Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-07-19

some object TO engage their attention aud en-
ploy their industry, when the invention of this
machine opened az once views TO them which
SET the whole coustry IN active motion From
childhood to age il has presented US laera-
tive employment Individuals who we're depres-
sed ia poverty and sank in idleuess have sudden
ly risen to wealth aud respectabiliiy. Our debts
have been paid cf, our capital Increased, aud
our lands trebled in value No cannot ex-
press the weight of the obligation which the
country owes TO this invcntiou; the extent OF
It cannot now be seem Yes, and when hap
pier days shall return, and the South, awakipg
from her suicidal delusiou, stall remember
who It was that sowed her sunny fields with
the seeds of those golden crops with which
she thinks to rule the world, she will cast
veil of oblivion over the memory Of the ambi-
tious men who have goaded her to her present
madness, aud will rear monument of her
gratitude 10 the beautiful city of elus, over
the ashes of her greatest bensfacior- Eli
Whitney.
Mr.. Everett quoted at great leugth from the
most eminent writer's aud statesmen OF the
South, to show that unti quite recently the
South was ia favor of the ultimate extuc-
ton oi Slavery, sud continued.
NO coApnosusE.
AS TO the concessions Of the North, Mr.. Everett
said he North has compromised until the very
word has become atinost Sickening. TApplause.
With respect TO everything substantial in fhe COM
plaints of the South against the North Congress,
and tne States have afforded rendered all reason
able all possible satisfaction She complained of the
Missouri Compromise, although adopted in confor-
nifty with all the traditions of the Government and
approved BY the most indicious Southern statesmen,
aud after tbiriy-ou years ac9ueseence on The part
OF the people, Congress repealed it. She asked for
judicial decision of the territorial question in her
favor, and the Supreme Court of the United States
in eontraHention Of the whole current OF our egis
lation, decided it. She insisted cirrying this
decision iato effect, three new Territories, at the
very last session oi Congress, organized in
conformity to IT, as Utah and Now Mexico had been
se1ore II was rendered. She demanded guardn-
tee against anC Cndnents Of The Constitution adverse
to her interests, and il given by lie requisite
majority Of the two Houses, She required the
repeal OF the Stale laws obstruotng the surrender
OF fugitive slaves, and although she had taken the
extreme remedy Of revolt into her hands, they
We're repealed modified. TAppiause.l Noth-
iug satisfied her, because there was an active
party in the cotton growing States, led by ambitious
men, determined on disuniou, Who were resolved
not TO be satisfied In one instance alone the
Sonth has suffered defeat. The North, for the
first time since the formation Of the Government,
has chosen President by her unaided electoral
vote; and that is the occasion of the present un-
natural war. tChecrs.] ] did not, you know,
contribute 10 that result, but did enlist under the
banner of s'The Union, the Constitution, and the
Enforcement of the Laws" TGheers for Mr.
EFerett.l Under thai banner mean to stand, aud
with 1t, II il is struck down, ! am willing to fall
Loud Gppiause] Even for this result tile South
mas no one TO blame but herself Her disunionists
would give their votes for no candidate but the one
selected by leaders who avowed the purpose OF af-
'ecting revolution OF the Cotton States, and who
brought about schism ia the Democratic psrty
directly calculated, pre- badly designed, to produce
the event which actually took place, with all its
dread consequences.
After exposing the injustice OF the three-ifths
Slave representation, Mr.. Everett said
WHY SHOULD WE NOT RECOGNIZE THE sEoEDrNo
sr4TEs9
And now let ms rise from these disregarded ap
pealS the trut OF history and the wretehed sun
tleties Of the secession school of argument and
contemplate tse great issue before us, in its solemn
practical reality. "Why should We not 90 il is
asked, F'admit the claims of the Seeding States
acknowledge their independence, AMI put aa end
to the war ~ "Whv should we not 2" | answer
the question by asking another, Why should we 2
" hat have we to hope from the pursuit Of that
couese2 Peace! But we were u potce before
Why are We not at peace now The North has
not wiged the war I; II has been forced upon us in
seit-deience and if, while thev had the Constitn
ton and the laws the Executive; Congress- and
the Courts, al controlled by the mselves the South
rensdieS, has grasped the sword, can the North
and South hope to 1--we IN peace wheA the bonds Of
tue nion are broken, and amicabie means of adj.
Jusimeut are Fepudiated Peace is the perg last
mag ehich sscessien, II recognized leil gipe us IL
cit gre a0fhing but hoLLO1c fTacg-fnse n fre-
pare The means OF neU outrGges. IL is IN lis pefv
nature perpetual cause Of hostility; an eternal,
neper concealed letter Of naaTqne and reprisaR an
eUerI rIcstaag proclamation Of 6OrdeY-lUar How can
peace exist when ali the causes of djsseDsion are
Ind tvl4f
shall have led 10 a gigantic system OF smuggling
When scAerai stampede OF slaves shah take place
along the border with thought Of rendition and
az the thousand causes Of mutual irritation shall
be called 'uto action, a frontier OF l509 miles
not marked by natural boundaries and not su.icct
10 common jurisdiction or nediating power p
We did believe in peace; fondly, crednously be-
Iieved that, cemented by the mud umpiraoe of the
National Union, it might dwell forever beneath the
folds of the Star SpaDgled Banner and the sacred
shield OF common Nationality. That was the great
areenum OF policy that was the State mystery
into which men and angels desired to look hidden
from ages but revealed to us:
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, bat never found
After thrilling description Of the attack on
Fort Sumter and the existing civil war Mr. Everett
eioqueaiy set foUsh tie enormous cost of the Ter
rtoriss and the utter mpossibiiity of allowing any
loreleb power 70 occupy any portion Of these U
States, OF ia aDy event to control the outlet 10 the
great Valley Of the Mississippi. The Following was
the peroration.
Louisiana, fragment of this Colonial Empire,
detached from IL main portion and fl st organized
as State UNDERTAKES TO secede from fba TTnion
and thinks by 50 doing th$t she viii be allowed by
the Government and people Of the United States
10 revoke this Imperial transfer, to disregard this
possession and occupation Of sixty years to repeal
this law oi aafpre and Of God, and she f0ndly be-
heyes that ten millions of the free people Of the
Union will allow her and her seeding brethren 10
open and saut the portals of this mighty region at
their pleasure. They may do So ana tile svarning |
millions which thropg the course of these noble
streams and their tributaries MAY consent to nayi
gate them by suffsrance from Montgomery and |
RIehmond, but if may repeat the words which |
have lately used on another occasion, il will be