Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-01-25
WHAT DOES IT MEAN

| hePresident' S evening organ, Jan. is SAYS
the Administration that "If necessary its
strong and ron hand iciH b. iaU0ked to Stqy
the c0UJSe and TreeeRt he coaSamwatt0a ot
rad'cat treason. The great oath Of the
President to protect and defend the ConSti
tuition viii not be forgotten aud the people
who sustain hun with their five hundred
/ thousand majority Of voting population
North and South viii not forget him.
Events have already brought the Govern
meut 10 the very verge ofanothcr revolution
II the radical majority in Congress pursues
lis reasonable course much longer the Gov
crpment in order to sustain itself, CW hare
~ drHt is supporters title caN Of he
Prlsjda;t an las friends, North and South,
and ttc iraiy and Nary, 7ciH respond N
such a contest The issue cQ1tHot Ge doubtful
Congressman may be valiant fighters on the
floor Of Congress, but when they come to
lead then cohorts into the field, it will be
another thing, Real armies and the great sol
diers otthe Republic viii be found fighting
under the flag. We advise the opposition
Of the deterplia,d and yGredtact that 1adrcr
JohaSoa lcW sarc oHhjs Constitutional term
ofo5ice.
Concerning the meaning ofsuch bluster as
the above the New York Times speaks as
follows.
The Democrats have for some time
past threatened terrible things should Con.
gresS persist in It's reconstruction policy; but.
thus far without eliating au approving echo
from the South. Mr.. James Brooks, of the
EgpgcsS, made the boljest bid that has Yet
been made, in the recent Convention at
New Haven. he called upon the President
to resist Congress, and in the event of that
contingency promised him the active lighting
support Of the Northern Democracy. He
pointed 20 civil war as a not remote posi-
bility, declared that this time it would not
be confined to the other side of the Potomac
and asserted that ten thousand trains viii
not be sufficient to convey the Democrats
8ho are prepared to rally to the support of
the President Tue South however, takes
the matter coolly. It's newspapers refer to
Mr. Brooks yalJrous sayings as unconcer-
ncdly as though they meant nothing. The
Macon( Ga. Journal and HcSsuQci, for in
stance referring to the bellgerent attitude
of the Democracy in general and the belli
c0se language Of Mr.. Brooks in particular,
begs to decline the invitation to renew the
fighting in the following pithy paragraph:
''Blulfing may be very gooo practice in
so reckless game as is now going on, but we
beg leave to suggest that if there's going to
be any more fighting on this side of the Po-
tomac, we must turn 1t over TO the Northern
brethren exclusively, aud be counted out
There's so many of them, that only small
were able to take hand in the war
Of the rebellion, and it is not wonderful, /
therefore, that they should be spelling for
another opportunity. Not so with the peo-
pie on this side Of the Potomac. Every man
who wanted to fight was provided with the |.
fullest opportunity for the qualification of his (
appetite, and the result is we want no more
Just now We had much rather raise corn,
meat and cotton, and do what we can to re.
pair our dilapidated fortunes, than take a
hand IN any new revolution
1t is plain that the value Of Democratic
professions and the trustworthiness of Dem /
ocratic bluster are fully understood at the |
South. The Southern people do not forget
chat the politicians and the presses who now |
threaten revolution also threatened resis-
lance to the measures of the Government
for puttingdown the rebellion They urged |
-he South to rebel aud guaranteed it immu- |
nlty; but when fighting time came they