The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-11-01
WHAT that Election Teaches.

Hhat tDat Election Teaches.
The result of the late election satisfies us
'hat 'he people Of Pennsylvania, if the oppor-
tunity were given them, would to-day decide
IN lavor OF recalling the National Democratic
/ party to the power from which, less than wear
| ago, It was driven by the triumph of a section
! al political organization. Without State can
dIdate TO unite upon, and with only the COM
ParatIvely unimportan: local interests of the sew
eFai counties, 10 draw out the voters, the re-
turns, taking either the Judicial or Legislative
| uckets as basis, will show a large majority
/ ni Tue popular vote on the Democratic SIDE
MS indicates an extraordinary change in pub
/ nc sentiment since last November, when Mr..
| Lincoln carried the slate by nearly sixty thou
Saud; and can be ascrlbed 10 nothing else than
! d cohNicuoh IN the minds OF the people that
| theY committed grave error 10 taking the adj
| mlnlStFatIJn OF the Federal Government out of
Inc bands oil the National Democracy: aad that
Tie surest and sPeediest way of bringing the war
! 10 Close and restoring the union to IFS former
peaceful, prosperous and whole condition, will
De through the restoration of that party to pow
er' ms returning sense OF confidence IN the
nationality and administrative ability of tn.
Democratic party, is mol confined 10 those who
are or have been It's adherents: but is shared e.
ven by moderate Republcans-tbose who sill
che:lh national feeling, and are opposed to per-
yerting The war for the Union INTO crusade
for the abolition of slavery. The evidence is
presented 10 US, in their voluntary union with
Democrats N counties where they are ordinari-
ly IN the majority, in the choice Of tickets made
up OF an equal number OF candidates from each
party.
The change of feeling in Pennsylvania,
which the ''sober second thought OF the peo-
PIE Aas quietly brought about, and which has
found partial expression in the late election,
will be made manifest in the political complex
ION OF the House of Representatives at the next
legislative session. With the 10 Denoc ratio
members elected on Union tickets, we shall
have 54 members-a gain Qf "a axer Jast year 1
III Senators chosen THIS year, winch gives as :
III IN that body, where last year We had but o.
These results, however cheering IN themselves, (
are grtifyIng chiefly for the encouragement they
give for the future. We agree with the Harris !
burg Patriot and Union, that il is matter OF
comParatvly little consequence whether We
have a majority ia the next House OF Representa-
tlVes, because political questions will moi engage
the attention o! that body, and Democrats are as \
ready TO furnish means for pushing this war 10
a successful conclusion, as their political op-
Ponents. In regard to the war. there IS no
vital difference OF opinion sufficient 10 create
a political issue-and in this respect ii matters
little which party has control OF the LegIsla-
tuFe. But there Is a future before Us.
The lime may not be far distant when The des-
tiny of this nation may depend upon the Polt- /
cal position of PennsYIvanIa--when the leaders
of the Republican party may be disposed in de-
SPAR 10 abandon the country 10 the terrible fate
OF separatlon,and when nothing can save 1t from
this calamity but the strong ann o. the Demo
cratic party, which in times past held the Union .
together in the powerful bonds Of fraternity, and
may again be called upon to save il from threat
ened disrntt grafton. Always distinguished as
a Union party, with sympathles as broad as the
continent, eschewing Sectonalism, bound by no
geographical lines, entertaining no narrow or
fanatical views the Democratic party is the only
political organization with principles bread en-
ough to govern country SO diversified in inter
ests Institutions and o9nions, as ours. It's
downfall was followed by The attempted dl8mem-
berment of the Union. It's restoration to pow
er will, we trus;, be followed at no distant day
by the restoration Of the Union: frmer and
stronger, and more glorious, for the hrery trials
through which it shall have passed.
Since the year 1853, the Democratic party
has suffered defeat IN this State. The LegisIa-
turrs Of 1859, 1860 and 1861, were over
Republican, and hardly contained
a corporal's guard of Democratic members.
The success of the Republican party at the
Presidential election last year, seemed TO give
he Finishing blow TO the Democratic party;
lnd its enemies vainly ffattered themselves that
/ was humiliation for all time. But it
las arisen from the dust OF humiliation al
he very time when they supposed that 1t was
weakest, and least to be feared. Without pat
onage, 10 a great extent dIsorganzed falsely ac-
used by its enemies of sympathizing with the
Southern rebellion and treason, its leaders de-
lounced and divided, its printing offices de5-
royed, its success be~aiIed as calculated to
weaken the government and to encourage the
ebels-in spite OF these adverse circumstances
md these torrents of calumny, the old patriotic
Union Democratic party has achieved great
,lctory and confounded its landerers.-Read-
ng Gazette.
" Many men live miserably and meanly,
us to die magnifcenty and rich.
He spake well who said that little graves are
he footprints of angels
No man can leave better legacy to the {
World than well-educated family.
Pride is he fret weed to grow in the human
leart, and the last to be eradicated.
The death-smile is the grandes thing iE the
world. 1t makes the dark past an arch OF tri-
lmDh into radiant future