The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-05-01


new company, called The Union This COM
pany bult grand, substantial Road, nearly on
the line Of the first one, which commanded the
admiration and applause of the whole world.
Twas called 'TIIE CONSTITUTION In
a little while thirteen beautiful cars, differing
somewhat in size, but all nicely adjusted to the
track, were put upon the road, to be drawn by
a agrand engine, called Equal Rights the ma
tf,7als of which had been wrested from kings
and despots, even as far back as the RunnT'
nsdc fight, and all saved up for this purpose.
Well, ono George Washington, a man in great
favor with the company, was chosen Chief en-
ginecr. Most beautifully and smoothly did the
whole train run under his engineering for eight
years. Engine and cars both keeping the track
ut all times, though some fellows i'll the Penn
syyana car once got on little spree, but soon
got sober. Atlast the old engineer retired, hav-
Ing served the company long and well. A new
engineer was then appointed, one John Adams
by name. lie did not prove so capable as the
irst The passengers were somewhat aiarmeu
at one or two daring experiments which he
made But by the uproar OF the lpeople-some
ugly contriyanccs which he put ON the machine,
were removed, as it was feared they would
cause it to run off the track. The company
appoin.cd another engineer, Thomas Jefferson
was his NAME This man proved himself an
admirable engineer, and was fully acquainted
with the road. find my story is getting TOO
long and fearing may weary YOU" said OLD
Benny, II will not follow the history OF all the
engineers who so slccesyatyrun the trains but
suffice it to say, though they differed somewhat
in their style Of doing things, still all things
went well, most of the time. Once, though,
when one old Andy jackson was enslneer, some
fellows in the South Carolina car. whilst they
still wanted to run with the train, refused to
pay their share of the expenses But va
Andy said as long as they were hitched to his
machine, they should pay their share OF the
ol--sby the eternal 7 and he made them be-
have, as Washington did the 'Whiskey Boys
Through tho course OF years many new cars
were added to the train. 1t beeatne long and
heavy, numbering some thirty-four cars be-
sizes more were building; and many feared
that it would some day part from It's aelght.
Sill, the engine, Equal Rights, was a power
fu machine, and the coupling might have
nroyed strong enough. The passengers, Cop
bic, got along well together. Rich and poor,
hieh and low, were aboard, and sat in the same
seats. When the train first started, some OF
the passengers in all of the cars (save, maybe,
one) had se,yants; others had none--just as they
pleased-and, after time, the passengers in
some of the cars put off their servants at way
stations to shift as best they could whilst 9TH
ers sold their servants to passengers in other
cars, who wanted them. Still, this made no
difference for n long time. AS new cars were
added, the passengers were allowed to do as
they pleased, and as their fathers had done in
this respect. The passengers transacted busl-
ness with each otherby the way, and all seemed
to be working well. But, alas Coppic, the
old man here heaved n deep sigh,- -'some thirty
OF more years ago, it was whispered through
out the length of the train, that some ingenious
Yankees aided by some of the children OF the
old .Red Coats had invented new machine
by which they purposed to draw the train as
soon as they could get permission from Shs
company ASS as this ir ,sn.ion a5.ieard
Of and tie designs of these fellows discof,re'
deep grambing arose among the passengers
particularly in the south cars Lhs nec e"
oi,,e was called ABOLITION by rs builder,
but many people said its name would. after Il
time, be changed 70 NlEGRO EQUALITY
1t was constructed, they said, ON 7'oso prin-
cple called Higher Law some law, my boy,
that the Good Being neve7 revealed 10 man
| it's not in eFhe Book at any rate, anu have
laiways be!ie, 4 j. was the suggestion of that
! lOld Serpeu: --rthc rack Saake--from whom
have sprung ali the lissuiy brood OF the precont
dav. We old men shook our heads and said
| surely that Dmclsiae viii aeUsr do to draw this
train, from It's very structure, we know it will
never fit the track. Some far-saeing men, who
knew the name would be changed to Negro
Equality and who knew of peculiar t,estle
| on the road, called the Elective Franchise,
said, If it be attached, when we come to thu!
point, there will be II general smash up BE-
cause, even at that time, there was no little
bitterness of feeling between the cars, whose
passengers had servants and those which had
! none. and the new machine men declared that
no more cars shouiA be attached to the train,
unless they were proh,b;ts9 from carrying pas
sengers with SERVANTS The passengers in the
South cars and many in the other cars, to-,
would not yeld TO this prohibition, contendihg
that the tri.o.. was made to carry cars VIA o.
wthou sery ante, IS the passenger might choose.
But twO moddioso.sa men, OH two different
ears, started the de,,Asb ,dea tina; there was an
.,rrepress,bie conflict between those having SER
wants and those having none, and that il the
passengers would agree to allow ITO more ser
Want cars to be attached, and shut up the ser
wants in the old cars, and mot lot them spreai,
that they would soon die, or the passengers
would be smothered by their stroay sr'eii, and
that eitlsr way, this'irrepressibec conflict woald
then cease, and that Ii new engine you'd carry
Ehe train right straight to the city Of prospc-
Ety., la the meantime the excitement increa-
sa through the lies and insults of these Yam
loe machine men. Many fist fights occurred;
Isi.a Guns were fred by the frrepressiblc con-
tist' raen; bitter ennity arose against those
kao lid servants, and some innocent unarmed
Ieope wore killed in the Virginia car by the
Iunt.r3t New Machine men, and many promi-