The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-10-14

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OF all these crimes and outrages the skirts
of ''Union Savers and 'fCopperhads' are
wholly clear. Unjust, oppressive and tyranni-
cal as have been the laws of Lncoln's own
lawless ei3:s, the ''Union Savers" and Cop
perhead1 nave borne with them al patiently
hoping that through their long suffering the
Union might be restored. We have paid all
the taxes levied upon US, however onerous, and
have enjoined upon ali men to do likewise; we
have enlisted in the armies of the Union, and
the Union generals can bear testimony tosour
courage and consist ency in the cause. We
have not resisted any call of the Provost Mar
shals, nor any of the Tax Collectors of whom
Mr.. Lincoln sends US so many, No cooper
head has grown rich by extortion like Lin
coins satraps, Butler Of Massachusetts,, Andy
Johnson of Tennessee, and the convicted and
pardoned Fish, at Baltimore, and like 1he in
famous Cameron and the crew of Contractors
No ''Copperhead," has Ike Palmer, an officer
lin New York Custom House. supplied the en-
envy with articles required by them to carry on
the war. No "Copperhead,n like Howard. the
pardoned forger, has been accused Of forging
any public documents with the mama of Mr..
Lincoln attached All these and similar crimes
against the State, all these crimes against the
petrated by men who have been put into office,
protected and frequently pardoned by Abraham
Lincoln or his Cabinet.
Because Lincoln and his admirers and sup
/ poFters have committed the crimes here detail
led, and others as numerous as the sand ON the
sea shore, the sUnion Savers" and Cooper
heads" cannot support him for President. He
cannot make war as a Christian ruler should
IN a
statesman can. Therefore, although we knowIhow
comfortable and pleasant it is 10 bow down
and worship those in authority, the Jaioa Sa.
rerS' cannot burn incense at Lincon's revolt
ing and blood-stained shrine They must op-
pose Abraham Lincoln and all his works and
ways, because, as has been shown, he is unfit
TO rule even the smallest fragment of the coun-
try, and BECAUSE lie CANNOT AND WILL
NOT REsroRE AND SAVE THE UNION.
A Bone for Abolition Farmers to GnaW.
Stop moment, honest Freesoiler, we want
to reason with you. Let your plow stand in
the furrow, breathe your horses, and put on
your thinking-cap. You believe in the Eman-
cipation Proclamation eyes" You don't want
the President to back ont of ii No" The
war, then, must 60 on, so far as your vote can
influence it, till the slaves are all free.
Now, honest friend have yon ever thought
what this experiment of freeing all negroes is
likely to cost goa Are you willing to mortgage
your farm for half its value for your share in
defraying the expenses Why, dear man, it is
already mortgaged to nearly that extent and
every year the war is continued patches this
mortgage with another on the back of it, Give
your attention moment and We will makethis as
plain as the rail fence that divides your farm from
your neighbors. Youmust, of course, see that the
public debt is a mortgage on the property of the
whole country, for. this property may be taken
| by law to pay it. IF you were so rich as to
own half of the property you would owe half
the debt; if you own a hundredth or thous-
andth part Of the property; that is your share of
the debt Now it SO happens that this is
4 thing that is easily got at; so that if you will
tell us the value IS your farm we viii tell you
what part of it Is already mortgaged to the
Government? We are not going to impose up
on you by any statements which we have cook
ed up to serve purpose; the figures we will
use are taken from documents prepared By Re-
publican officials and as for the arithmetic,
you are just as competent TO verify our calcu-
lations as we are to make them. So good
farmer Gri9edollar give heed
!
for your district, or at any newspaper Office in
your county, you can get an opportunity to ex-
anime book prepared by Mr.. Keaney, chief
OF the census bureau, containing the figures of
the census. Turn to page one hundred and
ninety-four, and you will find a table giving
the assessed value of all the real estate in every
state and territory of the United States. You
will observe by the footing at the bottom OF
| fho 1nlu hot =
/ l06,049. If you will then take out and add
together the figures representing the real estate
of the slave states, the amount will be 2,377,-
| 904, 357. Sublracting this from the whole
you will have left S9595, I91 ,692 as the total
assessed value of all the land and buildings in
the free states and the territories: OF which
your farm and the buildings and improvements
upon it are a part. Now in finding the debt
which stands against this property, we viii
lead you on ground which you must regard %
[equally solid. Look up almost any file Of a
city newspaper for the month Of July last, and
yod viii find in the financial column an eificial
etatemen. of the public debt as il existed on the
18th Of July, purportipg to be taken from the
books of the Treasury Department, and signed
by the acting secretary Of me treasury. Accord
ing to this statement the debt was at thSs date
Sl,T92, ,867,040. A few days previous to the
publication Of these figures, the secretary made
q sami-oficai statement that the debt was 5hen
increasing at -he rate of 81, 500, 600 day
There have irtervened since the 9Th Of July
up to this 26th day of September, eighty-three
days, which, at that rate would bring an addi-
ton to the debt of S217, 100000 which adj
ded to the amount on the 5th of July, makes
the present debt 81, ,0l0, ,267, GAO. There are
Ethe best reasons for supposing the debt TO be
much larger bat we take the official figures be-