The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-06-12
VOL. 6. NO IS.
You should by no means fail to adopt will

| You should by no means fail to adopt with
| wild acclamation, mingled with q few "Bully
Hallelujahs," resolution severely denunciatory
Of those who cnticise our military operations,
or show impatience at the tardy movements oi
our armies in South Carolina and Virginia. Such
criticism gives the rebels 'aid and comfort,
and, though it may not be felony without bene'
| fit Of the clergy, is nevertheless what Mr.. Polk
stigmatized as ''moral treason"--a crime which
our noble President and other Wings were CON-
PEELED to ''dry up" during the war with Mexico.
Our present military discord is but ''harmo-
ny when understood" We are abundantly a.
BILE ~ beat the rebels Whenever we try. At
present we have them completely surrounded
crowded into small circumference Of not more
than six thousand miles. Our armies are guard
ing the outposts of this contracted line, and
everywhere daring the pusillanimous butternuts
to .'pierce the CENTRE" and the ragged wretches
stake the dare" We have forces at Galveston,
New Orleans, Pensacola, Hilton Head, New
bern, Sufolk-(all is quiet on the Blackwater)
FORTRESS Monroe. ON the Rappahannock, at
Baltimore, slong the line Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, in Western Virginia, in Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Fort Smith and at
Vicksburg, in the very heart Of Rebeldom.-
How long can the rebellion exist when thus cir.
cumscribeds In addition to all this, Adjutant
General Thomas, . native Of "My Maryland"
and who, last year, was charged by the maIig-
nant tongue OF slander with being secessionist
and trator-following where such noble men
as Butler, Brady, Dickinson and other old friends
r r.J 1a~ IN looJ-.o he
Southwest organizing the loyal blacks, who. it
is understood, are impatient to be led against
the barbarous hordes Of Lee and Beauregard.
Northern philosophers, women and divines, who
regard the African as the best normal represen-
tative Of the human race, and those who have
seen the sturdy mastif quail before the perfume
of the skunk, do not believe the delicate nerves
Of the rebels will be able to withstand bayo-
net charge from these American soldiers Of AT.
rican descent, if made when the state of the
Thermometer indicates cutaneous activity and
corresponding perspiration. Time, however.
will soon setlle this disputed question.
You should further denounce all who COM
plain Of the Army Of the Potomac. 1t has
been in no sense failure. 1t has achieved more
than any army in ancient or modern times has
accomplished under similar or equal difficulties.
Its bravery is unquestioned and injustice is done
its Generals True, Mcclellan, under the in
Auence Of Northern copperheads, aided by such
Republican foges as Thuriow Weed, and back
ed by the stupid graduates Of West Point, was
fast becoming a favorite with the army and tho
people, and it was grsvely hintsd BY some Of
his bolder adherents that be might be used by
the copperhead fraternity to supplant our unri.
vailed President in 1864.
Besides, Gen. Mcclellan had commanded the
Army of the Potomac long enough. "Rotation
in office" is sound political axiom. He was,
therefore, retired, although still favorite with
the brave men he so long commanded. Gen.
Burnside's career has been an eminently brilliant
one, and the same may be said of Gen. Hooker,
who presume, will soon retire upon the lau.
rels he has 50 nobly won
But in all this there is strategy. 1t is the re-
suit Of that superior genius and wisdom Of our
President, who, as s'Commander.in.C Chief"
moves interiors upon the military chessboard
with skill which excites the admiration Of all
who are truly loyal to the administration. No
harm can result from all this. We have an ~
bundance of leaders ready and willing at mo.
nents notice to lead the Army OF the Potomac
to the rebel capital. We have in reserve But
Ter, Phelps, Busted, and Lane, to say nothing
of Col. d Utassy, who, like Mahomets coffin, is
still suspended between the heavens and the
earth. look in vain among the names attach.
ed to your letter for one which recalls familiar
face. do not now remember that ever had
the honor OF personal acquaintance with any
one of you, although in former times knew
many Of the leading citizens Of Memphis, among
whom are not few who are still ardently in
favor of restoration of the Constitution. ]
regret to find none Of them associated with you
in the proposed demonstration. But l will In
dulge no complaints.
Wherever our armies have secured perma-
nent Judgment in the South, as at Hilton Head,
New Orleans, Newbern, Nashville and Memphis,
the Northern friends Of our most excellent Pres.
ident have supplied us abundanty with most dis
interested men and women, whose loyal tongues
are heard in mel0dious tones wherever we ''hOld,
occupy and possess" cotton or contraband set.
tlement in the Confederate wilderness. Look
at Hilton Head, where the tender maiden and
tougher matron of the North mingle upon sis.
terly terms with the Palmetto African ladies Of
C0utn CaTOnna a Oouhtliul issue VI u"et"
and catechisms will no doubt soon be followed
by an improved issue Of contrabands-not 50
white Ms the pure Anglo, nor 30 black as the
normal African. In a few years they will
Walk in beauty like the night
Of cloudess climes and starry skies,
And al that's best of dark and bright
Meet in their aspect and their eyes.
Esq, originally from Maine, and a warm polit-
ical friend of Breckenridge, has organized free
labor association, and Governor Stanley has gone
back to California in disgust. In Nashville we
have regularly organized abolition society. Its
organ IL the same Us that Of the State and Fed
eral Governments, and the editor. though inn
ported from abroad, is doing more to sustain the
glorious administration Of President Lincoln