The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-07-26
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ono OPARTY." "

"WllIIaraaO'Brien has been removed from
the position of marker in the Custom House
at New York, and Robert VOsburg, a negro,
appointed 10 his place."
We clip the above from the Pine and Palm.
an abolition paper, published in Boston and
New York simultaneously. II is Pot forth,
IN that sheet with gusto, as showing the ad-
vance of "liberal principles" in the govern
ment, when white men can be turned out of
pubic employment to make room for negroes.
Inasmuch as the announcement comes from the
other side, We suppose we may take It Tor
truth-itls not ga secession lie," as our op-
position friends are fond of clubbing everything
that don't suit them,
We think II would be we'll for white men
and especially for aboling men, 70 notice this
appointment. With the cry of better times
Of free farms for the tarmess-of free homes
for the homeless-of free speech, free labor
ing men, hundreds of thousands ofvotes were
stolen by the Lincoln paaty last fall; and what
do those men find now! They 6nd the wages
of labor reduced one-fourh or one-tbird il
many instances, and four days a week at that.
They find collieries. IRON works, and other
great industrial and commercial enterprise.
stopped, or on the point OF stoDninT IT,,
find. instead OF plenty OF work at wages that
would make their families comiorablr, their
families CRYING for bread-and all this they
find as the feast Of better times which was
spread out for them TO paFtake of last fall.
Free farms l1Y the iarmless they now find 10
mean spJ, of ground about six ieel by two
which rAey are at liberty to occupy from this
10 the daJ OF Judgment, the shape of
soldiers Irave; and for homes for the homeless,
they hale found that in all future prospects
the Pmes for their starving families will
hepleiorlh be the street or the poor house, and,
,Ieir dependence the charities OF the world,
instead OF free speech, they find they have the
freedom 10 talk as certain men may dictate, and
that If they complain or reiteraie the crt of
their starving children for bread, they are cal
led sSecessIonists" and the community warned
against giving them employment; or il they
happen 10 be in the army and complain because
the government is rob5ng them by their State
TO make them comfortable while fighting the
battles OF their country, like poor Balso at
Harrisburg, the authorities arrest them for
treason and throw them into dungeon disgrace
ed and dshonored. They find that instead of
comfortable clothes, they are furnished with
garments Of ''ShodGy," that wear out and leave
them naked IN a week; and instead of shoes to
keep their feet from the burning sand during
their long and weary marches, they are furn-
ished with sandals soIed with white pine sha
wings Instead of protection TO home indus
Try as they were promised, they find an army
OF ignorant and barbarous slaves let loose upon
them 10 compete with their LABOR and disgrace
their employment, and then every little while
are TeIaed with news, like the above, that
white men are turned out OF the government
employment TO make room for a stFapping son
OF Ethiopia. And then white men fld also
that #, they meet 10 consult together TO de-
wise redress OF grievances, or how they shall
protect themselves against these things, the
very newspapers that were SO loud IN prom
ses but a few months ago, ridIcuIe their ef-
forts and take part with lazy and barbarous ne
groes who are now fleeing from the southern
States, and fostIng themselves upon The sym
pathles OF the community tor support. This is
the way things are now going on every day
about US, and in all earnestness, how long shall
It De submitted tol Under the cry of ''no party,"
democrats IN the ield-brave and experienced
soldiers are almost every day being superseded
10y the appointment old broken down polItl-
cal hacks, who never saw service and never
were IN the ranks in their lives. With the
cry OF "no party" now, bet anything for the
country, the national administration IS engag-
ed daily in tdrning out democrats from civil
positions although two-thirds of those in the
field now upholding the national honor and the
integrity of The Union are democrats. and put
ung the most bitter and radical Republican
par'lzans in their places, and even, in some
instances suPP!anting tbem with negroes. Un-
der the cry Of "no party," they organize Con-
gFess by the election ofa mere chattering alb
clifton free trader for Speaker Of the House,
showing that they could give no greater insult
TO the conservative sense of the country-es-
PecIaIly of the border StateS-that sentiment
upon which We must rely TO save the Union IN
'ols extremity # 1t can be saved al all How
can 1t be expected but that their professions
should be regarded as a cheat and humbug, land