The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-04-03
Che seedfora Gazette,
FROM THE EAST.
Lebanon, Pa, March Odd, 1868.

MFSSRS. EDITORS GAZETTE
In my last letter I predicte a great
change in our county in the minds of
the people relative to political affairs.
The election Of Friday last has made
those predictions good throughout the
entire county, and in our borough we
have for the first time for number of
years, seven or eight at least, elected
a Chief Burgess. We also electei one
councilman out of two, the assistant
Burgess, two School Directors out of
three, along with our entire west ward
ticket, carrying the borough ticket all
save two, one councilman and one
School Director as before stated. The
Democratic gain in the Borough since
last fall is seventy-three, and the gain
throughout the county tallies with
them.
We begin to hope for the future of
our distracted country when the strong
holds Of Republicanism are thus giving
signs of a healthy change in the body
polite. Thanks to our organization
we were enabled to meet the enemies
Of our present form of government and
combat them at every point, which
rendered victory easy. We intend to
keep the ball rolling, and not let the
interests of our people flag until the
keystone of the Federal arch has re-
deemed herself. We will stand united
in the Democratic ranks to struggle
against Congressional usurpation, party
plunderings, and the perSOnalambitiOns
of the few bad men who are now con-
trolling the destinies of our nation and
rendering the name of a citizen of the
United States term of reprOach.
We have no sympathy with the leg
islation that gives to the wealthy by
rObbing from the needy. We oppose
giving to the wealthy bondhOlders who
are revelling in their suddenly acquired
wealth a bonus of forty cents on doi-
lar, because they loaned money to the
government.
We cry against the oppression ofsuch
laws as give to such men gold in pay
ment Of their interest on bonds that
are by enactment free from taxation,
which is now quoted at LAO, when 9TH
ers equally as deserving as they are, by
the enactment of the same body, are
obliged to be content to take their pay
ment of debts in deprecated curren-
cy.
The unfair legislation that robs the
poor man of all, in order to enrich still
more his richer fellow citizen, must be
stopped, and the suffering masses are
again looking forward with hope to
the rascaIly nest of public plunderers
who are destroying all its vital power.
Corruption stares us in the face at
every point, and for the past few years
the Republican party has been moth
ing but an immense swindle, and the
internal thieves boldly pronounced ey-
cry discovery Of their peculations dem
ocratic lies, trusting always thus to de-
ceive their deIuded followers to vote
for them and thereby give to them an
other lease of power and plunder.
But the ways of truth, though some
times slow, are always sure, and the
elections lately held over the country
give evidence of healthy change in
this direction. God grant us a speedy
deliverance from Republican misrule
and plumber.
Truly our people will soon be made
to feel that they are ruled by men who
! have no care for their interests, when
il requires all their efforts to keep body
and soul united.
Members of Congress are enacting a
farce in impeaching the President,
thereby neglecting the material inter
ests of the country, while the poor are
everywhere suffering from the high
prices Of food and wearing apparel.
The Republican party has multi
tude of sins to answer for before the
tribunal of public opinion, that will
OVerWhelm it, and the name republi-
can used in Il party sense will be a
term of approbrium. There will be a
time when the descendants Ofthe. .ShOd-
dyites of our day, will be pointed at
with scOrn, as the offspring the plum
derers of their country, while its dis
fractions led it to the very brink OF
dissolution. Yours Truly,
| SOLDIER