Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-08-11
The secret OF delay in Reconstruction.

There are a great many things not visible
to mortal eyes, of whose existence, however,
mortals are sensibly convinced. In the same
sense, there are impediments in the way of
reconstruction Of the Southern States, which
we cannot see, which we cannot fully esti-
mate, so as to arrive at just estimate of
the force necessary to their removal One
of the itnpediments is the hope and purpose
of many of the Southern leaders of the late
rebellion to restore the institution of slavery
ITO go even farther than all this. and regain
possession of the slaves which the results Of
the war have made free. This spirit per-
vades the minds of majority of the men
who fought beneath the flag Of treason and
what is worse than even the entertainment
of such hnpe the encourage goInent to look
forward to the re- possession of slave prop
erty comes from the very men in the North
who first urged the slave holders to resist the
national authority, and by dissolution of
the American Union, seeking the strength
ening of the institution of slavery. North.
ern Democratic politicians are ready to enter
into any bargain with the rebels, in order to
effect the organization of a great political
party and the beaten traitors are willing to
make any allowances TO restore them in the
sight of the people of the world, to their old
prestige. Once in possession of their slave
property, the Southern aristocrats imagine
that all else they ever dreamed of possessing
would be suddenly restored and possessed.
They could return to the Congress Of the ma
ton, and crack their whips once more over
the heads of servile dough-faces They
could plot and succeed in the control of ma
tional administrations, and once more mo-
nopoliZc the patrons of the Government.
Such prospect is now fascinating the vision
,tf frb, fl1- ololl
they hope to secure the organization of a
great political party whose aim and object
shall be the re-establishment of negro slave
Ty in the States where it once existed. In
Virginia, politics are shaped to this end
The men who lately starved Union prisoners,
who shot down Union soldiers, who Warred
for four years on the Government, are band
ing to organize local governments on the
principle that slavery must be restored, are
preparing to elect men to Congress, pledged
to devote themselves to the same object, and
are openly procaiming the purpose of re=es-
tablishing slavery on the soil OF the Old Do
minion. In all this, of course, the South
will be the sufferer, as it has been i,t all ats
alliances ruth Northern Democrats In fact
the Democratic leaders of the North have
been the worst enemies the Southern people
ever had-enemles because the slave States
entered into compact to revolt to leave the
Union on the bare encouragement that the
Northern Democratic leaders woulda aid them
to SUCCESS. How did those demagogues ful-
fill their compact? Let James Buchanan,
Bill Bigler, Fernando Wood Vallandigham,
Voorhees,. and others of like ilk answer.
And now the game is the same and the peo-
pie to be duped are the same The Demo-
cratic leaders of the North are laboriDg and
corresponding to cajole the people Of the
South with the hope of re-establishing sla-
very. As long as the hope exists, there win
be mischief and trouble in the Southern
State. Dispel it--let the Southern people
be convinced that slavery can never be re-
he in the Union, well organized and far for
ward in the great work of prosperity -Hdr-
,isbng Telegraph.