Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1860-08-10

/ considered strange that the influence of fh
party should be SO directed as to forify doc
trines most congenial TO the supposed welfar
of those who direct the mschinery To man
il has seemed unaccountable that executive ac
ton aud legislative aud Judicial proceeding,
should be shaped, from year to year. as 4
strengthen tue few at the expense OF the greai
mass of our people. Let it % longer be re-
gardsd as a marvel or MYSTERY the respon
sbility of it rests with those Northern men il
whom we have reposed our confidence, anc
clothed With the garments of authority. Ex.
anime the record of votes in your Nationa
Congress, aud there learn why it Is that North
eFn capital aud labor are constantly born dowr
by tue enormous weight of Southern exacton
When your reasonable requests are denied,
tell you, with earnestness and emphasis, it i.
because eight millions Of men control eighteen
mliians, through our representatives elected
by party pledged 10 interests adverse to ours.
Slavery edueates its statesmen In a high school
under a5le professors. 1t teaches that the
Northern men are cowardly, aud that their am.
bition Is linked with aVariee and, unfortun ate
ly fer Us, it hls arguments TO fortify it's faith
In half century II may not be credited thai
less than dozen lnen, trained under these cir
cumstances, so alarmed a PENNSYLVANIA Pre-
sident as TO induce bin to reeast a message
violate the plighted faith upon which he wa,
elected. disgrace his native State, and degrade
the high office TO which be had then but re.
Gently been elevated. And yet not only this
has been done almost within our presence, but
the Representatives Of free constituencies have
been induced to lend their aid to force sorvile
la hnF M tb ~
aud slave State INTO the sis,erhood of indie.
pendencies TO throw the balance of power
aga nst their own people, Some of these are
now not only respectable members of The
Douglas church, but missionaries among the
uabeiieViug aud outside barbarians. | have
some of them very distinctly 10 my recollection,
and would bs quito refreshing to hear their re-
marks Of landatioa of popular sovereignty,
such as they deuied 10 Kansas, and ia denun-
citation OF Southern demands, to which they
succumbed as reluctantly as q thrice sedueed
damsel to her lover. believe il was Mirabeaa
who said ''lhe presents of despotisin az always
dangerous - he should have included in his
remark, the threat of The ty9aat as we'll as bis
reward.
The allegation that Southern combinations
position extremists, is sheer false pretence, re-
sorted to as blind and cheat. No fears ever
sprung from such pareutagc. Slavery does
not exist By legal enactment anywhere it s
the ctild of force, aud as the sentiment OF the
world IS against it, it cannot live without the
sustaining band OF power Surrounded by an
atmosphere of freedom, it is necessarily un-
safe, and defenees become necessary. Vassalage
aud sn6Jectlon never impress themselves, with
out violence, upon the natural map, whilst, on
The contrary, the sentiments of freedom must
forever disturb the subjects Of despotism.-
The South, to be safe, must, therefore, extend,
through aud beyond all the countervaiiing in-
huences to which | have referred, and coase-
auently our frontier possessions must be cap
tured. But as the inherent weakness of the
South is Eot equal to this task, craft is resort
ed to supply the needed assistance. Upon
whom can this be more adyantage9usly brought
to bear than President without courage, a
judge without candor, or legislator without
integrity We are sold or betrayed hourly,
and If We had not more torbearance than dis
cretion we would terrify traitors. Millions of
acres OF fertile lands, every now aud then, are
hlched from our industrial classes, who require
them for the support and education of their
families, to be turned into barren wastes by
those who have already blasted more than one
half of our soil as with an avalanche of FIRE.
Factories and workshops are totteriDg iG RUNS,
and families and neighborhoods lett starving
aud 10 rags, because fostered industry is not
required in that region where the laboring ma n
has no rights which the owner of men is bound
TO respect. And ships rot at our wharves, and
storehouses become but rendezvous for idlers
aud vagrants, for the reason that uncompensa-
ted chattel sinews yield fruits more eheaply
than compensated skill, and require no shield
against the pauper products OF Europe. If a
change of tariff laws we're required by the
South instead of the North, they not could fail
of its accomplishment. Ia that case the Pres.
dent would advocate it With ardor, if not with
sincerity, and our Senators would again Illus
trate the fact of their trucking subsection to
those who secretly abhor their baseness and
inddelity- Our earnest wishes are not only
constantly degraded, but our prosperity is re-
norselessly paralyzed by our servants, without
an audible mnrnur on our part, and we are
not much averse, as we have often proven, 10
conferrlne new leases of Offices upon such as
deceive us, to afford them further opportunities
for mischief. Does this seem unaceouutAble 2
! suggest 70, 10 view of the truth have Just
stated, that the party soliciting them has its
heart and brain in the South, and its obeying
members merely in the North. The remedy
for this shameless evil is as easy as i. is sim
pie. We need but initiate the example set US
by those who have caused this condition of
things. Concord and infexibility Of purpose
will accomplish all we ask. Nothing else
ever can or ever viii. Wa might as we'll
expect o divided and discordant army, mar
shalled under opposing generals, to capture
the powerful aud thoroughly disciplined aud
guarded city, as for Northsrn rights aud North
ern honor to be sustained by men in the pay
and keeping of those who would weaken aud