The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1868-01-24
TDIT0RIAL CORREsPONBENCE.

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Yesterday we. wended our way to
"the hiff," and sat down amid the as
sembled wisdom of Pennsylvania. In
the House of Representatives, aresolu-
ton endorsing the action of the Z. s.
Senate i'm restoring Stanton to the War
Office, was under discussion. The de-
bate was fierce and furious. The Radi
Gals raked over the ashes of the late
war, and sought diligently among the
blackened cinders of the bale-fires ofl
that unhappy conflict, for a single un-
quenched coal with which to fire the
"loyal heart" But not the smallest
spark could be found, and Radicalism,
chilled by the frosts Of October, was
warmed only by the terrible fagella7
tion administered by the speakers on.
the Democratic side. Rjnehl ranted,
Herr and Hickman narrowed up. the
souls of the "loyal," with the most
heart-rending accounts of Democratic|
''treasonT the member from TiogaI
strove to strang-le the Democratic OPP
position, and his colleague from Potter
Man-gled the Kings English in ter
rife denunciationr of President John-
SON; but all i'm vain. The Democratic
speakers, Messrs. jerks, Chaifant, Lin
ton, Deise and others, literally skinned
them, and they were fain to close the
debate by moving the, previous ques-
tion.i Il u tod s .,,,,l,.' f..- 81 r.f 'uI
The course Of the United States Sen
ate in forcing Stanton back into the
Cabinet, and the mendacity, of Gen.
Grant in. violating hisfword pledged to
the President, have caused much' feel
ing in political circles. AS for Stanton
himself, he is held in contempt. even
by those who applaud. the Senate for
his restoration, The man. who is
thrust out of the family Of his neigh
Dor, and then seeks to force himself up
on the society, Of that family, is not
generally considered much of q gentle |
man. o Much less is the cabinet minis |
ter, who is to advise and consult with
the President, a gentleman, if he crawl
back. into the Presidential family after
he has beer. kicked out rof, it,. Such a
man can only be regarded with con7'
tempt and disgust, and his name will
bewtitten down in history as that of d
mean and groveling wretch, who sacri-
feed his own honor TO carry out the |
malignant purposes ofhis. party. But
the indignation against Stanton is no
greater than that manifested toward
Gen. Grant. "You can't make a silk
purse ofa sow's ear" and that decent |
man can be made of one who was wont
to wallow I'm the gutter, appears to be /
equally impossible, as shown by the
case Of this man Grant. It is well |
known that before the war, Grant was |
man Of dissolpte habits and of doubt
fuI standing in society In his inter
course with President Johnson, he has |
proved that he cannot be trusted by |
his friends and that he is nothing, after |
all, but a successful cnt-throat. We
speak plainly, for We know whereof we
affirm. When it became evident that. /
the U. s! Senate would re-instate Stan
ton, Gen. Grant declared to President
Johnson, that he would either resign,
so that another Secretary OF, War aa in
teri1s could be appointed, or he. would
hold ON until Stanton's right to the
place could betested before theSupreme
Court. This declardtion icas made to
the President repeatedly By Grant, and
the understanding between them was,
that Grant should inform the Presi,
dent which course. he would pursue,
beforethe action of the Senate was con-
summated!a Instead dof keeping his
word, he went out of the WAR Depart
mednt like 4 Sheer, stealing dog and per-
nfittfaa nfit a staantan sta t. crawl a np r pff9ars the e
President was aware. Of it. au Among
common people. such, conduct WOULD
brand the man guilty of it as liar and
atrait0r. What the name for il should
besih GEM Grants case, we ledve to-
the decision Of those who Know just
exactly how much neanness and
treaehery ought to be covered by the
mantle of the Lieutenant -Generalship
The people can now take the measure
of this l6ckjaw candidate for Pfesi-
dent. A man who fails to keep his
solemn pledges, to q friend, will fail to
keep them to the people, ru .f.o s...,
But the end IS not yet. The miser-
able .caitiff who has forced himself
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