Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-08-05

out that showing that they area heart foes Of the
government and enemies Of their race The peo-
pie soon learn to find out and know these men,
Human skill and ingenuity and all of q trsitor
cunning can not long succeed in conceilingslhe
real sentiments. They hang hack or skulk away
from opE public gatherings on our national holi-
days, they disparage Union officers and soldiers
and.eulegSe the rabes. All Union victories are
insignihcant-of ts9e account; rebel victories are
Of incalculable value and Importance Good news
is never cFeGited-baG- news is often originated,
believed and circulated long before verified. Tax
es are obnoxious and oppressive; drafts are uncon-
stltutloual and 0dious; war is bloody and desoia-
ting and the Hatiua ought at once stop it. For
nearly four yearseyeryt has been wrong moth
ing excellent nothing even prasseworthy or passa-
BILE has ever been done by theEf own government
only mistakes, wrongs, wicked acts of tyranny,
and earnest appeals are nadeto. she people TO arise
IN their Ii ght and prevent the establishment OF
military despotiSm. During III this time they
hayeneyerDeen known TO utter asword OF denunca-
tiou against the rebellion Or see an improper act
south Of the rebel lines. These are the ulmistak
able earmarks of the traitor He may re1AeR-
strate he may. write down beneath the picture in
large letters the word Patriot; he may, in very
NOISY and earnest words insist that he IS sound
Democrat and that every man OF his party who
snstains the war is an "Abolitionist. Yet after
all he is neither ii patriot or good Democrat
You may turn him up-side-down and in-side-out,
and cleanse and wash him with all the pure waters
of america, ard you make nothing out OF him
hut poor, miserable traitor Just such an one as
General jackson would have strung up fer treason
in his dag and looked for the authority afterwards
There are evident signs of Improvement in the
political horizon. We have them ip the altered
tone of sentiment in foreign lands. This has been
brought about, in part. by the rapid increase OF
our nayy, by the magnitude and heroism OF our
array. The sinking OF the Madame recently gave
strength to there convictions, We Paye them in
the harmony of our commanding c5EceSs, and IN
the heroism and bravery of our troops as vel as
In their NUMBERS and IN the. Eepeal ct the cQnmu
tation clause in the emrollment bill We have
them in the speedy taking ofa our loans at par
or at premium andin the fact that all our bonds
are sought by our eWg people as safe investment
for their capital Ne have them in the move
1nents of Grant and Sherman Ia more ways than
one our army has enphdtealtg passed safely
through the = HildefResS
We are called upon by the cries Of widows and
orphans all over our land by the freshand bleed
ing wounds of ten thousand heroes; by the green
graves of ten times ten thousand glorious martyrs
starved or slain in defence of our liberties; by the
love We bear our children, and our respect for the
memories ofour fathers and by all the gorles OF
orr early history by all the claims of gegeratioHs
vet unborn-f0r the sake of mankind. everywhere,
and for advancement of Christianity, and the
continuance of civil and religious liberty IN the
Yorld-to stand by our country III VICTORY ana III
defeat until the great war ofhberty and civiiza-
zion shall be over, and the nation saved.
Then, when the pgoud old flag ofour own fathers
shall again float in. triumph aud perpetuity over
the walls Of Fort SRmpter, and over every fort,
ship arsenal city, town, and every square foot of
territory belonging to our ancient inheritance !.
and when all the people of the land shall live in
peace and unity together; and treason shall no
more rear ats wicked head, then will all-eyen the
most skeptical and the most timid-be convinced
and even ready to exclaim that the noble old Gov
ernment of our fathers-the best that God ever
vouchsafed to man shall not be destroyed, but that
the Republic still lives. and shall live forever