The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-02-08
VOL. A. NO. 26.


iheFe are now ten vacant seats In the SEN
a'e oi lne United States, including those OF the
TWO members from Georgia-seats made vacant
| oy the retirement OF the Senators from the So
| ceding States OF South Carolina. Georoia
Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. Secess;os,
IS no longer made the subject of unseemly ;est
| or OF mocking ridicuEe. 1t is now looked uDon
as thing OF seriousness and gravity. A few
days more and this seriousness VIII be incrsasad
! Tor Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana will sooo
tread ID the footsteps OF those we have named.
but there will be cause indeed for seriousness
when the remaining seven States shall
take their final departure, before the fourth of
March.
what practical commentary ia this upon
the lncompetency, sel6shness and fana,icisrp of
the Black Republican leaders, in and out of
Congress Affecting or feeling increduIity a.
10 the warnings canddIy given by the South
ern States, they have up to this, the eleventh
hour, ohStnateIy, ioolIshly, wickedly refused
to make single effort to restore harmony and
10 save the Union. States that could have
been saved TO Us by concilla.ory measures. have
one alter another gone out from this once ham,
Py slsterhood OF States. to seek that harmonv
and security which have been refused 10 them
IN the present UnIon. Valulng the Chicago
Platform above the Constitution and the Union
the Republican party adheres TO that platform
al me expense OF an empire OF fifteen States.
From every quarter OF the country aDpeals
have gone to the Republican leaders at Wash
lngton to save the UnioG. They have turned
a deaf ear 10 them. Propositions of adjust
ment have been rendered by our abIest citizens.
ha tod
the country has been simulated TO an axtraordf-
nary degree OF activity in the patriotic effort TO
originate some satisfactory mode of settlement,
ahc pan after plan has been, eliminated only
10 be Scofed at by the men who brought our
troubles upon Us. Adhering with blind obstina-
tcy TO their party platform, they have at last
ofongh. tins country, it not 10 despotism, to the
orinS OF 1t. They !are themselves compelled
10 acknowledge The danger which they so long
denied They feel it, they know it, because 4
IS visible and palPable to ALT They fold their
arms and coolly talk about coercion, as if civil
war would heal the wounds they have infiic-
ted.
Our own opinion IS that they cannot bold
out much longer. The force OF events. the
uprising OF the masses, the Indignation -of the
people, will compel them 10 change their reck-
less policy This gives us encouragement.
But will they change Their fatal policy in time
to save the Union? We shall hope for the
ny9', out We cau''at rePs~ps gloomy iorebodngs.
Penasyfuanian.
kNoTTY CAsE.-Not many years ago. a
man appeared IN Court, whether as plaintiff
defendant, or witness, tradition does no, inform
u.s. Be this as 1t may, the following dialogue
enSued--
'What is your name, Sir q
'My name is. Knott Martin, your honor
sWell, what is it q
'lt is Knott Martini
Not Martin again. We do not ask VOL,
what your name is not, but what 1T is. No
contempt of court, SIR
1T your honor will give me leave, I will
spell my name.'
'k-n-ott Knott, Mar Mar, t-l-n-Knott Mar
tin
oh, well, Mr.. Martin-we see through il.
now, but It is one of the most kaottv cases we
have had before US for some tIrHe.'