The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-05-22

Il know 1t Is usual to address the
chief magistrate of Pennsylvania as
his 'EXcellency', Dut in New York it
/ is our custom to think and speak of
General Geary, remembering the bat
tie among the clouds, and the triumph
ant march to the sea-as the brave de-
fender of our Union, and | am there
fOreinclined to address you as the brave
General of the Republic" &c.
That touch about the clouds, is very
fine. Did the Doctor mean that the
piOus Geary had been translated to
the skies, amid cherubim and seraphim,
just out Of reach Of unfriendly bullets,
and had come down in the moment of
victory? But, in the meantime, while
Geary, perched on the edge ola cloud,
was serenely surveying the field,
where were Sherman and Thomas and
Mcpherson?
.'Your Geary's gallant commander,
But there are Others rs gallant as he ~
What follows in the Doctors address
concerning the Governors intimate re-
lations with Heaven, we may not allude
to, as such things are among mems
privatest affairs. After further speech,
curiousiy mingliEg politics and relig-
ion, DR.. Pohlman withdrew, and the
Governor arose, Jenkins tells Us, with
"evident emotion" After welcoming
the delegates TO his mansion, he pro-
ceeded to relieve himself of the emo
ton. "Ideas," ne said, Crowded up
on him. He did not know which to
express first. The address Of the Pres
ident had overwhelmed him." We
confess that the allusion TO the clouds
was somewhat of a sumner. Soldier
like, he spoke of the CHURCH Mill
TANT, as grand army of christians go
ing forward, battlingin in thesacred cause
of Right against Wrong, with capital
letters; marching under the banner Of
Temperance against King -iicOhOi, also
with emphatic types. Thus far there
is nothing in the weight Of the 'ideas"
to Overwhelm the Governor, or beg
ging DR.. POhIman's pardon, the "brave
General Of the Republic" After
struggling manfully amid "crowd of
ideas" in which he seemed for time
to be lost, the General emerged trium-
phantly, thus:
II feel it my duty, as chief Magis-
trate of this State, to extend my SYM
pathies and my cooperation to all the
christian churches Of this common
wealth. | ain ready to sustain them
in their good work, and to help them
to carry it to success. | am now equal
ly ready to sustain it as | have been,
and as ! am still ready 10 sustain the
cause of my country. | am as well
prepared to lay down my life for this
cause, as / have been to lay it down
for the cause Of my country"
While there is no overwhelming
weight of 'Ideas" in this burst, there Is
an oppressive and all pervading pres
ence Of the first letter OF the word
We are satisfied that his EXcelIency
would never have used such Il COM
monplace, were there no, capital 81"
to it.
But does our heroic General intend
to turn missionary? Has he determin-
ed that when his brief term expires,
he will seek no further among the
vain and wicked of this world for
office, but devote himself to the cause
of temperance and humanity? Have
the little hints lately received at Phil
adelphia, from ungrateful soldiers and
citizens, turned the 'ideas" of the
General of the Republic" to lOftier
things than such baubles as Governor
and Vice President But we hope it
is not his intention to deliver temper
ance lectures, for the taste of the vul-
gar is against his style; and many
members of the G. t. whisper that his
speech is garnished too much with his
favOrite prOnoun, hardly leaving
enough of the article or his humber
brethren. fit be really bis purpose
to enter the great field OfmOral reform,
what a work is opened to him among
his Radical associates! From the eX-
perience he has gathered among them,
his services would be invaluable
He could tell us, now that I'M
parchment is as dead as 'old King
Nine" what were the inducements
among Pennsylvania Radicals to COM
nit that great wrong. He could re-
veal all about the ''rings" already form
ed, under his eyes, in Harrisburg, and
Philadelphia, TO distribute the offices and
share the spoiIs of the Treasury under
the immaculate Ben. Wade. Nay,
he could read endless homilies to the
rising generation, on the bitter disap-