The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-04-08

Shareholders to work them up TO some degre,
OF civilization.
Il Is charged lha. .be life of the slave at tht
South is sometimes at the mercy Of the master
IN africa the Immediate body servants of every
chirt. at his death, are at once behea1ed ant
hofF4d t3rwald 10 attend the new wants G
/ theif old master. Is il wicked 10 buy thest
devoted victims Of heatbenism and put them
I oadf The protection Of civilized, and often O
/ Chtstaa masters Just in proportion as tbs
price ot these slaves is raised in Africa, Just Il
that degree is here a motive to The heirs tt
spare their lives. So far as Africa is concern
/ ed, the slave trade was and is its operations
ITS abolition was the result OF sentiment. and
not tbe determination of calm and deliberate
sta'esmaeship. Ira: it was not called for by
the condition ofthe world nor by any deep seat
ed mora sentiment, is proved from the fact,
/ thai fhe nation foremost in its abrogation, has
now revived il on other shores and under
another rame, adding 10 whatever sin there IS
in the direct, open slave trade, the other sin
Of hypocrisy aud false pretence.
Jamaica wants laboreTs; not because there
are not plenty Of them on tia island, bpt be-
cause they viii not work and lhe same British
PhilanlhroPhy which stands guard over the stall
wart and immensely lazy son Of Ham, brings
in the fsabler chiidfen Of Sbem, and dooms
them to the same BONDAGE under another name.
Honor 10 the SPACIOUS AMI flf-sseing states
men Of Georgia and South Carolina, almost
the anly consistent slave States in tie Union ;
Tor they breasted the united streams OF British
aud American tanat ciSn, claimed ant
uaintaned their rights and saved the Son(h
from 6arrenness and dssoat.on, the North
from civil war, and The negroes from harbarisn.
II mare laboreTs are needed for Texas,
Central America, parts Of Mexico and Cu5a,
they ought 10 be brought, without objections,
under such humane regulations IS are made
in olbsr cases for the comfort Of passenge7s.-
These iaborers should come from Africa, be-
ca0se ateg are stronger and make better slaves
than a.g nf th- copper-coIored races, because
they ar The most degraded.
As to the Influence Of slavery on tie charac-
ter oflbe whites, that IS quite another ques-
ton but 50 lar as the political history ct our
country is concerned, it is not easy 10 see how
We ceg!a 10 without me shareholders. See
how tfrir uames shlae along and adorn The
%ts'@ e s ese.eatff3- ,Yashigefags.
jell+gScu, the RandolphS, bayard, gtcn6acy,
Madison, Monroe, Crawford, RutIrdge, jack
son. Calhoun, Clay. Ben,on-bIot out these
the slave States, and what blank is left ID
our history. and % you not fad men from
these States now in Congress, tullY the peers
Of any that vou can uane from the North in
statesman>hip, honor, IategrIty, patriotism, and
hi,h raorai and religious character Do you
not seq some bright aad shining lights around
Won from the South | have read no speeches
that give more entire satisfaction than those OF
! th. clear-headcd, broad-minded, candid, far,
patriotic Stephens, cf Georgia, or his associate,
/ Jackson. In their speeches they seem to nr
models for smaller statesmen TO look up to, and
strive to equal.
! 4 few words as to your motto al the head Of
vour sresch Che llnaticism of The
Democratic party" Ifthere could be found
! in fhe Democratic party or its history any oi
that element, certainly no cue ought 10 b
better qualified to deal with it than a gentle-
man from the Republican ranks. They were
! born oi It and nurtrred by il II is their meat
and drink. their ner1lne and anodyne their
zeal in conflict and thsjr consolation in defeat,
I The Democratic party needs no defence q
simple recital OF It's biography IS lis highes
enicrv. When the measure Of British insult
was tull-when for twenty years they had
nsulted our Gag, embarrassed and put under
tribnte our commerce when they had selzee
our sailors and fred into our ships, and bung
Innocent men for being found Oh board At
American vessel, then Henry Clay, Fri>
Grundy and John c. Calhoun, and their assoc
ates, performed luStration then th'
| Democracy OF America vindcated the natlona
honor, and established new name and neN
flag over the ocean and from that day 10 thu
IalI the progress and honor abroad, have bteI
won bv the measures al the Democratic party
This glory Will remain, in spite oI all tha
,enmIly or mistaken zeal can do to mar or de
stroy il. You NAV possibly succeed tbut ma.
heaven prevent you) in the attempt You ar
making to irampie under your feet the cove
nant Of our fathers, and exalt sectional part!
with sectional aims 10 places of power an
trust but the day of your success woul'
be the hour Of your dissolution. Like the las
dav of the arctic summer, your sun would onl
rise 10 90 down. Opposition is your cohesion
the only cement of your party. Your part,
can construct nothing they lav down n
principles adhere TO no name. Mr.. Bank
goes for the absorption Of the colored races
while Mr.. Blair goes for their expulsion. =
Which shall be The policy of the party
The Democratic party has carried the coun
try up from small beginnings ~ ls Plesen
prosperous aud happy condition and, onl
occasionally being taken out to oe aired an
purified, is destined under that name, and wlt
essentially its original aud present principles
10 govern This nation while we remain a re
public. Equality among all The States-eac
State to manage their own afiars-siavehodei
not 10 br tannted nor insulted for that fact
f equal rights IN the new Territories and De-
lands annexed and new States welcomed,
fast as they wish 10 come.
These are the principles, notices, and bar
5 ners of success which wave around I'll