The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-11-04

| Eou ask for my views upon the presidential
election aud The policy Of he admit istralion.-
iit::' -st4T dqubt of the re-eiectiou of
site number Of -"idse.ba--i- fi,., ,..l,, 1
/ improbable-you know what other agencies
can be cmpleyed to secure bis retention IN OF
| ice. / am sure we will have the best OF 1t in
/ the army, because of the natural instinct ot
! the officers to consult the wishes of the powers
! that De. in order that they may obtain promo
,uon and preierment An this is as plain as
daylight
| As regards t're 1ehcy OF the adninistfati on
during the mex sar years, | hardly believe
/ that the leaders uf he Union party, and Ger
1 tainiv not the nlass@s OF the people, have the
slightest idea Of what Is before US. 1t may
/ CRATE harshly upon your ears, but IL IS, never
! fheless, nv firm conviction that to prosecute
this war as it should be, 1t mast be agGged tor
the c0aDists determination Of the adRH population
of the Stats IN rebellion. Does this startIe you
Look with me at The history Of the war--eVeu
now more eyentful than wars in Europe OF
thrice It's duration At the beginning ot the
conflict the administration was obviously re-
,tricted to the choice between two different pol
icies. viz: ~ CONSOLATION, and ~ ABSOLUTE
Isr-gJIeAFloS and DETERMINATION Any half
war policy was sure TO result unhappily. The
Democrats with their ardent love of slavery,
and their former political affiliations with the
lslayeocracy. undoubtedly did adopt the proper
Dobcy for their purposes. Had the war been
prosecuted, as they urged, simply to restore the
''aiou and save slavery with Ii, there IS nc
it;,nbt bat that we would now be at peace, and
line South would be reiustated in ITS old place
of eower in the Federal Union. But this, you
know, would not suit the members Of cur par
iv We could have had all that before tllf
war began if we had chosen to assent to th(
propositions adopted by the Peace Convention
/ do not know as history will justify our course
bat II Is clear that had we assenfea TO the ccm
promise proposed by that convention. we woult
have had no political future We arc but hu
gnaa, ana seil-p-csergatien is as much law o
p6litics as nature. We are certainly reSpOnsl
bic Tor The war, and, tOr one, am not airalc
to meet the results which seem certain 10 be &C
coon,lishel by it. Yet, my dear friend. an
1 almost appalled, when l try to forecast the tu
: tgre. and realize in advance the trials whlcl
we SIS a nation. will have to undergo 5etor,
we can enter the promised land OF freedom
This generation will not see that land bu
while we tramp through the wilderness IN whlsI
we now are, the next generation will enter IN
70 ,he better and, and in more perfect UHlo'
will reap the benefits of tolls and suherings.
e Consider fer moment the effect OF the wa
upon the southern people - not upon thei
property, but upon themselves Perhaps 70
viii better comprehend my meaning it wer
TO arrange in tabular form the proportion (
Union sentiment in 1861 and the probable pro
portion there at the present time. The table
complied from such information as comes
!. nv memory as 1 write, would stand thus
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