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

pdlIlS, was StFuck ny Une poisonous rang
of the revived reptile. The author of
this "ower true tale" must have looked |
down the vista of futurity and beheld a
certain "Harper," one who plays on
thousand strings, (he ought to play at
the end of one) taken to the embrace of
the Democratic party, who (the ''Har-
per;') after being nursed into strength
by that organization, endeavored, rep
tile-like, to strike it with tooth that
~ -"0utvenoms all the worms of Nile. u
The only difference between the two
cases, is, that the man of whom fable
tells, is supposed to have died, whilst
the Democratic party still lives, and
strange to say, some of its adherents
still persist in taking this Harper to
their bosom. In fact, during the last
year, we harbored him in our own
household, unaware, however, when
we invited him across our threshold,
that he had turned traitor to the party
which helped to rear him, to enrich him
and to give him the position which he
holds in society. "Harper's Weekly,
a Journal of Civilization" lit should
be Harper's Weekly, Journal of Anal
gamation) was started as paper neu-
tral in politics and religion. Nay, if
during the first four or five years of its
existence, it had any political leanings,
they were all towards the Democratic
party. Prior to the breaking out of the
war, it was prO-slavery in its tendencies
and ridiculed and caricatured Abolition
ism without stint. 1t had then large
circulation in the South, and, of course,
found it profitable to pander to the no
tiOns of its Southern readers. But,
when the war broke out, and it could
no longer get money from the Southern
people, it gradually changed its politics
talthough originally protesting to have
nonel until at last it has become as
fiercely radical as GdTjSOf's Li6t2rdtOr,
or the 4nti-JSIoreyy Standard. Like the
dog, it has returned to its v0mit and
greediIy bolts all the filth it once emp
tied upon the heads of the abOlitiOnists.
Week after week it Eliminates its de
nunciatiOns Of the Democratic party.
Issue after issue is filled with misrepre-
sentatiOns of the policy, and ISLANDERS
of the representative men, of the De-
mocracy Page after page is given up
to miserable political caricatures, vile
enough in their character to disgrace
even the leaves of the Police Gazette.
there is a large engraving, entitled
''The True Defenders of the Cons titu-
ton" In the foreground a huge A fri
| can is lying upon his back, with II lus-
ket in his hand. In the background are
some other men in q recumbent p, )si-
ton, but whether white or black, ;ol-
dierS or citizens, the dimness of Outli ne
precludes Us from telling with certai n
ty. This picture is typical of the pre- s
ent political predictions of this turn =
coat pictorial. II keeps the negro IN tn, 2
foreground and places the white man in
the rear. 1t gives the glory of victory
in the late war, to the cOlOred soldier,
and assigns the white hero an inglo-
riOus position in the background. 1t
advocates the enfranchisement of the
/ blacks and the disfranchisement of
white men. 1t would empoverish the
people of the South and give their
property to the ignorant, depraved and
! thriftless negro. Such are the doctrines
of this renegade sheet. Yet, Democrats
buy it, subscribe for it, and circulate it.
Is it any wonder that our political OPP
ponents succeed, when we thus assist
them in disseminating their doctrines?
Brethren of the Democratic Press! We
fail to discharge our duty to our party,
and to our country, if we do not warn
the public against the malignant iilfiu-
ence of the peStiferOus publications,
which under the garb of neutra lity,
conceal the stiIetto of secret enmity to
the Democracy. Let US be true to our
trust, and we will be able to show the
publishers of Hupey'S WeekLy, and of
all similar Journals, that treachery,
falsehood and slander ''will not pay,'
in this country; and in thus teaching
decency to such publications, we shall
do good, not merely to our own organ
izatiOn but to the public generally and
white men in particular. What say