The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-05-22


Indignation at tae arrest Of Faiiaadig.am--Re-
ne'ced oppression in Faror Of Peace--Re-
marks o. Hon. jas. Brooks and E'c Recorder
jas. w. Snth.
,Lc Mozart Hall General Committee met on
Thursday evening at their rooms with very
large attendance, BENZ ,min r. Fairchild the
Presidential the chair, and Mr.. Ignatus Flynn
acting as Secretary. Mr.. John S. Belts, of
tne twenty first ward, offered the following res.
olutiuiis.:
Resotrcd, That VIC reiterate our opposition to
this bloody, relentless, unnecessary and fruit
less war. In our opinion it ie time that the
whole American people, North and South, should
demand OF their Rulers its immediate discontin-
uancc.N
RsSolreA, That the restoration of the Union
is dependent upon the policy of the Democrat
&c party and not upon the result of battles be-
cause. the latter determines nothing. while the
foru'or, wiioiI win so,o.. --...vn"t
mnistration, will determine everything. If this
policy shall be FIR war, the war will go on, as
barren OF results as it has been heretofore, but
if ii shall be for peace under the lead of some
vigorous, able, and independent man, the war
will cease, good feeling will be revived between
the sections the Union will be restored, and all
our glorious past be once more brought back
and continued forever.
Resoired, That the conduct of our foreign af-
fairs by jhis administration has been series of
biunders at times clustering, and again tmd;
now pot-Sallant, and then cowardly--it has al
ready placed us in position where even Eng
land dares to bully us. While we deprecate
and shall continue to oppose the prosecution of
the civil war pending, we require and demand
that the administration shall submit to no more
insults from Great Britain. To resist that in
solent power, we pledge every man and every
dollar required in vigorous and successful ef-
fort to maintain the honor, the flag, and the in
terest of the country.
ResOlted, That the arrest and detention of the
Hon. Clement l.. Vallandgham. of Ohio, upon
Il military order, as punishment for the exer-
else OF the right OF free speech in popular dis
cussion (Which is offence under tho laws of
the landl, is another step towards absolute des-
potism. We denounce this act, by whomsoev-
er authorized or instigated, as crime against
the people of all the States. TO resist aggres-
sion less odious our revolutionary fathers. of ev-
cry colony on the continent, made common
cause, and we men Of New York, sympaihi-
| zing with our brethren of other States subject
ed to such ou.rages, pledge sour lives, our for
tunes, and our sacred honors," to stand by them
to the last.
Ex-Recorder Smith spoke in favor of the re-
solutions. He said there is not a despotism on
the face of the earth where man at least has
not the right TO express his views in the cause
of humanity. But in this country man
who has lately occupied high position as
member OF Cangrcss, a man OF ability, educa-
ton, and tried patriotism, for no cause in the
world except that in political meeting he said
to those that were around him that we were en-
gagged in war which cannot result beneficial
ly to us--fur this his house is forcibly entered
by soldiers and he is carried away and impris-
oned. He is brought before military tribu-
nal. Is not treason defined by statntc7 Is
there any reason that the law should be tram
Piled upon and entirely disregarded, as if they
wished to show the people the power they
have. and that they care not for the Consti-
tuition and laws They commit an act of out
rage aud violence unparalleled in the history
of this or any other CIVILIZED land since the
bloody days of the French Revolution. Ap
p!ause.
Neither this government nor any other can
stiff the voice of the millions of the people ex-
cept they drown If in blood [Applhuse.l Have
they torgn..er how Furke and Chatham in
I: ..;sN lament len1aucea American
t n as ,n were not seized and
, H7M lt"ry :!idna' Tor expressing
las! 4, ipt i. i trGn there w;s peace par
ty. T.Api iausel If ever there was time when
we should Cal! toI cessation of these sad OK
periments we have been making, it is now
Some of these men who are opposed to this, it
they could but bear the walls and weeping that