The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-03-20

action came, and the resolution char
ging Jackson with violating the Con
stitution and laws was expunged from
the records of the Senate.
Men like Webster, ChalhOun and Clay
were those who Illuminated this thun-
derbolt to crush Andrew Jackson
They were lhe giants of the Senate and
they created and fed the excitement
that was to impale the President; but
their thunderbolt recoiled from the
impregnable position upon which he
had placed himself, and the people
vindicated him. The pigmies of the
Senate who now attack the President,
when compared in intellect with tho
men Of JacksOn's day, are seen to be
but slight weights" When they fail
ed to sustain themselves, how can it be
expected that this attack upon the
Government shall succeed?
The people want no more war, they
have had enough of blOodshed, enough
of reckless expenditure of the peoples
money, enough of attacks upon the
cardinal principles of the Government.
A deep wide chasm has been dug be-
tween the sections and into it the blood
of the Republic has been poured, tho
mangled forms and bleeding corpsea of
thousands of the fairest and bravest Of
o,,r young men fill that deep and wide
cbosn nd by your persistent agitation
for.tho nornoi, nornoi'@tioa of your power,
you preserve it unclosed. w., =.
chasm we seek to throw the bridge "a
the Constitution, to cement tthestructure
with concord, amity, commerce and
mutual benefit, and upon it to rear a
gain the magnificent temple of consti-
tutionaI liberty. IN this, your appeal
to passion and to the army against the
peaceful settlement of the laws, we sec
another effort to precipitate us into
bloodshed, to kindle the flames of civil
war, to rouse the passions of brother
against brother, of neighbor against
neighbor and to deluge the north
with the blood of our people.
Against this reckless agitation,
this senseless excitement, we protest.
Ipdefence of our position we appeals
to the laws, and we demand that you
will, as we do, yield submission to their
decree.
Let the laws determine, and let US
frown upon every attempt that may
seek to imbrue our hands in each 9TH
ers, blood. Do not, 1 pray you, aid in
placing us again upon the high road 10
anarchy. We want no war, but If
naught but the destruction of the gov
ernment is to come and you will precip-
itate US into war, | and those with
whom I act, will be found following the
flag with thirty-seven stars and gazing
fondly upon our auant courier, the old
banner of the Republic; maintaining
the Constitution and preserving the
Federal Union of the States. Will this
attempt at revolution relieve you or
me of any of our public burdens? Will
it add to the security of the debt of the
nation? Will it improve the condition
of the business interests of the people:
Reconstruction now enters into every
mans business and every interest feels
the necessity for stability and certainty
in governmental affairs. How much
worse will it be when you attempt to
illegally impeach the President, when
ycu establish a precedent by which you
unsettle the government to accomplish
party ends;
But suppose y0u continue this mad
appeal to force, to precipitate us into
a war of party against party and neigh
Dor against neighbor; what is your con-
diti0n now as compared with it in 1861?
The Governors Of Illinoisand Pennsy,-
vania have sent forward sensation tel
egrams and offered troops, but the
great States of New York, Ohio and
New Jersey, have Democratic Legis-
latures, and the States of Connecticut,
Maryland, kentucky and Delaware,
have Democratic Governors and LegiS-
Iatures. Hence ifyOu initiate war, and
we are attacked, if it is to be an issue
of party, again nst party, in what situa-
ton are you to begin the fray?
Is this right, is it prudent, is it patri-
Otic to attempt that which seems to be
indicated by the telegram Of your En-
ecutive Gov. Gearyl the tender Of
troops to initiate war? Is this not o.
yening the door to internecine strife in
The north? We should deprecate all
such attempts and render implicit obe-
dience to the fiat of law.
The proposition contained in the res
olution l have submitted, is, that i'll
Judging of the COnStitutiOnality of the
Tenure of office law, the Presi-
dent exercises power vested in him
t,y the Constitution, that he had right
to bring that law before the Courts for
adjudication and that such decision Is
binding upon both Congress and the
President. 1t could not come into the
Courts without this action of the Pres
ident and he is not amenable to i'm
parchment for so acting.
Can any man who processes a just
sense of propriety sustain Stanton in
his course. 1t shocks our sense of de-
cency, for it is in fact an attempt to
force himself upon the President and
into his councils when he knows he is
obnoxious to all with whom he should
act.
He should at once resign. There is
no substance, no great principle depen-
dent upon his retention, for without
him Congress is still potent. Shall we
be plunged into war, that Stanton
may draw his paw. and faunt his OBJ