Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1866-09-07


of it. Every man who prefers the loss of
the negro to that Of the Union, is in favor of
it. Every mother that has lost son; every
wife that has given her husband; every one
who visits the sacred graves that lie all over
the land, and on every line Of march; and
every one who in tears and sorrow thiEk and
speak OF their losses, are with our brave
and patriotic Congress, and will not be turn
ed against that body, as it is now the only
hope of the country. Every Clergyman, and
every good man in the churches, who be-
lieyes that we have had strife enough and
wishes no more decentralization, stand by
Consrass, and prays for its success and pres
erYatlen. Every man in and out Of the
church, who thinks more of law and order,
and OF our government, than he does Of
once anG eRo,l7f Re- fond i a aPgfress Every
bring on another rebellion, Is for Congress,
and viii stand by that body TO the last
The reconstructed rebels Of this State,
and their dirty organs represent Mr.. John
SON as having obtained for me the posi-
tion Of Governor of this Commonwealth and
consequently as being an ungrateful man.
The facts are, that [ hold my position IN
spite of M, johnson, and in the face Of his
opposition to my nomination and election
| was born nominated and elected against his
wishes, and for my position am alone IN
debtedto the loyal people Of the. State.
was nominated by conventional $40 loyal
delegates, representing every county but
one in the State, loftltoBt q dissenting U0ice
and running upon the general ticket system,
| ran about 2, 900 votes ahead of the Legs
latiVe ticket. repeat ( am under no obli-
cations to the President for the position 1
hold at present.
His rebel admirers in Tennessee have
boasted that he would set aside the present
State Governor of Tennessee, and appoint
military Governor. He dare not do SO
without subjecting himself to impeachment
and expulsion from office. Tennessee and
her Governor sustain the same relation to
the Federal Union that the States of Massa-
chusetts, Ohio and Pennsylvania do, and
their Governors, and the President dare
not usurp the control of either.
The rebel papers and orators Of the c0un-
try think that [ displayed a great want of
dignity In sending private despatch to the
Secretary of the United States Senate, Civ
ing the news of the ratification of the con-
stitutional amendment, and giving my
respects ''to the dead dog Of the White
House. The very same persons and papers
went almost wild with glee when the Presi-
dentof the United States, addressing a cop
perhead mob from the steps of the White
House, called a well known editor and the
Secretary of the Senate dead duck
They were never weary of reiterating and
wringing the changes on this choice bit of
vulgarity, and could see no impropriety OF
indecency or blackguardism In it. But now
that GOUern0r Brol1Rl0lC retOrts, with more
truth and quite as much dignity and regard
for the eourtesies of life, these toadies are
Mortified beyond reason.
The President displayed his profound
regard for the couTtesIes of hfe-not to say
diopfil,,,., denoIlnoing me 30 the 19aenabcrs
of the Tennessee legislature, and others Wis
itine Washington, with curses and bitter
ness, for fifteen months past He inereas-
ed his stock of diglaty when he caused to be
written various letters to Nashville, to pro
cure the defeat of the constitutional amend
ments by reducing the House below a
quorum He went for dignity when, at
his inauguration as Vice President, he eG-
hibtted himself in the presence of Congress-
men, foreign ministers and even ladies
This man may doto hold up as an eca8lpleo of
dignity among the traitors and low order of
toadies who have him in charge ] do not
belong to that school of dig7lttdftes.
| feel called upon to warn the honest,
loyal masses against a matured scheme of
the johnson Copperhead leaders to have
the Government pay them for all the
negroes they lost by the war Not more
than one in ten of the loyal men South ever
owned any slaves, or desired to own them,
and il would be downright robbery to tax
nine IdborRg men to pay for the slaves of
one gentleman A direct tax is the. only
mode By which the Government can pay for
the emancipated slaves, and it is better that
one loyal slave owner suffer than that nine
honest laborers, equally loyal, suffer to make
his losses good.
Most of the men now in the Copperhead
ranks In the South are men who expect,
when the Southern States are represented
In Congress, that they viii be compensated
for their negroes. Not few of them think
that they will even get slavery restored
Our people can afford to pay direct tax to
hauidate the war debt, through period of
several years, but tax them to pay for FOUR
MILLIONS OF SLAVES, owned by a small
number of nabobs and original secessionists
and they will not get through with tax pay
ing in life time ~ G
10 the Union masses, the hard working
voters, | say in all candor watch the men
who advocate this paying for their lost
negroes. If the Government will tax the
slave owners alone to pay for the negroes, /
20 for it, but [ shall never consent to tax
men to pay for negroes who never owned
any, and never desired to own any Slave
holders got up the big dance in 1S61-they
continued the frolie for four years -and
they are the very men to pay the fiddler
The present Legislature Of Tennessee has
been more bitterly and perseveringly abused
than any General Assembly that ever con
yened in the State, and yet no legislative
body ever did so much for the best
interests of the State Sixteen months ago
this body of men assembled in the capitol,
and took charge of what little was left of
the State and her records. The State was
prostrated, her archives gone South, her
money squandered, and her credit utterly
ruined. War was still raging, courts were
nowhere held with safety, and Justice was
administered only within few fortified
posts, protected by bayenets. Country
governments were broken up, and peace
officers could donothing Our schools and
academies were closed, as theg had been
during the four years of war and anarchy
which previously reigned, Our grand sys-
tenn of railroads was in ruins, while the
military authorities were running such as
were necessary to their success. Guerrillas
prowled without restraint over the whole
State, and our farmers were liable any night
to lose their last horses and their only hope
of raising bread The Legislature, bY its
judicious legislation, has placed the State
upon her feet again, enabled the treasury to
meet all demands and put the railroads in
running order, and enabled them to meet