Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-10-02
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SOUTHERN DEMOCRATIC VIEWS

He said to the gathering
On the issue Of The contest before them
depended their all. Before the war the
Southern people believed in State rights,
they fought and spilled their blood for State
rights Unfortunately for them, and per-
haps for the whole country, the result ol
| the war was permanent extinguishment
OF State rights, unless, under God provi-
dence, the Democratic party, under the
leadership of Seymourand Blair, re-establish
the time-honored principles.
Colonel Slaybach, of Missouri, agrees
with this view, and says that the whole life
Of rebellion is assured in the Democratic
platform:
By the election Of the Democratic ticket
only could the noblest men who ever lived
the gallant sons of the SOuth-gaiu what
they had fought for without the sacrifice Of
a single principle !"
General Lawton, of Georgia, entertains
the same opinion, and thinks, upon the
whole, that the Democratic platform is a
little stronger and better than the secesh
declaration:
Now for the first time, we have plat
form Of principles. and leaders around
whom we could rally 1t was the noblest,
best, boldest declaration Of principles ever
laid down in the United States, and was 10
unison with the feelings Of the people
There was nothing that the South wanted
that was not there The military despesism
which has held US in thraldom was there
set in its proper light For the first time
We have a platform we can adhere to. We
have work to do which can be accomplished
We have leaders to represent those pTinei-
pies who will carry Us cut Of the Slough Of
Despond Peace has its victories IS well
as war. Those great principles for which
We fought, and which we feared were lost,
may yet be achieved
The pirate Semmes is so charmed with
Democratic declarations that even his sensi
tive honor will admit return to loyalty un
der its operation
1 have given my allegiance to the old flag
provided we can restore the old flag again to
be the representative Of the principles of the
Constitution, which we viii be able to effect
By the election Of Seymour and Blair y
This much for individuals. Larger space
is demanded for the press, as its utterances
are more frequest and more carefully stud
led The same tone is traceable here. The
Yicksburg Times bases the claims of Blair
on the Broadhead letter, that has been so
explained and debated at the North, saying:
Objection is made down this way 10 the
endorsement of the Blair letter By a few
timid people, on the score of prudence. and
yet it was this identical letter of Frank Blair
to his friend, Colonel Broadhead, that Sc
cured the Missouri hero the nomination for
ice President. We want just such ammu-
milton as Frank Blair uses.
The ST. Louis Times. tells Blair what his
words mean, and catches him on the horns
Of dilemma 1t finds that he must assist
the rebels directly.
If Mr. Blair becomes President. and
swears 70 obey the Constitution, and fails
to overthrow the ohgarchy established by
Brownlow in Tennessee, Blair would be per
jured. There Is but one way to restore the
Government and the Constitution, and that
Is for the President elect to declare the re
acts null and void, compel the
army to undo its usurpations at the South,
GIspeTse the carpet-bag State governments,
allow the white people to reoTganize their
own governments. and elect Senators and
Representatives.
The Mississippi Mercury goes just little
further and shows what is wanted there:
with the skull and cross bones of the
lost cause before Us, we will swear that this
Is white man 5 government. We must
make the negro understand We are the men
We were when We held him in abject bon
dage, and make him feel that when forbear-
aDce ceases to be a virtue, be has aroused
power that will controlhim OF destroy him.
The Richmond Enquirer shows how the
want viii be satisfied:
The white men of the Southern States
have seen the day when they could use the
bullet, and if God in His anger permits the
necessity to arise they will use it again.
The ST. Joseph Mo- Pjndicator is in
the same line;
Forty thousand able bodied fighting
men in Free Misery alone are sworn to do
battle, if need be, for the right And if
Tom Fletcher, the felon, and his horde Of
outlaws resist, helIs ahead
The West and South is sure that Dem
ocratic victory will overthrow all of the na
tional results of the war, and counts itselfin
for that end, saying;
From irst to last-from the so-caled
antl-slavery amendment of the Constitution
to the food Of trash for all purposes, mill
tary, civil financial and commercial-alI the
Reconstruction laws Of the whole peace
period fall to pieces, if the Democracy sue
ceed 10 electing Mr.. Seymour as their stan
dard bearer. We can take part in such a
conflict We believe, from the depths Of
our understanding, that these acts Of Con-
gressional misdoing are all, one ike the
other, perfectly void, -
The Georgia Democratic Convention sees
that the Democratic platform removes all
restraints upon rebel conduct. 1t says:
There might once have been necessity
for the rebels of Georgia to submit to the
military authorities, but there is none now.
The Democratic ehiyalry Of the North are
marching to our rescue.
And the Mobile Register thinks that the
Democratic idea favors further war:
I'VE know there are many Democrats at
the North, including some distinguished
soldiers, who believe that the political at
mosphere, poisoned by the long reign Of
Radical despotism, viii not be so purified
that liberty may flourish on it, until Just
chastisemeut IS inflicted upon the daring
men who have eonspired against the hber-
ties of the nation. In other words, that
the counter-reFolution will not be complete
without more blood letting
The Ultra Ku Kl,1c, Of Texas, believes
that a war of races, that is, an indiscrim-
mate killing of negroes by whites, will
come unless the poor whites are driven
away. Most Of these are of Northern des-
cent
How shall We obviate a war of races?
There is no way under the broad canopy of
heaven, without it is driving from our midst
these low, mean white men. With them
out Of the country, the negroes and white
people could get along peaeeably and quietly;
but If they are allowed to remain in our
midst, just so sure we are bound to have a
war of races, and when there is one drop of
blood sDilt we DFedief that II will How as