The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-11-04

preserved. God forbid that for the sake OF the
Union"
John P. Hale, Delegate 10 The Republican
Convention, June 17th, 1886
Congratulated the Convention upon The Sptrit
Of un1nimay with which II had done lis work
believe this is not so much Convention to
change the administration ofthe Government,
as TO sag qDhether there shall be any govern
1ent 10 be administered.
Some men pretend to be astonisbed at the events
which are occurring around us but am not
more surprised than | shall be at this autumn
to see the fruits following the buds and bios
soms.'
Dennison, Governor elect of Ohio, said the
following in the canvas:
ssIf am elected Governor of 0hio-and /
expect to bel will not let any slaves BE- re-
turned TO Kentucky or any other slave State
and ifI cannot prevent it in any other way, as
commander IN chief OF the military OF the Slate,
I will employ the bayonet-S0 help me- God !"
Henry Ward Beecher, n lecture on the
subject OF disunioR, delivered IN New York,
January 10th, 1850, SAID:
1.-TWO great powers that will not live togeth-
er, are in our midst, and tuggIng at each others
throats. They will search each other out,
though YOU separate them hundred times
and if by an insane blindness you shall contrlve
to put off the issue, and send this unsettled dis
pute down to your children, It will 60 down
gathering volume and strength at every step, to
waste aud desolate their heritage. Let 1t be
settled now. Clear the place. Bring IN the
champions. Let them put their lances ~ rest
/ for the charge. Sound the trumpet, and God
save The right"
Rev. Andrew F. Ross, Of New Hampshire,
at meeting of the American Anti-Slavery So
ciety, New York, May 18th, 1887
81 1t would not have been
more wrong for George the Third TO put chains
on George Washington, than it was for George
Washington to put chains on the limbs OF ms
slaves.
Where Slavery and Freedom are put in the one
nation there must be a fight-there must be an
explosion, Just as if fire and powder were
brought together. There never was an hoor
when thus blasphemous and infamous govern
ment should be made, aaG non the hour 01s 10
Be prGyea for Diea that disgrace 10 Humanity
should be dqshed in pieces for eUer."
w. H. Seward, Republican, in the Senate Of
the United States
F'These antagonIstic systems are continually
coming into close contact, and collision results.
Shall I tell you what this collision means? They
who think that it is accidental, unne cessary,
the work of Interested or tanatIcal agtaIors, and
therefore ephem neral, mistake the case altogeth-
er. It is an irrepressjbie conflict between
opposing and enduring forces, and It m cans that
The United States must and will, sooner or iateT
become entirely free labor nation. Either
the cotton and rice fields oil South Carolina and
! the Sugar plantation OF louisiana viii ultimate
" BE- TILED by free labor, and CharI eston and
New Orleans become marts for legitiDate m7r-
chandiSe alone, or else the rye fields and whea.
fields OF Massachusetts and New York must a.
gain be surrendered by their farmers TO slave
culture and to the production OF slaves, and
Boston and New York become once more mar
kets for trade 10 the bodies aud souls ct men.
It is the failure TO apprehend this great truth
that induces so many unsuccessful attempts at
final compromise between the slave and Tree
States, an it is the existence OF this great fact
that renders all such pretended compromise,
when made. vain and ephemeral. Startling as
this SO ylng may appear TO you, !eliow-citzens,
It is by no means an original or evena modern
one.'
Joshua R. Giddngs, a Republican Congress
man, in speech, said
II lock forward to the day when there shall
be a sERvlLE INsURREcTIoN IN THE soUTH-when
the torch Of the incendiarv shaH light up the
| tolyas and cities of the South and blot ont the
last ,estige of SiaUery. And though | may
not mock at their calamry-noT laugh whea
| the fear cometh, yet I will hail it as the dawn
or a political mlleuium."
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