The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-02-10

o. ask Tor ny views Eyon the presidential
election AM he policy Cf .he admit lstrauon.-
ift ItArTr. - i.s'4s. iQubt Of the reelection of
,ile number Of vCtes-wi is e4s.'-,-.-.- b., -s,i-
imurohabla-vru know what other agencles
..,1 le emploved 70 secure has retention an oil
ice. am sure we will have the best oi II IN
r!,. ARMY. because Ct the natural instinct oil
zine iliesrs - consult the wishes OF the powers
.nsf H.. in order that they may obtain promo
i,.., and a-e.erneut Al this is Is plain rs
lay= =ht-
A. -r-qrsl> hey OF the administration
Cr-7ae the utX years, / hardly believe
HAT tl.- l,...l.r s .e Gnion party, and cer-
t,.iulr nt ,i.- nla- -s OF the people, have the
+ .ii-4.,r-t .acs Of q, LAT l- before Ii may
siaie harsliv upon your ears, but ii IS, never
( .l-ie-s. my firm conviction that 10 prosecute
tt war a. Il should be- II mast be 1cGged fci'
., -,a,5i-.s s-tz.qllsst3g Of TIE atsh population
3of,z. >ftts 70 --5sitgg. Does this star:!a you
+ i,saE .,il.i me "a the history of the war-eTen
+ -.-- more even.iui than wars IN E-Gr0pe OF
4 thrice H.. duration ~ the beginning Of the
rou4it ibe administration was obviously r.
-frf,,e} 20 Inc cho5ce between two different pol
4 .a=-z va: 80 coSeIilArIoS, and ~ ABSOLUTE
/ Is-sgJGAFtox and EXTEHHiINkTION Any hall :
war po.i-v was sure 10 result uhhappily. The
Democrats. with iheir ardent love of slavery,
and their former politica! affiliations with the
,Iaseocracy. undoubtedly did adopt the proper
noIcv for their purposes. Had the war been
nrosecuted. a. they urged. simply 10 restore the
'--fga and save slavery y IA Il, there Is nc
Omit but that we would now De at peace, ana
ifle ,;orta wuald be re;ustated in its old place
~ pgvyer in The Federal Union. But this, yog
know. would not suit the nerabers Of our par
fy. We coCiI ifave bad ali that before tl'
war bec.u If We had chosen 10 assent 10 thi
lrrorssit.o.s adopted by the Peace Convention
/ do not i,now ~ history will justify Our course
but II is .l ear that had We assenfel to The com
b itrs--i-s proposed by that cOnvcrtign. we wOul'
= i....e lad 40 pouteal future. We are but hu
man. .... seil-p-cSeFystIoR is p much = law o
iu-,ili-. as nature. We are certainty rfsponsi
I .,. for thc -ra-, and, ior one, | am I,ot airal
70 meet the results which seem certain 70 be ac
icop4..isael Uy il. Yet, my dear friend, al
d limos, appalled ulea | try to forecast the 10
: tlra. and realize IN advance the trials viii,
: we. as a naiion. viii have to undergo 9eior
we can enter the promised land OF FIRE dom
This generation will not see that land br
while We tramp through the wilderness IN "hi,
we now are. the next generation will enter II
70 t,.e better land, and in more perfect Unio
viii reab the benefits Of tolls and sutierings.
e Consider fcr a moment the effect of the ws
aDou t5o southsrn people - not upon the
- propsrt-, :, Ju. upon thernselyes Perhaps yo
viii better comprehend my meaning If we
70 arrange in tabular form the propcriio"
Union sentiment in 1861 and the probable PR
portion there at tle present time. The tabl
conDiled from such information as comes
!. NV memory Dis I write, would stand thus