The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1867-03-15
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS.

DEAR GAzETTE:-I have seen the
Thirty-ninth Congress die the death,
and the FOrtieth, Ph9nix-like (pardon
the novelty of the figurel spring from
the ashes of its predecessor. have
seen Cowan depart from the Senate and
Cameron occupy his place. Ben. But
Ter, of the baggy eyes, Fernando Wood
theshrewd, James Brooks the eloquent,
John Morrissey, the observed Of all
Congressional observers, l have seen
them all sin ali their glory" Butler
has already spread himself on the i'm
parchment question. He out-Ashleys
Ashley on atsubject. The insomnious
had better look to his laurels, or they
will go the way of-Southern spoons.
There are two factions in the inn
parchment wing Of the Radical party.
One, led by Ashley, desires the refer
ence of the whole question to the Judi
ciary Committee. The other, headed
by Butler and COvode (of Pennsylva-
iia) wants a special committee raised
to investigate the matter. There is
considerable sparring between these ri
val factions, but the Ashley party ap-
pear to be the stronger. There is also
considerable portion of the Radical
members entirely opposed to impeach-
ment. Of this branch, Judge Spauld-
ing, of Ohio, is the leader. He is an
able, shrewd and determined man and
will give the impeachers considerable
trouble. AS matters look at present,
it is next to certainty that articles of
Impeachment will be preferred against
the President within sixty days. The
Radicals in Congress dare not halt in
their revolutionary course. 1t is the
mere momentum of headlong progress
that has thus far carried the people
with them. They must go forward
forward. If they stand still, the mas
ses will have time to think, and reason
and reflection are certain death to Rad
icalism. To retrogade would be still
worse. 1t would be nothing short OF
annihilation. But, on the other hand,
to advance, is to challenge financial
ruin, war and anarchy. Between the
horns of this awful dilemma, the For
tieth Congress finds the Radical party.
That it will be impaled upon one or the
other, is almost certain.
The veto of the Military Reconstruc-
ton Bill, is considered by men of all
parties, the ablest state paper of mod
ern times. If people would but read
this veto message as good citizens
should, with minds void of prejudice,
they would be convinced ofthe correct
ness of the Presidents position, as well
as of his true and lofty patriotism. Can
! it be possible that any sane man is
willing to hand over the destinies oi
the whole Southern people to the keep
ing of negroes just emerged from the
Ignorance and barbarism of slaVery?'
Yet such is the effect of the Military
Reconstruction Bill. Under it the ne
.groes will govern the South, not in
tel1igent, educated negroes, but ''Sam'
and "Joe" and "Bil!," the late field
hands who, we are told by the Radicals
themselves, are Ignorant, degraded
and barbarous." What is to be the
end of this fearful experiment | ASK
not to foreknow. sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof"
The conservative people here art
much cheered by the result of the
spring elections just held in New York
Almost everywhere in that State, thC
Democrats have made very large gains
In the city of Rochester, the telegraph
reports Democratic gain of over 1900
I There are also good hopes of Democrat
icsuccess in Connecticut. There is NJ
doubt ola gain of one Congressman
and, perhaps, two, for the Democracy
in that State.
The present Congress is composed o
representatives from but twenty States
Seventeen States are totally yunrepresen
ted. Notwithstanding, this, the Radica
leaders are ready to legislate upol
matters of the gaavest national import
How could an impeachment brought
by a Congress thus constituted, be sus
tained before the American people
Is it not preposterous to expect that 81
monstrous thing would be endured
by any right-minded man? Set Ben