The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1856-01-04


10 the golden rule OF Him who gave the charge,
"LIttlr Children, love oae another" To BE- a
good one, il needs that YOU should be Interested
in the political movements of the day for some
great object, some purpose sancti6rd by prince
pie, and not ''to be stirred in without great ar
gument."
The time we live in, the country We inherit,
the duties We owe her, the complications, fore
ion and domestic, in which the turu Of til" die
may involve her, call for activity OF thought
and action H- who sits down by the way-Sid-
to-day 10 ENJOY lte as an amusement, and drink
his wine and gossip pleasantly Of the graceful
ness of life, may be- disagreeahly aroused from
his day-dream by the tramp aud noise Of thu
great crowd. surging pas him on the march.
under new leaders, and rushing to possess the
world in the intoXcation of new ideas of victor
les To be achieved over all established principles
of human association. Who knows p! Do Won.
great man2 Do you, dallier by the way-side
Do you, whose desire is 10 be let alone in the
enjoyment Of your pleasant things-who knows
| how lar the mine has penetrated beneath the
soil whereon W walk?-Have you teaJ the signs
OF th- times, or are they more occult than the
symbolism the Pyramids TO you You fat
ter yourself that all this will last your day.
| That you shalt walk securely till the last scene
OF all closes your peaceful history Of enjoyment,
and six feet Of that earth, little mine Of your
own, is all you need to lie in. But there is
| secret mine there, and mystery is still reverend
to the vulgar eve. Do YOU doubt il How
else could the vulgar n,ysirry and cIap-raP OF
Know Nnthngsm have drluded so many honest
men Has it not appeaIpd to that prurlent cra
wing after the secret, the mysterious, which is
10 pl ne ArH
have walked pIacdIy. You have never work
I'd into the heart OF this mystery 1t has been
to your thinking only machine for changing
men, for turning out one set of offceh holders
and putting in another. Bat YOU have never
thought how II was sapping the foundations, and
drinking the ife-bIood of that old Saxon frank
ness the generous boIdnaSS of action and Of
truth and of thought which has made us the
cnuqueGing and absorbing race in the modern
world You have never paused TO reflect how
nearly allied to each other the stern virtues OF
the old Roman stock of Bruii and Gracchi, and
the stock Of American virtues were. II is worth
the trouble of a pause, nevertheless. II is worth
while comparing the character of different races
and people, to see what the effect upon the one
hand of o2rnnesS, bravery irankneSs, decision
of character, determination to declare. IN Hea-
pose and fight an rnemy with open manly steel
foot 10 l1ot-eye to pye-iu the broad daylight
live or die for it; and on hr other of treach-
erv, deceit, nanpuvpring, plotting. midnight
sku>ng, oahs Of secrpSv, dStrnsi, conspiracy
the sfraIihr step creeping ghostlikr to lis design,
the aSSlssln's dagger, the coward's life Of faith
alone in all mems viIainy as he knows his own.
The first wiI 70 to make up the character of
Democrat the last Know Nothing.
Dii aUerfHe omen Is it not tinle that eve
ry man was politician! And now, indeed,
when every other party has pandered to the
hidpous lust OF these nght-prowIlng drflrrs Of
their country's name--iS it not time that every
man should ak himself. why is this! What
virtue is there in this principle Of Democracy
which keeps ii unsPottrd from the tain is it
not time that every true man should BE- a Demo
crat
The abstract and the concrots are governed
by The same rate. Apply ii, then. How many
( -how, indeed, do all pretend To admire the
beauty and perfection ofour institutions. With
4 what uncion they describe the sweetness of
/ their fruit, How they pratp 81 civil and rell-
glous lrtedom-vour rankest Know Nothing
I the ioadeSt mouher And, 10 you! whilst they
/ are exhibiting it with the stimulated glow Of
/ patriotic pride, and telling you how here first IN
/ the history of man it has been pprmttedto riprn
/ fully for ''thp healing oflhe nations" they are
! laying deep plans TO steal that glorious fruit
J smuggie il away into a Know Nothing lodge
room, and serve it up to select and yrtuous
/ party OF the friends Of Mr.. Senator Seward
/ Generous and Immaculate Consprvators of the
/ Constitution: friIcltous exponcniS of liberty Of
/ conscience. patriotic admirers Of the virtues Of
! misguided ancestors, who spread their table, aud
+ invite the oppressed Of every cline to come
and eat that delicate and luscious irnit Of free
/ dom: pious defenders OF the faith once delivered
! TO Americans bv the months Of her Republican
! prophets, by Jefferson. and Madison, and Jack
/ Son-how shall we find words 10 magnify your
services 10 vOnr country Shall We not pull
down the washington Monument preach a
crusade against all Dutchmen, Irishmen and
others Who were such unheard of villains as to
90 beyond the sea TO get themselves born f,
/ slaughter them at once, and on the site raise a
/ pyramid ofth-ir bones higher than that Of Cte-
! ops: and crown the whole with dark lantern
| Look You now, this is what you aim at or you
aim at nothing.
So our modern patrtntS, our wise phiioSo-
pliers, our professors of The science of humani-
/ ty. Our devout believers in political milleni-
ums, and devout ScepticS as to the Biblical one,
90 about to manufacture political microscopes.
/ They direct them through the sunshine of the
! press. They throw upon the wall monstrous
rxaggerations ofchoice atoms, such as the triple
/ crown of the unfortunate gentleman who sleeps
upon French bayonetS in the Seven-H HIlled City:
and all to convince the poor dear people that
what they have been considering a fine Repub-
/ lican fruit, is nothing more than terrible COL
lection of distorted and pernlcious animacua: