Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-08-25

made the mouth of EP1ouRus water The
ladies we're out to give life and grace to the
occasion; venerable men we're theref aud
among the younger men, were many bronzed5
and weather beaten boys in blue. All seemed
to be under the influence of good will, and we
had the promise Of "a feast of reason and a
flow ofsoul The Union people conducted
themselves throughout the day with the ut.
most decorum, as did the ladies and gentle
men of the opposite party. But ''the rag,
tag andbob tair' ofthe other party being out
in full force, too, we had not time as we
otherwise would have had. To be sure, it
was pleasant to see them out ON so Joyous
and festive occasion. Some of them had, for
a long time, refused to be comforted on ac-
count of the fall Of the Confederacy; and 9TH
ers had been out stumbling about in ''the
dark mountains of sin aud folly ever since
the draft; SO we were glad to see them; but
we must say their conduct in the afternoon
was not such as to recommend them. Even
their friends were ashamed of them They
brought little, if anything, in the edible line
to the meeting; but you may be sure they did
justice to the supplies better people had pro-
vided. Of course we found no fault with
them for that. No doubt they were hungry,
and had plenty of storage capacity, and as
there was plenty TO eat, we saw no reason
ssI1y SIley eIroutd 90 so. And they dad
cat, as ifthey thought it not only political,
but moral and religious duty I believe
they could eat an OK, tripes and all, for din
ner, pick their teeth with his horns, and then
''go the whole hog for supper. After din
ner, they seemed to feel pretty good, as usual.
One of them felt $50 good one time, good
while ago, that he is said to have declared he
didn't know whether he was in heaven, or''
where the frost don't lie long Then they
poured a jug of whiskey, with which they were
provided, into themselves: but not having re-
served room for the whiskey in the lower
story, and their heads being empty, the spir-
its took possession thereof, finding soft and
roomy apartments. When the whiskey got
settled in their heads, they commenced abus-
ing the people. First they insulted and
struck a gray headed gentleman who had
served his country faithfully in the old 9th
Corps; and when they found they could not
abuse him with impunity, they insulted an
other gentleman. Then they went so far as
to strike t,oo other Union gentlemen; but
these two Union men, having the spirit of
old AdGn, and abraham, Isaac and JACOB
in them, got little rough, and gave them a
few good, old fashioned thumps, and turned
them kind of bottom up,edrd; when, it is sup
posed, little sense found its way along their
back bones into their heads, for after that
they behaved pretty WELL
/ didn't see any more bad behavior ofthem,
only one weak minded fellow tried once or
twice to disturb Mr. ROLLINS in his oration
Poor dewitt he might as well try to disturb
the flow of the Mississippi, or of Niagara, as
to try his hand on Mr. ROLLINS.
In conclusion, l may say, we had good
time of it; but wondered at the Union men
for being so easy on the copperheads. think
white man ought to have his rights; I think
"niggerp ought to have has rights, and I
think even a poor "Cop." ought to have his
rights, too. | always counsel kindness and /.
moderation: but there is a 1,aint hevand which
hOiDcdfaDce CtdSeS 10 pe a virtue. 4 WOulQnt
want man to ''wallop'' poor "Cop.n for
everything; but look at it in this way:
"Ifa HCop." should hit me on ore side of
the head, and not strike too hard, reeolleet;
don't think l ought to rear up and be for
fight right off, for may be he did it accidental
ly; so / would turn him the other side of the
head, and if he didn't strike me on that, why
would say right at once, "buny for you, -
mistake, wasn't it2 But if he should strike
me on that side, too, then l would think he
did it purpose, and if the Cop wasn't
too confoundedly big, would pull off my
'wamus' and Jacket an din about five min
utes less than no time, mount him with the ut.
most alacrity, and by sundry and divers good
thumps, well and duly administered, give him
such an old fashioned thrashing as would
make him a warning to all his friends and
fellow citizens.