The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-05-29
Another Outrage upon the Press

On Wednesday, the goth inst, the office Of
the Huntingdon Monitor was destroyed by a
couple of returned volunteers, who did their
work of destruction in the presence Of large
and admiring assemhlage of the Abolition inhab-
itants Of "the ancient borough" The Monitor
was mild but firm Democratic paper and the
only crime of its editor was his refusal to en-
dorse the evil deeds Of the Abolition conspira-
tors. Well, Huntingdon ''cannot escape histo-
ry." Let it be written down that in the latter
half of the enlightened nineteenth century, the
town of Huntingdon, heretofore supposed to he
part and parcel of 'the land of the free and
the home of the brave" the private property of
law-abidng citizen was ruthlessly destroyed
and his personal safety secured only by speedy
fight. Let it also be recorded that when this
outrage was committed George Taylor was Pres
ident Judge Of the Huntingdon district, that
William Lewis was editor of the Globe, and let
the name Of the Sheriff who refused to make
any effort to quel the riot, be handed down to
the lowest depths of historical infany,
The following address has been published by
some of the true and decent people of Hunt
ingdon:
HUNTINGDON, Pa, May 81, 1863.
To the Democracy Of Huntingdon County: An
important hour in the history of our country is
upon us. The question which presses itself home
to every freema now is, shall the rights and the
liberties of the citizen be preserved or shall the
| violence of bloody mob override the majesty
of the law, and destroy both property and life I
In crisis like this we appeal to the sovereign
people; they are alike the source of virtue and
OF power, and their viii, TO be obeyed, needs
but to be known. True to the sublime cause of
constitutional libertyin the early struggles they
will not desert it now, when the fires of perse-
cution light its grand march to victory!
Feeling deeply, as all citizens who love law
and order must feel the outrage committed on
the Office of the Monitor, on Wednesday, the
goth inst, we hereby unite in a call for mass
meeting of the Democrats of Huntingdon county,
to be held in the Court House, on Friday, the
29th of May, at o'clock, p. NJ, to give ex-
preston to our utter abhorrence of such violence
and brutality, and to renew our allegiance to
the rights of the citizen and the Constitution of
tne Union.
Freemen of Huntingdon county shall your
voice be hushed by the mob? Shall your prop
erty be destroyed, and your persons endangered,
and that, too, in the name of liberty? Never!
J BY the sacred affairs of our father, we swear
never, NEVERl
Then come in numbers and in power to the
mass meeting, and in obedience to the law of
the land, let us both assert and maintain our
rights. The Monitor must be re-estabished,
and every moment of delay broods peril to our
cause. Let there be thousand Democrats in
council. There is no man who loves liberty
that cannot devote one day to its holy cause.
John S. Miller, r. Bruce Petriken, w. Pt
M'Nita, A. Johnston, J. Simpson Africa, f. u
Everhart, f, Helheight. F. r. Wallace, Wgl
Colon, A. p. Wilson, g. Ashman Miller, JONI
K Lightner, George Mears, r. Milton Speer,
Joseph Rigger, Daniel Africa, Valentine Hoo
YER A Owen