, and repudiate the fatal suggestion; aud
am gratifed to believe that southern statesmen
and the Southern people viii do TIE same thing
/ ] have, however, an admiration for that class 0!
Southern Statesmen who declare distinctly and
empbaticaly that they can only remain 10 the
Union as equals
! There is another class Of political phIloso-
/ pliers widely separated from those Of whom
have jast been speaking. for whose opinion
have, If possible, still less respect. ] refer 10
Garrison, Wendell, PhilPps, Theodore Parker,
Henry G.. Wright, Gerrlt Smith, Spooner, and
similar fanatics, who, in attempting Illegally to
abolish slavery in the States whore ii now eX-
i>ts, would dissolve the Union aud aggEavate
the evils they lament. Although IN the main
these acted With the Republican party IN the
last canvass, yet ana not uncharltable enough
to hold the mass Of that party accountable for
the monstrous sentiments OF those traitors to our
( beloved institutions. and with the madcaps OF
the South ! wouid throw overheard these lana
tics OF the Last, and take care OF the country
without The aid OF either
Mr.. President, l have been forced to speak Of
TIE bad ferhng enter!alnedh by class oil people
n the North towards the people oi the South,
and OF another class 10 the South towards the
people 10 the Aorih; ana the task has been hY
no means PLEASANT one. have no sympathy
with that criHHnatlon and recFImDatlon when
is 50 calculated 10 estrange those who should he
friends and brethren The peopip whom | rep
resent in part u0op this floor have no sympathy
with sectional contest. There NAV BE- some
in the ranks Of the opposition who would press
their opinion to the dissolution Of The Union
but so far as Pennsylvania is concerned, say,
with pleasure, that the mass Of the opposition
would, if thev deemed the danger imminent
rise free from the Shackles OF their leaders, to
stand by their country. TIE Democracy are a
unit upoD the question. In PENNSYLVANIA they
have an affection which i corxtensjre with all
oar neoplp. and with all of the States Of the
Coof.lar,c, uar c,aaA er,.brac.s tba South
- valIas ~. Nortb Sb. has bs,., and s,.a
ever will he ins, 10 all Amone th4 first 70 a
don't she viii he he last 10 discard ~. Gov
4nan,s tbs Constitution and ths Union Her
prorl,. remember well how we came 70 he mi
ted, and how tb4 Union has been rnaintainrd.--
W. ~ rc., c,r,,s, ,h., ,,h., onr inds,.o,,,,c.
,r.s IsoI,re,f T,n,barp and ,or,bar,, ,ra, co,,o-
soIsd to,stbsr tbat tb, ronstir,t;on ras ~.
mini nrodnc,;on n The natrio1,sn, and ;oteIsc,
If both sections and that nDon eyery batls-
6sld mon or,b. So,tb o,d ~, of 10 Nor,h
tod ~ en- .o,a,b..r 1T ,bs rs-errs,4,r.
hao,ar If ,h. n9.;on--,bat tbev d;1 80 n tbe
war Of 1919. and in n. war with Msxico.-
Ara rot The arsnts ortb latter war fresh ;n o,,r
uIrrnorYa Do &e not =. eutivvt r4,u, -a-..,.y ,
down upon the Rio Grand and at Bnpna Vista,
the sturdy volunteers of the North and OF the
South, under Southern General, gained lm-
mortal victory over a hostile enemy We do;
and we remembers too that upon the shores Of
the Gulfof Mexico, vending their way 10 the
/ city of Montezumas, 10 vindlcate the honor and
dignity of their country, were found together
the Pennsylvania voiieeur and the Palmetto
volunteer, under nogtheln General. We, Of
Pennsylvania, are for fraternity Of States, and
of The people Of the States. All that We are
all that W. have been-we owe to the Union.
It is our hope IN the future. Such Is the ieei-
Ings OF Pennsylvania.
| would no; be vain OF my State, but must
confess, that when beard prominent JAihlic