The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1861-06-28
DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.


ty OF the press is not entirely monopolized by
the Republican party.
From the albany Argus.
! 1t is all one scheme, to end in a central des-
potism before which State rights and indivld-
ual liberties will be crushed.
| The war for the restoration of the Union
is not pursued with more vigor and eficiency
than the war against the Constitution. The
people Will soon wake up to see 1t.
From the Bridgepor(Ctj advertiser.
We are friends to righteous government
To government conducted In accordance
with the Provisons and principles of the Con-
stItution Bot, We glory in publicly avowlng
our eternal enmity TO tyranny TO military
despotism! As Patrick Henry said when as,
sailed with outcries of Treason, Treason y
elf this be treason, make the most of it!''
From the Chicago Times.
This government has we'll nigh become a
military despotism, but IT will scarcely 90 the
length of abrogating the Civil Authority of the
land. Such an act would change the
features OF this war at once. II would be
difficult IN such case to tell which was the
most revolutionary of the two contending par
ties.
From the .MiltcauAfe Nazcs.
Democrats have engaged in this war with
the sole and exclusive purpose Of maintaining
the Constitution and Union, and not with
view OF subveTting lhem.-Since this war has
been forced upon US, we have been willing to
ignore party ard stand by the President in all
constitutional efforts to defend the government.
Beyond this we cannot go.
From The Ohio Statesman.
a~ All the political consolidation and national
ty the mass OF the American people desire, the
Federal Constitution guarantees. For this
guarantee they are willing to lavish their treas
ure and shed their blood. The name of the
United States and the nationality it implies, is
as dear TO them as the name of home and the
sacredness OF the domestic altar. These are
all entwined in the affections of loyal people,
and they hold in the same abhorrence the
miscreant who invades the sanctity of domes-
tic life, and the traitor who seeks 10 rob us OF
our national life.
From the Syracuse Courier.
ton and TIE laws, and vet defy, orerreach and
override them, are often more dangerous to
public liberty and more worthy OF denuncia-
ton than are they who violate It without dis
guise. We can appreciate the ancient motto,
"Our country, right or wrong" Applied Or
iginally to contest with a foreign invader,
has it ever been applied to require the citizen
to support, ''right or wroug," a Judge, leg
isetor or an Executive?
Nor sOiH the sovereign people tolerate nor
be deluded By. such an application now! Legal
and constitutional authority, and THAT
ONLY, will they approve or uphold!
From the Concord IN. H. Patriot
1t is apparent to every thinking mind, that
the great cause and objects for which we have
Professedly drawn the sword, the preservation
eff Constitutional Government and personal lib
erty, are in quite as much danger from the
Government itself and IFS directors as from
those in armed rebellion against it. Our Un-
ION is Of no value, our Government is not
worth fighting for, II the vital principles and
guarantees of the Constitution are TO be disre-
garded and destroyed. Here, we take it, is TO
be the dividing line of parties hereafter on the
one side will be arrayed those who stand for
the faithful observance Of Constitutional obli-
getIons and the perervatiop Of Constitutional
rights aud guarantees, while on the other will
stand those who, for mere temporary objects
and party purposes, are willing 10 risk the open
disregard andpdrect violation Of the most es-
sential provisions of the Constitution. That
the Democracy, IN a mass, will be found in
the positionsfrst named, it needs no prophet
to predlcts .~.n
While the people of the North are united in
the deterrsination to support the Government,
and literally expendlng their present prosper
ity in the effort to maintain the Union against
rebellion and, treason, they have the right 10
demand and they will insist that the vital prin-
ciples of the Constitution shall be maintained,
md kho& III hall pof do all
the Restraints imposed for the protection of per-
sonal liberty and sacred rights.
From the Boston Post.
There is no disposition to inaugnrate fac
tious pcsft4en to the Executive Department
of the Government, or TO enbarrass il by quer-
ulous faultfndlng but every honest, patriotic
citizen feels that the restraints of law cannot
be traocended with impunlty in any quarter,
without hazarding the rights of the people.
From the Dubuque Herald.
The~party organs and the confidential mouth
pieces of the Administration have given out its
future policy, and proposed changes which
they intend to make in the Government while
the power is in their hands. The following a.
mong other points are of the number proposed.
/. The consolidation of the Union by abol-
iIsHaiiS SAdtc NOFrTuH1eHtss duu TUG 1onSeHeA@
ton of all the functions of Government 10 1a-
tional power.
III. The creation of national bank under
khe control OF the national government.
III. The increase OF the army and of the
navy to sufficient degree to keep down all
opposition to the proposed Government.
Nv. To remodel the Government IN such a
manner as to strengthen the power OF the Ex-
ecutive, and TO make the new coordinate
Branches of Government subordinate and sub
servient 10 that Of the Executibe.