The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-08-16

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which we claimed as the woEk of our own
a3ndS, giving no thanks to God for enabling Us
jSo form them and hitherto preserving them a
Constitution which, excellent though il BE-. To-
sores on its face the existance of God. Ts
taere no danger that God will now permit
tae destruction of this Union and Constitution.
winch We have paid almost ldoatrous wor-
shp! lie will not suffer any creation of man
70 observe bis glory or usurp the homage due
20 him. While erecting at Washington splen-
did bapItol as monument of our greatness.
aud boaslng OF the time wheL our boundaries
would embrace all between the two oceans.
ffPfn the lakes 10 ne lsIhmus, our population
% numbered by hundreds OF millions, with
'ew York the metropolis of the would. have
= not said in our hearts, like Nebuchadnez-
ar, ''ls not this great Babylon, that have
5ulIt for the house of the kingdom BY the might
p ny power, and for the honor of nv maies-
~" forgetting bis fate and the fate Of his
singdom, and how easily the same God
shat punished and DESTROYED them can
humbIe and overthrow US Is there no dan
ger, II We continue unreconcIled to God. that
INSTEAD OF realizing our brilliant antIcipations.
grass may not grow in the streets of New York,
er even the fate OF Babylon be hers?
THE WAR sifRlT
And when at last war has been forced uDon
bs, IN what spirit have we Degun its prosecu-
tlon The same arrogant, boastful s9ir,f
both m rulers and people, has characterized
every step, Just as when the eleven tribes made
gar upon Benjamin for the outrage upon the
tsEile, and although nearly twenty 10 one.
were twice slgnaIiy defeated, with a slaughter
9i tourly thousand; then they BUNDLED them
selves before God, with weeping, fasting and
FTayPF and then he gave them the victory.
! nave yet TO see in any official quarter, save
The parting addrass OF the President 10 his
nsghburz al Springfield, or in any secular pa
pr, any ackno| edgment of our dependence
1pon Coo, any humiliation, any confession D
SO, and IN Tins respect the religious Dress has
some far short of its duty. The less has but
echoed the people m boasting of our immense
sources, procIalmiHg that the South was moor
~ 5,S feeble ~iille We had an unlimited command
led by the greatest OF living generals that the
war should be short, crushing, and decisive for
all time OF the questions at issue, and when ap-
prehenSlons were entertained of a collision
with England, our valiant boasiers were a
match for a world III arms, and seemed o,court
an accumulation of enemies And as # to
teach Us the vanity Of trusting only IN nan,
this reverse has happened under the eve, or in-
mediate direction, OF the vast amount Of civil
and military talent concentrated at Washing
ton, while 10 Missouri and Western Virginia,
without these advantages, and with forces
greatly inferior IN numbers, our arms have met
with signal success.
But must forbear further additions to the
catalogue OF national folies or sins, already long
enough, and black enough. Who can say that
any part of it is unjust All history, as well
as the Bible, teaches that God Furnishes nations
for their sins, as Well as individuals; that he
aliases the proud, while be exalts the humble
and penitent; that "prIde goeth before desiruc-
tion, and naughty spirit before fall,'' IS as
true of nations as Of individuals; that the only
way to avert His wrath, from nations or indi-
vidnals, is by humbly confesslng, repenting, and
turning away from sin, acknowledging depead-
ence upon Him, and seeking his forgiveness and
blessing.
French ZoUAvg's OPINIoH.-They tell
story OF Zouave having been asked his opin-
ion OF !he English soldiers after the Crimean
campaign.s " "Ah," said he, ''set them down in
an engagement ready prepared and well fed,
and 10 men can fight better but let them get
IN misery or distress, and no men know less how
to get themselves out of it. Par example, our
battalion was encamped beside an English regi-
ment, which had magnificent buck-goat the
cavalry horses OF their army had no forage, and
The poor beast, getting no food, SiCkened and
died. AT this time the soldiers be belonged TO
wsIsPwlthout rationS to eat, or fire 10 warm
theiAselves with and what do YOU think they
did? they collected some boards, and made a
coffin, and buried the buck. My comrade and
myself, shocked at such waste 0 good things,
took the poor animal up that night payote d.
hoRaeUr, we had three good fires from his cot
TN, delicious messes from his flesh for seven
days, and for the rest Of the campaign we slept
on his skin. which kept US from damp, and saw
ed us from sickness Now, what can you think
Of the English soldiers after such piece
OF folly as that have my cat, I carry him
on my sack, and he comes under fire with me,
as you may perceive from his having lost fore
loot. love and nourish him, and he in return
Will, should there be a necessity, provide me
with two days gooi living"
GENERAL PoLK.-The Raleigh ~. c. Re
7'sfer has the following IL reference 10 Gener-
Al Polk, Of Memphis, at present commandant of
he Confederate forces in the Mississippi val
ley ''Blshop Polk is a native OF this city. a
grandson OF COL Thomas Polk, ore of the sign
RS OF The Meeklenburg Declaration, and son
'f Col. Wm. Polk, who died here about the
year 1890 The latter entered the army and
erVed through the Revolution. He was With
zen Washington at the battle of Brandywine
Ind Germantown, in the latter of which he was
He was also with Gen. Gates al
camden, aud with Gen. Greene at Gul!iord, |
md was severely wounded al Eutaw Springs.
Al The close Of the war he had attained the rank
,f lieutenant colonel