Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-03-29
WHAT SHALL BE DONE ?


We copy below part Of very able ed
itoIial article, which appeared IN the Pits
bBrqb Gazette Of the 10th inst, under the
above caption. 1t will be perceived that
the Gazette thinks the People have therein
edy for their Legislative wrongs within
their immediate Feach--that VIC can get
Free Railroad law and also repeal Of the
law revokiug the Connellsvile charter, next
winter, if We but use the means in our pow
en- And the remedy is, to discard political
PARTIES this Fall, aud unite IN electing men
Of honesty and ability rs djstiactite FREE
,.s;iyoesd Ja,o nsea-who viii go to Harris
burg determined that justice shall be done
We commend this subject to the considera-
ton of the People One thing is sure, it
is Of vast Importance to the entire popul6-
ion of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton coun-
ties. We know of no earthly subject that
Is more so. That the ConnellsviIle Road
would he made If its charter were aotC re-
stored. we have no doubt. Such men as
Benjamin Latrobe and w. o. Hoghart tes-
tilted to this at Williamsport last summer
And it equally sure, if the Connellsville
Road is made connecting Pittsburgh with
Cumberland, the Southern Pennsylvania
Road viii also be made, Bedford county
would therefore be traycrsed, by the Con
ueIlsville Road, from Bridgeport to the Ma
rylaud line, a distance OF ten miles, and By
the Southern Pennsylvania Road, through
its entire width, from East to West And
also, no doubt, a road would be made from
Bedford to Bridgeport, to give visitors to
Bedford access from the ConueIlsville and
Baltimore Roads.
This entire section of the country is pros
irated and languishing- our best men are
daily moving to the West Our coal,
Gre, timber and water-plaoes are worth
less. WeaEe further from market than our
fathers were before railroads were invented.
Our turnpike withits desolate looking tavern
stands, is a melancholy monument, remind
ing US, not only that We are not advancing,
but that we are retrograded. While every
where else the world is going forward we are
going backwards, and that, too, living, as
we dc, on the best route for railroad across
the Allegheny mountains-a route that was
marked out more than a century ago by the
first wagon road. and, even prior to that
time, by the old Packers Path.
And it Is alleged we have the remedy for
it? Let the People speak. The Go-ete
says
If any man supposes result more fayora-
bic to the general interests of the Common
wealth, and especially to the interests of the
Western and Midland portions thereof, can
be obtained by going on in the tread-mill of
the old political parties for one or more years
longer, webeg to say We widely differ from
him IN opinion. As we Judge, 1t is useless
for newspapers to get into afrenzy, and print
bitter, sharp, or eloquent diatribes. No good
VIII come of a continued expenditure Of ink.
and genius, and emotion in that manner The
people have an efficient remedy in their own
hands. If they apply it, vigorously, and IN
diligently, next winter will witness the pas
sage of a proper Free Railroad law, and a
bill repeating the repeating Act IF they viii
not resort tc it, or, using it do 50 ina hstless
and indifferent way, they must reconcile them
selves to sitting down under the abuses Of
card political party arrangements for a sea
son, and unite in electing to the Legislature
independent men Of brains honesty and cour-
age. Thirty such men acting in a body, out
side Of party liues, VIII be enough To control
the organization Of both branches Of the As
sembly next winter, and compel the needed
legislation. tt used to be said that sail roads
lead to Rome This is the only road that
leads to freedom In railroad making In Penn
sylvania. If the friends of that measure are
prepared to take it, the way stands wider
open than it viii for several years to come
We have neither President, nor Congress, nor
Governor, nor United States Senator to elect
nor yet national political policy to establish
or vindicate. Only Supreme Judge, leg
islature and the usual local officers are to be
chosen. Here is the opportunity. We urge
nothing. This is the peoples cause, and it
pertains to them to deal with it as they will.
Talk that produces only another talk, en7en-
omed leaders that breed only other editions
Of such, may crafty or inaame auimosities,
but they join no practical issue and bring
nothing to adjudication. f the people will
not move in this manner, or in some other
that promises direct and good fruit, we elect
to be counted out Of acrimonious discussion.