Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1860-04-06

the question: but wish to say that, in my
opinion, this administration has been control
led by Southern nalliGefss has strengthened
that interest which now, ikexise, aims to des-
| Potise over the people, has idtfpduced and in
tensifed discord; has violated the foundation
prinoiF.es of free government, and has given
countenapce and approval to arbitrary, des-
potic, and anti constitutional doctrines, whose
prevalence sss I'M turn, weakened the Gonfed-
eracy, by diSllFbng the just relations Of the
States 20 each other-for proof of which
confidently appeal to current history. OBJ
serve, also, the qnibble in the denial of the
protest. 1t is said that reasonable threats,
&c., by whomsoever uttered. "#ere not made
as adherents of an Administration, 40. That
| is, they were not made by PERSONS in the capa-
city of adharentsI If this be the meaning Of
the Senators, their subterfuge is contemplate, )
and justly lays their motives open to suspi-
| cion. If this be not the meaning, and if the
obscure phraseoiogy be mere error Of ex-
preston, and if their allegation be that the
| Administration Congressman have not been
uttering disunion threats, appeal to the re-
cord for the language used, and for the politi-
| cal status of the members using it. think
it can easily be proved that the Administra-
| tion party in Congress is tainted in all its
parts, and certainly in its head and heart, fthe
southern portion,) with both secession and dis
union heresies.
| DEMOCRATIC DISTINGUISHES AND THEIR
THREATS.
| Why, if there be meaning in language aud
sincerity in men, tho master spirits of the De-
noefatic party in Congress are covered with
the scrofulous taint of disunion. There vet
ring in our ears the echoes of the most unex
ampled defamation, every note of which
CRATES harshly upoE our ears.
The gentlemaa from South Carolina, ,s{Mr.
] Keift,l in a recent speech, said:
! .sShould the Republican party succeed in
the next Presidential election, my advice to
the South is to snap the cords Of the Union at
once and forever.o
And the honorable member was one of rbo
most active iu efforts to effect the election of
DrsDoerasiO Speaker, and Supported every can
didate named on that side, except that North
ern Democrat in whose hands the flag went
down 10 defeat.
The gentleman from mississippi [Mr. La
mari said that when the spirit of the Consti.u-
tion (of course, as he understood it'll was no
| longer observed on this floor, he would ba
against the Government, would raise the ban
ner of secession, and would fight under 1t as
the blood flows and ebbs in his veins.
His colleague, former Governor of his State,
| mr.. McRae,l declared that, 10 case of the
election of Republican President, his coun-
sci to the people OF Mississippi swould be to
take independence ont of the Union in prefer
ence to the loss of constitutional rights, and
consequent degradation and dishoDor, in it''
He said further, sthat this is his position and
the position the Democratic party of Missisip-
pi will maintain" They propose to conaideE
she mere election of Republican President
cause for disuuion, without waiting for the loss
of constitutional rights, &s., which they affect
| to believe might flow from it. The gentleman
from Mississippi is a member of the Demo-
cratic party, and has for years been one of
its distinguished leaders. This session, he
was one of the famous committee constituted
to made the proposed Administration combi-
nation, and organize this House. He voted
| for all the Democratic candidates for Speaker.
Another gentleman from Mississippi Mr.. SIN
| gletonl gave notice that
aWhen you elect Black Republican, Hale Sew
ard or Chasc-President Of the United States;
whenever you undertake to place such a man to
preside over the destiHieS of the South, you may
expect to see us undivided and ndiysibie friends
aud to all parties of the South arrayei to r.
sist his inauguration We can never
quietly stand by and permit the control of the ar
anu navy 10 go lDIc sta6 il@puS OF q Black he
publican President
He further expressed the opinion that, un-
! less certain conditions were complied with,
aud, among others, the Territories of the Union
thrown open to slavery, and slavery protected
in them by Congress, the historian now lives
who would write the sad eptaph os Hum fuit
upon the monument of the nation.
The author Of this language also voted Tor
all the Democratic candidates for Speaker.
Another member from Mississippi, Mr.. Da-
visl said:
| ssGentlenoon of the Republican party, / warn YOU
Present your sectional candidate for 1860; elect
him The representative cf your sgster, Of tabor;
take possession of the Government rs the instru-
msnt of your power in this conflict of .irrepress-
| BILE conflict and of the South will tear this
Constitution in pieces, and look TO orr gum for
justice and right against aggression and wrong
Thus it is announced, TINT the election of
| President representing the free white labor
system OF the cogntry will be aacrpted as, of
itself, jastifatle cause Of dissolu.ion Of the
Union! Men may be elected and inaugurated
| rs President who represent the negro-slave-
labor system, and viii WELD all the power Of
| the Government for its expansion. But the
Union must be dissolved and the inauguration
| Of an elected President be prevented, who rep
fesents, sympathizes with, or would build up,
the interests of tie free white laboring men Of
the United Statesl Such is the deliberate an
nouncement made on this floor. by gentleman
most prominent in the councils OF the Demo-
cratic party. commend it TO Northern work
| ing-men.
The gentleman from, Alabama Mr.. Moorel
would not wait for any overt act, but would
consider the election as President OF any Re-
publican candidate, entertaining sentiments like
those Of Seward or Chase, as declaration of
war against the rights Of his people, and he