Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-09-20

the neck, and now | know | have. Laughter
and cheers When I see such aL assemblage
as this, il tells me more, it speaks to the heart
more eloquently than all he tongues of
preachers and speakers; theu all the lessons
the press can give--it tells me that the popu-
lar heart is sound to the core TCheers I
see before me and all around me trembling old
age learning upon his st4f-staIwart manhood,
with strong muscles in his arm youth. ready
to bare his bosom in battle woman, with her
gentle aud anxious faoe, pleading for her coun-
try maideus, trembling, fearing that some
great calamity awaits their happy famiIy-and
little children with the cummings inquiring ey es,
wishing to know why this vast concou1se, and
why that old man with white hairs talks so
earnestly on subject in which they ntuitive-
ly feel danger, but do not fully comprehend
All! my fair-haired boy, it is that this Govern
ment may be saved to YOU that It's blessings
Of liberty may not be wrested from you, but
taat your little eyeballs may no; be blasted,
nor scared, nor your hearts wrung with this ac-
cursed destroyer, disunion that no evil shall
come to blast thess fair and fertile fields.
have the monster disunion, as the infant Her
cules had tho serpent, by the throat. Let 1t
bliss on--let it struggle, with It's couvoiGted
folds! have it. Let it writhe 10 dsathlike
oontortions, if II can, from my grasp / grasp
it 10 the name of the people--in the name of
liberty, aud hope. and LAWN the name of hu,
manlty; and will strange it forever, before
release it. IGrsat cheering What are all
the miserable party ties Of the day worth, CONS
pared TO such Government? Parties shoot
up from the Government, Government does not
shoot up from them. Party platforms, party
ties, and all that relates to parties, arc as the
idle wind, unless you have Government Cor
them to stand upon. And when your Governs
ment stands fairly and firmly, then it is that
parties may take their rise, and make their is>
sues. And they are useful-useful 10 watch
each other 10 free Government useful to
purify the political atmosphere which they
sometimes poilute-useful as part of the ma
chInery of Government founded on all nde-
pendent Constitution. | feel strong in Nde
pride Of my position, not of myself, but as
your representative, aud representative Of the
national sentiment. | have stood IN the hieh
places Of the land, in senates and in forums,
with the great and honored Of the Lend the
Clays, .he Webstsrs, the Bentons, and tde
Calhouns-aHd l feel that / ST md On higher
ground to-day, a free American citizen,
siodcating The integrity of cur Government
against traitors aud their rebellion, than ever
before. Tremendous cheering, breaking forth
into loud hurrahs.l Fanky politicians and
bastard Democrats fear am going to nv po-
litical funeral. Well, | shall have, from pres
ent appearances, pretty handsome procession,
and don't want them for mourners [Great
laughter and cheering, and cries of sGood!''I
You know perfectly we'll what have been nv
| polIfiaal f. = 4.
| the purposes of this question. | hold this
! question to have nothing to do with political
affairs one way or another. Add | know of
no man-no Abolltionist SO ultra, nor Repub.
| lcan so hostile, no American so bigoted, nor
no Democrat SO detestably faithless, but will
60 with him to perform this great work, if be
will go in good faith, as l would 60 to perform
a2y other work involving the existence of my
country. lay aside my politics. / ask you
to lay aside yours shall not go to you po-
| litically: do not ask you to come to me. and
any one who will attempt to manufacture poli-
tics out of this matter, or drag political par
| ties into 1t, IS 20 patriots a schemer, aud
| little better than those who assail the country
with arms. AS to the administration, it was
not the Administration of nv choosing.
care nothing for that. Where it is right,
mean to sustain it where il is not strong,
will help 1t to be stronger. Aud it Is the du-
| ty of every good citizen to stay up the hands
of the administration in order that il may do
Its whole and its perfect work. Suppose your
village was on fire, your public edifoes aud
| your beautiful dwellings were on fire or we're
threatened with flames, and your fire depart
ment should como out endeavorlng to arrest
| tie confagration. One says the engineer is
not qualified; be is unfit aud inefficient, the de-
partment incapable, aud he will let the village
burn. are you madman! Why, for Henv-
ems sake, let Us help them. Hand along the
( buckets; take hold there and work the engine;
raise the ladder and mount to the roof and trv
10 arrest the destructioni But no. we hear
that Mr.. Lincoln aud his Administration are
not able to conduoI the Government success
fully. For Heavens sake, then, let us take
right bold and help it-not attempt to dscour-
age it and put il down. And It is my position
that every friend of the Administration should
help, aud that every opponent Of the Admin
| Istratlon should help them two fold--all should
take hold and perform this great work, not as
Democrats, not as Republicans, not as Amers
leans, not as A5olitionists, nor any thing else,
except as American citizens, having destiny,
country, heritage that concerns US ALL
But there is an attempt to engraf. political par
tics upon this disturbanee- shame that \:
should be SO. Look around and see what a
Government we have, see what these uptuYned
faces display; they tell that it is land of re-
inemsnt, Of industry, independence, and of
religion. Look upon these happy homes, those
cultivated fields, upon those sunny slopes; look
upon this silver lake, and these streams that
sleep along the valley like molten silver
Whence came these happy people whence
came these institutions Of learning, aud of re-
ligion; whence these spires that point up TO