The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-15
Cessna. VS. Cessna a

Cessna VS.. Cessna.
In order TO show the complete political
regeneration of the present Chairman of
the Abolition State Committee, we have but
to refer to the series Of resolutions in his
own handwriting, presented at a Democrat
ic meeting, held in the Court House, in this
place, in September, 1861, and compare
them with one of the principal planks in
the platform upon which he and his candi-
dates now stand. We have, in our possess
sion, the following resolutions, in the verita-
BILE caligraphy of John Cessna, and any
person wishing to see these curiosities, can
seo-so by calling at our office: ~e
Rssolred That we hereby approve endorse aud rati-
fy the platform of Democratic principles adopted by
late County Convention and cordially the tick
ct nominated by that convention to the support of tbs
people" oteHaeas
RESOLVED That the civil war; by which our country is
at present distracted is the natural offspring of misguided
seeonssm, engendered by lnatcal agitatcrs North
we'll South and that the Democratic party equal
y opposed the extremists of both sections and having
all tines Eealousy conended for the
General Government within its constitutional limits that
party isa way responsible for caamties that have
suited from departure from its doctrines aud disregard
sfssolUeds That the following resolution of the Hon
John j. Crittenden, of Kentucky lately introduced
Congress by him and adopted almost unanimously by that
body far it relates TO the objects Of the war; meets
with the appreciation Of the Democracy Of Bedford
W Resolved that the present civil war has been forced
on US by the dlsunonsts OF the Southern States now in
rebellion against the Government Of the United States
that in this national emergency, Congress baning all
feelings Of passion and resentment will recoec only their
duty to their country that the is not waged for
quest subugaon interfering with the rights
tablished institutions of the states but to maintain and
defend the supremacy of the Constitution with all the
dignity equality and rights of the states under
unimpared and that these objects shall be
eemplished the war ought to cease Raan.a
Here it will be seen that the present cIfaff-
man of the Abolition State Committee, COM
pletely= =exonerates the Democracy from all
responsibility in connection with the origin
of the war, and that he blames our nation
al troubles wholly upon "fanatical agitators,
North as well as South, " meaning the very
Abolition leaders with whom he at present
consorts. But how does the Crittenden
doctrine which John Cessna so strongly en-
dorsed and which declared the ar not to
be for conquest or subjugation, but merely
for the restoration of the authority of the
Constitution, tally with the fourth resolu-
ton in the present Abolition State Platform?
That resolution declares,
That having conquered the rebelous states they
should be HELD IN SUBJ JUGATION, and the treatment
they receive and the laws which govern them
should be referred to the iamaking power the nation
to which they legitiInstey belong"
Observe the sharp and direct antagonisnl,
SAetween the Crittenden resolution atfaSSSf1is
fourth plank in the Abolition Platform. The
former says that the war is not for conquest
or Su5j@gation. The latter declares that the
''rebellious states have been conquered" and
't8hould be held in su!jugotion." There
I fore, John Cessna, in order TO stand Hpon
the present Abolition platform, is compelled
TO face in an exactly opposite direction from
that in which he looked in September, 1861.
Now, as to the consistency of such man
and his claims to the confidence of the pub
lie, we leave the reader to make up his own
/ opinion.