Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-11-15


bad raised up al array was never brought
together before. BESIDE we had right upon
onr side. [Cheersl. We were lighting fer
our untry aud Providence would not desert
US il such cause. Cheer,l
The assembly then dispersed.
Fhe Resignation Of Breckenridge,
We haze heard that John .. Bfeckluri3ge
has published mirisesto 70 the people 81
Kentucky, dated at B1wiing Green, tie Rebel
headquarters, but we have been uuf e to gel
sight OF il. The ST. Louis RepuGdean op.
pears to have been more fortunate aud gives
us some insight to lis contents. Mr. Brock
iuriige says it is written at the frst molneni
since his expulsion from home bat he conld
! place his feet op the soil OF Kentucky This
is most impuieut perversion Of The truth,
/ for he never was expelled troal home; be left
Lexington lmpelled by his guilty tears of ar,
rest, aud bis retreat was lighted By the burn
4 ing self consciousness Of bis completely with
treason.
I When the mock "Dqko" of Tobbin's Com.
edy Is compelled to lay aside the borrowed
robes If authority be does it in constrained
grace ''as well orcd dog walks down stars
when lie sees preparations making for kicking
him d0wn, "and ia the same spuit Breckia-
ridge resigns his scat as m,mosr Of the Seu-
ate Of tue United States, saytug, 81 exchange
wltb proud satisfaction totm pf six years il
the United states Senate for The n.u- kes If ,
SOLDIER THIS is the buster Of tho "Auesent
P,stoi," for we all know that the service 81
tie tx Senator, j: be serves At ali, will be in
scme honorary position, with sword sud on a
charger, ga, 81. Louis contemporary says
tie address would dl' two Of its columns, and
is made up of 1,isrepresentatlons. Breckia-
ridge says there is 40 longer Seuate OF be
Unuea States 5i hiu tue meaning sud spirii
OF the Censttatoa--''th UDlsed States no
longer tx ssa-tha Uuiou is dissolved''
But keutuGky Is stl one of the Uuited
States; las deceived aud berr. ye1 constituents
are still loyal they re1ogaiza proudly the ex-
istenee of the GOverumeut OF their fathers,
and they deny that lie Uuiun is dissolved. -
By what argument eau Mr. Breckinri ge as.
sert that the Uuion dissolved now more tban
ii wss in Anglst iatt, or thar tue existence oi
the Uuted otaies has been lmperlled since
the session Of Congress, when lie occupied bis
seat Senator of the Uuiled Stats from
the State ut kantujky, aud dtew his pay from
the Feieral Treasury for his seryieesl Ii Mr.
-,reeklnridge believed wien he took the Gov
ernmeut's gold, that The Uailed States %
longer existed, aud that The Unlon was dis
sol we'd, lie acted like pretty larceny thief aud
swiuder. He knows that his course is in-
detensible; be is self convicted of the vilest
treachery to the State which has tonored him:
Lnd, being unwilling to face the indignant peo-
pie of Kentucky, he has sDeaked away from
Uaeir presence, aud, surr3unded by cu.tAroats
and thieves, laeeudiares aud telous, as a body
guard, has ISSUED bis Impudeut msniiesto.
We 10 not care particularly about seciee
the lext OF this last dying speech ami coufes
sion Of John U. Breckenridge. We know
that he cannot justif, his conduct, but that
be bys the InsiGuous talent t. conceal his real
purposes beneath ghttering sentences and
honeyed words. TIE Republican calls them
''friVulous and uHjastfab.e excuses for bad
act" But The uial aud contemplation uf Mr..
Breckinridge were held aud pronounced before
The jury of popular opinion months AID mouths
ago. While he was holding the second ofiee
iB the gift Of Ibis people aud presiding over
the SeDate OF the Uu,ted States; while be
was afterwards Candidate for he Preslden,
cy. Aud while he was exercising the duties
of UuiteG States Senator, he was plotting
to betray his country aud was in league with
the infamous traitors who oohspired TO break
up lbe Government
OF all persons engaged in tb is nefarious
works. he achieved toe lowest depth of degfa-
dAtloD, for he allowed himself as fourth can
did ate to distract and divide the vote of The
country, with The full confidence that ii would
lead to the election OF Mr.. Lincoln and thus
prevent to tie Southern malcoutents pretexI
for theiI acts of seeessob " hhiie those who
were his fellows IN this treachery lett their
seats in Congress, he remained there, aud gave
aid to them IN opposing every appropriation Of
men and means 10 resist tue rebellion, although
it was nehaeing, within five or six miles, tue
very Federal Capital where 40 was sitting
No Is deeply aud terribly RESPONSE
bio for the Llood anu plisge aud crime aud
hocrol ot tae iast SIX mouths. Ha knows IT,,
toe he kOows that hs Is as guilty as Cain
tie frsI fralrielde, aai De flies from he veo-
gcauce that awaits him. lie ~ refugee from
his Laiige State, with the brand upon his brow
aud the gBaRlng Vulture OF remorse ut has
heart. lis fate will be that OF traitor.
In the last BATTLE
Bofle down by the hging,
Where uingies wars rattle
With groans OF the dying,
There shall he be lying.
Monster et perfdity, migrate and fend, his
name will be eterualiy huked with shose of
sur4rs .nJ maid and ,rbe, bssrarv .saEs IN