The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-08-09
FANATlCISM AND CORRUPTION.

Hu'tOAA'1 q HoiheHt VI ptcClOuS ttne, demanding
ithe exercise OF the highest elements of charac-
ter, 1t IS beyond doubt the present. The most
important function OF government, the law max
ing power, is now delibeTatiEg upon state of
affairs exceeding in value and Importance the
eCongreSS of l776. We are painfully forced TO
admit it falls immeasurably below the standard
Ioi that body in wisdom and self-sacrifcing pat
rlotlsm. Party spirit has demoraized our
whole people, and corruption stalks.broadcast
throughout the land. But few genuine patriots
represent the people and find their way in
to the councils of the nation, and these few are
likely to be overwhelmed in the tempest of the
hour.
Let halt be cried to the senseless chickering's
OF restlve partiZans, and devote our best ener-
gles in unity to save the greatest and noblest
government on earth. The Detroit Free Press.
referring 30 the action of the fanatic Loveioy
the other day in Congress, makes the following
eloquent appeal 'E While the heart OF the ma
ton throbs with intense anxiety at the peril
which threatens uurz national life, and patriots
are rushing in breathlesS haste to the field of
battle, while the 'plain people, are fred with
the love of country, and are eager to make any
sacrifice OF time, OF property, OF life itself, if
necessary, 10 maintain our free institutions, the
demon of party lies in wait TO bring discord and
division into the councils of the nation, ard cor
ruptlon, with its hundred hands. is ready to
punder the treasury, and riot upon the means
gathered together for the holy purposes of self
defence. Like the vampire it teasts upon the
hearts blood OF the nation, and ghoul-like gloatS
upon the ddsolatIon and ruin which marks its
footsteps. How long shall these things be with
but change1 How long will the people,
whose lives and fortunes are IN peril submit
patiently either to the one or the other without
casting out their untahhful servants
" Congress bad hardly assembled in the Halls
OF the Capitol, when Mr.. Lovejoy, of Illinois,
who has won for himself the unenviable notc-
rlety Of being the most ultra partizan in that
body, introduced resolution TO inquire into the
expediency of repeating the fugitive slave law.
All around him sat the representatives of the
bolder States, the venerable Crittendep and his
associates from, Kentucky Thomas, and others,
from Maryland Phelps aud has compeers from
Missouri and Carlisle from Virginia, the bra
vest and noblest patriot OF them ALL While in
the Sonata Chamber there was johnson, of
tennessee. .frad with patr;st:sr4a aad iovo of
country, equaiiRg that of the Father of his coun-
try, and with bravery far exceeding that of
LeonidaS at the Pass OF Thermopylp, had fought
the battle of his country's liberty IN hls noun
tain home. These men who had all renamed
true TO the constitution, true to the laws, and
had again and again exhorted their people with
fiery elo9ueuce 10 remain true TO the compro-
mIses oi the constitution, were insuited and
contounded by this crazy fanatic. Amid the
clash OF women and children, the groans OF the
dying, this man like fiend must come to blight
the counsels OF the brave. How long will the
people of the border remain true to the consti-
tuition il the leading men of the administration
set it at de6ancel How long can Johnston of
Tennessee, and Carlisle, of Virginia, hold their
constituents faithful and act in concert with the
government 10 put down this rebellion If the
men who give distinctive character to the ad-
mInistratlon are forever kindllng the fires of
fanaticsm between the North and South? The
constitution requires the return of fugitive slaves
and he who svearS TO support it, and fails in
this point, has broken his oath, and stands be-
fore the country and the world a perurer. If
he does not die traitors death, he will find
traitors grave. Never was there more unpar-
alleled impudence than this displayed by Love
JOY, who in one breath proposed 10 repeal law
approved by Washington, demanded by the
constitution, and in the same breath denounced
another who proposed TO violate his oath by re-
signing his commission IN the army because his
State had seeded"
NEWSPAPERS One HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
ANY one who will look over file of London
newspapers, OF the reign of George ILL.,, will
be astounded at the frequency with which
crimes OF violence were committed Traitors
were hung, drawn and quartered burglary,