THE BEDJfGKD GAZETTE
ifc P'JBLI'HKIi EVERY MOiMKO
BY B. F. .tt&YEttS,
At the foliowiog terms to wit
$1 IS per annum, if paiJ strictly in advance.
$2.00 if paid within 8 month*; fS.SO if net pa
witbiu 6 months.
OyNo subscription taken tor less than six months
p >per discontinued until ail aire irages are
paid, unless at the option of the publish?*. It has
been decided by the United States Courts that the
afoppige of a newspaper without the payment of
arrearages, is prima facie evidence of fraud and as
a criminal oflence.
QT7"The courts have decided that persons are ac
countable for the subscription price of newspapers,
f they take them from the post office, whether they
subscribe for them, or not.
{professional (Cariis.
JOSEPH W. TATE,
ATTORNEY AT I.AIV", BEDFORD, PA.
Will promptly attend to collections and all busi
ness entrusted to bis care, in BeJloid and adjoining
counties.
Cash advanced on judgments, notes, military and
other claims.
H's for sale Town lots in Tatesville, and St. Jo
seph's, Bedford Railroad Farms and unimproved
land, from one acre to 150 tries to suit purchasers.
Oir.-e nearly opposite the "Mengel Hotel" and
H lik of Keed 6c Scliell.
April 1, 1564 —ljr
J H. DUR3O3ROW,
ATTORNEY AT LA lV r BEDFORD, PA.
Ofti'v one door South of the "Merge! H'*u-e."
• ' a", tend promptly to a'l business entrusted to his
.ate in Bedford and adjoining counties.
H'-v g aim been regul-rly licensed to prosecute
claims uain-t tin-Government, particular attention
i.r given to the collection of Military claims ol
Raids; pensions, back pay, bounty.bounty oans,
Arc. April 1, 1864.
ESPY M. ALSIP,
ATTORNEY AT LA IF, BEDFORD, PA.
Will faithfully and pi-jtrpfly atienu to all business
entrusted to his cate in Bedford and a'joining coun
ties. .Vlißrary claims, b.ick bounty, &c.,
speedily collected.
Office with Mann & Spang, on I-iiana str.*e., two
door* south of the Mengel House. Jan. 22, 'CI.
I) • U • A K Kli S ,
JITTOUJIEY JIT LAW, Bedford, Pa.
Wtll promptly attend to all business entrusted to
his'care. Military claims speedily collected.
Office on Ju tana street. opposite the post-office.
Bedford, September 11, 1&63.
F. M. XiMjtsr.L. I. W. LINGENVELTER
KIMMELL & LINGENFELTER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA
tormed a p'.rtner-hip in 'be practice ol
the Law. Office on Juliar,a street, two doots Soutfc
of ttie "Mengel House."
JOB M*SS. G. H. SPASG.
SI A N N & SPANG.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA
The undersigned have associated thcm-elves it
the Practice <.t the Law,at. l will attend promptly
to ail busiaess entrusted to their cate in Bedfort
aurf adjoining counties.
tX?r-Offire on luliana Street, three doors soutl
of the "Mengel House, 'opposite the residence o
Ataj. Tate.
Bedford, Aug. 1, ISO 1.
J 0 IIIV P • REED,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Re epect fully tenders his services to the Public
[H/"Otnce second door North of the Menge
House
Bedford, At g, I, IS6I.
JOHN PALMER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA
promptly attend to all business er.trus
ted to bis care. Office on Julianna Street, (near
iy opposite the Mengrl House.)
Bedford, Aug. 1, 1861.
A. n. COFFROTII,
ATTORNEY AT LAV/, Somerset, Pa
Will hereafter practice regularly in the severa
Courts of Bedford county. Business entrnsted t
tus care will be faithfully attended to.
December 6, 1861.
j.ALiir HOY
Auctioneers & Commi;sion Merchants,
BEDFORD, PA..
Respectfully solicit consignments of Boots ant
Shoes, Dry (foods, Groceries, Clothing, <.ndall kind 1
of Merchandise for AUCT ION and PRI V A I-L bale
REFERENCES.
PHILADKLPH:/; BEDFORD,
Philip Ford & Co., Hon- Job Mann,
Boyd He Hough, Hon. W. T. Daogheity
Armor Young A' Bros., B.F.Meyers.
January 1, 186'4 —tf.
J. L. MAIC3OTTR3-, *. D.
Having permanently lo." a l e '> respectfully tender
his prcf isional services t." 1 the citizens ol BeJfon
and vicinity.
C3"Offioe on Jnlianna stre <"t, opposite the Bank
one door north of John Palmer '• office.
Bedford, February 12, 186/.
S A M I F. L KFTT KII M A N ,
BEDFORD, PA.,
(C7"Woiild hereby notify the citizens of deilfoi
county, that hp has movej ro the Boroug b ol Bed
fold, where he may at all times be fount. 1 b * person
wishing to see him. unless absent upoi .b usines
per'aitimg tc his office.
Bedford, Aug. 1,1861,
JACOB REED, J. J. SCMROL, _
Keen AND Sf HELL,
BANKERS & DEALERS IN EXCHANGE,
BEDKCRD, PENX A.
bought arid sold, collections made
and money promptly (emitted.
Deposits solicited.
ST. CHARLES HOTF.L,
CORNEB OF WOOD / nil THIRD STKEET3
PITTSBURG If. P A
HARRY SHIRLS PUDPIUETOB.
April 12 1861.
wa am i\ (V E EL ji \
(SUOOTWSOIUJ TO MICHAEL WARTAiAN CO.)
laimer a fault anil f agar
MANUFACTORY,
No. 813 NORTH THIRD STREET,
Second door below Wood,
PHILADELPHIA.
W. WARTMA.V. il- P. ENGELM AN.
March '2Z, 180-1
v.^
IOLUME 50.
NEW SERIES.
MierilTs Sale.
By virtue of sundry writs of Vend. Exponas und
Levari Facias to me directed, thre will he sold at
the Court House. in the borough of Bedford, on hat
urday, the 30th day of April, A. D., 1801, at 10
0 clock, A. M., the lollowing real estate, viz ;
ONE 1 R ; 1 OF LAND, situate in East Provi
dence townst.ip, Bedford county, Pa containing one
hundred and for 'y acres, about 8') acres clea v ed and
under tence, with a one and a ball story log house,
doubie iog barn and other out-buildings thereon e
rected, also, an epple orchard thereon, adjoining
lands ol Daniel Davi-,, John Swaitz. Leonard Gitfia
and otheis, and taken in execution as the property
01 John Sk ighter.
ALSO —One iraet of land, situate in Juniata town
ship. Bedford county, containing fifteen acres, more
or ;ess r about seven arres cleaied and under fence,
with ■, story and a half log bouse and small log sta
ble ihereon - reeled, adjoining lands of Joseph Brin
key, John A. Imgrui.d and others, and taken in ex
ecution as the. property of J M. Len:nan.
ALSO—v)ne tiact ol laud, situate in Southampton
township, Bedford county, containing 117 acres more
oi less, about acres cleared and under fence, with
a story and a half tog house and small stable there
on prec ed, adjoining lands of Alexanler Lee, Isaac
Hunter, Abraham Kerns' heirs and others, and ta
ken in execution as tb property of David Smith.
ALSO—-One tract of land, si?ua*v in Southampton
township. tfoiJ county containing eighty
atfjou ?i.g ands ot G. H. Spuijf &O. r. Sua it*
ion, VV iiiiacn hums, Ait'irus Sri,net and VViiliam
Lash'ey, being part ola tract, 0 { bought by
tliiatn Oss In,.ii Abraham Kerns' executors, by
deed dated lOth December, 15H1. recorded in book
A C. pagr 38, and takfn in execution as 'be proper
ty of George hams.
ALbO—One tiact of land, situate in Liber'y town
ship, Bedford county, containing 143 acres, adjoin
ing lands ul O. E. Shannon, Esq., James Ciaik, Le
vi Abbot! and others, wi'b a new frame house and
tiarne ba:ri thereon d, about 100 acres cleared
and iitniei ler.ee, also, ati appl- orchard thereon,
ALSO—One otter tract oi land, a jo-ning the a
bovc, cim ji'ud; 5'J more or less, 10 acres
cia;ed and u.. -er ; ce. and iuken in-execution as
; l fit? propet ty oi Ju'ir, Loj>g.
•tosO —ci tiaclol ianlsituate in Hopewell town
hip, bin. i i . „.j ? e defendants tight, title
anu in - it- -t ii, to .i tract ol land ro :'itv i f/i
acie-, ab on 4>in ~ , • -hi-d HIK trrul •- teuce. i .th
a IIOUM! aim barn hctcori erected, adjoining tan i ot
John Savage and the Ka/sto-vtt branch ot 'he Juni
ata river and others, being the same tract o! iand
which was patented to Philen.ou Dickerson in 1783,
by sundry assurances in law, duly had become vest
<V ;tl -'°bn A. Osborn the defendant, with the right
and appurtenances iuercutifo, and token in execu
tion as the property ol John A. 0.-born.
ALbO tine 'ract ol land si'uate in Londonderry
township, Beiiioid county, containing ISO acres,
more or les.-, about GO acres cleared anu under tence
with a two story log dwelling house and log stable
theieon erected, aiso, an apple or hard thereon, ad
joining lands o: David Moser,' Frenk. Smith, Geo.
, Wolioid arid others, and taken in execution a- the
: property of Solomon Smith and Gsoig" U'oiford.
j ALSO—One trict of land situate in South Woud
| bei ry township, Bedford county, containing 70 acres
more or less, adjoining lands ol Miller's heirs, Ben
jamin Voder and others, and taken in execution as
the property of N. P. Reed.
ALSO—One tract ot iand situate in Southampton
township, Bedford county, containing 16 acres more
or lets, ad cie ired anil under fence, with a twosto
ty 1 g dwelling Louse, with kitchen attached, anna
log stable thereon -reeled, adjoining lands of Joh.i
H. Smith, Tilgbmun Northcrait and others, and ta
ken in execution as the propeityof John Cavender.
ALSO—One tract of land situate in Harrison
tow -hip, Bedford county, containing 10J acres
mora or !es. about 35 acres cleared and ui.Jei fence,
with a two story log housp ;ml log stable thereon
ereote , adjoining lands of Samuel Miller Leonard
May uu George iroutman, and taken in execution
an the p op rty cf Frefer .ck G. Stube.
ALhO—One tnct of ui unproved latrd, situate in
Beau", Cove, Southampton towikbip, Be.ltoid coun
ty i adjoining lands ol Johnston Owen, John Gordon,
Samuel H. 'l'ate's heirs, John Cessna and others,
containing 400 acres more or leas, at I taken in ex
ecution as the property of Joseph Leaeura.
ALSO—A lot of ground situate in tie town ol
Woodherry, Middle Woodberry township, Bedford
county, fronting on Main street about Go leet, ex
tending bacK .iboot 'OB feet to an alley, adjoining
ioi on tiic n rib or the heirs ol George Harker,
ceased, on the south by a ioi ol ground belonging to
the Methedist Church, with a two story log* fame
house and porch, and other out-bui: lings thereon
erected, and taken in execution as the property of
Daniel B. Bulger. JOHN ALDSTADT,
Beul'ord, April 8, ISG4. Sheriff.
| OOTT PROCLAMATION.
To the Coroner, the Just:res of tie Voire, and Con
stables in the different 'Townships in the County
of Bedford, Greeting.
KNOVV YE that in pursuance of a precept to rr.e
directed, under the hand and seal ol the M r.
JAMES NILL., President of the several Courts
of Common Pleas in the Sixteenth Di-trict, con
sistmg of the counties of Franklin Fulton, Bedfor 1
and Somerset, and by virtue of his office of the
Court of Ot er and Terminer and General Jail de
livery for the trial of capital and other offenders
rherp-n and in the Geneial Court ot Quarter Sess
ions of the J'eace ; and SAMUEL D.,vis and JAMES
BURNS, Jr. Esq-., Judges ol the same Court
in thp same Cou.ity ol Bedford, You anil each ol
you are hereby required to be and appear in your
proper persons with your Records, Recocnizanc.es.
Examinations, and ottipr remembrance.? t-etore the
Judges aforesaid, at Bedford, nt a Court of Over arid
Tetmiher and General Jail Delivery and Genera!
Quarter Sessions of the Pace therein to be holden
for the county of Bedlord, aforesaid on the first
Monday of May. (being the 2d day ) at 10
o'clock in the forenoon of that day, there and then
to do those things to which your stverai offices ap
pertain.
GIYF.Y under my hand at Bedfo'd, on the oth of
A oi ii f in the year of our Lord, 18' : 4.
JOHN ALDSTADT,
Sher iff* Office, Bedford, f Sheriff.
April 8, JBO3. i
ADM IN ISTR ATOR S' NOTICE.
Letters c'f administration upon the estate of Ja
cob Detwiler, late of Middle Woodberry township,
Bedlord county having been granted by the Regis
ter of said couni'V to the undersigned; all persons
Knowing tbfeifigelvDS indebted to sai l estate are re
quested to oraks immediate pay rr ent, and those hav
ing claims will pre-en t them properly authenticated
for settlement.
DAVID O. HOOVER,
MO-VES DETWILER,
April 1, ISG4—-Ot Administrators!
ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE.
Letters of administration upon the estate of John
Metzgar, late of Juniata township, deceased, hiving
been granted to the undersigned by the Register of
Radford county, all persons indebted to said estate
are reqeested to make immediate payment, and
those having claims will make known the sams
without delay.
JOHN ALSfP,
DANIEL METZGAR,
April 1, iS64—-6t Administrators.
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 29, 1864.
For t\e Bedford Gazette.
NEW RAIL ROAD ROUTE OYER THE
ALLEGHENY.
; B. V. MEYERS, ESQ.
Dear Sir: —On the nth August, 1853, I
1 had a communication published in the Bedford
i Gazette, relative tu the then proposed Ciiam
| bersburgand Allegheny Railroad. I have been
'•ailed upon, by a number of Railroad friends oi
| B :iord and Somerset counties to have the sain
j communication republished. I have, therefore,
i revised and corrected the same, and added such
information as 1 have since acquired, and respect
fully ask you tu republish it in the Bedf rJ Ga
zette.
I ant well acquainted with all t!nj proposed
Railroad routes in Bedford and Somerset Coun
ties, hut more particularly with the western part
extending front the Borough of Bedford, to the
summit of the Allegheny .Mountain-
In the year 183s, Hother 11 age, E-q., made
a survey of the contemplated Railroad route
from (f liambersburg to Pittsburg, with an esti
mate of the probable costs of construction. Ju
his report read in the House of Representatives
jii i.ie 3th.T-.iji. r y. ]ShC, ne estimated the cost
oi grading a douhl • tr ir.f Railroad from tleßor
ough of Bedford to the summit of the Alleghe
ny Mountain, a distance of 53 mii'-s, at >1.413-
ÜB3 24, which .vouldy average $42,820 25f
per mile.
1 u i luge's preliminary report, read in the house
I of Representatives the 27th December. 1838. he
; says (speaking of amendments on said route)
i'ito extent of the survey,and a desire to prove
j the practicability of the route for an nnintcr
| rupted Railroad communicatim, before the • T -• 1■ •
j operations sh udd be closed by the severity >f
j tiie approaching scasou, prevented, in several
instances, their examinaii an ; the tu >? import
; ant of these would change the entire location,
i a distance of about twenty miles." Two p r*
; tiuns o'" the line orfei'opj a tuniti - of thischar
i actor .nd arc too important to be nog! cted."
The liret would leave the present route about
four miles west of Bedford and ascend the val
ley of 1 looter's run, on the, opposite side pass
ing in the vicinity of S.-hellsburg, it would then
by a shorter route, reach the main ridge of (he
Allegheny, and attain a depression in the moun
tain about 1} miles to the north of the present,
tunnel, and found to be 3 >8 6 ! feet lower than
the summit of the mountain over the tunnel;
here perhaps the necessity of a tunnel might be
avoided, and this pass appears to be the lowest
attainable, its examination is strongly recom
mended. And again, Mr. Hage in hid second
report savs .• "During the opera'tons of arrang
ing the date of the survey into a proper system
upon which to b:ie the necessary calculations,
for an estimate cf its cost, two alterations of
the line became expedient, thai require .<> be cx
plainca here, as they differ from tiie prelimina
ry r-ciort utveady made, one was deemed neces
sary >vhere the line leaves Buffi!o Mountain in
owicr to attain the slop : of the Dry Ridge, where
a high bri lg- will be required over the valley of
Buffalo Creek; immediately after a deep cut
through the spur of this ridge, was contenij i
t :d, it was afterwards found expedient to reduce
ihc height of the bridge, so much that a tunnel
had to bo adopte 1, where the d:ep cut origb al
ly was designed; tlicre will be, therefore, three
tunnels iir this line instead of two, as stated in
my former report. Yet it must he observed that
it is probable that both this anil the tunnel on
the Allegheny Mountain may be eventually -
voided, by pursuing tiie opposite side of the val
ley of Deeter's Run, as already suggested in the
first report."
The above quotations show that the tunnel on
trie Allegheny and Dry Ridge, the bridge across
Buffalo Run, and of course the high bridges at
Casper Statlcr's (now Adam Gvller's) and at
i Imhoff's, (now Jacob Hi'dogas ) can be avoided.
} Those five items are estimated in said report
[ as f )llows, viz:
i Bridge across Buffalo Run, $ 120,520 92
j Dry Ridge Tunnel. 135,044 84
| Bridge across hollow at Casper
Staffer's (now A. Cleller) 73,433 SO
Bridge at Imhoff's (now Jacob
Hillegas) D 5,819 25
funnel >n Allegheny Mountain 435,251 98
i miles distance saved bv adopt
ing the opposite of Doctor's
Kun fiG,3O7 44
Amount saved by the opposite
side cf Doctors Run $932,878 23
Amount required to grade the
route on the opposite side of
Deeter's Run, as per Hage's
report, £480,710 01
, I luge's estimate of Dry lJidgc
route, ' $1,413,088 24
Now, after examining the above statement,
it plainly appears that the route Mr. I Inge's
calculations are based upon are made upon the
first through survey for a railroad, without hav
ing the opportunity of making a thorough sur
vey and examination. I have no doubt on my
mind, that it Mr. JTagc would have Imd time to
make a more thorough examination, his report
would have been much more favorable. At the
time this survey was progressing it was no se
cret that the whole engineering force under Mr.
Schlater was opposed to the southern route up
on which Mr. llage was employed, and by Mr.
Schlater directed to report without giving him
time to perfect his surveys.
From levels taken by myself, I am willing to
ri k mv reputation as an engineer, that from the
borough of Bedford to the summit of the Alle
gheny mountain, I can point oat the ground
that a road can be graded upon not exceeding
forty-five feet to the mile, in less distance than
twenty-nine miles, at an average cost of SIO,OOO
per mile.
The course pursued by some of the promi
nent men of Bedford county, whilst Mr. Hago
was making his surveys, is a further reason why
the Central railroad does not pass through Bed
ford. So long as prominent and influential men
will hang around and influence engineers, for
Freadom of Opinion.
; ine purpose of having a route located sc> as tc
?uit their private interests, aul the location o
their real estate, we cannot expect to have i
railroad. Such influences will invariably pro'
ducv such a route and estimate of costs, thn
no prudent inrti would sanction; the dumb in
strument can only show the proper route, ant
not the whims of men who never looked over:
leveling instrument.
it is the desire of the writer, by these obser
vations, to draw the attention of the citizens ol
iJedford county and elsev. h re, to the import
ance of having the route by Bedford properly
'■xnmaud. Upon such exauiinu!ion, I feel con
fluent tli.rt a railroad from the east to the west
would he constructed byway of Bedford.
From personal knowledge and other informa
tion, i sua positive that there is byway ot liad
tord ihe best and most practicable route for a
lutiivad to connect the east and the west, upon
which a railroad can bo constructed in less dis
tance, lower prudes, fewer bridges, viaducts and
tunnels, and for less cost than any other road
crossing the Allegheny mountain, and that when
made will be the most important road in the
United States. It will cost less in construction
hhh keeping 111 repair, will command the choice
in business, a.id consequently pay belter inter
est to the stockholder thau any other road now
constructed.
Having such favorable ground to build a road
to connect the east and west, is it not our duty
to use all proper exertions to have it made?—
Why cavil about Broad 'lop extensions, and
routes down Will's Creek? should we not ratti
er use all our mains for a great through route,
that will not only benefit Bedford county but
tiie whole of the great east and west?
Why talk ot intersecting the Connellsville
railroad at Bridgeport 24 miles from Bedford,
which i> the nearest point, why not make 2'J
miles to ilio summit of the Allegheny mountain,
thence distance of about 2d miles through the
coal fields of Allegheny, and intersect the Con
nellsvillc railroad at the mouth of Coxes creek,
on Cattleman's river, making the distance from
Bedford to the mouth of CoXes creek of- miles,
and by Bridgeport 70 miles and encounter grades
of 110 feet to tiie mile, or from the summit ol
the Allegheny pursue the route as run* by Mr.
liage to the top of Laurel Hill, thence through
the Chestnut Rnlge by Jacob's creek, via Mount
Fieasant, to Pittsburgh.
Again, it tlr? managers of the ConnellsvilW
railroad desire to avoid the Sand l'ateh tunnel,
and t iie high grades on the oast slope of the Al
legheny, and save a large sum of money in the
construction of their road, they can do so by
leaving Castlenian's river about the mouth o
Coxes creek, from thence about 2-5 miles to the
low depression of the Allegheny mountain al
Decter's run, and then a distance of about lc
iniles will bring them to Bridgeport on Will's
Creek, no grade to exceed 4~> feet to the mile,
and ground % fa vorabie to grade i road upon, ami
four miles shorter than they have their route
now laid down.
From the summit of the A ilegheny mountair
?e . Oi al other routes present themselves for short
ening toe distance between the east and the west,
1 will leave their merits to the advocacy of more
competent writers tnan mvself. I will now con
clude by repeating that byway of lied ford the
very best route, for a safe and cheap railroad,
f rom the east to the west, that is shorter in dis
tance, lower grades, upon firm ground, not sub
ject to slides and drifts, and can be built for less
money than any other railroad crossing the Al
legheny mountain.
VV hy should wc not unite as one man and lav
our might together and secure that which is si
important, not only to Bedford county, but te
the w hole busiues community of the great easf
and west.
By so uniting we can present such a claim te
the public and capitaii ts, as will not he over
looked by the great interests of our country. —
Capitalists will not overlook such an oppor
tunity of investing their funds in stock that will
allord and yield a higher interest than anyothei
railroad stock in the United States. The road,
if made, will command the choice of business,
being laid on firm ground, not subject to floods
and slides, free from snow drifts, and easily kepi
open during the winter. Yours, &e.,
MICHAEL REED
from the JJoitoii Courier.
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
SELECTED BY ONE OF THE PEOPLE.
'•This Union is a lie! The American Union
is an imposture. I am for its overthrow! L7ji
with the Flag of Disunion."— JVm. Lloyd Gar
rison.
'The Constitution of our fathers was a mis
take. Tear it in pieces and make a better
Don't say the machine is out of order—it is
in order it does what its fraincrs intended."—
'•Our claim is disunion, breaking up of the
States! 1 have shown you that our work can
not be done under our institutions (laws). The
Republican party is the first sectional party ever
organized in this country. It does not know
its own face, and calls itself national, but it is
sectional. Ii is a party of the North, pledged
against the South!"— Wind ell Phillips.
At an anti-slavery meeting 111 May, 1844, at
New York—
Resolved, "That secession from the United
States Government is the duty of every Aboli
tionist."
Resolved, That the only exodus of the slave
to freedom, unless it be one of blood, must be
over the remains of the present American
Church, and the grave of the present Union."
Resolved, 'That the Abolitionists of this coun
try should make it one of the primary objects
sf this agitation to dissolve the American Un
ion."
In 1850, Senator Hale presented two peti
tions—"praying that some plan be devised for
the dissolution of the American Union.'' "This
•tetition received three votes—J. P. Hale, VV.
[I. Seward, S. P. Chase."
Rev. II W. Beecher in 185 C says "the peo-
WHOLE EMBER, 10 15
1 j pie will decide which is* the better way to rise
j in arms and throw off a Government worse
; than that of Old King George, or wait annthef
i four years and vote again. The Constitution
' IK the fountain and father of all our troubles."
"The only hope of the slave is over the ruins
j of the Government and of the American Church.
' "The dissolution of tho Union is not prima
rily a question of conscience but of policy.—
i We made the Up ion and we have a right to
unmake it if we choose." 11. IV. Ikllows, 1856.
i ' Sir : I hope if will come (the issue}, and if
I if comes to blood, let it come ; it cannot come
too soon—and when toe war has been proclaim
' el, with the knife, and tho knife to the hiit.'"—
: J. I'. liale, 185ij.
"l'ou call this revolution—it is —wc must,
we will have it—let it come." —C. Schurz, IBfio.
"The portents which darken our land fore
shadow a strife, which unless averted by the
triumph of freedom, will become war—•fratrici
dal, parricidal war—with an accumulated wick
edness, beyond the wickedness of any war in
human annals.'— €'■ Sumner, 1856.
In 1850, W. H. Sewari tells tlie South, "If
, they will not emancipate then slaves, they shail
have disunion, civil vnu* and otaapciyaiiyii—
, then the siavehol Jers will perish in the strggle."
! In I Sob he.again speaks of civil war* as the
result of the agitation, and says: "Then the
free States and slave States of the Atlantic,
divided and waning with each other, would
disgust the free States of the Pacific, and they
would have abundant cause and justification
for withdrawing from a Union, productive no
longer cf peace, safety and liberty to themselves.''
I "I have no doAbt the free and slave States
ought to separate. The Union is not worth
! supporting in connection with the South."—
S. Pihe.
"I can conceive of a time when this Consti
tution shtili not be in existence, when we shall
have an absolute, military, dictatorial grvern
■ men', transmitted from age to age, with men at
its head who are made rulers by military com
nti siou, or who claim an hereditary right to
I govern tho ; e over whom they areplaced."—N.
P. Huh, 18.: 5.
"If Hue ha nan is elected, T don't bolicve the
Union holds out throe years. 1 shall go for dis
solution.' ' — Then/lore Parhr.
"i do not believe that any permanent Union
is possible between the North and the South.'
—The same, 185b.
On the evening of election day, after hearing
of Fremont's defeat, he wrote—
i "Of course wo shall fight. I have expected
| civil war for months."
j A few days later—
j "There are two Constitutions for Americans,
! one writ on parchment and laid up at Washing
; ton ; the other also on parchment, but on the head
; of a drum. It is to this we must appeal and be
j fore long."
Not long afterthe defeat of Fremont, a meet
■ ing i t traitors was called at Worcester and held
there. This was thelangunge of t lie call:
1 "We, the undersigned, citizens of Worcester,
believing the result of the recent Presidential e
leclion to involve four years more of pro-slaver
y government, and a rapid increase in the hos
tility between the two sections of the Union :
"Believing this hostility to be the offspring
not of party excitement, but of a fundamental
difference in education, habits, and laws;
"Believing the existing Union to he a failure,
as being a hopeless attempt to unite under one
government two antagonistic systems of society,
.which diverge more widely every year;
"And bclie\ ing it to be the duty of intelligent
and conscientious men to meet these facts with (
wisdom and firmness;
"liespecthilly inv.'.j our fellow-citizens of!
Massachusetts to meet in Convention at Wor
cester, on Thursday, January 15, to consider
the practicability, probability and expediency
of a separation between the free and slave States,
and to take such other measures as the condi
tion of the times may require."
"I conceive therefore, the true object of this
war is to revolutionize the National Govern
ment." — M.F. Conuay, of Kansas, 18G2.
"It these fanatics and Abolitionists ever get
power into their hands, they will override the
Constitution, set the Supreme Court at defiance,
change and make laws to suit themselves, and, i
finally, they will bankrupt tho country and del
uge it with blood."— Daniel Webster.
"Here lies a people who lost their own liber
ties, in trying to give freedom to the African
race." — Elwood Fisfic:\
A Stirring Appeal for the Couutry against
its Destroyers.
The Hon, Levi Bishop, of Detriot, made a
good speech lately at Cincinnati. The follow
ing is tho closing part of it:
HOW TO SAVE THE COUNTSV.
Then, finally, what can we do ? What can we =
do to save the country, the government, and con
stitutional liberty? It is a momentous question.
There is but one only way to do it. I wish I
could thunder it in every ear on the continent.
That one way is, BRING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
BACK INTO POWER. This is the only thing that
can do it. To save the country is the mission
of the Democracy.
Then let subordinate questions belaid aside, j -
Let individual considerations be ignored. Let i
personal claims be passed over. ° Let former i
divisions and heart burnings be forgotten. Let I
war and peace Democrats strike bands together. <
Let Democrats and conservatives embrace each <
other. ,
Let every Democratic association, everv reso- j
lution, every speech, wish, thought, word, everv t
banner, and. above all, every vote, point to t
Jiia one result—bring the Democracy back into i
power. Ihe people are ready for it, for three i
rears of Abolitionism, such as we have had,
s enough to cure any nation of that disease. s
Let us, then, not disagree about platforms: u
he grand old shibboleth, Jefferson Democracy. v
s platform enough for me. The man who can b
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c denounce Lincoln and hi? Adm ini.-t ration and
e their infernal policy is Democrat enough forme,
r I care not whether he supported Douglas and
i .lohoaon, or Breckinridge and Lane, or Hell and
" Everett, or even Lincoln and Hamlin; if lie
s now takes a bold stand against the Usurpation?,
i. the tyranny, and the despotism of this Adtnin
istration, he is Democrat enough for me.
The man who is ready to maintain the State
0 governments in their integrity, na the surest bul
. wark, and, at the present time the only bulwark, .
f against anti-republican and despotic tendencies,
e is Democrat enough for me. I care not what
- a man's opinion? may be on secondary questions
- if he is ready to drive the abolition crew from
power, and put a Democratic administration
, there, trusting, under a kind Providence, !o fhe
national spirit and iha historic prcstisre of the
- Democracy, for the results afterwards, he is
b Democrat enough for you and for me and for
- the country. Our proper order of battle is that
- cf opposition. Here we can stand shoulder to
1 shoulder, in this, the most momentous straggle,
perhaps the last one, of freemen for free con
f 6titutioal government.
1 Nor does j* much difference who tha
• candidate may lie. Whoever receives the reg
-1 i :c.r nomination from the Democratic National
Convention should be our first and last and only
> choice. That cony ntion will doubtless s !cct a
worthy standard bearer, around whom all can
[ rally.
Elect a good Democrat: place him in luo
l Presidential chair; surround him with huuust
i Democratic counsels; and I wili trust lurn for
1 all tho consequences.
, But will the ballot-box be free ? Will it be
j open and un trammeled? Yes, it must; yes, it'
shall be. Let millions of freemen, determined
still to be free, declare with arm*- in thc-ir bands,
if necessary, that it shall be free, untrammeled
and undefiled, on the first day of November next.
; And if, in a fair expression of the national
sentiment, the decision shall be that we must
, give up all for lost the nation will bow to its
: fate. Thy will, great God, be done on earth
iasit is dons in heaven! But we hope better
j tilings, 'llie political heavens are
and we may believe that Providence is smiiiag
through them upon our bleeding country. Tha
American people never yet left the Democratic
party out of power in the general governriient
beyond the time when they had ail opportunity
ito restore it through the ballot-box. The rad
! icals are fast losing their bold upon the coufi
j douce of the people. Never was confidence
' more wofully misplaced or more wickedly be
trayed. It must soon be with drawn from those
in power. The ruition, for three long years,
has suffered all the horrors of abolition fanati
cism. We have been passing a fearful night
of terrors and gloom. That night, to millions
of our countrymen, is a night eternal. But
light is springing up in the east. Behold the
cheering beams streak up on the horizon 1
"Oh! how brightly breaks the morning!"
Lift up your hands and rejoice, for the day of
your redemption draws nigh.
Ge are now authorized to hope and expect
that the approaching contest will bring the gen
! ial spirit and policy of the Democratic party
j back into Administration. That portentous
cloud of onti-slaverv agitation which lowered
j so long over the country, charged with the
i thunderbolts of war, and which finally burst
forth, hurling its shafts of death over the land,
is about to lose its power and its terrors, and
shrink back to its original insignificance. To
able to entertain these hopes and feel these
assurances, after what the country has suffered
is truly consoling. I tru-t tliey may be fully
realized. It we do our duty to the country,
they will be. ns do our duty, and this
year our present rulers will be hurled from pow
er and the public policy of tho nation will be
changed entirely. Thus, and thus only, can
our beloved country be saved from the band of
the destroyer.
Philanthropy Ferocious.
A correspondent of the Providence Post furn
ishes the following thoughts on this subject:
"We have no right to expect perfection in
this world, but we have a right to loot for con
j sistency," so says Hannah Moore. Now there
: is one singular thing connected with the aboli
j tion efforts, that deserves notice, and goes far
j to shake our faith in the philanthropic and be
; nevolent feelings generally supposed to influence
| the emancipationists; and that is, whenever tho
j milk of human kindness is poured out upon the
: negro, there is a corresponding outpouring of
| vengeance upon something else: like the Cru-_
i saders of old, whose zeal for the recovery of
the Holy Sepulchre was only equalled by their
| ferocity towards the Turks and Saracens.
; And it is worthy of record that the National
j Assembly, when first moved by bowels of com
passion to liberate the slaves at St. Domingo,
• were dragging to the guillotine all that was de
: cent and respecteble in Franco. And so it will
| be found, in every place, and among.every peo
ple that has undertaken the business of smanci
/).ifk> that there is at the same time an equal
degree ol venom poured out upon somethingelse.
Even their clergymen, forgetting the holy
precepts of peace and good will to all mankind
while pleading for tho liberty of the slaves, is
pouring out the vials of his wrath upon nil who
do not think as he does, or are williirg to go to
the same length, in no measured terms. Peace
is the last thing they desire. "Cry havoc and
let loose the dogs of war," is not enough for
them ; they want to see "death warrants sign
ed," and traitors swinging on the gallows before
they die, and it is hard to imagine which would
give them the greatest delight, the freedom of
the slaves, or the massacre of their masters, of
ten old friends and acquaintances, too. Their
very benevolence has something so feroeious in
it as to be perfectly frightful.
Now this is a glaring inconsistency that must
strike every reflecting mind. No man can make
us believe that if"one does not love his neighbor
whom be hath seen, he can love the negro whom
he hath not " ~