The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-09-16

reflection. We shall recur to it often. VIZ
shall waSn the democracy Of the approach o
their deadlieat and bitterest foes, and show
them bow necessary it is, il they love their
country ami the Union, which il the source Of
our greatness and prosperity, to unite as one
man 70 defeat the unhoIy aspirations Of the
most traitorous conspirators OF which history
scoBtains any record Constitution.
I rFrom fhe London News.l
i Ii is PROBABLE tbat no man in Londoa-or let
rs say no foreigner n London-is more deeply
Interested in Tee appointments OF the new min-
is;ry than Nh. Seward, a! present 50 often met
in society here. il sualsrSlood that Mr. Sey-
ard is 10 be the free-soi candidate To- the preA-
dentship Of the Uai,ed States, and prpoabIy t1e
first anti-slafery President 4hfs,ls satilcieat-
! IL well known, Ue believe, 10 save INN igom As
danger 70 which mangAmeFican gentlemen ar
subleci, Of leaving It's couatty without having
o5tained any clear idea of what our feelings afs
aoout those powers which,in the. face OF tne
most solemn engagements, keeplup tue s.asS
/ trade. MIR. Seward las Afforded every possible
egidence In his own ztounIfy Of his absolute
and hearty condemn9tt8a OF the Institutions OF
4
/ liberties OF the Republic at large, and whica
| thleateu lis existeDce. There is no occasIon "a
consider bis feelings, as il The case OF an an
| known man whom Il would be nhospliab!e to
remind Of The faults oi his country. He sas
/ shown that hts patriotism consists in desiring
and strivipg for he freedom, vlrtae, peace and
: happiness oi his nation and that, m pursuing
those objects, he IS as hearty an enemy OF sia-.
very and the slave tiads as anY lcaa Of any.
othst country can be. Let aim, then, heafE
wtat We tbinl and feel let BIN have our
sympathy in the objects 10 whoa he Is pledged
whether as President or only as senator and
above all, let him have sound reason for hoping
that our hew Foreign Secretary Will work cor
daily with an American President or minister
who will do his duty IN regard TO the African
slave rade, and also bold 10 strict account any
official who lampers With the obligations u
which the American government is sworn
Lord John Russell made an inefiacea5le impress
sion on the minds OF all American citizens de-
ring the short term Of his being Forelga Sec
retary, in 1888, BY his letter to Mr.. Everett on
the Monroe doctrine. III the statesman who
wrote that letter should be in our Foreign Or
fee, witk the same mind and spirit 10 him, whea
the FIRST anli-sisvery President goes tothe White
Housr. the history Of the African slave trade
will be brought TO speedy close. In the hope
Of some such beneficial conjunction Of autaorl-
~ and Of views. we feel that this is the time
10 say lew words as to the present aspect OF
the great question which must be decided, in
some say or other, BY the next election, wheth-
er the new President De Mr.. Seward or anoth-
er.
/ Not few citizens in America, nearly al
men elsewhere, are dlsmayed and coniUunded
at the re-opening OF the African slave-trade at
/ various points of the southern States. There are
/ lying before us now, advertisements Of the sale
| of gangs OF newly-imporied negroes, as we'll as
! the remarkable declaration of the grand jury in
! Captain Cores case at savannah, ailuded 70 by
our own correspondent in the letter we publish
/ ed on the 2lsi ultImo. We have abundance Of
reports of the meetings OF southern conventions
and other party assembiaEes, in which the mem
/ bers ayow their pgrpose g! imposing slave IN
siitutions pv law on the whole federal republic
Extending Toe Dred Scott decision over the
/ Union, in defiance OF tbe re!usa. Of any num-
! Der Of The States. " see all this going Oh
out we do uot, therefore, believe that the pres
! poets of liberty iar whites aa4 blacks are less
favorable than they were, but quite the contra
ry. The action OF lhe slave States, in their
present turbueucr, IS simply evolutionary; and
lhr act of same OF them te-opening the African
slave trade seerns to be Intended as reyola-
tlouary manifesto. The election Of 1850 wall
probably decide the fate Of that traffic. and Of
the institution which occasions The traffic, as far
as the American Government is implicated in
ill.,
fi-7c a- Ee-c H.
nonsirations 10 the North, which the South de-
nounces as revolutionary also-and with Justice
| if there is a real Federal Government at Wash
| ington. The resistance to the fugitive slave
! law spreads and deepens. The Oaio story is a
good sample o! wha. Is going ON less eoaspicu-
ousy and on a smaller scale esewhere--cti-
zens OF resPac liability and eminencr Gaed and
imprisoned for choosing TO ascertain the legal
| rights Of captured fugitiqes; and the cap,oFs
| lodged in jail, on the oihsrshand, on tie charge
Of 6tdnaPpjng free citizens; the federal and
State courts passing opposite decisions, and their
respective officials battling vehemently on be-
/ bali OF each : these are phenomena which show
tn all eyes that present arrangements cannot
continue 10 exist. All rational men are aware
that the inevitable change must involve the fun
damenta! radical principles on which the south
ern polity is grounded. The Churches present
spectacle analogous TO that Of the law courts !;
and SO do the anniversary meetings OF all the
bodies-relIgious, philanthropic, political and
commercially which the social interests Of
the nation are carried on. We have no space
lsE. remarks on the demonstrations oil all these
4 gatherings, though few paragraphs would
show that revolutionary spirit has this year
animated them all, though working in different
directions. We can notice only one associa-
ton and we select 1t on account OF the ease