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

disciplined minds, all its most eloquent tongues
as well as its most profound thinkers, and most
polished pens, are warmly and ariently. enlisted
| In the cause of the Union. From the forests Of
Maine to the golden shores of California, from
| the Atlantic to the Pacific, countless hosts have
solemny sworn that the Republic shall live, -
and now stand forth everywhere q mighty army,
ready to seal their oaths with the blood Of heroes
! and patriots.
! Here followed an enumeration of the dangers
/ from which the Republic may have something to
! fear. Among these, foreign intervention from
which we have little to dread, especially since our
! navy promises to be to Us such terrible right
arm of defence Since the fight between the Mon
itor and the Merrimac and since the Alabama
went down in English and French waters, the has
been little talk offoreign Intervention. Political
corruption is another element Of danger, but our
freeschoos must do much to eounteraet the politi-
cal intrigges of demagogues by educating the peo-
! pie. Again the increased extravaganza and luxu-
| ry of the people are 70 be dreaded
/ Another great Danger to be noticed. is our very
! large and rapidly increasing national debt. This
has bees cause of alarm to many sincere pat
riots. 1t is, however. ofteBer used BY our secret
enemies, in order 70 dishearten the people and in
duce them to abandon the struggle, and consent
to an efemlnate peace This debt has been va
riousy estimated and stated by different persons
1t is now officially declared TO be less than 81 e00
000.000 and no well informed man calculates the
increase at larger sum than 81 900 000, 900 per
year. "A sufficient answer to this cause of unea-
siness and alarm, ought to be that figures cannot
estimate the worth of our Union. Its value is
beyond all price 70 the patriot this answer would
be satisfactory. But We may readily find an an
sweF for the man of dollars and cents, even for
him who worships only the Almighty Dollar =
or him who has grown rich under the fostering
care of the government, and now to mean to pay
his taxes for its support.
The first Pnnic war lasted during period Of
fuanty- FOUR vaarS Tho aeaond iaStad a;gbtaara
years Pelopennesian war lasted twenty-seyen
years One of the German wars lasted twenty
years, and that against Louis XIV, lasted eigh-
teen years. At the end of the Peninsular war,
the debt of England was about $4,000, 000, ,000--
1t is now little less than $4,000, 000,000. The
United States can pay 1--WE times the debt of Eng
land, in less time than England can pay her own.
Her last war loan for the Peninsular war;, was
sold at ffty-three cents the dollar payable in
| deprecated paper Not single bond of the
United States is below par, and nearly all COM
mand premium. The income of our Treasury
for the last year, in the very midst of our war,
was nearly S300,000,0G The increase in the
value of0ur real and personal property from 1910
to 1850 was OF per cent, from 1850 to 1860 it was
| 127 per cent. We have hardly commenced TO
work our gold mines, as well rs all of our other
unedualled mineral wealth. The Increase in the
value of coal from 1850 to 1860 was 'lTf per cent.
The income OF our productive labor for 1860 was
| nearly So 0(i0, 100000 We have rich public
lands, and almost enough Of these alone to pay
our whole debt at the end Of the war at one dol
lar per acre. The war has not retarded but rath-
eE quickened the spirit of immigration This,
added to our oEh natural increase, will soon set
tle these lands and pour countless millions into
our Treasury,
| We have more than 10000 miles Of railroad,
finished at a cost of 81, 200 900, COO $4,000 yes
sels of the Republic whiten every ocean, sail over
| cur inland seas, or navigate the streams flowing
ip-f IN oIrO OIrn lOrflarc Tha in ba
mage on our western waters in eight years 500
per cent. Our exports of grain in single year
have reached $500, 0O0, 900. Agriculture gave the
nation in 1860 $1,000, 100000, aud the fertile
lands Of our nation when well cultivated can mul
tiply this an hundred fold Our territory near
ly as large as all Europe with its forty different
empires. Qur increase since 1890 has been six
times greater than England, nine times greater
than Austria. and ten times greater than France.
Our soil is rich theirs and capable of sustain
ing as dense population. When we equal France
in prOportionate population, We will have SOC, ,000
600. When we equal England, we will have 750,-
900. We have the whole Temperate zone Of :
of the Garden of the Earth.
The mineral productions-iron, lead, zinc, cop
per, silver, and gold-are iRexhaustable. Arizona
has gold enough to pay our debt, California can
furnish circulating medium for our own people,
and the other territories n can supply the other ma
tions of the earth Old Pennsylvania can furnish
all the coal that may be required to drive all the
machinery of the world until the millennium, and
ifProyidence in his anger should obscure the sun,
our Ill weels would light the earth for tenthousand
years. The burden flour debt will sit but lightly
upon nation whose home is continent, whose
climate embraces the products Of every land and
WHOSE people by their industry, thrift and skill,
multiply an hundred fold and whose population
grows with rapidity which has no parallel in his
tory. 1t is not means, nor money, nor resources
that we need There is no human power that can
i y
war is ended in triumph our county viii take such
position in population, wealth and vigor, will
make the debt appear SO small that we all will
smile at the fears WHICH once oyer-clouded ourvi
sion
The great mass Of the people of all parties are
honest at heart and mean TO do that which they
think will best promote the welfare and prosperity
OF the country. But it is not always sowith party
leaders. Some of these at least, are eunscrupnlous.
So completely do they become emblttered against
each other that they would sacrifice almost any
thing not excepting the cause of country and of
truth in order to secure their owntriumph and the
overthrow of their political adyersaries.
These are the most efficient emisaries ofthe re-
bellion and vastly more sertceable to Its leaders
than an equal humber of armed men In the ranks
of the eountry's enemies.
In our own midst these emisaries have been ac-
lively at work to aggravate the rancor of party
spirit-to array ops portlo9 OF the people against
the other-to cause dissatisfaction among the peo-
pie with the necessary measures adopted to sup
press the rebelon-to excite the people against
the enforcement of the draft and the collection Of
revenue sufficient TO carry on the war; Our peo-
pie are taught to favor peace compromise
armistce-any thing except vigorous prosecution
of the war. At one time this is styled negro
war-at another. negro has no business to serve
as a soldier. When our armies are defeated the
government is incompetent and Inefficient or it
would have raised more men. When volunteers
are called they are opposed to the plan. They
want an enrolment 50 that all may have an equal
and fair chance When the draft comes it IS
unfair, unlawful and deprives them of their con-
stitutional rights The clause of the act allowing
payment Of commutation is all wrong because it
discriminates between the rich and the poor. AS
soon as it is repealed these same men strive TO
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