Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-09-16

volunteers May not add that this victory At
| Atlanta comes in good time as the victory Ia Mo
bile bay does to yindlcate the wisdom ard the en-
ergy of the war Administration. Farragut feet
did not make itself nor did he make it. Il was
prepared By the Secretary Of the Navy, and he
that shah record the history Of this war truthful
", and iupartially, win write that since the days
Of Carnot, no man has organized war with the a
bility Of Stanton ICheers for Stanton, cheers
for the Secretary Of the Navy.
THE MALcoNrENT SPIRIT.
But. aslspeitvrs as the occasion Is, ii has never
erless failed To bring ont some whom we might
have expected here. Why are they not here to
rejoice III the victories that win thrill the hearts
Of the lovers OF freedom throughout the world.
Alas that it must be confessed, 1t is party spirit
that holds them aloof An oftheni are partisaIas.
Some are Republicans, who cannot rejoice in the
national victories because this war for the life Of
the nation, IS not III all respects conducted ae
cording I'd their own peculiar radical ideas and
theories They want guarantees for swift, and
universal and complete emancipation. or they do
not want the nation saved Others stay away be-
cause they want to be assured thst in coming out
of the revolutionary storm. the Shipof State will
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be found exactly IN the same condition as when
the tempest assailed it, or they do not want the
ship saved at all, as if anybody could give such
guarantees in the name Of the people of thirty
millions. Others are Democrats. They received
from their fathers the axiom that only Democrats
could save the country, and they must save it BY
Democratic formulas and combinations which the
progress of the age has forever exploded. They
cannot come up to celebrate achievements which
condemn their narrow and hereditary bigotry
Others, Of both the Republican and Democrat
ic parties, IRE wiling that the nation shall be saw
ed provided it is done By SOME one Of their ehos
en- and idolized chiefs which chief they mutually
denonfice ard reyile. They canrot hodor Grant
and Sherman, and FarTagdt and Porter, because
BY such homage they fear thar Fremont and Nc
CeiIan fame may be eelipsed
Nevertheless, there are enough here Of the
Fight sort Yes, that true enough Of men
who once we're Republicans but who. taking that
word in partisan sense, are Republicans no long
er. aud men who once were Democrats, but who,
taking that word IN It's narrow application. are
Democrats no longer, all of whom are now tuiou
men, because they found cut at the beginning of
this tremendous civil war, or at some period IN
its progress, that nc mau, no party, no formula,
no creed, could save the Union, but that onl9 the
people could save it, and they could save it only
by ceasing to become partisans and becoming pa
triots and Union men IGheeA for the Union.
Yes. my friends when this war shall be ended in
the restoration Of the Union no man then living
will y4 =, tl.>. rtssIfOct Ion taf d. its oan-
t,nuanee he was either radical or a Conservatl--g
Republican or Democrat bat every man WI
: claim to have been throughout an unreseTved ard
unconditional Union
But why should party spirit, especially at this
iuneture, divide the American people. And why
should |. a member Of the Executive Admins
ton. allude to il on such an occasion as this The
answer is at hand The Constitution ofour coun-
trv commands that Administration TO surrender
its powers to the people, and the people 10 deslg-
nate agents to assume and exercise them four
! wears. You receive the Executive Government IN
condition very different and highly improfed.-
We found 1t practically expelled from the whole
country south of the Delaware, the Ohio, and the
Missouri with most of the army ndnayy betray-
ed or fallen into the hands Of insurgents, aud
ne3g and treasonable Gonfederacy, with Indirect
krt effective corporation Of foreign Powers, es-
tabishine Itself on the Gulf Of Mexico We
chcerful.y gve the Government back to fon with
large aud couauering armies, and triumphant
ravy. with the aateinI C6niederacy falling into
nieees. and the reteIlious States one after aloth
er. returning 10 their allegiance.
Regarding myself now, therefore not as a Sec
ret.ry. but sn SIS as one Of the people. |, ike you
am called B. nv vote to determine into WHO'S
:, hands the precious trust shaI now be conided =
We might wish to avoid, or st least, postpon
that duty uniii the presen, fearful crisis Is passed
But it cannot and it ought not to 5e avoided 0
= adjourned, 1t Is constitutional trial, and the ma
/, Il tion must 20 through ii deiDegatey aud brayely
i shall therefore, cheerilIiy submit Tor yoarcon
4 sideration the course which ! have Concluded
adopt, and the reasons for It
e. THE PRESENT 40 COMMON PRESIDENTIAL ELEt
= TIoN-now NATIONS ARE FtlNED By PARTIES.
7 First. 7 bee you to remember that the present
ie no common customary Praslien.la election I
he It occurs in the midst OF civil war; arising out OIL
er disputed succession to the Executive power ny
er unted successons are the most frequent causes
on civil wars not only IN republics, but even III MOI
Ly arebies. 4 dispute about the succession OF z
IS President periodically begets IN abortiye or re
revolnfion in each one Of the Spanish and Anne
Eb can Republics. So the disputed succession OF Z
Spanish throne begct that memorable tRirty-yei
all tarwhich conF iilsed all Europe. Adispute 1he
=, S, .Juarez was the lawful President, brought
ed the present civil war, with the consequence
a. French intervention in Mexico. 4 dispute whe
.ad or tlte present King of Denmark, who sieeeee
IL 70 the throne last winter, is lawful heir to +
oo Dncliies of Schleswig and Holsten, brought ab
w. the civil war IN that country, which, through
as man intervention, has just now ended with
nd dismemberment Of the Danish Kingdom. L
md remarkable, also, that civil wars, produced by
!, puted successions, invariably begin with resist
10 bv some one Or more of the States Or provis
tes which constitute the Kingdom, empire, or rel-
- ~ ,rhich i disturbed Il was so with the tlui