Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-08-18
WHO ARE THE ENEMIES O
PEACE3

The Gazette of last week says: "We tell
A. e.ooA raannle of Bedford county, that the
enemies Of peace are the leading Abolition
ists-: that they viii not permit the people
of the two parties to live in harmony and
that if we are ever again to come together
as Christian neighbors, the schemes and
counsels of these foul hearted knaves must
be secuted and rejected.
Let us see who have counseled dissension.
What means the following from the Gazette
of April 8, 1864:
Suppose that our own little mountain
county was peopled with four times its pres
ent number, and that our most prominent
and most patriotic men were taken away by
force in such a manner as thousands have
been from other places by Lincoln minions
Would she not rise small as she is in extent
and with mountain rifemen assert the rights
for which Tell fought among the mountains
of Switzerland where those principles still
live, while they lie buried here now in the
tomb of Washington? No The people of
America are not more different than those
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al occurrence of atrocities. But, unfortu-
nately there are too few who see and too
many who only hear and do not believe.
The time viii come yet when the administra-
ton, presuming too far, viii spring mine
beneath their feet that will swallow them
up.
Does that breathe the spirit of peace?
The Gazette of July lst 1864 publishes
an article entitled ''Our Position and Du-
ty'' from the mentor in which occurs the
following: "Let tyrants beware, should be
the watchword from Maine to California in
the Democratic camps. But it should not
rest in mere declaration. Actual prepara-
ton for active resistance should be prompt
ly and thoroughly made. Resolutions viii
not do; newspaper fulminations will not do /;
but complete organization, embracing every
State and ramifying every township, will be
effective. This organization should be po-
litical, not military, but so organized that
military form could be speedily evoked if
needs hould require. The Gazette of Julys,
1864 says: The repeal of the Communication
clause viii compel every able-bodied man
who is not of the wealthy class to fight for
or against Abe Lincon"
''lt seems that Democrats will be com
PEELED to arm themselves in order to secure
the safety of their persons against the as
sassin assaults Of their political enemies.
We deprecate this state of affairs, but if
nothing else than soar at home viii suit our
abolition foes we say, SO be it.
clay on Macduf,
ana damned be he, who frst cries, hold, enough"
-Gdzette Aug. 5, 1864.
The following appears in the call for
democratic mass meeting for August 10Th
and published August 18th 1864, signed O.
E. Shannon
1t is important to open the campaipn IN
the right spirit, to not only assert the rights
that God and the Constitution have given
US, but determine to maintain them; and in
this connection let the pimps of the present
administration in this community and else
where know that their acts of outrage on
law and order, in illegal arrests, unlawful
seizure of property, intimidating threats,
&c, shall not be done 10Th safety to Themselves
nor their property"
" When the President shall see fl TO uader-
take an enforcement Of the conscrSptson, zoe
si.dts look 10Th some nertety, and more GU |
g1ostty, for the name Of The icretch, aclso pciU
nos sc'opte TO disgrace hsnaseJ; and the conf