Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-02-15

Derry, a1d as bis part OF the County is de-
nominated by the Locofoeo organ as tue hot.
bed of RepubIcansn, it will be the more in
terestlng 70 ypaT numerous readers 20 hear
from Us. Among the politiea, topics of tue
day are the compromise measures, and we fad
now and then weak kueed Reputliean who
IS ready to compromise for a mess Of pottage.
without taxing into consideration the resul. OF
compromise, or to examine iuto the affected
parts Of the secession conVulsion.
1t We exaune the proceedings qt The Dem
ocratlc Convention tdat met at Baltimore In
1918, we lind the notorious w L. Yaucsy in
Producing the non-inter7ention doctrine and
the protection Of slave property ia the Terri
tories, ss an amendment to the Platform then
adopted, to run Cass and Butler for the Pres.
ldene7 and Wee Presidency and The cry sprang
trom every northern delegate in that conren
tiou, ''lf yoa adopt thai policy in our plat
form, wesElll not be able to carry a single
free State, 4nd the following vote was taken
upon the Yancey doctrine ZIG votes against
1t, and TIC naltry san Of 36 for il. The af-
hfa1aglfa aere nearly all from the cotton
Sfsses % zingle one from free State
Whafis genuine democracy new?
| The very d9AsEAle that they repniittcd Ia '48.
| slave property insttle free territories, with the
exception of the extreme doctriue oc Democra>
sy, which is the reopenng of the African slave
| trade, aud to opea the free St.tes au.i terrific.
ries, for the trading, buying and selling Of
their peculiar negro merchandise Toe gear-
ine dogma of Lpcofocoism is .naintaiued hy
them 10 30 based upon be decision Of the Sa-
preme goui; in the Dred Scott case, decision
denounced by tic ablest jurist in Europe, and
by the civilized world; aud toe people of the
| U. s. ecuouuced that decision By an over
whelmang vote, IN tbs last campaign, and uoy
the compromise patehers ask Us 10 hog 20 ,heir
negro protection policy % the free territory Of
| New Mexico, and to em5ody tie extension Of
/ slavery in the Constitution of the United
States. Ii Washington aud Jctferson we're to
rise OUT OF their graves and see tho affairs of
our country, they wouli say, f'woe unto you,
Democrats and hypoertes; bow 10 your own
| idols and images, aud do not ask the Republi-
cans 10 make obeisance to tie dogmas Of your
coDglomerstsd doctrine OF slave protection IN
/ the territories that have bceu destined bY the
Almighty for free labor, free speech AID free
dom, and ngt Tor seryisity, aristocraey and fsu-
! dalism.''
Let the Republicans eUnpromse upon the
basis OF the famous ordnance of '87 that ex-
/ Guided slavery from every foot of territory
then belonging to tue United States Why Is
! II tnat We canDot hays the s4ms compromise
We had nnder the honorsd Washington and
framsd by he venerable Jeffersoal IJer Us
| have Z eoupFoallsa excluding the curse OF
slavery from every feet of territory now be-
! longing TO us, and that is the only remedy that
can DC giFen 10 ex,rIc4ie tba country from It's
| pressut perilous situation.
tbs border States will never soceie. ami
| tie rankest Ere eaters iu them Go not intend
TO ssoede from the Union; they only inteud to
bully the Northern people into their oan forg-
ed measures toI more permanent protection 20
their peculiar slave institution. They will
never coHsent to be governed by the kingdom
! of cotton, and to tue reopeniug Of tie African
slave trade. They kuow that if thew seceds
from The Tree States, ths border Of the free
/ States would become the Cauada shore for toe
slaves, aaa the remedy would prove ten times
worse fban the disease, and they are not ieno-
rant of that truth.
The cotton States do not want 20 comnro.
mise unless upoa the basis offered By them at
the Charleston Convention, for the reepepins
of all the free territory tor the introduction OF
The genuine imported African negro The
spirit manifested at that Convention ty the
slave aud cotton worshippers showed oonclu.
slysly that they iutend to have their own yay.
or breaE up this most glorious coniedaraoy.--
The first step they took was to rule the Demo-
cratic GouRentieu, and If not that, to break il
up in a Tow, aud let a Republican. be elected
President, in order to have pretext land only
Pretextl for the dissolution of the Uniou;
amt taat part OF the game they managed adj
mirably we'll.
Suppose thoy would form Southern Con-
federacy and We Northern one. Their KEY
stoue would be slavery, aud their motto free
trade, while our keystone would be free labor,
sud our motto protection to home Industry
The result would drive a great mass of the
poor whites of the Slave Confederacy into the
Northern Confederacy for labor, and would be
ihe means OF building up our free institutions
o. manufacturing and agriculture unparalleled
on The face of tue earth. The slave confede-
raey would build up an arstocracy, based un.
on negroism, and perfect reign of Mama
lukesm woeld end the existence of their Gov.
ernment.
Inc seeding States are placed in more
preesnous situation thou people gonerelly Inn
aslee, and the secession fury could be quelled
ami biotted oas Of existence iu less than Que
'nonth oy vig'lsnt aud energetic action on the
part OF the Administration, without firing
gun. If they would dismiss all the post mas
ters, discontinue all the mail routes 10 the So
eealag States, aud not allow anything to be
mailed IN aEy of the other States, directed to
she seeding States. aud close all the seaports,
u would break secession into atoms in short
Tune. L. G.
WooDBuRY, Pa.