The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-04-29


their internal policy IS Democrat enough for me-
care not whether he supported Douglas and
johnson, or Breckenridge and Lane, or Bell and
Everett, or even Lincoln and Hamln; il he
now takes bold stand against The iisurpations..
the tyranny, and the despotism of this Admin
lstration, he Is Democrat enough for me.
The man who is ready to maintain the State
governments in their integrity, as the surest bull
wark, and, at the present time the only bnlwark
against anti-republican and despotic tendencies,
is Democrat enough for me. / care not what
mans opinions may be on secondary questions
if he is ready to drive the abolition crew from
power, and put Democratic administration
there, trusting, under kind Providence, 10 The
national spirit and lie historic prestige OF the
Democracy, for the results afterwards, he is
Democrat enough for you and for me and for
the country. Our proper order of battle is that
OF opposition. Here we can stand shoulder to
shoulder, in this, the most momentous stragglef
perhaps the last one, of freemen for free con.
stitutioal government.
Nor does i nia.,oo ;.,.so much difference WHO tie
candidate may be. Whoever receives the reg
uIar noIainatiGa from the Democratic National
Conventions shonld be our first and last and only
choice That conT3ntion will doubtless select
worthy standard bearer, around whom all can
rally.
Elect good Democrat; place him in tue
Presidential chair surround him with honest
Democratic counsels; and / will trust hum FOX
all the consequences.
But will the bailot-box be free W:lI il be
open and untrammeleds Yes, it must YES. il,
shall be- Let millions of freemen, determined
still to be free, declare with arms in their bands.
If rI,o s..
and undefled, on the first dayof November next.
And if, in a fair expression of the national
sentiment, the decision shall be that we must
give up all for lost the nation viii bow to its
fate Thy viii, great God, be done on earth
as it is done in heaven But we hope better
things. The political heavens are anspieious,
and we may believe that Providence is smiling
through them upon our bleeding country. The
American people never yet left the Democratic
party out of power in the general government
beyond the time when they had an opportunity
to restore it through the ballot box. The rad
Icals are fast losing their hold upon the conf
dence of the people. Never was confidence
more wcfully misplaced or more wickedly be-
trayed 1t must soon be with draw n from those
IN power The nation, for three long years.
has suffered all the horrors of abolition fanati-
NtoAA " . t'sO HSSH passing d IedFIul nlgNL
of teTrors and gloom. That night, to millions
of our countrymen, is night eternal, But
light is springing mp in the east. Behold the
cheering beams streak up on the horizon, s
sob! how brightly breaks the morninsi''
lift up your hands and rejoice for the day of
your redemption draws nigh
He are now authorized TO hope and expect
that the approaching contest will bring the gen.
ial spirit and policy of the Democratic party
back into Administration. That portentous
cloud of anti-slavery agitation which lowered
so long over the country, charged with the
thunderbolts of war, and which finally burst
forth, hurling Its shafts of death over the land,
Is about to lose its power and its terrors, and
shrink back to its original insignifcance. To
be able to entertain these hopes and feel these
after what the country has suffered
Is truly consohng. / trust they may be fully
realized, IT we do our duty TO the country,
they viii be. Let as do our duty, and this
year our present rulers will be hurled from pow
er and the public policy Of the nation will be
changed entirely. Thus, and thus ONLY, can
our beloved country be saved from the band of
the destroyer.