The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-09-01

Alas now Iearfuity well did ne succeed ANA
| from that moment commenced all the troubles
! of this world. Then was stirred up that spirit
of unrest which, from that day TO this, has
reigned supreme in the unsanctifed human heart
Read Genesis, chap 3.
/ am fully aware that with mary Of you the
teachings and plain prccepts of the Bible would
| have no more weight than would the Constitu-
| ton Of the u. :. II it should happen to ac-
cord with your own self-teachings, well and
zood otherwise, it is 4 dead letter, and belongs
TO past disnensat,on. You declare that you
owe allegiance TO a 'bigher law than even
| Divine one, viz: that Of your own unassisted
and nnenii4htened conscience. You follow
l3;ndly hat IN the jareon of your party you
are pleased to call 'sthe instincts of your bet
ter natnr7 without any reference to the rights
a. opinions Of others, VINO may perhaps have
mad equal opportunities with yourself Of deci
! DING as to the Justice and accuracy Of these
I great qucs,ions So long as gou have the power
! in your own hands Of enforcing your own views,
/ YOU arc utterly ColiN0us TO the fact that Others
/ have any rights, any voice in the matter For
/ myself can only now declare, rs have ever
| done in the past, the Bible to be, relig:ously,
my only rule of faith and practice, as the Con-
( stitution :, politically, my standard in the dis
/ charge of my duties as q citizen u this nation.
! / am row and always will be q Constitutional
/ Safes Rights I'nicp Democrat. | have from
! lciple ever excluded politics from my pnlp;t.
/ Il others choose to soil their hands and degrade
/ their sacred oetce by bringing into the sacred
/ desk war and party politics, ii IS upon their
/ own conscience and not mIac. Ny skirts are
| at least cear Of such sin, such shame. | chal-
! Ienge any man to put his fingers upon any act
or word Of nine contrary to lie Constitution
and letter of the law Of these United States,
/ nor have I ever aided or a6etted the same "a
I others For this reason the men who have been
! the principal movers in snbverting and destroy
/ !nr the liberties Of this counry-iu openly and
avowedy violating and setting at naught the
stipulated and guaranteed rights Of men who
I we're equally entitled to the protection of the
| government, have found no sympathy from me:
and ii is now too ..,te 10 attempt 10 enlist any.
/ / was entirely satisfied with the government
and country as we obtained them from our ia
theirs. With Gods blessing resting upon them,
and rs we had prospered Tor nearly eighty years
as no nation ever did before; and would to God
that we to-day basked in the same Divine saa-
light, and that The dews Of Gods favor tell
upon US Low as they did fve years ago. That
Z II /
it Of unrest to which have referred; that ele-
ment of interference and love of meddling; that
/ desire to be the keepers of All mems conscien-
ces, which led the descendants of the so-caiied
/ Pilgrim Fathers to burn witches, whip Qua
/ l,ers, and hunt like wild beasts such men as
! Roger Williams, and others who dared to ez-
! ercise the heaven granted prerogative OF wor
/ Shipping God in their own way. The same love
/ Of gain, and all absorbing passion for univer-
sal possession Of ali men and all things, which
robbed the poor Indian Of his native soil, dis
: pnted every inch Of ground with him until il
! led to lis nal determination, still lives in the
| bosJms Of the men VINO would persecute 10 the
/ rcry death all who differ in opinion with them.
/ In expressing these opinions, sir fee! perfect
! l. at liberty from the tact that in your printed
cIrcula" You eyince uo hesitation in advancing
| and urging attention to your 0wa political dog
/ mas; and | am constrained TO take some notice
! of the one addressed to myself. In allowing
! such a thing to pass uunU.iced, and without
/ making protest in the name Of trgth and hu-
/ manitv, should consider myself derelict of du-
! ty; and my honest and firm convictions of jus
I tice and right forbid my remaining silent when
/ / thus see all l hold so dear ieopardized, nay,
/ | fear, almost irretregably destroyed.
! In conclusion, let me say ia You and all 9th
! eys who may have any humanity left in them,
/ that if you will join with me heart and hand in
/ tnleayJgiaE TO restore peace and happiness to
/ this distracted and unhappy land, you will hare
/ the undivided prayers of my hear. and con-
st3.ut effort Of my lie. Bur 20 aid you in your
mad ianatici-Jn-your attempts to join what
/ God has made and designed ever to ne separate
i viii net, You ought TO he satisfied with
the miseries you have already brought upon the
negro. AEnal gamat;onyou cannot effect. Any
! attempt at interference with the fundamental
laws Of nature can only be attended with dis
aster
But if you are bent upon this, at least be
consistent. Come odt then and avow your sem
timents boldly and put into practice your hate
full theory. Throw open the doors of your
house to the negro. Make him eligible for the
Presidency, and all other political posts Of hon
or and cmolument. Make him Minister Pleni-
j potentiary to the Court Of St. James. Cheer
fully grant him the lily white hand Of your
daughter to be joined with his in the bands OF
wcdlock, and let your cards Of invitation to
your evening drawing room be equally distribu-
ted between black and white. When all this is
done, sir, | shall believe you and your party to
lie sincere, and not till then. But of one thing
you may be assured, that I shall have neither
part nor lot in movement calculated to COM
plete the ruin Of our nation.
eg~The hurricane of the war has passed.
The winds are still. The lightning and thnn'
der are past. But, alas! the myriads Of good
ly trees swept down by the storm can never
more lift their heads toward the beautiful sky
eS-'I mourn for my bleeding country said
certain army contractor to General Sheridan.
$50 you ought to, you scoundrel," replied
Sheridan, ''for nobody has bled her more than
yen have"
10 Thirty-three army chaplaihs were mus