The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-09-26


conspirators and call Gen. Fremont to the COM
mand. They expect to be Joined by twosthjrds
of the army of the Union now in the field, and
that eventually one million of armed men will
be gathered around their standard. This start
ling disclosure is vouched for by men of high
repute in New York and other Northern States.
1t is the last card of those who have been Sain-
ly attempting to drive the President into the a.
doption Of their own peculiar policy.
We take the above from the Washington COR
respondence of the New York Heruld OF Sept
II. The He,ulfs reputation for originating
sensation dispatches has the effect usually, to
discredit its statements But, in this case, there
are corroborating facts and circumstances which
60 far to confirm the statements contained in the
above dispatch. The late action of the New
York War Committee, their secret meetings
their resolutions providing for the raising of
$4,000 men to be put under command of FIRE.
mont, as an Independent corps, their attempts to
raise large sums of money from the people-the
late meeting of Black Republican Governors
the attacks of the radical press, generally, on
the administration-the fact that about a year
ago, the New York Times advocated the depo-
sing of the President and the inauguration of
dictatorship, and that the same paper now says
that ''the people look upon the Government at
Washington as actually falling to pieces! The
fact that Governor Andrew hesitated to furnish
volunteers, unless the President would adopt an
abolition policy-the fact that Henry Wilson
goes about the streets of Washington cursing
the President and declaring the war is a failure
the fact that Fremont has withdrawn from
the army and is in New York in daily intercourse
with the men supposed to be at the bottom of
this alleged business-tlIe well known fact that
the radicals have always desired the destruction
OF this government, and the fact that they have,
ever since this war commenced, endeavored to
make it the means of accomplishing their Sim
ferna" purpose-these facts, and many others
of kindred character which we might men,
tion go far to confirm what the Herald CORE
spondont alleges.
The Cincinnati Gazette, republican journal,
recently put forth the following:
"Alany are willing to invest the President with
a military dictatorship, SO that one mind, with
out so much distracting counsel, shall infuse new
and terrible energy into the measures to put
down the rebellion. A day or two since at
tended the ceremonies of raising flag over a
new hospital mile east of the Capitol. DR..
Sunderland, chaplain of the Senate, and pastor
of one of the largest New School Presbyterian
churches in Washington was the orator. He
boldly proclaimed the sentiments of the loyal
North, that a new war policy must be inaugu
rated or the rebellion never could be put down.
He advocated military dictatorship"
In view of all the known facts to which we
have referred, there is reason to apprehend that
a military dictatorship is contemplated by trail
torous radicals, in and out of Congress. Such
wretches as Governor Andrew, Henry Wilson,
Charles Sumner, Ben. Wade, Zach. Chandler
& Co., are quite capable of conceiving such a
project, and of desiring to have it executed.
In their desperation to retain power and perpet-
uate the opportunity for plumber, they would
resort to any scheme, however infamous to sat-
isfy their selfish DESIRES So far as the minds,
hearts and wishes of these men are concerned,
the He,atds statement is undoubtedly correct,
and if every one of the traitors should be hang
ed for treason, justice would be getting her due.
But, when their capacity, or incapacity, to sue
cessfully execute so great scheme is considered,
the public mind will not be disturbed by this
announcement of their wish or purpose. Their
hearts are black enough to desire it, but their
heads are too weak to accomplish so great a
scheme of infamy and treason. The fact that
Fremont is their chosen leader in this business,
stamps the whole matter with utter impotence,
and renders it supremely ridiculous This choice
of one for a leader who is, himself, so notori-
ously failure, in every respect, fifty illustrates
the harmlessness of their proposed scheme,
black and infamous as it is in its conception.
But while there is no danger that these vile
traitors to their country, their own race, their
own children and to God, will be able to con-
summate their hellsh purpose-while itis isknown
that our loyal army would annihilate whomso-
ever might be base enough to take up arms in
such cause, and that our people, generally,
would trample such scoundrels into the DUST
yet, it is incumbent upon us all to drive those
traitors from the high places of trust which they
SO much disgrace, and in which they have al
ready done SO much to injurc the cause of the
Union. Let the verdict of the loyal people, at
the coming election, tell the world how Ameri-
can freemen appreciate such traitors
Phil. Ecening Jour.