The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-05-14
From Washington.
Icorrespondeuce of the Bedford Gazette.l
WASHINGTON, May 6, 1898.

Well, the Kansas question has Oeeh oto"s"'
10 close, and every person breathes ireeF'-
For five long mo1ths the country has been kept
in constant agitation, and painful suspense, oy
question which should never have occupied tue
attention Of the country for single moment
The great doctrine of popular sovereignty s'
and should be at once barrier against all sucn
agitation. Hereafter let every person minu
their own business and we will have no more
disgraceful Kansas imbrogllos.
To the high, patriotic stand, early assumed
by Mr.. BUCHANAN, are we indebted Tor the aa-
/ mission OF Kansas, as State, into this Unlon. |
/ Notwithstanding the apostacy OF men VINO he!d
/ hiSh positions in the ranks oil the Democratic
party. and notwithstanding hiS administration
was threatened with political distractions tht
President has displayed the utmost cooiness ana
resolution throughout the fearful struggle. NJ
The violent assaults of demagogues lntimiaa'eu
him not, and the powerful opposition lie n'Ft
from day 10 day in the Halls OF Congress, oh'S
seemed to nerve the old Chief in his heroic el-
fort 10 maintain the right.
The three apostates from pennsylvania
Messrs. Chapman, Hickman, and Montgomery
who united with the AbolltlonISts IN ooia dt-
tempt TO destroy the only party orgaElzatIoh
which can preserve the integrity oil our ins'i'u-
tons. are deserving of the scorn and cohtehP'
or those who elected them. Well was 1t Tor
$ the Democracy that Mr.. BUCHANAN met Tie as
+ saints Of these men with the fFmness OF JACK
soy Hal he not done so, the Democratic par
tv TODAY would have presented the melah-
5 choly spectacle of a noble ship at sea hounder-
t inc about without compass or rudder'
: 1t is amusing to read the rawlings OF the oP-
e position. Some of them claim the passage o'
cp.x.T. others the opposite, &c, &c. Poor
Forney, clinging to the old suPers'i'oGs uoIion'
] of F,iday being an unlucky day, holds up DIS
4 bands in boly horror because the bill was passed
Of an that day. and reasons therefore, that th'
,d measure must be bad one. Now, IN order t'
:. raEeva the nervousness of these superstition
- gentlemen, and all who may have dread
ne that fatal day, | append the following iacIS
es which clearly show that The great events
IL which we owe our greatness, as nation, ac'n
,C aIly occurred on ''black Friday.
On Friday, August 81, 1892, ChriStoPhe
: Columbus sailed on his great voyage OF cscoV
he : On Friday, October -, 1892, he first discov
"a cred land. "a
ty On Friday, January 4, 1893, he sailed
1y his return TO Spain which, if ne had not reache
:! :! in safety, the happy result would have ney'
SS' been known which led 10 the settlement oil ID
", " On 10, Friday, March Is, 1893, he arrived
ill, Halos in safety.
at Hispanioia. in his second voyage TO Amerc
Ia On Friday. June 13, 1891, he, though a
m known to himself, discovered the continent
no On Friday, March ), 1893, Henry 2, Of Z.
7a Which led 10 the discovery Of y. America.
?, On Friday, September 7, 1865, Melend
-"' founded ST. Augustinr, the oldest town in
ade United States BY more than forty years.
no On Friday, November 10, 1920, the VI
ass F9o,ger, with the Pilgrims, made harbor
;nts Provincetown. And 50 on the same day tn
b,, signed that august compact, the forerunner
=, our present glorious constitution.
mas On Friday, December p, 1920, the Pilgrl
This made their final landing at Plymouth Rock
ind, Ga Friday, February %, George Washi
not ton, the father of American Freedom, was DO
lard On Friday, June 10, Bunker Hill was sell
-, and fortified.
the On Friday, October 7, I777, the surren
Ad- of Saratoga was made, which had such po'
as a and influence in inducing France TO declare
ion. our cause.
On Friday, October 10, 1871, the surren
at Yorktown, the crowning glory OF the Am
can arms occurred.
to On Friday, July 7, l776, the motion in c
de- gress was made bv John Adams, seconded
able Richard Henry Lee, that the United ST
The Colonies were and of right ought TO be free
,n,- independent.
# all On frloay' 9vPIFtiloe' - sog, sIe s'ec
''ue- destruction.
Il Last though not least On Friday, April
FORK, 1853, the treason of Stephen .4rnod Dou
IN or and his associate conSprators was laid bare,
part the democratic party-and thereby the cour
lin. saved by the triumphant passage OF an
making Kansas one of the sovereign States
pFis- this glorious Union.
iI+y, r. So after all Friday is net SO ''black"
ewell especially TO America.
r the Now that Kansas is dead, affairs will g
and long swifningly. Congress has already 2
e IA. TO work in earnest to legislate for the best
1 terests of the country, and [ have doubt
oa"S' be ready to adjourn by the 7th of June.
au'oP Col Oar has proved hlmselfone ofthe al
chon Speakers we have ever had. His fine app
IT Of ance. and ready and happy manner of en-
cling the rules, commands the admiration
sent respect OF all who visit :he House. The CT
the try have higher honors in reserve for him.
yabe Your member, Hon. WILSON REILLY,
ay of faithfully carried out the wishes Of the Der
racy OF his District, by voting for the admis
,e re- of Kansas, and am gratifed TO learn ha
, the has lost none of his former popularity at h
and Let all true Patriots rally 10 his support,
omit thus EXHIBIT their devotion 10 the conStHu
ounts administered in lis purity. His reelection