The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-09-07

ratified by three-fOurths of the States.
the plan of restoration which Congress
appears to have determined on Is at
best impracticable. That proposed by
the President and approved by the Ma
tional Union Convention isfeasible. and
we believe safe. We have no fear that
the South can ever overthrow the Fed
eral Government, or ever disturb its ca
reer OF power and glory. They will bes
the last of the States to rebel, and if
they shall again rise in insurrection the
| loyal people can and will subdue, and,
If need be, destroy them.
The Government has asserted its pow
or for self-preservatiOn, and the devas-
tation and misery ofthcSouth proclaim
to this generation, ut least, the crime
/ and the terrible penalties of treason
| BchOlding their woes and contrasting
| their weakness and our strength. We
! could afford TO show the confidence ard
! courage of maguanimitY. We might
well let our vanquished opponents n
! rise, and like James Fitz James at Corl-
! tangle Ford, staunch their wounds and
forgive their treason. But we are not
I asked to be magnanimous, but only con-
sistent and just. This we cannot re-
fuse to be without Il violation of the
Constitution of our country and q risk
of its utter overthrow.
We seek and will haVenO association
! in political action with men, North or
! South, who are not avoWediy, in our
opinion, sincerely faithful to the cOnsti-
tutiOnal principles for which we fought.
| But if men who have taught or practic-
ed treason now openly renOunce their
| errors, and maintain with us the true
/ principles of our Government, we shall
! not reject their cooperation. when the
! restoration of the Union and the pres
ervatiOn of our form of Government
/ are in issue, however much we regret
/ to cherish political associations and to
! cooperate with former enemies.
! We must prefer TO act with those
! who have been wrong and are now
I right, rathert than with those who were
! right, and now are wrong. Believing
/ that our Government Is again in peril,
/ we appeal to you who have fought to
! save it. and who hold il dCarer and
! more sacred than all party ties, to come
/ to the rescue. Let the soldiers and
sailors agreeing with as in sentiment,
! but who cannot in person attend, send
! delegates through the action of their
| societies, or Of local conventions. Let
Us meet in force at Cleveland on the
/ 18th Of September, the anniversary of
| the day when the Constitution was
| proclaimed by our fOrefathers, and let
us aid in restoring the Union it Great
/ ed, and the liberties if was ordained to
! to secure.
@. \. CUSTER, Maj. Gen. L. :. y.
| \. ID. MCCOOK, Maj. Gen.
l.. II. ROUSSEAU, Maj. Gen.
GEO. CROOK, Maj. Gen.
:. MEREDITH, Brevet Maj Gen.
THOs. EWING, Jr., Brevet Maj, Gen.
Committee on Address.
WAsHINGTON, Aug. 10th, 1866.
! We cordially approve the call of the
| Convention, and recommend the hold
. ing Of local Conventions to cooperate
in the movement.
Jonn 4. DiX, Major General; James
| b. Stcadmau, do; +. p. Blair, do; IL.
". Slocum, DO; Daniel +. Sickles, do;
Gordon Granger, do; John a. Me-
Clernand, do; ID. \. Couch, do; w.
| ". Averiil, do; II. +. Davies, Jr., do;
| Orlando b. Wilcox, do; \. ). VIII
Iiams, do; Gersham Mott, do; Hugh
Erving, do; TheO. Runyan, do; Tho
mas Kelly Smith, do; w. b. Frank
lin, do: Thomas l.. .Crittenden, do;
NJ. r. Patrick, do; Alvain {. Gillem,
do; J. G.. Bartlett, do; g. X. Warren,
! do; JEFF. {. Davis, do; Joseph +.
kuipe, do; 4. II. Markland, Superin-
tendent, United STATES Mail: Martin ).
McMahan, Brevet Major Generals; IL.
II. Heath, do: John NJ Oliver, do; a.
VI. G. Ward, do; Henry 4. Morrow,
do: George p. Este Brigadier Gener-
al; &. C. Maxwell, do; J. b. Swetzer,
do; W. W. II. Davis, do; w. c. Whit
taker, do; John l.. CruXton, do; VIM.
NcCandless, do; \. b. McCalmOnt,
do; Samuel BaaltZ: do, VIM. Hartz-
horn, do; J. s. Fullerton, do; q. Win
ter5, do; +. b. Brown, do; o. O..
Parkhur~t, do; George II. Hall, do;
r. A. Vaughn, DO; Jas. Craig, do;
Morgan l.. Smith, do; JAS. G.. Meier
rem, do; JOS. ". FrizelI. do; Ferd.
Van Derveer, do; Thos. Curley, do;
f.. :. Bragg. do; Chas. q. IHlpine,
BreVet Brig. Gen; Henry COmmagcr,
do. II. c. Hobart, do; II. Q. Dunlap,
do; {. Q. Loomis, do; Cassius Fair
child. do; Henry Bertrand, do; Chas.
| ". Blair. do; Jas. *. Mills, do; ChaS.
BIack, do; Durbin Ward, do; John
Lawrence Colculi, do; Quinn Morton,
do; David Murphy, do; John NJ.
Richardson, do; Marcus Boyd, do;
jas. 0. Brolhcad, do; W. B. Rogers,
do; James Peckham, do; T. T. Crit
tenden, do; Samuel Il. Mott, do; II.
F. Baker, do; 7. II. Aiback, do; jas.
? Mum, do; Henry Barnes, do; Rich
ard McAlIcstcr, do; d. W. Bliss, Sur
geon United States Volunteers, do;
John Atkinson, do; Col. Graham, |.
). y; NJ. y. Fitch, do; Henry Harr,
do; W. II. ID. Lewis, do; o. f. Merre,
do; Levi \. Harris, do; Geo. Gray,
do, W. II. Eut, do; John z. Linton,
do; James George, do; John Hcacock,
do; John Howard, do; VIM. r. Nc
| Crecry, do. II. NJ. Bulhley, do; ID.
Pennypacker, do; John {. Mckibhen,
do: John F. Phillips, do; Miles X.
Green, do; John w. Glover, do; John
+. Phelps, do; VI. Flesh, do; Colonel
Byrne and fifty other officers.
BLACK As 4 CROW, a few years since,
was many a splendid head that is now grey or