The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-04-20

| luton, as you offered others, for the
purpose of making clap-trap capital a.
| gainst usamOngst thesoldiers and 9TH
ers. You paraded our vote through
out the State as high crime and sin,
when you knew in your hearts that ev-
cry representation you made, as to our
| position, was simply false. But the
resolution or the Senator from Wash
ington has unearthed you. 1t has STIR
red up a fearful commotion amongst
the ranks of the faithful. You gnash
your teeth in impotent rage, and are
swollen up with undischarged bile.
You rave and fume and sweat-all to
nopurpose; gentlemen. We intended to
expose your duplicity, and we have
! dOneit. Hence those tears. Iadvise you
to cover your intentions in some more
1 skiliful way, or / shal,.. again draw a.
side the fiimsy veil which shields you
from open contempt.
PAY THE PRIVATE SOLDIER.
But, sir, what will be the effect of
the resolution should Congress enact a
law inaccordance with its spirit? Will
] it not be precisely what you gentle
men forced us to vote against, when
you attempted usurpation? The SOL
dier will be paid in coin or its equiva-
lent; that is to say, his wages will be
! increased by the difference between
gold and greenbacks. If gold at the
end Of any month is sixty per cent. a.
bove greenbacks, the common soldier
will receive twenty dollars and eighty
cents, instead of thirteen dollars, for
/ his months services. If you were
honest in your proposition to increase
/ his pay, how can you object? When
he entered the service, his pay was
| thirteen dollars per month in gold, for
then gold was not above par. The res
! olution simply proposes to keep our
/ plighted faith with the most meritori-
Gus Of all public servants; with him
who defends our homes and firesides.
| Tell me, gentlemen, were you honest
or dishonest in your proposition? You
/ shall not eVade an answer by cal
ling me disloyal. Theword has nOter-
rors for me. Three years ago you paid
the foreign minister and the private
soldier in gold. Why, to-day, do you
continue pay him who is baskingand
revelling in the smiles Of royalty, and
refuse it to him who, amid the roar of
cannon and storm of bullets, is bat
ting in your defence? Answer me if
voudare. Wewillnot be deferred from
making the inquiry by threats or de-
nunciations. We, on this side Of the
cham her, elainaasor our lres as much
| interest in and devotion to the Govern
ment founded upon the Constitution as
YOU claim to possess. We do not inn
pugn your rmotives; you shall not ours.
/ We are not to be cajoled intimidated
! here or elsewhere. We are your peers
and equals here and every place. We
know our rights and will maintain
/ them. We will stand by the Constitu-
/ ton and Union of these States, and we
/ tell you, aye, we charge it upon you,
/ that you are the only men who would
destroy both.
! Charges are constantly made against
us of a want of fidelity to the Govern
ment, of sympathy with treason, and
of aiding the rebellion. We defy you
| to make them good. This matter had
/ better be understood and settled here
/ and now. 1t is true, we are not the
slaves Of any administration. You
shall not set the blacks free andenslave
white men. We know no Government
which is not based upon the Constitu-
/ ton, and we will neither obey nor be
! 'F0yar' to any other. Is my language
sufficiently precise? Is it clear? / do
not WISH to be misunderstood, / an
! not "I0yG5' to any administration /
am ever so to true government, found
| ed upon and acting in accordance with
| the Constitution, Of which it is the mere
creatureand exponent. More than this,
YOU nor any living man can demand Of
anyon Todo sois to makeyourseIyes
I masters, and those Of whom you make
| the demand slages. WeWish you to full
/ ly understand that you shall never eX-
ercise any such power over us. The
history of thepast shomdteach you that
| therace to which we belong may pos
sibly be eXterminated, b,d ncrer etl&ln-
red.
Senator Clymer andeveryother Dem
ocrat voted for this resolution, and the
Disunion sqaators voted to Kill it by
! amending if, and having a majority,
effected its amendment, and thu, de-
feated the original proposition.
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MARCHING ON.-The New York
Tribune says "John Browns soul is
marching on! :"
We think so. A number OF people
think so. John Brown iu the body cor
porate marched on through Kansas
and elsewhere, stealing horses and 9TH
er property. He marched to Virginia
to steal niggers and break laws till at
last he marched into eternity by a diff
ferent line. And now we Judge his