Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-09-16
Vol. 81. No. 80.

same time dozen new ships of war are going 70
complete the investment By sea, and three hundred
thousand volunteers rushing to the lines to com
plete the work Of restoration and p;cihcatioul
There is q maxim which thoughtful teachers al
ways carefully inczlate: it is that ineonstancv ia
ebeciy, and that perseverance is necessary to
sure success This maxim was set forth in the form
Of a copy in the writing book when vas young
Perseverance, always eonquersr Even infantla
beginners encountered the instruction in the form Of
fable in Websters spelling-book, The story vas,
that after using soft words and tufts Of grass ihe
farmer tried what virtue there was in stones, and BY
persistence in that application he brought the rude
boy, whp was stealing apples, down from the tree,
and 7caae him ask the farmers pardon. Our Chiea-
90 teachers tell us that just the rude boy is coming
down, must lay down the stones and resort again
TO the use of grass with the consequence of course
that the farmer must beg pardon Of tie trespasser
But what makes this Chicago policy moro contempt
tble and even ridiculous is that is nothing differ
ent from the policy with which tie same parties now
contracting actually 1shered in disunion in 1861,
in the closing hour Of the Administration Of Jamea
Buchanan. Yes my dear friends, when we Of this
Administration came into cur places In March 1851,
RECOMMENDED at Chicago. Namely, first treason.
sonabe Confederacy in arms against the Federal su-
thority. Second truce between the Government
Of the United States aud the rebels, rerabie arm.
stce which was so constructed that while the nation.
ports and forts were thoroughly invested along the
coast and rivers by the insurgents, they could De
neither reinforced nor supplied. even with food by
the government Third guild debate with q view
70 ultimate National Convention, which the rebels
haughtiiy despised and eonteinpt1ousy rejected
What we're the alternatives left usg Either to surren.
der ourselves and the Government at discretion, or
to summon the people to arms terminate the arms
tiee, adjourn the demoralizing, debate and 'repos-
sess ourselvs Of the natonrl forts and posts And
now has all the treasure that has heeu spent, and
all the precious blood that has been poured forth,
gone for nothing else but to secure an ignominious
retreat and return at the end Of four years to the
hopeless imbecility and rapid process of national
dissolution which existed when Abraham Lincoln
took into his hands the reins Of Government.
Every one Of you knows that butfor that accession
of Abraham Lincoln Just at that time, the Union
would in less than three months have fallen into
absolute and irretriegable ruin
Till not dwell long on the complaint which mis-
guided but not Intentionally peryerse men bring a.
gainst the Administration Of Abraham Lincoln
They complain of military arrests Of spies and lurk
ing traitors in the loyalStates, as II the Government
could justify itself for waiting without preventative
measures for States to be invaded or to be car
sied of into secession.
They complain that when We call for volunteers
We present the alternative of draft as if when the
ship has been scutted the captain ought TO leave the
IL,
ing them to take their turns at the bump
They are not content with plotting sedition in se-
eret places, bnt they go mp and down the public
streets uttering treason vainy seeking to provoke
arrest il order that they may complains o leagas
OF the liberty Of speech. The impunity they every
where enjoy under the protection of constitutional
debate shows at one and the same time that their
complaints are groundless, and that the Union. in
the element Of moral stability is stronger than they
know.
THE CHIEF COMPLAINT AGAINST rHE PRESIDENT.
SIGNIFICANT ASswkR-rHE QUESTION OF PEACE.
The chief complaint against the President is that
he viii not accept peace on the basis of the integrity
Of the Union. without having also the abandonment
OF slavery lFhea aud arheFe hare the iaSar5ents of
ered him peace The basis Of tke integrity of the
tnion Nobody has offered it. The rebels na,er
1oiA cfer IT, They deterained and pledged to
rule tbs Republic rain Il. told you here vear
ago that practically sarerg ,cqs no longer in oaes
lion that Il 'rds perishig under the operation of
the tcdr That assertion has been confirmed
The Union men in all the slave States that we
have delivered are even more anxious than We are to
abolish slavery. Witness Western Virginia. Marv-
land, Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Arkan-
sas. Jefferson Davis tells you in effect the same
thing. He says that it Is not slavery but indepeni.
enee and sovereignty for which he is eontending.-
There Is good reason for this. A hundred dollars in
gold is only years purchase Of the labor of ne
working man in every part of the United States
AT less than half that price We could buy alI the
slaves in the country. Nevertheless our opponents
want distinct exposition Of the Presidents views
on the ultimate solution Of tbs slavery question.
Why do they want it +? For the same reason that
the Pharisees ond Saddacees wanted an aathoripa.
tive resolution ofthe questions ofthe easuistry which
arose in their day One ofibose sects believed in a
Kingdom to come, and the other denied The resur-
rection of the dead. Nevertheless, they walked to-
gether in loving accord in search Of instruction con-
cerning the spirit-world. Master said thsy,
there was man of our nation who married a wife
'u u'eu' ieaftng SIX orothers. Ihese brothers sue
cessively married the widowed woman and after
wrids died; and, last of all the woman died ALSO
II the resurrection, which of the seven shall hare
this woman to wife p
Now, what was it TO them whether one or all
should have the woman to wife in Heaven? Il could
be nothing to the Sadducees in any case What was
i to any human being ON this side OF the grave
What was it to any human being in Heaven except
he woman and her seven husbands Absolutely
iothing. Yetthey would have an answer. And they
eeeived one. The answer was that, while in this
Mortal state men and women shall never cease to
marry and to die, there viii BE in the resurrection
leither death nor marrying, Or giving in malriage
Although altogether unauthorized to speak for
he President upon Hypothetical questions, think
can give All answer upon the subiec, Of slavery at