The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-03-09

I the United States Stalked forth in the
land, it was his power and influence
that crushed the serpent in its incipien-
cy. 1t was then stopped, but only for
time. The same~pirit Of disafIecti0n
continues. There We're men disaffected
to the Government both in the North
and in the South. There was in por-
tiOn of the Union, peculiar institution
Of which some complained, and to
which others were attached. One pOr-
ton Of our cOuntTymen in the South
advocated that institution, while ano-
ther portion in the North opposed it.
Theresult was the formation OfeXrreme
parties, one especially in the South,
which reached point at which it was
prepared to dissolve the Union of the
States, for the purpose, as was said, Of
securing and preserving that peculiar
institution. There was another portion
Of our countrymen who were opposed
to that institution, and who went to
such an extreme that they were willing
to break up the Government in order
to get clear Of that peculiar institution
of the South.
say these things because / desire to
talk plainly and in familiar phraseolo-
gy. / assume nothing here to-day be-
yond the position Of acitizen; one who
has been pleading for his country and
the preservation OF the Constitution.
Immense cheering. These two par
ties, say, We're arrayed against each
other, and l stand here before you for
the Union to-day, as / stood in the Sen
ate Of the United States i'm 1860and 1861.
Imet there those who were making war
upon the Constitution those who want
ed to disrupt the Government, and
denounced them in my place then and
there, and exposed their true character.
| said that those who Ayere engaged in
the work of breaking up the Govern
ment were traitors. / have never ceas-
ed, on all proper occasions to repeat that
sentiment, and as far as my efforts could
90, have endeavored to carry it out.
Great applause.
| have Just remarked that there We're
two parties, one Of which was for de
stroying the Government and separat-
ing the Union, in order to preserve sIa-
very, and the other for breaking up the
Government, in order to destroy slave
ry. True, the objects which they sought
to accomplish were different, 50 far as
slavery was concerned, but they agreed
in the desire to break up the Govern
ment, the precise thing to which have
always been opposed, and whether dis
unionists come from the South or from
the North, / stand now as / did then,
vindicating the Union Of these States
and the Constitution of my country.
Tremendous applause
Rebellion and treason manifested
/ themselves in the South. | stood by
| the Government. ] said then that was
for the Union with slavery, | was for
the Union without slavery. In either
alternative | was for my Government
and its Constitution The Government
has stretched forth its strong arm, and
with its physical power it has put down
treason in the field. The section Of the
country which then arrayed itself a.
oain.t the Government has been put
down by the strong arm. What didWe
saw when this treason originated? We
said: "No compromise; you yourselves
in the South can settle this question in
eight and forty hours" | said again
and again, and | repeat it now, Dis
band v0urarmies in theSOu th, acknOWl-
edge the supremacy of MISREPRESENTATION
of the United States, ackn owledge the
duty of obedience to the laws, and the
whole question is settled" Applause. J
What has been done sin &c? Their ar
mics have been disbanded, and they
come forward now in proper spirit
and saw, 'sWe were mistaken; we made
an effort to carry out the doctrine OF
I Secession and to dissolve this Union; In
that we have failed; we have traced
! this doctrine to its logical and physical
results, and we find that we were mis-
taken. Weacknowledge the flag Of our
country, and are willing to obey the
I Constitution and tOyield to the suprem-
acv of the laws" [Great applause. +
Coming in that spirit, say 10 them,
"When you have complied with the
requirements of the Constitution, when
YOU have yielded to the law, when you
have acknowledged your allegiance to
| the Constitution, | will, so far as ! can,
omen the door of the Union to those
/ who had erred and strayed from the
/ fold of their fathers for time" Great
applause.
Who has suffered more by the REBEL
( ion than I have? / shall not repeat the
story of the wrongs and sutieringS in
flicted upon me; but the spirit OF re-
venge is not the spirit in which to deaI
with a whole people. know there has
been a great deal said about the exercise
of the pardoning power, so far as your
Executive is concerned. But there i
no one who has labored with more ear
nestness than myself to have the prin
cipal intelligent and conscious traitor:
hroupht to Justice, the law Vindicated