Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-04-29


eqa4l participation of all the fruits Of our gene
rons system. l will divide with him the tenn
pla pf Liberty. viii shield him from the evil
aoeE But when be denies to me what am viii
ling 10 grant to him, and that which my title
coyeFs, will not stu,,ify myself aud place weap-
otls En his hand for my destruction; and will
never pay tribute for either his kindness or for
besrahce. Cuba may be important to the Union
va admit that il will be so when We have
jnst and equal laws, and honest officers, bat be-
foreN acquire it, desire to be informed wheth-
Or @aT legislation can possibly be lad as bene
ictai to Pennsylvania as the purchase would be
10 T4nnessee or Georgia; and above all shall
scehesc know how, ;henceforw4rd, we are to be
troafed. For it am a traitor, an unconscious
and unrewafded one, 10 either thirty-lhree or
fifeal states, viii not add TO the enormity of
my eBence BY extending the number of States
agaiAst which my guilt must operate.
! Aaye stated as concisely as | could, my
lad4alent of the management of the government
fo9 tie last two years. | rrust | have made il
plain and distinct 5aye not descended 10
ufncte particulars; the proof of my declarations
having become matter OF enduring record has
rendered il unnecessary 10 DO 50. leave il
before yon anu the country, as a full justi6ca
ton VII our present course, and as The reason
Tor our settled determination TO refuse to be
Identified with movements we 10th deplore aud
Gespise, Desiring 10 be fair we caunoE tolerate
deeeffson. Sustaining right, we must denounce
uaurpatjoa. Asking justice, We counot infiet
wFang. Economy is Dot preseatei TO US as :
choice, IL Is fereed apoa Us as necessity; ard
h4gif4 been lFained in system Of politics that
i
tialt1 power, it IL too iate IN our lives TO turn
demsg0gus TO maintain majaTlties, or 10 barter
for sllsles from rotten rule. II Is true that re-
newed and continued deuuneiation aud proserip-
tiaz aFe likely TO be our reward for the ehoice
that We mskc, bat cannot avoid bintiDg to
t4ose vino suppose they have throttled the wolf,
liFas tbey may have oniy caught him by the
ears
Is toil that when she Belvidsre Apollo was
10 lhs Lapyre, lady of gushing aud fascina.-
d beauty, came win eaca reluring sun 20 look
Hpsn sn9 tqys il, wseathing il with selected
tlss as:a eiasp ping i Niih Ell The aF1os of
eFy9utifui EBAFt. DAyS ai5J s2dss ahsl iI5Aflls
rolled oB, nntsl al last 5ha cold aud stony fg-
ure turned her warm blood TO ice, aud she was
found dead With her face baried in her hands,
aud leaning agaiust it. Strive niay be TOO ideal
and look for perfection which nature does not
furnish. Like The daughter of the Bsron, VIC
a,ay bestow the jswels of the heart were their
value eaD never os appreciated, and our last
pulse may Ssat as we kueal in absorbing an /
silent alteration before the symbol of god. Il
such mus; be, We may well ciaim, at least, .
generous sympathy, for that form once had
braia, aud heart, and life, and power. 10 the
a.. s. r -. .,d IN
the days of Madison brave and benevolent, and
in the days of jackson commanding and resist
: less. Then il was the awe-inspiring guardian
of Liberty-American Democracy Invited
eompanionship, holding in It's hands the olive
branch of peace, and the thunderbolt of war.
/ But SIR, we will not die, but live. We have
Aristntie's hope, the dreams of waking men,
aud their appalling interpretations shall DO
written out in letters Of FIRE upon walls of ad-
alnant. L SHALL be read of all men, from the
! Aroostook 10 the Golden Gate. You have 1t
truth in . whisper shall confound the lie
/ from trumpet; and a naked child shall tread
upod the armored giant leading the hosts ruar-
shallsd against the advancing civilization and
righteous government Of man.
/ Look not back, we have learned the past, ,
but onward, with steady eye aud unTayerlDg
ssep. The goal is before you You will re-
member that when Orphtus lost Eurydice, be
followed her even into the abode OF Hades,
where BY the powers of his Tyre he won her
back, but it was eujoineG upou him that ne
should not lock upon her, un:il be had arrived
10 the upper air. Al tue very moment they
were passing the fatal bends, it ls said his love
oyercame him, and looking around TO know that
! fill him Sh,au lrht hack
to the internal regions. The story embodles
pregnant moral. 1t you would regain the loT-
ed and lost, then forward forward
am done. If ! have been dull, you Will
pardon me. II have inspired a single patrl-
otto thought or feeling, have my reward.