Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-04-26
Fron the Hollidapsburg N1ig

AcShnS prevailed taat Bne 3CEarS ana oLflpeb
should be protected at all hazards. The military
of our town were the alert all day, ready and
| willing to 60 in defence Of the Country. Company
meetings Of the rifles and sFencibles were called
for the same evening in order to get additional
cruits, as both companies have rendered their
services to the Governor The war and Union
spirit actuates every man who loves his country,
and determined spi rit manifested tc sustain the
administration in our trying difficulties.
From the Huntingdon Journal.
As will be seen by the telegraphic news, Fort
4 Sumter has been bombarded and captured by tho
traitor secessionsts Of the cotton States. The war
has actually begun, and the blood of American
treemen has bsen spilled in defence Of their flag
The responsibility rests with the South and their
allies Of the North.
From The Hor.tort Daily courant.
1t is sweet to die for ones country; and never
had mortal better cause than that which now sum-
mons all who feel themselves to be men, to rally
around the flag of our fathers. Men of Connecti-
,scut To ARMS You must be counted for or
against the Government: which shall it be p
/ Descendants of those who marched under the ban
ner of Washington, which shall it be Are we
/ proud of our Putnam, our Knowlton, our Hall and
/ our WooSter and shall we blanch in this hour of
trial. Sons Of the old Charter oak State, on
which side do yon enlist
I From the PailadsipE,a .Amerscan.
For months they have paraded their forces
and prepared their armameuts, and now they
have assaulted and captured post held by the
sthe United States, shedding the blood of its
defenders to the extent of their ability. This
/ unprecedented outrage has aroused measure
| Of public indignation fow now living have ever
/ felt or seen. and urgent appeals ought not to
be aud We belsiVe will not be needed to pre-
pare the great body of the people for the stern
daty before them. Ii we of this Keystone of
/ the UBiou are firm and united ia this crisis of
the nations existence, it will take very little
time to restore the integrity of the government,
and to give equal peace and prosperity to the
I south and the north.
From the Pk,ia. Eue. Jour.
The bitterest political enemies of RepubIi-
canism are bound by every consideration Of
patriotism, by the love they bear the mothers.
wives, aud children Of their country, by all
i the timeshallowed memories Of ;he past, bg all
the sweet influences which cluster around our
national songs, by the generation Eelt for " ash
lngton, and the respect due toe names of j ack-
SOD, Clay, Webster, Benton, and the other
patriots of recsntly-p passed day-by all the
demands which the suffering millions of other
climes have on the inheritors of Freedom
BY all these considerations and many more
we repeat it that the men who are most de-
termlnedly opposed to the Republican Admin-
lstraiiGn are bound, as above stated, to stand
by the United States Government ia the pres.
ent crisis Of affairs.
From the ". Y. World.
The giant is aroused. The millions of the
loyal, Union loving North have stretched aud
snapped asunder, as one man, tho fimsy withes
holA ~. kt,,a
tenee Of being fraternsl bonds. Have We a
country to be saved, and shall We save it! asks
DIR. Lincoln, and before the words of his proc
lamatioD have been read, the patriots FIRE kin
dies IN every heart, and from cities, towns end
vilioges, the country over, the Lightning flies to
bear their clear aud quick response. Tho North
has been long suffering and tolerant even to
its traitors, but when Sumter was attacked,
and the flag which has never known dshonor
was struck, there was al end TO patience aud
tolerance and peace.
: The stab at his heart has but aroused the
giant. 1t will be fatal only to the puny arms
which dealt the traitorous blow.
From the ". Y. Tribune.
Democrat as we'll as Republican, Conserga-
tive and Radical, insiiuctively feel that the
guns fired at Sumter we're aimed at the heart
of the American Republic. No: even in the
lowest groggery of our city woald it be safe to
propose cheers for Beauregard aud GOV. Pick
ems. The tories of the Revolution were rels-
lively ten times as numerous here as are the
open sympathizers with the Palmetto rebels
The manifestations at The Stock Exchange on
Saturday were symptomatic of the feeling every
where 1t is hard to lose Sumter; it is con-
~ l., ho,,
ed united people. Hencefurth, the loyal
States are uuit In unccmpromslng hostility
TO treason, wherever plotted, however. justified
! Sumter is temporarily lost, but the country ii
saved. Live the Republic!
From The CieuetGnd, Ohio, I'll raid.
, We can hardly credit the senses when con-
: templa ting the change that has come over oul
countrymen within brief weeks space. Fol
q months, under Democratic Administration
, was the question hourly, anxiously, asked
: Have we Governments That question, uudel
|, Republican Administration, OF one sbor
month, is answered in the affirmative, and ReI
$ of all rarties thank God, aud take courage. =
e Faces briehen on every hand, and, without re-
gard to political afinities, congratulations arr
9 exchanged, and mouth answers to mouth tina
.he glorious stars aud stripes are not to b
trailed in the dust, but the Union which the.
/ typify is to be sustained.
Faon the PhiIq. Bulletin.
y The question is simply, Government, or n
) Government Are we 10 abandon every lIbert.
! We have enjoyed, tue protection that the Fed
4 eral Government has always afforded to tn
whole people, aud surrender ourselves to al
e irresponsible and hostile oligarchy at the South
: Oar citizens are now to decide between Loyalt
/. aud Treason. There is no middle ground T.