THE BEDFORD C.IEF.TTE.
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ELOQUENT EULOGY
ON THE LI IK AND' CHARACTER
OF REV. JOHN A. COLLINS,
BY IiEV. W. LEE SI'OTTSWOOD-
last Subbath morning this eminent Divine
preached a Sermon in the M. E. Church of Bedford, j
appropriate to the death of the late beloved Fresi- i
ding Elder of this district. The large assemblage
present on this mournful occasion, indicated the high j
regard entertained for the illustrious deceased by the
people of Bedford. The Church was neatly and ap- >
propriately draped in mourning, which added much j
to the solemnity of the services. Mr. S. spoke from
the 11th Chapter of John, and part of the hid verse: j
'•Thy brother shall rise again." We would like to j
follow the Rev. gentleman, and give an outline of bis
thriliingly eloquent discourse, but we feel that our
pen is utterly incompetent to the task. IV e have been
permitted, however, to copy his remarks which re- j
late immediately to the deceased, which .Mr. S. kind- i
ly furnished by re j nest: and, from these, the intelli
gent reader will readily appreciate the merit of the
entire Sermon :
It is \v th the belief, ar.d hope.-, and feelings, that
tins theine, (the resnrection,) .ii-pite-, that you, no
doubt, are here to-day, and that 1 stand with sadness,
and yet with joy, in this sacred desk, draped with
the mementoes of death; simple emblem- of affection,
respect, and cherished recollection, where often and
nry lately stood the departed, whose utterances fell
upon eagerly listening ears, now as sweet as the tone- j
of love, and now like the clear, ringing, heart-mov- '
ing, soul-stirring, blasts of the bugle. That eleytnent |
tongue shall speak to us no more in temples made
with hands; we shall hear it never again, till we hear
it once more and pur re, mingling with the -nngs of
fhe redeemed, and the shouts of Jesus' conquerors in
the courts of the Heavenly temple! The son of an
accomplished mother, and of a keen and vigorou
tninded lather—educated by Dr. Camahan, of George
town, D. C.—a student of the Bible—an apt and suc
cessful scholar where the greatest study of mankind
is man"—it is not at all strange that JOHN A. COL-
I.INS was a man of strongly marled characteri-tics.
He was born near Seaford, Sussex Co. Delaware,
.May the sth, ISO 1 ; and, with him, "the last of
earth" was at twenty minutes before two o'clock, on
the afternoon of the Sth inst., at the house of his
friend, Mr. James H. Wood, in the city of Baltimore,
in the "J'.th year of his age, and the ffsth of his min
istry. He was suddenly stricken down on his wav
to our late Quarterly Meeting, with a severe attack of
pneumonia, anil, after a short and painful illness,
jxissed away from Earth, from his mid-rut err oi
u-elulness, and, with his honor- Iresh and green
upon him.!
••Tranquil amidst alarms.
Death found him HI the field,
A hero slumbering in his arms,
Beneath his red-cross shield;
His \word was in his hand.
Still wnm with recent light,
Ready that moment at comma.id,
lhiough rock and steel to smite."
Even if we were competent to the task, it were
needless, perhaps, to chaiacU-jixe the decea- d, for
he was known, appreciated, honored, and trusted, in
the private walks ol life, in the public oiiices ot his
country, and above all, m the mist prominent po-i-
Aons of the church of Jesus Christ. Thai was the
pioper and glorious arena on which brother Coni.lN- ;
won his noblest spoils, and where, in simjilii iiy , and •
•ind yet to the admiration of thou-unds all over cur j
land, he wore h.s greate-t trophies.
With mi elocution almost luulilcs—a ready utter
ance—a tine llow of language—an ui.usual talent for j
simple and striking illustration descriptive power
o; the first order—a deep knowledge ot man—un in- (
tellect at once ot keen and quick perception, and oi
breadth of compa s and of vigorous power—an ear- j
liest soul vud Withal, ahe i t warm i ilk the life and |
i are of God —it is not strange that JOHN A. (,'OHLINS j
stood in the foremost rank- oi our countrv s jfulpi! |
orators; and wherever he went, his auditors, in crowd*, j
hung enraptuied ori his lips. But r.ot alone in tin
pulp.t was he "a workman that needeib not to be a-*
shamed." He wa> •/<• in the church's councils—
i, eve. in individual action—and on the floor ol his
own conference, and on the btoader arena ol the Gen- j
eral conference, (of winch he was repeatedly a mem- '
iw,) made upof the principal talent of our wide-j
spread Methodism— hi debate and. in / sitters tarty he j
had, perhaps, no superiors, and but few equals.— !
"When Nestor spoke they listened and obeyed." i
With an ardent heart, and one generous alino-t to i
a fault, he was a true and devoted friend. A real J
J'utri'jt, he loved his whole, country, "one and indi
\ isible."
But the Lett that can be said of any mortal man,
we can say of JOHN A. COI.LINS—he was a simple
hearted Christian. W hat arrested, in early life,
when gay. thoughtless, and sinful, his way-ward
steps.' One word, rich in meaning, tells the whole 1
story—MOTHER! She was gone, indeed. But, in
his own beautiful thought, was not her sainted spirit
near? as he, her son, thought oi her, and then thought
of himself; and formed the purpose deep within his !
heart, "her God shall be my God." Thus was lie
led to the Saviour.
Hh Christian life was not tiniti, the Christian
life oi others. Now, like Aloses on l'i-gah, he stood
on ttie niouniain-top ot' religious experience, and in
the cloudless sunlight, through the pure etuer, with
the eagle-eye of "the full assurance of hope," he
beheld the promised land stretching out beneath his
enraptured gaze; and now, to try and test his confi
dence in God, he wuik>*d "by failharui not by sight"
in the lowlif valley where the sombre shadows rest.
Jlr had hi* couliicts, but they are ended— his toils,
but they are over—it's trials, but they are past— his
sorrows, but his heart ha-felt their latest pang— hi.
sufferings, but his aching head is foiever at rest"?—
He rests in the nightle.\s laud—in "the c.ty that hath
no need of the sun, neither of the moon to shine in
it; lor the giory of God both lighten it, and the Lamb
is the light thereof;" and where, in the additional
language of the revelator, who, in the Apocalyptic
vision, saw Heaven_opened, "God shall wipe away
all tears from the eyes; and there shall lie no more
death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there
he any more pain; for the former things ate passed
away."
A moment let its linger in his sick room, and a
round his dying bed! In his sickness hi-spiritual
exercise- were joyoin—very devotional and elo
quent. Yon have seen the setting Sun ill cloudless
glory. Ihe " broadens by degrees just o'er the verge
ol dayjhe dips hisorb now half immersed; and now a
golden curve gives one bright glance-, then total dis
appear-." Fit emblem of our brother's end ! His
death ma.* triumphant' On the day of hi- dccea-e,
as the Sun rose, and -hined through the lattice, lie
said, in a sweet tone, to a brother, "Draw those cur
tains aside, am! let me see the morning light"—he
then exclaimed, "Praise the Lord;" anil among the
last words that fell from his lips expressive of a hap
py and exulting spirit, were the sublime pa-sages of
the lO'id Psalm, commencing "Bless the Lord, 0 my
-oul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name."
Thus passed o:r brother rxnltingly down into the
stream of death ! On the other side, no doubt, stood
his brothers, gone before, To greet him. Larkm,
lately called; Watts, Busey", Jones, Waters, Elliott,
Knotts; ali deceased during the past year—and oth
ers, Tarring, Davis, Btisou, summoned home at an
eailier dale—and many more, ail fellow-laborers and
part of a noble band. And among these, surely came
one, the dearest of them all, with a warmer, fonder
greeting, to welcome his happy spirit home— his
sainted Mother. 1 cannot tell you of that meeting !
I have no conception of the scene, as they led the
new-arrived to Je-us" feet, where he % -as crowned a
Conquer.or forever'. His body sleeps to-day in the
Mausoleum of the Cemetery of Mt. Olivet. In a
little while bis remains will be committed to the bo
som of the earth to await the resurrection morning.
Then and there might we repeat, "our brother -Call
rise aga'yi." And looking up to Heaven, say oi our
departed friend, and brother, and la'e official head:
>'A!I darkness thou ha-t left behind—
It was not toe" they wound
In dreary grave clothes and consigned
To perish in the ground;
"Twas but thy mantle, dropt in sight,
When thou wast vanishing in light.
That mantle in earth's wardrobe lain,
A frail but precious trust,
Thou wilt reclaim, and wear again,
When freed from worms and dust,
The bodies of the saints -hall be
Their robes oi immortality."
The members of the Church were requested to re
main after the Congregation was dismissed, when
t he-following resolutions vveie unanimously pas-ed:
REV. JOHN A.COLLINS.
\\ bereas, we have learned of the unexpecteddeatb,
in the all-wise providence of God, of our late Presi
ding Eider, Rev. JOHN A. Com. INS, and -orrow, but
not "as others w ho have no hope," at iiis sudden de
parture trom among rt-.
lie-salved , Bv the membership of the Bedford Sta
tion, Ea-t Baltimore Conference,
1. That the M. E. Church has lost in his death,
one oi her most devoted friem!-, one of her ablest de
fenders, and one of her most talented and eloquent
mini-ters.
'-!. *1 hat we cherish, with fondness, his memory ir.
all his intercourse with us, ami shall never forget
his services, official and ministerial, "as a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed."
"i\;at we rejoice, and glorify God that the end
ot his Chi .sfian lite, u-elul and brilliant, was so peace
ful and triumphant.
!. That a copy of these resolutions be sent to our
County papers, and the Christian Advocate and Jour
i al, lor publication.
Signed, in behalf of the Membership,
W. LEE SPOTTSWOOD, Pa dor.
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.\ 2GRO SUFFRAGE.
!X7*The Philadelphia News of May 10, savs the
Black Republican Legislature of New York (the tol
lowers of Gov. Seward,! have psssed an amendment
to the Constitution of that State, giving negroes the
right to vote, notwithstanding the Supreme Court of
the United States has judicially decided that they are
not citizens within the meaning oi the Constitution !
Here is Republicanism lor you.
Civ Mr. Ti ssi;v, the S'//yin 11;Ittr,;t/.st, who recei
ved live votes for County Superintendent, and who
wa-> repulsed by his immediate neighbors at the late
Spring election in Woodberry, where his party
friends had the majority, does not like the IS I font
Gazette. Pity, but Cannot be helped. VYe object,
however, to bis measuring other people's morals by
his own.
B~p*HL'M£LIATiNG.—It is truly humiliating to
have to contend with such an opposition as we have
in Bedford. Destitute of common decency, they
consider the grossest Falsehoods their ! ■t weapons.
About ninety-nine out of every hundred charges they
prefer against the democratic party are slander ma
nufactured out of the whole cloth, never having had
the shallow of an existence. We will illustrate
a few cases as a sample of the whole. It was
charged against the most respectable gentlemen in
Bedford, last September, that they had snuaridei ed
the moe.ev ol the Paul; Load tor political purpose-, a
charge so rockle.-s and bare-laced that .loins Mow fin.
Km;., an honorable opponent, felt constra tied 'o de
nounce it as utterly false over his proper signature.
At the late Spring election, they charged upon the
democratic candidates for Borough offices, that, it
successful, they intended to bring the water into
town from Tod's spring, at a cost o "v ',OOO, a thing
which never entered into the uiiml of any body, as
the Up-e of time will prove.
Only a few days since, they charged, in the most
unqualified term-, that Gen. Packer, our candidate
for Governor, had voted for the JUG LAW, although
not a member ol the Legislatuie w hen the I'ijl pa.-.--
ed. We couid follow up all their charges, and show
them to be equally false and maliciou— and ye:
these things are countenanced, endorsed, and retail
ed by certain beads of families, as a pleasant duty.
Jordan well knew that iiis own vote passed the Jug
Law through the Senate; that Gen. Packer was not a ;
member of either house at the time; arid yet he had j
not the manliness to correct the falsehood which had
three time appeared in the columns of a print almost
exclusively devoted to puffing himself, and used in
connection with his own name.
[XT*" THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS in Philadel-|
phia, almost to a man, voted against the IVILMOT i
Ticket at the late .Municipal election; and. fiom
what we can lean, the Friends in St. Clair Town- j
ship, in this county, intend to follow their example. !
Their good sense teache- them that the triumph of
Sectionalism would be the signal (or a bloody and j
unending civ,l war, and hence the determination
they manifest to wash their hands of any association
with so foul a conspiracy against the peace of the
country. As they opposed Fremont, -o will they
oppose Wilmot. They will hardly submit to be
cheated, as they were last fall.
Gtflysbnrg Compiler.
[XT' 1 i.is abl • and reliable Democratic paper comes
to ns this week, greatly enlarged, and clothed in an
entire new suit, looking a- bright as a dollar just
fiom the mint. 11. J. STAHLE, the editor, is a gen
tleman of acknowledged ab lity, and his devotion to
Dcmocrrtic principles has given him a high place in
the affections of his patty. We hop. he may be abun
dantly remunerated lor tb.s handsome improvement.
C7'On last Tuesday morning we had a brisk little
snow storm, which lasted several minutes.
BKPFOHD POST OFFICE.
CLF™ Jon x A. Mowi:v, T--st|. of Bedford, has received
the appointment of Postmaster lor this Borough, in
place of Mrs. A. SAIIPP whose commission lias ex
pired. This is in accordance with the unanimous
decision of The Democratic Party, and, of course, is i
rnrlit—the people being the source of till power.—-
Notwithstanding the low and scurrilous abuse heap
ed upon Mr. Sunpp in his life-time, and upon Mrs.
Saupp, immediately alter bis remains were deposited
in the grave, whom the BUok. Republicans charged,
through their organ, as an "IGNORANT DUTCH
CATHOLIC, who could not write her own name."
Stf., \c., Ac. we have no hesitation in saying that
the office was, in all respects, conducted by her
daughter in a manner creditable to her capacity, and
i with as much satisfaction as is usually given in Post
Offices. The vile slanders perpetrated upon the late
Postmaster and Postmistress by the enemies of De
: mocrary, was the hobby upon which they hung lvnow
Nothing! in in this county—assuring the people that
all the Post Offices were filled with "Dutch Catho
lics,''" such as the Po-t Master in Bedford, whom they
stigmatized with every dirty epithet to he found in
the vocabulary of vulgarism, a fact known toall class
: cs of our people, for this stuff was wrung in their ears
.rem morning till night. There is an evident deter
mination on the part of the Democracy that the P. O.
ui Bedford, being a lucrative office, shall, hereafter,
i be changed with the change of every Administra
tion, and no matter how goo J a Postmaster Mr. .Mov-
KY may make, he will have to give way to some oth
!er Democrat at the expiration ol four years. The
change m the office is no reflection upon Mrs. Sunpp,
as it will be none upon Mr. Mowrv. She has the
be-t wishes of the Democratic party for her welfare,
who will, no douht, liberally patronize her in her
store, where a beautiful assortment of Dry Goods and*
: Hardware may always be found.
Ihe widow SrATi.ru has BEEN appointed P. M. ill
; Sfhellsburg, in place of, Mrs. M.SCIIKI.I., whose com
mission had also expired. \\ hiist Airs. S. made one
ol the best I*. M's yve ever had in Bedford County,
we have no doubt Mrs. ST AT I.:-: A will be able to give
general satisfaction. Rotation in office is a sound
motto, and Democracy has suffered much by not ad
hering more closely to this principle in the past.
f.-. '' hat has caused the great Revolution in
your Borough, in lavoroi Democracy?" is a question
frequently asked the citizens of Bedford. Well, as
a change o! near K-0 votes in a town Lite this is no
ordinary matter, it may be Weil to look into the
causes wtnch have pio.luced it. We have no diffi
culty in answering the interrogatory. Tne people
have become fully satisfied that tne opposition to the
Democratic Party is rr i.de up o! Fanaticism, Fraud,
and Fui-ehood—a compound of folly, stupidity, and
childish nonsense—uusuited To trie Ta-te oi men pos
se-sing a ron-cietitioiis desire to do right. This a
lone has turned many. The blasphemous Know .No
thing oaths have recoiled with fearful effect, and this
has felt a murk to be read and seen of all men and
then, to cap the -heaf. Abolitionism, with all its
horrors and abominations, rises to the view. The
doctrine that a negro is better than all Foreigners,
and better than the poor white men born upon our
i own soil, (the proof for which is given in another
column,) has startled the public mind—and hence it
istii.it Lecioid Borough lms so strongly and emphati
cally repudiated the factions which have taken the
place of the Whig Party, a party blotted out ot exis
tence. But the county has done equally well with
the Borough. Only a few months since our oppo
nents boasted tbat they had a majority of one tnon
s-anil SWORN Know Nothings, and now thev aie in a
pitiful hopeless minority, so much so that Mr. Jordan
had to tack us to Somerset with the view of prevent
ing our people from being represented at Harri-burg
by a Democrat, but the enemy will tail even in this,
tor we an; strongly ot' the opinion that our noble
treemen will be able next tall to set aside Mie maiq
rity o: Somerset, should that county o tar di-graee
it-el: as to gite a majority tor the candidates of A
bolitionism, which many doubt. Give us Jordan as
a candidate, and we want fo surer district.
Cut another reason for the great reaction in Bed
ford, an-e- from the fact that the men of character
and tai-nt- in the oppo- tion rank- would a- soon af
filiate with swine as with those who assume the lea
dership of affairs—and hence they could not hold a
meeting on court-ui. k, an.! cannot even get up a
little Club Meeting until ti.e return 61 the IJauoraUt
i'r. .iiiidint, who was ire aniy working for Fremont
!a-t fcii wh;!-f making the n*n - st solemn pledges c!
devotion to hilmore! The man who will cheat his
own friend—who would match under the old Car-s
& Butler Flag, altered to suit Fillmore—when the
party was secretly trari ferred to Fremont, is a fit
person to stand at the head of the present opposition
to the Democracy in Bedford.
* i*
lowa Flections—Ofiii '.ai Returns.
The Davenport D.mccuu, of'tin- 11th instant,
says :
I.)-(!ay we present our readers with a full
official return of the votes p.lied in the late
State election, which sweej s awav the clouds
"I uncertainty, respecting the loyalty-of i u
to the Democracy oft lie Union, the Constitution,
and to the Supreme Jndrcury of the United
States. i hanh (> ■! for the ev jence it affords
of the return of the people to reas >ri) to patriot
ism, and respect 'or all the forms of a Govern
ment baptized in file blood of heroes, L. !• ved by
Freedom's devotees the world ova, and revei
enced by every human being; upon the Continent
of America as theAtk of the Covenant which
ihe Infinite has given fo Hs creatures for their
exaltation to perfect equality in political rights,
low a greet- the Democracy of the States u ilh
ner assurances ot boundless attachment to the
Union.
u e have elected Fisher Democratic Candi
date fi.r Superintendant of Public Instruction,
by a majority ol 505, and Parvin, for Register
ot State Land Office by a majority of 502, a
Democratic gain of about 9,00!) since last No
vember. Owing; fo some local questions, en
tirely outside of politics, the Republican candi
date fur ( onunissioner oi 'lie De.stnoiiie River
Improvement, is elected by a majority ol Bin.
Thus has lowa come out of the struggle, and
passed through a fiery ordeal of political excite
ment with a triumphant return to her old De
mociatic allegiance.
Ihe full vote for the different offices, is as
follows.
F; s her,!) e m., 32,892
Dry bee, Repu!)., 32,387
FON REGISTER.
Parson, Don., 32,722
Holmes. Repub., 32,220
J'o:t COM. or DI.-MOINI: IMI'ISOVEMI- NT.
Manning, R. pub., 32,171
Bailey, Dem., 32,15!)
vie heartily unite with the Democrat in its
rejoicing at this result—a change of 9000 votes
since November certainly docs demonstrate "a
return oi the people to reason," and manifest an
attachment to the party of the Union. The
Democrats of lowa deserve ihe thanks of the
paity throughout the nation for litis glorious re
sult.
DELEGATE ELECTIONS.
ITTEWfIWi* IdE.IBOEfI&AT.< i !
The Democratic County Committee take pleasure
i) saying to their brethren that the "Slat /' !) r .
tturrur-y" is in the a-.eemkuit, and now occupies a
irilliant and prominent position, li has been well
aid. however, tnat "eternal vigilance is the price ol
iberty." It therefore becomes us to he on the a
ert—to he wide awake to our duty—and lo watch
losely the movements ol the enemy—in order to
neserve the glorious boon entrusted to the keeping
.1 the great Democratic Party. Falsehood and d.~
(action are the weapons against which we—have to
••intend but, as it is the intention of the party to
■rinvii s the County even more closely than we did
L ast tall, tt e v\ili Jerret out and expose their enonni
::es by holding meetings in all the Townships, so
soon us a County Ticket -hall he placed in the held
old thus thwart the corrupt combinations employed
>V the Abolitionists to deceive and mislead the jh'o-
In pursuance of their duty, the Committee beg
leave to call the attention o! the Township Commit
tees ol Vigilance to the active performance of their
,!utie>. and urge upon th.-m salons . doits in the
.use. The THIRD SATURDAY in June, being t ■
N>th day, is th- time tixed lor holding the D legate
Flections—and it becomes the duty of the Township
Committees to put up written notices in their re
spective D, tricls : and at the proper time, elect two
Delegates to tile County Convention who will meet
in Bedford on Tuesday the r>J dav of June at 1 o'-
clock, I . el. punctually. It is hoped that in every
instance such men will be chosen as delegates as are
known to have the best interests of the party deeply
at heart—men who will conscientiously act lor the
general good—and whose integrity as Democrats is
•.-hove uspicion. Ihe character of a Convention al
ways gives -trength to a "Ticket, and it should be
the pride of every Town-hip to send her tt men To
represent them in so important a body. Let fair
ness and candor characterize all movements touching
Hie selection of Delegates. This is alike due to
truth and the leeling that should ever govent the ac
tion- ol brethren in our glorious cause, it will also
be the-duty ol each l'ow nsh.p to elect three persons
to serve as a Vigilance Committee for the ensuing
vear. A careful return of the persons -elected as
Delegates ami Commitlrr-wi; (with Post Office)
-hould be made to the County Convention. Don't
neglect this—and gel as many as possible to attend
the delegate elect'on*. The offices to be filled this
lad in t he County being very important, it is desired
that there should be a full expression of opinion.—
Th s done, a g!or ; ous victory awaits us. Then we
invite vou to be up and doing—be vigilant—be ac
tive— [ le prudent and all will ho well.
The following named per-ons compose the Com
mittees ol \ ighance whose doty it is to give notice
ol and hold the elect ions for Delegates on Saturday
The J()th of June. Should There he any vacancies,
they can be !.:;• I by th- remaining members of the
committees or by the people :
i; -dl'.rri B notigli— J I' Ji ■ -d, J J Cessna,
\ u lent ine ifteckman.
I', ulortl I'-twn.ihijj—J T Csbhart, M Hoider
baurn, John Sansoui.
liio uitoji—Edward Piers on, Th is W H r
lon, K( hi um isier.
Coleraiu—P M Cessna, Win Ceeglc, Jodah
Shoemaker.
t inn!). Valley—Henry Werlz, John .May,
Sam I IV hip.
Hopewell— Win I hike of Jacob, Michael
Fluke, James McCiearv.
Juniata—lV m. Keyser, Jatnes Burns, Jr. L.
X. r'yan.
Liberty—Michael L. Putt, John A. White,
Dar.i-I Stoler.
Londonderry —John Miiler, Jr. Jacob De
vore, J esse Connor.
Monroe—Geo. Vonstein, Jon. H. iton, Jacob
Fletcher.
.Napier—Summ I YV Miller, Cornelius Whet
stone, Peter Winegardner.
East Providence—Peter II Carton, John C
Clack, Wm Me!l >n.
West Providence—.Michael Murray, Samuel
Woodcock, C'apt Wm Stales.
Schellshurg—J S Schel], John Kemmery,
J Reninger.
Southampton—YVm Moss, Wm Adams, Thos
Donahue.
'St "lair—l' D Reegle, John Alstadt, John
H Cowser.
Union— Michael Werlz, Adolphus Ake, Pe
ter M s.'s.
M: : lie Wondherrv—Win McDonnald, Pa
trick Burns, Daniel !' Bulger.
South YV i .dherry—J C Fluke, Samuel Oster.
YVm Tetwiier.
R. :,;:PCtfu!!y, your Friends,
Wm. P. Schel|, John Cessna,
Joseph YV. 7'at", YVm. M. Hall,
Samuel G. Sutler, C. M. Spang,
F. D. Ceegle,
C'< Co;;; mili i n.
rTTE DEMQCR. ITS'!
i".?'l!' ( lIAV A.N CLUB will meet in the Court
House on next Sat nr. hi v eveni. gat ti. ■ ring eg of: . •
bell. A full attendance i respectful!; r-<[u ,-ted, as
m port ant oiformat or. will he laid before the Club.
.11 IB MANN, President.
John I'. Reed, Sec'v.
Can Christian Aln support . .'Monism, of
viorn WILAIOT is fie // •• / '
Aof ttjlvr r 'in* tfn suljoiuc•■/ JUasnhemn
■put forth its fi-'ir prominent Creed !
From the Philadelphia News, May 1.'..
Ah VssrniMagc t;f Traitors.
The New Vork papers are tilled with reports
of tiie Annual Meeting of the American Anti-;
Slavery Society, now being held m that citv,
and which is attended i V Garrisons, Burleigh,'
Phillips, Fro!liinghaio, Joss, Purvis, Higgin-on,
iuincv, Abbv, Kelly, Fo.-ter, and otln-is oflike
Character. the proceedingson Wednesday ate
a rare specimen of fanaticism and treason. Rev.
Yndrevv Y. Foss, ol N. Hampsliire, opened the
revolutionary movement by a speech, in which i
!.e denounced our Revolution;!! v Fathers as j
scoundrels, and spoke of the Su\ iour of mankind j
and of Si. Paulas traitors. YVe annex a few I
ch ice extracts /torn his speech, and s mie otheis, j
as reported, to sh >w tile exit nt these madmen j
a; e going :
Jin. FOSs' OPINION Ol WASHINGTON.
He thought thai their fathers in the Revolu
tion, in forming this Government, had done I
a very wrong and wicked work, and their chil
dren were now reaping th" finds of their wick
edness. They entered into a compact v\ ith the j
slave power, and they knew that it was wrong, i
But they said that it was better to consent to
the enslavement of a whole rare, than to fail in
the work of the Union ! George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, the eider Adams, and every
man of them had on that occasion acted Jrsuit
ically. They acted on th" principle that the
end sanctifies the means. II the spirits of these !
men were present here to-day (and i! would be j
a better place for them to he than singing Psalms
in a seven by nine heaven.) they would confess \
that they hud done wrong, and that he (the!
speakei) was right. If the Angel Gabriel had
done what their fathers did, he would he a!
scoundrel for it. Tht ir fathers placed within !
the Constitution a provision for the rendition of
fugitive slaves, and therein did a wicked thing.
SENATOR WILsON.
If this Union were dissolved slavery could j
not exist a single year. For that he had thei
testimony of Mr. Arnold, of Virginia, and many
oliier Soulhren men on the floor of Congress.— :
For that he had also the testimony ol Henry j
Vv i 1 son ; but that gentleman had s i rnn
iiv different ways iu his lib- (hat he (Mr, Fuss)
; hml ii gun at lute t<> have little confidence i ,
! what ;M,-. Wilson said. * If the Uu
ion were dis. >lve.|, the slaveholders would of
I necessity einarieipateTfieir slaves, to make them
fi ienils, otherwise thev would see the knife at
; in eir throat and the halter at their neck. *
lie drew (! ) him) pleasing picture of the
day when there should he a servile insurrection
throughout the land. The dissolution of the
Union, however, he looked upon as the quitt
i est way ol settling the question. He would
have them not pay any attention or obedience
; to the Fugitive Slave law or anv of tin* act - af
fecting the slave; and if that did not diss !ve
the Union, he would let it ban *-.
hale and utr.so.v.
Old they red, he asked, fee! ashamed of tIt •*ir
. representatives in Washington 7 Did they not
I eel a.hameii of Hanks, and Wilson and Hale?
Hale ' ad his body j . Untied in tine National Ho
tel and his s ail [>oisontil in Congt>s. ha.l
loved John P. Hale, but he coo i rot fail to i--
htske him for the descent he had made in Con
: gress. At all events,) he confessed, Congress
would spoil any man. Charb'.s Ssinn-i' was
the only man from the North who st iod there
true to principle ; hut tie got his head broken
-r it.
W ASHtX'fiTOSf. CHRIST AXD ST. tWUL TRAITORS
He (Mr. 1 iss) desireil to I a)e Ir- .son.—
When government becomes oppressive, there is
no name under Heaven by which man can he
saved than the name traitor. George Washing
ton was a traitor, Jesus (Jurist was a traitor, the
Apostle Paul was a traitor, to nppr. s..ve gov
ernments and infid.-ls to false churches, ami tie
(.Mr. rojs) was a traitor to this oppressive gov
ernment and an infidel to a pro-siavery church.
Tii;: trsto.v t.v i in; w.w.
Octavius C. Frothiogham said ;
He believed thai this Union effectually pre
vented tiiem from advancing in the least degree
toe work of slave's icdempvi ei. Di-onioii is j>
spiri'.ual procr s. it must be begun, .-dd, :.nd
potentially compl-ted in the u.md before r. k
commenced as a tact. Ftu'v could :.reak from
i! internally wit!) no greater convulsion than
vvo ii,i arise from passing on- state ?< m
per to anot'.t'r. 1; e M l-,rung oh irorn the sav
age idea of money making would be a step lead
ing ! wards (i.ciuton. Let such ...i int inal
disunion h- efiect* d, a: 1 t >■ di*s>!ution of toe
! ot.d , would fivilovv as a matt r f course. G>d
Ibunx.-d, said he, tins iua! disunion a
.r< a:'y exists. (Slight applaus.-.) Vim Not threii
peo.fe were beginning to see ha! the South
: w.t; J;v. uii j.,. j them by the system ol iabor
■ -ii-- by i' He:, of liu:; in rights. Thev w.iti
to in...,e that gulf ol division !■••;< r. Tiev
w aideo it t i be ii; id erst >ud that there could ire no
1 naiou between light and darkness. They must
cherish a conviction which could not live and
! breathe in the same atmosphere with the slavv
i Imli.t-rs Ii tin v would a the ignorance
nig! e„ ~i which : m crime <•! slavery sb .1-
ovvs it, they must withdraw from if. In no
! iiiper i . ma.igris' or animosity toward the
' 'v • ... ejs tie. <1 this he done. As to the Word
••I .ion, ' they a'! knew it was but a political
eatebwu.-d. It answered in America as the
: word "loyalty" answered in monarchial cnun
tri'S—a wid vv.jich induces people to look up
| M ihems. hvs as j ano'.s, vv hen they are noth
ing hut flunkeys.
BLACK REPUBLICANS
Jllh.ge by their *lds that
NEGIOES ARE BETTER THAN WHITE MEN!
HERE IS PROOF POSIT]EE !
I'rom the Washington tdiiuru
Popular Ilighls isi 91as>arhsr(ls.
Massachusetts has produced able statesmen,
pr< Sound jurists and scholars, and men of great
business, activity and energy. Her people
have converted her sterile soii into pimUiclive
fie! is, and her mercha: ts have carried the stars
am! strijk-s to every quarter of the g' be. Her
s o.s have contributed much to the settlement of
1 .be far West. These tarts eoi.tiast strangely
i.rnl unnaturally with iier single disregard of
pop'- ar rights aryi resistance ol lb s- inpuC-s
and influences wtiicii are breadiv spreading tie
.itssitigs of our institutions and of popular liber
ty. Her Hi rt has been to circumscribe the a
r*a of liberty and iiheial institutions to the small
est compass, ami r--strain popular influences
within the control of (hose whoropport tier Pe
culiar (•••!.!u )1 tl. ;inas. A select few seel; {.•
control the destinr-'s of States, and array her a
gairist the popular movements of the age. Her
cause is now guid-d hv a class of third-rat
men, who are seeking to airav her against her
sistei Slates and their institnti >us, for the pur
poseof creating within iier borders all absorb
ing preju dees which shall perpetuate their j row
er. iue ijiumj bant election of Mr. Buchanan,
and the growing approbation bv the f>.-ople ol
the principles upon which lie was elected, a
larmeil the leaders of Black Republicanism :
hence their ready professions 'of svinj atuv with
toe American party, who reailv hold th.-m in
cotil mpt, and despise their principles and ino-
Ii ves of ac.!i in.
Assuming that none hut persons born abroad
are incapable of reading and writing, they rush
ed into a constitutional provision | inhibiting all
who coiild not do j from voting, hoping there
by to attach the American party t > tneir politi
cal car. They have engrafted this provision
into their constitution, and henceforth those
u hose | ip-nts were unable, or for any cause,
i.aii not taught them to read and write, wheth
er native or adopted citizens, are to be excluded
from enjoying the elective franchise. To make
sure of excluding adopted citizens who may he
well ami highly educated in their native lan
guage, the rest rid ionists require the elector to
read the constitution, which, of course, is in En
glish. Ii is lioped that they can continue their
control in Ih<- State a little longer bv this illib
erality to those who cannot read the English
language and write. This as a local expedi
ent is easily demonstrated. In New York,
where the Black Republicans now have the con
trol of the legislative power, instead of attempt
ing a constitutional amendment to cut off the
large adopted-citizen vote, which would be fatal
to their continuance in power, they have moved
in favor of allowing all negroes to vote, whether
they, can read or write, or have the capacity to
take decent care of themselves. In this State
tie. y despaired bringing .Die American party in
fo their ranks, and hence Iftey seek to ill! their
lines with negroes, whether educated or not.
While M,iiusefls excludes ail German,
Iris!;, French, Italian and Spanish, ami others
w ho cannot read English, although highly .'do
led and polished in manner, tlx* New York
Black Republicans take to their embrace the A i
rican, who cannot read or write, however low,
degraded, and loathsome. In hot!) States the
waning fortune of this mushroom party, have
m.n ort tubed its leaders Ibat low stratagems must
I e r*sorted to, or th. ir rule ls a{ an en <l. R M .
P'-rlable p- oj le ot ail partus (urn from the .New
\ml: movant with deep disgust, while the
n..< raj-minded m every State sfronglv rond'mr
the narrow and illiberal principle, "adopted i ft
Ma<:at oiis'f Its. We hazard nothing in predict-,
ingthal the people of the latter' State will soon
condenin a-nri expugne | r . m tin ir constitution
this new attempt to cramp freemen in the cxer-
the elective franchise.
from tlie Washington Union.
\ rrtcedcnl fur Use aiortncns.
Wo, in common vvith oiir fellow-ciiiz-ns.
have tseely condemned the enoriiuti s of t
Ah iinrms, and We s!.ail mst cheerfully unite
in the support of any measure calculated f. > t |—
mi; ate the;n, and secure in their place those do
mestic and public virtues which improve the
condition ot nr.an and tend to elevate the insti
tution, under which he lives. But when we
hm.unce their disregard of the enact menu oi
' and setting the national laws at defi
ance. they make an answer to which "republi
cans'" must find it difficult to reply. Thev point
:o the course of that party in regard to Kai-as
and the fugitive slave law, and a-k, m >th an air
of triumph, if it is more wrong tor them to re
sis! lav.s than it is tor the w hole "republican"
party t<> r • sist the laws we have named ? They
sa> that a political [ arty t xists in manv of the
Slates, which claims to include in its ranks a
rt.iij rity of the volt rs in the Union, the \>rv
e .ence of whose political faith ami professed
creed is resistance to the statutes of Congress.
They allege that this party based its organiza
tion, first, upon opposition to the enact merit, and
then up m resistance to the fugitive-slave law,
and subsequently upon opposing and resisting
t ie law organizing the Territory of Kansas, and
s 11 ing up the Top ha movement and mock or
ganization as an independent government wor
thy of their support. They point to a Presi
dential nomination and organizations in sixteen
States to sustain this opposition to the laws of
(. rsgress. Although the .Mormons can cite
'hi- !r id and striking precedent, involving so
'•rg< an pretending a party, we cannot admit
tha* it forms a justification fur their unlawful
treasonable acts. The reference to it, as a
'•is!if, -ation of the atrocities in Utah, cannot he
: ecejvt-d for th.it purpose. St ii i, it can not fail
• present, in a s!roug light, the treasonable pre
; lent t > which they point, and make manv a
• • !•: engaged in it ! urn with shame, especiai
; win it they (nilv contrast their own acts with
t! of the tini v rsally-condemned iM onions.
1 v have set a precedent in opposing and re
'iag the laws, now followed by tin m' which
lie y a arret look in the face without deep mor
tilii oti a and a shrinking dread.
li e >ry will place all who resist constitution
al la v. ui the >ame fooling, holding those
who wilfully do so, for mischievous ends, to
th strictfs! account, at least morally arid politi
ca!!v- The "republican" leaders knew that
t \ were v i dating,or urging other* to do so, the
laws of C'ofgrtss constitutionally enacted, lor
political i-meet, and fiir no other purpose.—
They are JU.W SER king to th wait the ixecution
( t tin' fugitive-.-lave law in the Slates, and to
continue difficulties in Kansas. Their object is
to divert altentiori from their unconstitutional
and tyrannical acts, wherever in power, and to
keep up) sufficient excitement to enable them to
continue their ascendency as long as possible.
I b'-ie are the hading motives with the Mormon
leaders, who follow their pernicious example.
Ai I well-iuforrned and reflective people, who
appreciate and o'.iey the laws, and desire peace
and harmony and the perpetuation of our insti
tut? Ms, must strongly condemn the leaders and
authors of the illegal acts of lth t!ie Ni>rmons
and "republicans," end visit upon both the pen
alty ot their deep and lasting displeasure. The
people are now daily inflicting this penalty up
on tin-in, and wiil continue to do so until they
are expe|]ed from power in ail quarters of the
country.
Tur. I:.:••;[>!:!, Mwvi H:XT. —We observe, with
pleasure, that the action of the State Senate in
favoi of infidels is attracting geneia! attention,
and eliciting the condemnation its iniquitous
character deserves. ine Philadelphia corespon
dent of the Baltimore Jlmcrican, notices it as
follows :
Our L< gislature is now engaged in treading
in the footsteps of that of .Massachusetts, by giv
ing to Atheists the right to testifv in courts of
ju.-'ice. '[ hns do we gu on in the work of break
ing down iiie guards and privileges of Christian
s 'Ci'-ty, secured and fostered !>v the wisdom of
centum s. We demand of the Christian believ
er in future rewards and punishments, the adiii
' ■ >nal st curity o{ an oath, but allow to the God
ies- skef.tic the premium upon his impie v of
taking his word unfortified bv anything of the
kind. Hedoes not Tar or hope anything in
file fuHue, his interest demands a falsehood here,
he cannot he punished for peijury it he mocks
at an oatli ami declines to swear, so he is invi
ted to place his unfortified word against that of
a man who backs his by all fearful sanctions of
revelation, and a privilege is thus extended to
the unbeliever for scorning the religion of his
countrymen and fellow men. The Senate of
Pennsylvania lias, it is stated, adopted this "pro
gressive" step by a vote of 2t to t>.
7-7 A TP yen
. J
On TliP 1 !th inst. iri the Catholic Church of this
Borough, by the Rev. V. Tamchiua, Mr. THOMAS 11.
.MR I:K AY, (Merchant.) of Bloody Run. to .Miss MAUY,
daughter of ttie late Mr. Dominic Cook of Bedford.
077" Accompanying the above notice was a large
arid elegant bride's cake—rich and delicious—just
such a cake as might have been expected to come
from the hand- of MARY, whom we most truly con
gratulate upon her union with one of the most wor
thy young gentlemen in our county. We likewise
congratulate Mr. M. upon entering into a lil'e-pait
neiship with a lady worthy in the highe.-t degree to
be his wife. That prosperity may attend them in
all their undertakings, i 5 our sincere wish.
On the i'fth in-t., by the Rev. H. Wilson, Mr.
Samuel Ickes to Miss Elizabeth Anderson, both of
Bedford County.
TII 2 liIARKETS.
Pn !t.Ai:i.riUA, May I*.—The flour market is dull,
but prices i -main unchanged. There is no inquiry
for shipment, and the -ale- are confined to 1 and 500
till!-, mixed and good brand- to the trade at $7.3 • and
7. I. per bid., and Extra Fancy lots from 21, up
to t v.\>. Nothing doing in Rye Flour or Corn Meal,
and quotations are, as before, s!.o.'f, for the former,
ami S'f.Svij lor the latter.
't here is a moderate inquiry for Wheat, and prices
are n: i otair.ed. Sales i•' .'f,ood tu. prune Jersey red
at $l.BO per bu.; small lots ofPenn'a.al the same fig
ure; 800 bu. whiteat sl.S(i afloat and in -tore. Rye
comma) ds SI. The receipts oi Corn have decreased
and there is little afloat unsold. Sales of 3,000 bu.
yellow at SO i ts. Oats come forward slowly, and
command 08 and 50 cts per bu.; 1,000 bu. Mercer Po
tatoes sold at $1.40.
The receipts of Cloverseed aro small, and it com
mands s7per 01 lbs.