The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1862-11-28
What Democrats Wish.

As it was the grand object of the Democrat
&c party to preserve the Union prior to its dis
solution, so it is now its leading desire to restore
it, with full guaranty of the rights and privi-
legcs Of states and individuals, rs vouchsafed in
She bond Of Union, the Federal Constitution.
The battle-cry Of the Democracy, during the re.
cent political contest in the North, was, 'frhe
Union as it was anl the Constitution us it Is"
This was the slogan that reused from their slum-
bcrs the mighty army of conservatives that
marched to sl.e POLLS during the idcs of Octo-
Der and November. To this rallying cry the
people responded with hearty amen! and, now,
old Constitution, IS recorded in the most solemn
and emphatic manner. But, we are asked, how
can the old Union be restoredi We answer on
lysby bringing back the Government to that
line of policy upon which it was administered
when the Union was in its vigcr and glory
You cannot have the old Union, so long as you
on, with unwilling states pinned together by
. bayonets and more unwilling nennln --~1. -;
gems of the Unitei States by forcel resi- lence
in Government prisons. You cannot have the
the old Union with the Federal Administration
threatening to deprive the people of some of the
s.ales Of their property and melting demi-sav.
AGES to murder, arson and the other nameless
horrors of seryile insurrection. In short, you
Garnet cement with blood the sunlei ing sruct-
ure of the Union. One thing is certain: We
must hare peace before ire can hare restoration
Of tie Union. Until the clash of arms and the
clangor of war shall cease, the old Union lies
in u trance of death and no trumpet's peal, nor
cannor's boom can waken it TO life. But, says
one, We must conquer the seeded states and
Then we shall have peace and reunion. What
kind of peace? Such as startles the Austrian in
his sleep when he dreams Of Hungary! Such
as curdl the blood of the Briton when he thinks
Of Nena Sahib! Every mountain glen with its
vich Ian vohr and every forest with its more
IL uluins.I Hood. And what Union that
We Gities in blackened ruins, villages
depopulated, Plantations laid waste, women and
children, starving and naked, exposed to the
lust and ferocity of race restored to its native
wildness! These and the other incffable conse.
quences Of war of determination, would COM
pose the Southern portion Of that Union which
they would have who are the advocates of war
to the bitter end
The Democracy wish for the restoration Of
the old Union, which is only possible when we
shall ceaso to fght But it is not desirable that
our Government should offer, or consent to, any
terms q peace which would reflect dishonor
upon the nation, or result in injury to the peo.
pie. The Democracy wish for no dishonorahle
pace. But as matters stand, cessation of
bcstilities, if proposed by our Government,
would not be dishonorable. Our armies have
lately been victorious in almost every battle,
and, therefore, we could we'll afford to step for.
ward and offer terms of settlement Let the
strong be magnanimous and let the right prove
hs Righteousness by its generosity.
IhsRoice Of the people has spoken for the
old Union and the old Constitution. The voice
Of the people is the voice Of God Will the
rulers hearkenf