The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-11-10

ted at all. The radical element may be
so strong and determined that these
gentlemen may be sent back to their
home, and the country kept in q stase
of anarchy. We recommend Mr.. Nc
Pherson tOponder wellover these things
and above all to put himself in rapport
with President johnson. Lethim learn
what the wishes and policy of the Pres
ident are, and act in accordance with
these. He will be right then, and
will obtain the commendation of the
country.
| The consequences that would follow
rejection of the Southern members
to seats in Congress, or a prolonged ag-
itation on the subject, can be easily i'm
agined. Every one looks with salts
faction, if not admiration, upon tho
successful restoration policy of the Pres
ident. The Southern people, frankly
accepting the arbitrament of war, have
gone to work in good earnest to bring
themselves friendly politicalrelations
with the North. Shall they be disap-
pointed? Is the work of the adminis-
tratiOn to be frustrated or delayed bya
vindictive faction ofradicals? is it wise
to keep open the wounds and alive the
animOsities made by the war? The re-
sponseof the whole country, apart from
a certain set of crazy and selfish poIiti-
clans, is, No. From the Atlantic to the
Pacific, and from Maine to the Gulf Of
Mexico, the response is, No. There is
among the people general sentiment
of c0nciIiati0n and a desire to stimulate
fraternal feelings. We want no more
sectional agitation. By nature we are
a homogeneous people. The causes that
divided us, and made onesection inim-
ical to the other, have been swept away,
and the bitter feelings which the war
infamed may soon be eXtinguished by
magnanimity, conciliation, and pride
in common and mighty country. If.
we were to treat the Southerners still
as a conquered people, refuse them the
political privileges they always enjoyed
in common with ourselves, and conse-
quently ALLEVIATE their feelings and eX-
cite their passions, what could we eX-
pect but continued trouble? Is not his
tory throughout all its pages full Of eX-
amples to warn Us against such fatal
course? Wenee domestic quiet. We
have to provide for our enormous debt
and maintain the credit of the Govern
ment. This can only be done by peace
and harmony at home and by thegreat-
est development of our resources
Continued agitation would naralvzeo orr
efforts ana destroy confidence. We
should have to keep large army, a
host of satraps spread over the South,
and maintain despOtic authority, all of
which would increase our burdens, linn
it our means and endanger our own
liberties.
There are, too, other considerations,
showing why we ought to admit the
Representatives Of the Southern States
into Congress at once in order to have
domestic tranquility and cement the
bonds of union. Our foreign relations
demand the attention of the country
and government. Questions of great
magnitude loom up that require allthe
sagacity and tirmness of the govern
ment and unity of the people to solve
them with dignityandsafety. We have
the difficulty with England relative to
our claims to settle, which at present
has rather an ugly appearance. There
is the question Of Mexico, and a settle
ment to be made with European Pow
ers as to a fixed American policy regar-
ding the affairs of this continent. Be
sides, we require well established in
ternational laws concerning maritime
matters, neutrals, blockade, and other
things, about which the present laws
are very loose. Such neutrality-suspicious.
are pressing upon us and ought to be
settled. If the country should be dis
tracted by such policy as the radicals
would pursue, these questions must Ell
ther remain unsettled or foreign Pow
ers will take advantage Of our domes-
tic troubles to press upon us humilia-
ting terms. For all these reasons, and
many more, we hope to see the restora-
ton of the Southern States completed
| by the admission of their representa-
tives in Congress, as soon as that body
shall meet, and thus have peace and
harmony restored to the whole cOun-
try. This is the sentiment of the peO-
pie also; and we give the Jacobin radi
Gals warming, that if they oppose such
a wise and healing course they will be
defeated, overwhelmed with OblOquy,
and will never be heard of again, ex-
cept to be execrated, as stheirpr0tOtypes,
the French JacObins, Were.-Nelc York
| Herald.
|
ARKANSAS ELECTION.-The st. Lou
| is Republican of Monday says: "a gem
tIeman from Little Rock informs us
that the result of the election in that
State has been most suspicious for the
Conservative Democratic party. Full
returnshave not been received at Little
Rock, but it was quite certain that Glib