Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-08-30
BEDFORD. PA. FRIDAY, AUG. 80. 1861.

test thus forced upon US all the material and
moral resources and energies Of the nation, in
order that the struggle may be brief and as
/ lttle sauguinarg as possible 1t is hoped that
we shall soon see 10 The field half million Of
patriotic volunteers, marching 10 columns
which wall be perfeatly irresistible, and, boFae
10 their hands-for no purpose Of conquest or
sutJugatlon, but OF protection oniy-w we msy
/ expect within nine months to see the stars and
stripes Hoaing In every Southern breeze and
I hear gong up, Wild the storm the exultant
shout Of that euancipated people over their
( deliversuee from the revolutionary terror and
despoism, by whieh they are now tormentvi
aud oppressed.
fbeswar conducted on such scale viii not
cost exceeding four or five hundred millions of
dollars; aud none need be startled at the vast
ness OF this expenditure Tae debt thus erea-
i ted will press bur slightly upon US; ii will
he paid aud gladly paid by posterity, who will
make the best bargain which has been made
since the world began, il they can secure 10
/ themselves 10 Its integrity and blessings such
government this, at such a cost. But if in
this anticipation we are doomed 10 dissppoiut-
ments; II tue people of the United States have
already become SO degenarate-may not say
I so craveR--iu the presence of their foes as to
surrender up this Republic to he dismembered
4 aud subrerted by the traitors who have reared
j the standard of revolt against il, then trust
4 the volume of American history viii bc clos5l
aud seaied op forever, end saat tb0sa wbo
shalt seFsiye this uatioGat humiliation Will take
uute themselves syuls otAec uasla--soale name
having 40 relation TO tue past DO relation to
our great aacesors, no relation to those tnonus
i Il,
alike their hernism their loyalty aud their
/ glory.
But With the clrled lip Of scorn we ara told
by the dlsunionists, thar in thus supporting a
! Republican administration in its eudeavors to
uphold the constitution aud laws, we are s.sub-
MASSACHUSETTS" aud when they have pronounced
this word, they suppose they have imputed to
us the sum of all human abasement Well, let it
be confessed; we ares sobmisslonists," and weak
and spiFitless as il may be deemed BY sumo,
VIC glory 10 the position we occupy. For ex
ampla: the law says eThou shalt Dot steal We
| submit to this Law, and would not for the
worlds worth, rob our neghbor OF bis forts,
his arsenals, bis hospital stores, or anything
that is his. Indeed, 50 impressed are We With
the obligations of this law: that we would no
more think Of pluudeFing from our neighbor
half a million of dollars because found in one
! ef his unprotected mints, than we would think
1 OF flching purse from his pocket in a crows
ded ihoroughfare. Write US down, therefore,
''submissionists." Again: the law says ''Thou
1 shalt not swear falsely" we submit to this law,
and while in the civil or military service of the
country, with an oath to support the Constitu-
/ tion Of the United States resting upon our
ccnscienees, we would aot for any earthly con-
sideIatioH, engage in the formation or execu.
tion of conspiracy to subvert that very con-
siitu,ion, aud with it the government to which
I it has given birth. Write US Gown therefore
again ''subnussionsts." Yet again: When a
| President has been elected ia strict accordance
With the forms and spirit of the constitution,
and has been regularly installed into office, and
IS honestly striving to discharges his duty by
suatchiug lhe republic from the jaws OF gv
g.ntic treason which threatens to crush it; we
care not what his name may be or what the
designation OF bis political party, or what The
platform on which he stood during tho Presi
dental canvass, we believe we fulfil in sight
of earth and heay our highest obligations 10
our country, in giving TO him an earnest and
loyal support in the struggle in which be is
! engaged.
Nor are we at all disturbed by the fippaDt
tount that in thus submitting to the authority
Of our government, we are necessarily towards.
We know whence this taunt comes, aud we
estimate it at its value We hold that there
is higher courage in the performance of duty
than in the commission of crime. The tiger OF
the iungle and the oannibal of the South Sea
Islands have that courage in which the revolu-
tionists of the day make their especial boast;
/ ~ i A.. oc
made perfect have had, and have that courage
which submits 10 the laws. Lu eifer was q
non submissionist, and the first secessiouist of
whom history has given US any account, aud
the chains which he wears fifty express the fatt
due to all who openly defy the laws of then
Creator and of their country. He rebelleC
because the Almighty would not yield 10 hiu
the throne of Heaven; the principle of thc
Southern rebellion is the same. Iudeed, il
this submission 10 the laws is found the chic
distinction between good men and devils. A
good mau obeys the laws of truth, of honesty
! of morality, and all those laws which have beer
enacted by competent authority for the govern
, ment and protection of the country ia wh'cl
he lives: i devil obeys only his oTn iarocou'
and profigats passions Tne principle on
) which this rebellion proceeds, that laws hav'
in themselves no sanctions, no binding force
, upon the conscience, and that every man, unde
t tue prompting OF interest or passion or caprice
f may at will, and nonorably, too, strike at th'
government that shelters him, is one of ute
!, demor alzatior, and should be tIodden out, a
D you would tread out spark that has falleI
on the roof Of your dwelling. Its unchecked
/ prevalence would resolve society into chaos
8 and leave you without the slightest. guaranle
D for life, liberty. or property. Ii is time that
' in their majesty, the people of the Unite'
: States should make known TO the world tha
s this government, its dignity and power,
Q something more than a moot court aud tia