BEDFORD GAZETTE. B. P. MEYERS, EDITOR. JOHN PALMER, ASSISTANT.. FRIDAY .• t ! MARCH 4, 186*. What They Promised. THE FRIENDS OP Gov. CI RTIN PROMISED TIIE TEO LE THAT IF THEV WOULD HE-ELECT HIM, THE WAR WOULD END IN 30 DAYS AND THERE WOULD BE NO MORE DRAFTING. HOLD THEM TO THEIR PROMISES. The Draft. "llow are we to get clear of the draft ?" "How about the draft?"—"l am poor."— "His father and mother arc both dependent upon him," &c., &c. So runs the long line of questions and anxious expressions of the people about this dreaded draft. The Re publicans, Abolitionists, Democrats, Cop perheads and all join in the lamentation. The draft is now postponed again until the first of April—just as we supposed, all the time, but hardly dare say so, lest it might be considered that wc were discour aging enlistments. But why hold this dread ed affair over the people; is it to scare them into enlisting? It looks like it. The secret of raising armies is at last discovered: and that is in the green-back system. Why not now at once then say we will have no more drafting, but rely upon this, the only system of raising men for this war. The people all want to get clear of the draft.— The authorities don't want to let theffi, it appears. We have no difficulty in finding out the way to get rid of it. The wonder is that all the people don't see it. It is the only way to dispose of it: We mean, to vgte the Democratic ticket. Can the Republican Party Restore the Union ? It behooves every enlightened friend of the country to see to this, which is the most important practical question involved in the presidential election, is not eclipsed by su bordinate or irrelevant issues. If we allow with slavery after the war, we virtually con cede that they can bring the war to such a conclusion as will give them control of the subject. It is contrary to our belief that the war, as c by. them, will ever lead to such a resnlt. If the philosophe f 1 who pretended to extract sunbeams from cucumbers could have engaged his adver- j saries in a controversy as to the best mode of bottling the sunshine, he would have gained over their unwariness an implied ad mission of the possibility of his primary exploit. On the abolition question wc will be as liberal with the black Republicans as they can wish. Wc will concede all they ask as to the size- and shape of the bottles and the way they shall be sealed; at least until they have succeeded in the prelimina ry experiment and have actually produced the sunbeams. The wholesale confiscation of southern property wih which they amuse their diabolical imaginations will be possi ble only after the war has been brought to a successful termination. To occupy pub lic attention with such a scheme now is an impertinence which would ho simply child ish, did it not serve to delude the country into false expectations. The main question for the people to de cide in this election is, whether the Repub lican paity has given evidence, during the presidential term soon to expire, of ability and capacity to restore the Union. They have not Leen stinted in men nor.scanted in means; no government ever before wielded such immense resources. If they have not succeeded they,cannot plead that they have not had a fair trial. Money, men, the com mand of the sea, new and surprising inven tions in naval architecture and in gunnery, tlie advantage of opcratiiig against a people whose main industry was exerted in pro ducing a great article pf foreign export, and whose first necessity is R foreign market, and this people hemmed in by a' blockade, without a navy or resources to create one— with this extraordinary combination of ad vantages the administration has failed only by reason of its iyibecility. It may be said, indeed, that our arms have made great progress. Bu{ who, with out renouncing all claims to solidity of judg ment, can say that this progress has been at all proportionate to its cost? East of the Alleghanies, the war has been, on the whole, a sad failure. We have made a few inden tations into the rind of the rebellion on the Atlantic slope; but Richmond and Charles ton atill bid us defiance, and the vast belt of territory stretching from the Pptomac to Ope Sable remains, with the exception of a few hundred square miles,, in possession of the rebels. Is this success ? We do not ask if it is success proportioned to the enor mous scale of our expenditure, but is it not preposterous to consider it a3 success at all ? Washington has been almost constantly menaced; the invader has been twice upon our soil in great force; and no longer ago than last summer the safety of our great Atlantic cities depended on the issue of a single battle. That battle was, by fierce and vigorous fighting, decided in our favor; but since then, east of the Allcghanies we have gained absolutely nothing. To settle down in exhaustion and impotence after re pelling a formidable invasion, gives but fee ble promise of that complete conquest of the enemy's country which is the object of the wan In the West, where our generals hare been further removed from the blundering surveillance of the administration, our auc- ' cess has been more proportionate to the vast scale of our expenditures. But even in the West our gains arc as yet so insecure that one great rebel victory might change the whole face of affairs. If Grant should be beaten by Johnston, and Tennessee he there by recovered by the rebels, our most impor tant advantages in the West would be al most annihilated. While matters remain "in such a state that a single battle might dispossess us of a great part of what we have gained, exultation is premature, and preparations to administer upon the estate of the dead rebellion absurd. If we get through the spring campaign without heavy disasters we shall owe little thanks to the administration. They have triHed fiway the fall and winter in ventila ting crude abolition follies and in president making; and the spring campaigns are open ing with inadequate preparations. We arc to have an immense draft in March or April. If, as we arc told, the great death-grapple with the rebellion is to take place this spring, how can these raw levies profit us? They are too late to help us win victories; they are not even early enough to arrest and roll back the tide of defeat, if the fortune of war should he against us. The administra tion has no foresight; all its chief move ments are forced upon it by the prepara tions or the successes of the rebels. It found out, all of a sudden, in the summer of 1862, that it needed six hundred thou sand more men than it had anticipated the r* *• v • v r * i — - lv wl ~ listments. The draft last year wa3 ordered close on the heels of a rebel invasion. The draft ordered for this spring results from an unexpected discovery of the great extent of the rebel preparations during the winter.— An administration which is novcr wise till after the event, which is perpetually mak ing representations that the war is near its close, and following them up by such enor mous calls for new troops as prove them unfounded; an administration which gives these constant proofs that it neither under stands the present nor sees an inch before its nose into the future, is incapable of re storing the Union. But can the Republican party substitute a better? A large majority of the party can discover no clearer way out of our difficul ties than to re-elect Mr. Lincoln, and keep in the same set of incapablcs that have so long mismanaged the war. The dissentients do not go outside of Mr. Lincoln's cabinet for a candidate. They do not promise to put into the government any greater wis dom than is already in it. The chief point of superiority claimed for Mr. Chase is that he is a more reliable abolitionist; which, if it were a merit, would only place hinr in re lation with questions to arise after tiro war, not demonstrate his capacity to manage it. The Republicans have been making party capital, for the last six months, out of the idea that the rebellion is about to break down friyn exhaustion. For it to end from such a cause would reflect little credit on the administration, which ought to have re covered the revolted territory by military vigor, while it had j'ct wealth to alleviate the. burden of our taxes. But wo fear that the expectation of an easy conquest this spring is a delusive dream. We have no doubt the war will run into the next admin istration, and if that administration is Re publican, then, farewell, a long farewell to the Union.— JY. Y. World. The Spring Campain. The serious disaster which has befallen our armies in Florida is, unfortunately, causo for apprehension quite as much as for regret. If it were by an inevitablo accident that hundreds of bravo men'—how many hundred General Girj.MOUE does not permit us to know—had been lost, wo might accept the tact as ono of the necessary incidents of a great war; but unfortunutcly the movement which haS resulted so disastrously, seems to be a part of a plan which threatens to end in our discomfiture.— The shameless avowals of Mr. Lincoln and Afr. Butr.nr to Dr. Alassie juntity us in believing that the war has !>ccn wantonly protracted in order to enable them to carry out their schemes of nsgro equality; and many instances can bo pointed out i which our armies have been im perilled or sacrificed in order to compass some partisan cud, hut we fear that the doings of the past will be eclipsed by tho operation of the coming summer. The object which Mr. Lin coln has propose 1 to himself is to bring about his own re-clection. Far this end ho has eluip edall his measures; and nsthe most important auxiliary he ean secure, he is determined to obtain the electoral votes of tho States in re bellion. Ilis enemies of his own party have had the honesty to provide that bogus delega tions shall not be allowed in the National Con vention, which is to nominate tho Abolition Candidate for tho Presidency i but, if Mr. Lin coin car. get. the nomination, he will have no hesituiion in committing a fraud upon the na tion which his associates will not permit him to use against their partys Accordingly, expe ditions are operating in almost every Southern State in order to have tho requisite decimal fraction accept the Amnesty Proclamation, and prepare for the November election. Thesewaius accomplish 110 good end ; and by giving the.en emy na opportunity to cut up our forces in de tail, they may bring upon us such casualties that their main armies will in time equal oui own. Should this policy be pursued throughout the summer— and ns the political canvas waxes warm, we must expect that the movements in the field will bo made more and more subordinate to the needs of partisanship—the sanguine an ticipations in which so many have indulged, will bo sadly disappointed. The nearer we come to election day, the greater our danger that the Administration will sacrifice our arm | ios to secure continuance in office. That our forebodings are not groundless, may bo seen by the subjoined articlo from Saturday's Bulletin, which is probably based upon private information as to the plans of its favorite can didate:—Age. • The sad news of a repulse of our troops in Florida can scarcely surprise those who have coolly calculated the chances of Gen. Seymour's success. A force of a few thousand men was sent into the interior of the State, and when sixty miles from its base at Jacksonville, was met by a superior force of the enemy and driv en back with heavy loss, to Jacksonville. The rebels had long notice of the approach of our troops, and abundant means of conveying an array by railroad to meet them, of which, of course they availed themselves. Thus, we fear, an enterprise, undertaken uuwisely and with inadequate means, has been brought to a mor tifying termination. Who is responsible for this disaster? Wits it ordered by Gen. Gilmore on his own responsibility ? Or was it part of a general plan of campaign arranged by General lliilleck? Whoever authorized it, it has proved to be a lamentableblunder, and it should be fix ed upon the right man. This first failure in our spring campaign leads us to fear that it may all be badly planned. In North Carolina, where our forces are scattered, engaged ia making raids which only combatants, and destroy Union feeling while destroying private property, the enemy has col lected a large force, partly composed of veter ans of the Army of Virginia. We nro again threatened with disasters there; for Gen. Hut tier has not troops enough in his department to meet the enemy in the field, and there are sev eral of our garrisoned posts exposed twdcr the control of the Stated or the power thirty-seven cents to them forming a sort of a delegated to the General Government, has many erackor to the whip, is what gives the sting strong reasons why it should be preferred. And to the Secretary's long lash of figures. But !,s a means for the promotion and preservation it shows what a glorious thing arithmetic is.— °f peace, the reasons are of greater force. But What would have become of these thirty-seven to make it effective, either as n plan to be used cents if there had been no arithmetic to cypher ln times of war, or as a means for the advance ment out, stick them there, and let tho nation mont of peace, it would require to bo the only know just how its affairs will stand upon the method permitted for the bringing out of the 30th of June, 1805 ?— Patriot vou?d bo an act of imprudence; ordinary foresight wilt compel the adoption of a plan, with reference to the increase of population, the improvement of the 1 higher streets and their extension ; a largo ex penditure of money will therefore be required. An examination of the general Borough laws, by which we are governed, \yill show conclu sively, that the Council would act illegally and I without authority, in contracting a debt for such a purpose and to so large an arftount; and in I order to reconcile ourselves to the performance I of an illegal act, by glossing it with the lacquer of necessity or expediency is a base cheat; when | offices are accepted, be they humble or elevated, the holders by that acceptance, obligate them eclyes to act in a manner worthy of the confi dence placed in them, and to perform with fi delity tho duties of their position ; there are no gradations in tho binding force of oaths, the oath of the most obscure and unimportant of fice com pels an observance aijd the performance of the duties of the office as strict and unswerv ing as that of the most exalted; the opinion that prevails to too great an extent, that an of fice of little influence requires little attention to its obligation, is opposed to every principle of moraltiy. If we take into consideration the length of time we have been engaged in this war, the still defiant attitude of the South, and the number of men we have remaining fit for duty, it will be evident, to the least discerning, that the pay • ment of bounties will not free one man from service, it would be merely a short-sighted ex pedient to defer that which will be the lot of every one liable to military duty, and this will be made, if possible, snore certain, if the war is to be carried on fertile present avowed purpose, that of destroying the institution of slavery. For wo can 110 longer hide it from ourselves, if we have the moral courage to shake off self-de lusions and to free ourselves from the erroneous impressions made by the falsa statements of de signing men, that in opposition to all outside in terference with their home institutions, the South is a unit, that resistance to all attempts-to de | privc them of what they hold to be reserved ® ,u '' '**" * ' " fl>m o'm kp.ffn , an army in the field. There cannot be a doubt, that if the plan of tho Administration is to be sustained, the services of every man capable of ! bearing arms will bo needed in the field. If six millions of united Americans are to be aubju , gated, a stronger and more elevated feeling than that exerted by money must nnimatc the con , querors—bounties will not do it. In conducting a war, and especially one of long duration, sound policy calls for a plan that will keep an army up to its required strength, without delaj s or hindrances of any kind. The want of well disciplined reinforcements at the proper time anJ in sufficient numbers, will defeat the best matured plans of the most skil u'l General, and is certain to lengthen out the war, if' {here are no worse results. The rely ing nppn bounties to bring out men in sufficient numbers at the time they are wanted, is hazard ous j for by not having likd effect at the same time in all sections of the country, delays are caused, and consequently troops are fo r ccd into the field before tlicy are properly discipliritlfl- After the country has been drained of a certain number of the able-bodied men, bounties will become ineffective —a resort must, bo had to harsher moans, which will frequently meet with resistance, and will always be obeyed with re luctance. That tho paying of bounties is a cause of demoralisation, wilt not admit of a difference of opinion; f. . 4ho Ob-.lana () f tll6 DeODIC, and while it is made the interest of the thou sands of the retainers which the Administration guthcrs around it to continue tho war and all the present ruinous expenditure of public mo ney, no effort will bo made by those in power to bring this unhappy difficulty lo a close, and wc agree with u high Republican authority that should Mr. Lincoln be re-elected not only will "tho dignity and honor of the country sutler," but "the war continuo to languish through his whole Administration, until the public debt shall become a burden too great to bo borne." Resolved, That the cause of free institutions and self-government must never be abandoned, whatever may be the cost of time, treasure or blood, and that while the Constitution of tho United States gives power sufficient even for the present terrible exigency, yet in its letter and 1 spirit, it deprecates confiscation of property, po litical execution of persons, territorial organiza tion of States, forcible abolition of slavery. Resolved, That the gallant soldiers who have sacrificed tho comforts of a home for the hard ships and dangers of the field, to preserve the institutions established by Washington and his compatriots, afs entitled to the solicitous care of tho Government, and wo pledge to them our best efforts to promote their welfare and to se cure full justice to them on .all occasions. Trouble Among the "Loyalists." There is serious discontent, and no small amount of caterwauling among tho various cliques of the friends of a number of tho abolition candidates for tho Presidency. They accuse Mr. Lincoln of foul play, and say that he in stigated the organization of the Loyal Leagues, and appointed their members to office with tho ulterior purpose manifested in the seemingly spon taneous nomination for his re-election now being echoed all over tho North. Some important developments are taking plaec concerning the coming canvas. While State after State seemed to bo coming in for the re-nomination of Mr. Lin coln a counter-movement of unusual strength is springing up. The significant letter of Speak- . cr Colfax, declining to commit himself to the fortunes of the present occupant of the White House, has emboldened others, and the current dodge of theopponents of Mr. Lincoln is, "Wait till the rebellion is put down; then there will be time enough to talk of the next President." But the fact is, these same persons arc working in the interest of Mr. Chase, General Fremont, General Butler and other noted Republican aspirants for the Presidential nomination. Two new names have recently been added to the list—Gens. Banks and Sickles. Greely, with tho Tribune interest, and all the leaders of tho extreme radical party, are known to lie strongly inimical to tho ronoraination of Lincoln. Lit tle knots of political suckers around the county are engaged in nominating "Old Abe," 110 is apparently ahead in the affections of his par ty, but he certainly has tho majority of the ac tive leaders .opposed to bira, and they may yet prevent his reuomiuation. Gen. Fremont has a great many supporters, especially among the western radicals, and they stato that he will certainly run as an independent candidate in case Lincoln Bhould be formally renominated by the Republican National Convention. In short, he is bound to have another run. To forward the fortunes of Fremont, a new paper entitled tho 'Publicist' is shortly 10 bo started in Now j York, and a campaign paper, the 'Pathfinder,' b"Mi of which will ardently support tho claims \ of the first man who ever issued an euiaoc'pa-1 tion proclamation. Lincoln certainly has ru- ■ ble before him in order to become the ' hav ing thereon erected Two Log dwellings and Two Log Burnt. There are also. tw. apple orchards thereof. Ths property is well watered with Sprihge, and i§ pleas- a p 'iy located, being well adapted to the raiting of grain end fruit. Terms CASH, payable on the Ist day of April, when deed will bs delivered and p-xrestion given, subject to the rights of tenan'a. For further infer mati.n apply to John P. Reed Keq.. Bedfoi.t BENJAMIN tiOUSKL, Match, 4, Itet. Acting Executor.