The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-02-10
e~Thc.edltor is sill absent, wbic. accounts
for lack Of editorial this week
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neutral Iap6IS,
What pleasant fiction it is to see and read
every day, papers that profess to be ''Neotral
in politics and religion" With tlis deceptive
motto at their heads, they steal into the read
iug families Of the land, and many of them
poison the minds Of the almost unconscious read
.ers with tie foul taiots of Abolitioulsm before
tbey are aware Of IT, Now, We DO not object
to papers Publishing any sentiments, or adro-
eating any set Of principles they choose--but
why not DO it openly and fairly: Why steal
opon the unwary with the mask of deception
on il,e face? Why pretend to be Que thing,
aad yet all the time use every deceptive effort
to dc another It sometimes seems that moth
ing can be done IN this country but through
deception and hunbug. Nothing is done in a
direct or open manner Our newspapers no
where show the same love of ''fairpay'' that
distinguishes those of England. Even our re-
hgious weeklics are not free from the same OBJ
jections They profess to advocate the tenets
of some peculiar doctrines but almost invari-
ably deviate into some political path, which,
under the mask of religion, they represent as
she only road to heaven.
Heretofore the pulpit has been blamed for a
large share of our national troubles; and it
merits the blame TO great extent; but the
management of our newspapers has had more
still to do with it. Because, they have, for the
mere sake of writing and publishing, and be-
cause it would pay published any and every
thing. Their sin is greater in proportion, than
that OF the pulpit, because, prompted entirely
by selfish motives. And, until the deception
practised By many of them is unmasked, they
only serve to involve the land in darkness, rath-
er than to enlighten the people as they profess
OF course, these objections do not apply to all
the SO called neutral and religious papers; bu,
a vast majority Of them are open to this obiec-
zion. And we caution our readers TO beware
nf these snake-in-the-grass publications.
The Misunderstanding to the custom
Of his tribe, ancient as the animal himself, the
wood-chuck, or ground hog, sailed forth from
his hiding place, on last Thursday, to take OBJ
servations OF the weather. If the sun shone
ont sufficiently to make the shadow Of the an
ANAL perceptibIe, he would Immediately retire
again to private life, hut il the day were ciou-
dy, he would remain out in anticipation Of a
speedy breaking UP of the winter Unlortp-
nately for the woca-chuck, and unfortunate for
al the poorer classes Of soci ely who are not
prepared for long, cold winter, the day was
bright and clear and the animal had TO retire
aud we may therefore look for an addition OF
six weeks more of cold weather, TO this already
cold and severe winter. To subsl antiata this
old doctrine, we have, since then, received a
snow of about foot in depth, and it looks as
though we were but IN mid winter May he
who who ''tempers The wind 20 the shorn Lamb, !"
shelter from the storms the poor and destitute.
y NEW On CQMPANY.-Thc prospectus of
the Stump Islands Oil Company will be found
IN another coinmn. The property consists Of
islands IN the Allegheny River. two being at
the mouth of Clarion River Persons who are
acquainted with the situation of these islands,
speak in the most fatteriag terms of the pros
poets of oil, some of the islands above those
owned by this company having large flowing
wells on them. Boring will be commenced rs
soon as the limited amount of stock IS sold and
persons who intend to try their luck in oil
investments wall do well by investing little oil
their Surplus change in this company. The
officers ere we'll known in this Community, and
are honest capahla and thorough going business
men.