The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-05-31
Archbishop Hughes for Peace.

The opinions of Archbishop Hughes upon the
civil war, which have been looked for with
much interest by large class OF our feliow-cIt-
Zsns, are given to the public in he Metropoli-
tau Record. We extract portion Of the re-
marks Of this eminent divine, who, We rejoice
10 percieye, raises his influential voice IN iavor
Of peace.
Aoge all the wars. clvIl war IS The most de-
plora5le and the most destructive in its conse-
qGences, both 10 the viclor aud vanquishrd.-
lis progress is marked by ruin and desolation.
1t gives loose rein 10 The worst passions Of hu-
man nature; fapiRe and carnage, though horri--
bic to gaze up0a, though terrible TO witness,
cannot be compared to lhe moral evils which
It inHicts upon society. il is nol in civil strife
that the nsbier altributesot our nature are shown;
the mind Of man becomes hardened and caIlous
amid scenes OF blood aud devastation. The
Transition from a peaceful republic 70 a militarg
oeSPJiIsm is more ea.iiy effected through such
mrdium than people generally Suppose. Man
kind are pretty much the same IN every age Of
the world. Materia! civilization, il is true, may
develop the mind and sharpen the intellect, but
# does not purify the aspirations nor elevate the
moral nature Of the race.
We have heard proposition made by prom
Incnt speaker at The great demonstration which
was lately held at Uuon Square, that We trust
was either not seriously entertained, or hat It's
origin 10 The excitement Of the moment. Fl
was nothing more or less than recommends
ton Of th- policy which England has pursued
toward Ireland. The speaker expressed him
self IN tavor OF taking away the plantations
from the Southern owners and beStowing them
as lard bounties upon the Northern soldiers
The ia, hov
original one, as it was partially carried into eff
teot against The people of Ireland, and as
means by which that people were to be utterly
eXtermnat ed. For our part, we protest against
such wholesale system of sPoliauon "a system
winch Is calculated TO plunge the country IRE
medlably INTO war that lhis generation may
never see the end Of, and 10 arouse feelings Of
hatred and revenge that may live through CEN
turtles.
The proposition 10 which we have referred
rs, however, comparatively mild IN its charac-
ter when compared with tie suggestion that has
been published IN one OF two of our New York
daily papers. Il is nothing more nor less than
proposal to lncife the negroes to nSurrection,
and by SO dong, 10 Frecipitate the Southern
portion OF our country into all the horrors of
servlle war. This would be to re-enact on our
own SOL the fendsh brutai,ies Of ST. Domingo.
1t would be TO rouse the savage nature of the
Negro against our brothers in race and blood II
would oe to coanenaHce atfociiies and barbar-
Ities at the sight of which our whole country
would stand appalled,; il would be 10 encour-
age the whole black population OF the South
to rise IN arms against the whites, to murder
womea aud children, 10 massacre helpless ia
fancy and age, andsto give license 10 the ex-
cesSes and cruelties which characterize all negro
instructions.
Have We now sunk so low in he scale of hu-
manly have we 50 far forgotten our obliga-