Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-06-28

position, i hsniueky prepared 10 see ae hard
upon the dial Plata OF her eIzsliEati Il ru.itl7
tarast b1ek century, and to stand before
tue %orie tho confessed champion OF fls at
rioan slave hunter Is she With her unsul-
hed Tame, ready 10 become a pauder to the
rapaeitJ Of the African slave trader, who bur,
cens the very win1s Of tho sea silh the means
OF ihe %re'ched ptiVes whose limbs he has
loaded with chains, aud whose hearts he has
brokea do not, cannot, believe il.
Fer this catalogue Of wbat Ken ucky must
suffer 10 aban iouing her present honored and
and secure posiRsn, end becoming a member
Of the ga heFa contederscy what viii be her
iademntys Nothing, absolutely noth:ug.-
iRe ili-wnvea ambition Of some of her so,. !,
may possibly reaeh the Resident of the u -,
Republic; that Is ell. Alas! Alas for ,ha
dream Of the Presidency Of Souther Re.
public, which b4s disturbed so many ,;,loa..
40 'ae Soath aai, perhaps, - nc ia II q lVas,
Also aud whose Earld light, ika damon, !,
tereh Is leading nation to pegGition
Lie ciamor that 10 insisting oor. Inc S,n4b
oocyiae the laws, yhe grest pri6cJnla tb,, s1f
popular G97cTuneuts rest u,boD The ooa.o,t
Of the governed IS siolstsd, shr.pla ya, ra,sise
a momeuts asratior.. ron,la, ao,srn.
moHt daes, rest epan tba consent of
the governed 5a .tis econ the eobstn. mi
q sf' sHf of 7'.ja .Tiig Of the zoreraeg.--
,o"h'.. t'''.s - @te aag punished and made
.ue i&"s certainly against their sill,
1"u % "i.h - fEoees That tds priuciple refer
~ - = 20 Ecsy .As-Ied. A bill passed. BY
0Ce, BY the nnj)lity oF single vote
~ @agh the cons..5ssaFs Of all wh9 voted
t'u 1t should be il fact, az they ars held
10 theory, opposed to It's provisions, still
43J the less operative as law, aud no
.fget Ct self government is thereby trampled
aPo1. The elamer alules to assumes that
sae States arc separate and ind ndont gov
efpmeuts, and that laws enacted under the
authority Of ell may be resisted aud appealed
81 the pleasure of each The people Of the
United States, so far as the powers of the
6eaeral Government are concerned, are ua.t
and laws passed Ly majority Of al are bind
sug upon all. THE laws Of the Constitution,
howeser, Which the South new resist4 have
been adopted by Der sanction aud the right
she nov claims is that Of a feeble minority t.
repeal what msjority has adop:ed. Nothing
nli be more f=llasious.
Civil war, under all circumstances, is
terrible calamiiy, and yet. from tue sel6,h an.
bltlon aud Eiokedness IF men, III, best Gov.
ernmeuts have tot heen abio to escape it,
10 regarding hat which has been forced upon
the Government of the United States Ktn-
tueky should not look so muca st tho means
which mag be seeossarily employed in lis
prosecution as at the ulacina tous by which
thiS national tragedy 'hss been brought upon
u.s. Wien look upon this bright land, few
moo rs slnae so prosperous, SO Tranquil, and
so Tree and now behold it desolatsd by war,
aad me hresidei OF lis thirty millions Of peo
PIE aarkened, and their bosons wlung with
anguish, and know, as | 90, that sI this IS the
nj = n
this national ruin and despair, ara preparing
to carve with the sword Their way to seats of
permanent power, cannot but feel that they
are aeeumuiatlag upon their souIr an amount
OF guilt hardly equaled in all the atrocities
treason aud OF homicide that have degraded
the annals OF our raeesfrom the foundation of
the World hsniuckJ may rest wssl assured
that 'hii cohdict, which Is one of self defense,
Will be pursued the part cf The Govern.
meqs IN tbe raiernal spirit in which father
SEEKS to reclaim bis erring offspring. No
conquest, 60 cffusion o. blood is sought
la sorrow, nU@in anger, ;ha prayer OF all is
thas 'hn eud may DC reached without loss Of
NE or waste OF property. Among the mos,
poSefili lnSlrumsntalities relied on for re-es-
tabiisnng the authority Of the Government,
IS 'oat OF the Union sentiment Of the South
sustained oY liberated press. IL ia now iroi-
~ oAt'H uu"tE a reign OF terrorism
winch has no parallel but in the worst days of
the trepch Revolution. Tie presence Of the
Governi1ent will enable it to rebonnd and
iook It's oppressors in the face. At present
we are assured that in the seeded States no
laaa expresses an opinion opposed to the rev
olailon but at tho hazzari Of life and property
Inc only light which is admitted into politi-
eai discussion il that which flashes from tie
sword or gleans from glistcning bayonets.---
teS days since Qua of the United States
senators from firgiaia published q manifesto,
IN "hich be announces, with oracular solem-
nry and severity, that all eitisans who would
not Fote for secession. but were ia favor of
the UnioG--not sheuld or ought to- bat
''MgsT leave the State.' These words have
n them decidedly the crack of the overseer's
"hip. The Senator egidently treats Virginia
So great negro quarter, Ia which tho lash
Is The appropriate emblem Of authority, aud
me oniy argument he will ooadescend to use
hoTever the freemen Of other parts OF The |
state may abase themselves uuder the exercise
OF this lnsoieBt and proscriptire tyranny, should
tue Senator, Hi,h this seourge Of slaves, en-
deaEor to drive the people cf Western Virgin |
10 from iheir homes, ] viii cqIy say. 10 the
narrative of Gpin's ride:
MAY be there to see."
Ai would certainly prove deeply interesting
speoteele.
1t IS true that before this deliverancs of The |
popular mind OF tie South from the ihrea Ten. |
iaRe AMI alarm which have subduel it, can be |
accomplished, the remorseiess agitators who /
have made taia revolution, and now hold its |
relns, uasf be discarded alike frou, the public /
service. the eountIy n its agony IL feeleg /