Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-09-22
OH HOW THEY LOVE HIM.


OH HOW THEY LOVE HIM.
The tenth resolution of the Democratic
platform bids for the soldiers vote in the
following fattering and endearing terms:
aResolued, That the gallant soldiers of the
Republic, who so ncbly risked their lives in
defence Of the Union and the Constitution
merit and will receive the undying gratitude
of the American people Living, they shall
live in our Warmest affectionS-and dying
their memories will be cherished for all time
to come To say-as our political oppo-
nents do-that they fought and bed and died
mainly for the freedom Of the negro, is a
gross insult on their patriotism, and anout-
rage which will he indignantly resented by
their surviving comrades through the ballot
box
What fattery and compliment they have
for the soldier nowin the hour Of victory, in
the day of his glorious triumph But what
did they say in the dark and dread hour of
peril and uncertainty, when the life of the
nation was trembling in the balance, and tn
brave boys in blue were offering up their own
lives to save that of the nation. Here it is !.
'ResoEged, That inasmuch as the policy
of the President and party in power, BY
managing and conducting the war, has not
been consistent with, but in palpable end
criminal violations of the spirit and letter of
the Crittenden resolutions of july, 1861, as
ayowed by them and conveyed to the peo-
pie, that zee are rc{tered from, 1rUfsf9ft ana
SUPPORT, AID OR SYMPATHY, belieuinq that
to do so voluntarily aUould be to gre a lcal-
ling hand IN Subre7ting the Constitution and
destroying the UtioR. - a1
This resolution was passedata Democrat
ic meeting in the Court House on the 2dof
May, 1864, and was offered by John Palmer,
Esq, who, in opposition to gallant soldier,
is now asking the votes of the men who, ac-
cording to his resolution, were then giving
willing hands in subYerting the Constitution
and destroying the Union.
The following specimen of the gratitude
of the Democracy to the soldier, we com
mend to the special notice of the gallant
boys of the I38th p ", and to all the mem
bers of the glorious 9th Corps. It was in
tended to ridicule the rejoicings of the
Union men of Bedford over the brilliant vic
tories of Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley
in September, 1864:
"The loyalists of Bedford, were determir-
ed, on last Wednesday, to let the people
know that if the Confederates had taken all
Grant. cattle that there were still some bells
left. The clappers will not make Lincoln
votes. Thy some other place than the tenn
pie Of God, tcllell yog aCish to gloat orer the
carnage Of friend or foe - Gazette, Sept.
80, 1864
The general Bounty Bill has at last be-
come law. | enclose you a copy. Please
lay it before your readers at an early day, so
that the people Of Bedford colaty may behold
the entertainment to achich they are anvtted.
hope the bill viii be satisfactory to all con-
ceerned. In my opinion it compares faYora-
bly, with that other paragon of legislative
wisdom, the Conscription Bill B f.
Meyers' Letter to the Gazette, March 28,
1864.
Here we find the editor ofthe Gazette en-.
deavoring to make odious to the people, a
bill to provide bounties for the brave men
who went forth to fight their country's bat
ties, now he has the brazen impudence to
try to palm himself and his party upon the
soldiers as their friend. This same profes
sed friend Of the soldier again showed his
friendship when he said in the Gazette, Jan.
%, 1861
We must sag, that laying aside all political
preadices zoe are opposed to theprt,eclpleofal
totctng men to rote ont Of the State on any
pretert aChdteUer. We be}ieue IN The doctrines
Of our earliest statesmen. Hdtd standing ar
2ag Is dangerous to a republic AND FUR
THEIR BELIEVE THAT GIVING SOL
DIERS THE POWER TO VOTE ONLY
DOUBLES THE DANGER.
The whole party showed their gratitude
when, on the Sth Of August, 1864, heg cast
1895 cotes IN ttis county against permitting
the soldier to vote and IN taror Of degrading
him to the lercl Of he negro. They also
showed their gratitude to the soldiers friends
by kicking out of their party the only three
men in Be1,Sard Borough certainly known to
have voted for the amendment.
Soldiers and friends of the soldier what
do you think of such fawning, cringing, "
ing, hypocritical sneaks as the men who are
now trying to make you believe that heyare
your friends by crying niger, nigger, mig
ger, white man government, &c. Remem-
Der they are the same men who mourned
over your victories, rejoiced over your de-
feats, who called you blue bellied Yam
KEGS, !" ''hired Hessians, s'old Abe's hire
lings, . 'Lincoln's myrmidons, Lincoln
slaves, - who persistently tried to make out
that you were fighting, not to preserve the
Union, but to set the negro free, and who
would now haye you believe that it was not
they, but the Union menwho did it, and call
upon you to resent it hY voting against the
men who stood by you and the Union until
victory, glorious and triumphant crowned
'ouE arms.