THE BEDFORD GAZETTE
IS rUBUSHED EVERT FRIDAY MOBMNQ
IST B. F. MEI ERS.
At the following terms, to wit:
$1 75 per annum, it paid strictly in advance.
$2.00 if paid within 6 months; $2.50 if not paid
witbiu 0 mouths.
X?~No subscription taken (or less than six months
p'per discontinued until all arre'rasres ar-
Mid unle>s at the option of the publi>he. It has
been decided by the United St>te s Courts that the
s'opp'ge of a newspaper without the payment of
arrearages, is prima facie evidence ot fraud and as
it criminal offence.
courts have decided that persons are ac
countable for the 3-ibseriptinn price of newspape s,
if they take them from the post office, whether they
subscribe for them, or not.
Business £anss.
JOSEPH W TATE.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.
Will promptly atter.d to collections and all busi
ness entrusted io bis care, ib Bedtord and adjo.Ding
counties.
Ca-h rdvsrced on judgments, notes, military and
other criirn*. ~, .
Has for sal - Town lots in Tatesvife, and St. Jo
.epb's on Hcriforii Railroad Fairusar.d unimprov. i
land, fro-r. one am to ISO -rtes to suit |.nrch..s~rs.
Office neaily opposite tbe "Mendel Hotel" and
B bk of Reed St Scbell.
April 1. 1664 —lv
J. R. DURBOaROW,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORDPA.
Office one door Sou'h of the "VJergel Hi'tt-i."
Will attend pin" p'ly rial bti-iness entrusted to his
care in Bedlo d ario adjuini.it; coili*ies
Having a!-o be. n regal r'y licensed to p-osccnte
claims .eain-t Ih • Gov-rnm nt, particular arrention
will be given to the collection of Military claims ol
al' kinds; pensions, back pay, bounty.bounty oans,
& c . April 1,1864.
KSI'Y M ALSIP,
ATTORNEY JT LAW, BEDFORD. PA.
Will faithfully and promptly atrenu to all business
entrusted to hiscaie in Bedtord • •*<! adjoining coun
ties. .Military claims, back pay, bounty, &c..
speedily co lected.
Office with Mann f* Sp->ng. on Juliana street, TWO
door J Soulh of the Mengel House. Jan. 22, 'tit.
U . i! AK% Us ,
JITTORNtIY Jl' L iW, B >D for,l, PN
Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to
bis care. Mi itaiy claims speedily collected.
Office on -In tana street, oppo-ite the port-office.
Bedford, S.ptembar 11, 18li'J.
F. M. KIMM'U. I- W. I.INGKXFFLTEK
KIMMELL & LIMGENFELT3R,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA
tormed a partner-hip in the p-actice of
the Law. Office on Juliana stieet, two doors Boutb
of the "Mengel House."
G B. SPANG.
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA
Will promptly atten I to collections and all busi
sess entru.ted to h.s care in Bedford and adjoining
counties.
fT'y)ffice on Ghana Street, three do<>rs south
0 r the House," opposite the residence ol
Mrs. Tate. May 13, IS>'>4.
.1 0 IIIV P. RERD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA.,
Rfjiert fatly tender* lit* service* to '.he Puhhe.
[C7""offiee second door North of the M-ngel
Slouse
Bed-lard, At;, i, IS6I.
JOII If PALMER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA
tr7-win promptly attend to n'l business entrus
ted to bis care. Office on Julianna Street, (near
ly opposite the Meng.i House.)
Eediard, Aug. I, 1861.
A. H. rOFFROTfI,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Romer*et, Pi.
Will hereafter practice regularly in the several
Courts of Bedford county. Business entrusted to
his care will be faithfully attended to.
Decer.:b;r 6, 1861. •
F. C. DOYLE, M. D.,
"Tenders his professions! services to the citizens ol
Bloody Run and vicinity. Office next door to the
hotel of John C. Black. [June il), 1864.
J. L. MAR3OUR-3-, M. D.
Ilavina permanent!y located, respectfullv tenders
Bis profcSßionaJ e! vices to the citizens of Bedford
ai.d vicinity.
Office on Juliana* street, .>noMte tbe Bank,
•tie door notth of John Palmer's office.
Bedford, tYbniaiv 12, 1564.
SA M I F. L KKTT EII II A \ ,
BEDFORD, PA.,
C7"Wonld hereby notifj the citizens of deilford
county, that he ha- moved ro He Borough ot Bed ■
fold, where be may at all times be found hy person,
wishing to see him. unless absent upon Business
pertain ng to his office
Bedford, Aug. 1,1861.
Jacos RERD, J- J. SCHSLL,
REED AND SfIIELL.
BANKERS * DF.ALF.RS IN EXCHANGE,
BF.DFC 80, Pb XX A.
CETDR A "-"I'S bought snd sold, collections made
and tt oney promptly remitted.
Deposits solicited.
J. ALSIP & SON,
,\2t.iioneers & Commission Merenants,
BEDFORD, P.A.s
Besc>eetf<iJlv' solicit consignments of Boots snd
Shoes, Drv Goo. 's, Groceries. Clothm g. -nd !l kind*
of Merchandise for AUCTION an-* P RtVATK bale. ,
REFERENCES.
PNN.4OEI.RH:> R RDPORD,
Philip Fo d & C<x, Hon. Job V ann,
Boyd fc Hough, Hon. VV. T. Dau S her:y
Armor Ynjr & Bros., J>. /• Me)er*<-
January 1, 1864—-tt.
AVAKTMAAi & l ATELM AT,
(BVTCEBOES TO MICHAEL WAATMAN 4" co > j
Tobacco Snuff and ScgC'f
MANUFACTORY.
i
No* SI3 NORTH THIRD STREET,
Second door below Wood,
PHILADELPHIA.
J. w. WARTMAN. U- P- ENGELMAN.
March 2&, 164-
iOLDIE 59.
NEW SERIES.
JEFFERSON DAVIS ON PEACE.
The following official cori espondeiice Between
two of the most eminent public functionaries of
the Confederate Males, though five months old,
lute just obtained publicity. We copy it from
a Republican contemporary, which credits it to
the Petersburg (Y a.) Ef prems ot the 2Gth of last
mouth-— Constitutional I HTOU.
STATE OK Notrrtt CAROI.ISA, 1
EXECUTIVE DEPAKTMEVT, >
Rah tb, Dec. 30, 1863. S
/lis Excellency, /'resident tJurn :
?>IY DEAR SIR: Alter u careful consideration
of ail the sources of discontent in North Caro
lina, 1 have conltided that it will be impossible
to retio.ve it except by making some effort at
negotiatioa with the enemy. The recent action
of the Federal House ot Representatives, tho'
meaning \ery little, hasgically excited the rutlt
ii.i hope that the Northern mind is lookin" to
wurds peace. lam promised by all men who
.i,lvocalß this coutse that if fair terms are re
jected, iL wid ton I greatly to strengthen and in
leu.-ity the wrr feeling, ami will rally all classes
to a more cordial support of the Government.
And although our position is well known as de
manding only to Le let alone, yet it seems to me
that for ilie sake of humanity, without having
any weak or improper motives attributed to us,
we might, with propriety, constant'y tender nei/o
trations. In doing so, we would keep conspicu
ously btdore the world a disclaimer of Ihe ro
spousihiiiiy lor ti.e great slaughter of our race,
and convince tbe buuiblcst ol our citizens—who
soiii.Tim. - lorg. t the actual situation—that tlie
IOV -. ruineut t- tender ot llu-ir lives ami itaopi
> an 1 ivoani not pro.ong their sutierings un
tii-i-i .-.sat tly one m ini lit Though stale-in-a
aiignt regard ti.is as useless, tltc peojde will not.
ami 1 11*1 nk. our cause vvid IK: strengthened there
by. 1 have not suggested the method of these
negotiations or their terms. The effort to ob
tain peace is ihe principal matter.
Allow me to beg your earnest consideration
ot this suggesiion. Very respectfullv, yours,
' Z. Ik'VANCE.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, (
liic.iiuond, January 8, iS.I L i
DEAR Sin; 1 have received your letter of the
. 3'Jtb oh., containing suggestions of the nu-a
--i .-arcs to be adopted tor the purpose of removing
"'lie suuices ot discontent' in North Carolina.
1 i.e contents of the letter are substantially the
| same as tuose of the letter addressed by vuu to
1 Senator Dortcfi, extractsot which were bv him
■ read to me. I rem.irked to Mr. Dortrb that
! you were probably not aware of the obstacle to
'me coui.-c vou unhealed, and, without exprcs
sing an opinion ou Hie merits of the propose 1
| poin , i tiesired him in answering your letter
io vvi in: suggestions as to the method of op-n
--j ing in gotia> ions, and as to the terms which you
1 Uiougut should be offered to the eneiuv. I felt
! persuaded you would appreciate the difficulties
i as soon as your attention was called to the ne
| ce-si;y of considering the subject in detail. As
I yoa have made no suggestions touching I lie maii
; iter of overcoming the obstacles. I infer that
j j. ou veic not apprized by Mr. Dortch of my re
! marks to him-
Aouit iroiii insuperable objections to the line
| ot policy y u propose (and to which I will pre--
| eu.'j advert) r cannot see how the more mute
j rod obstacle.-are to he surmounted. We have
; made three distinct efforts to communicate with
; tit. au.hor.lLs at \\ ashingtoti, and have been
j invariably unsuccessful. Commissioners wore
< seal be lure bosli.iiies v\i re begun, and the Wash
ington Government refused to receive them or
j I tear what they had to say. A second time 1
! sent a military officer willi a communication ad
dressed hy myself to l'residcnt Lincoln. The
teller was received by Gen. Scott, who did not
permit the officer to see Mr. Lincoln, hut prom
ised lout *II answer would lie sent. No answer
: has ever been received. The third time, a few
mouths ago, a gentleman was sent, whose posi
tion, character and reputation were such as to
m-ufc his reception, if the enemy were not de
termined to receive no proposals whatever from
the Government. \ ice President Stephens made
a patriotic tender ot his services in the hope of
i-eing abie to promote the cause of humanity,
and alil.o igit littie lie.iid was entertained of bis
success, i cheerfully yielded to bis suggestion
t.iai the experiment should be tried. Tbe ene
my ret used to let him pass through their lines
or lo hold anjj conference with them. lie was
st ipped before he ever reached Fortress Monroe
ott iiis way to Washington.
To attempt rigaiii (in the face of these repeat
! etl n-ji cttjus of all conference with us) to send
cotumi.-siouers or agents to propose peace, is to
invite ia.-nit and contumely, and to subject our-
S-.iiCs to luviigtiily without the slightest chance
ot bring it.-L nod to. No true citizen, no man
who has our cause at heart can desire 'bis, and
the good people of North Carolina would lie
ihe last to approve of such an attempt, if aware
of all the lads. So far from remov ing sources
of discontent, such a course would receive, as it
would merit, the condemnation of those true
patriots who have given their blood and their
treasure to maintain tlie freedom, equality and
iudejK'ttd. nee which descended to tliem from the
immortal la-roes of King's Mountain and other
battle-field.-! of the Revolution. If, then, these
proposals cannot be made through envoys be
cause the euetuy would not receive them, how
is ii possible to communicate our desire for peace
cttnrwise than by the public announcement con
tained in almost every message 1 ever sent to
Congress? 1 cannot recall at this time one in
stance in which 1 have failed to announce that
our only desire was peace, and tLe only terms
which funned a sine qua non were precisely those
tiiat you suggested, namely, "a demand only to
be let alone."
But suppose it were practicable to obtain a
j conference through commissioners with the Gov
ernment of President Lincoln, is it at this mo
ment that we are to consider it desirable or even
at all admissible! Have we not just been ap
prized by that despot that we CHII only expect
hia jgntcious parckm by emaDcijpatmg all oar
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
BEDFORD, PA. f FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1864.
slaves, swearing allegiance and obedience to him
and his proclamation, and becoming, in point of
tact, the slaves ot our own negroes? Can there
be in North Carolina one citizen so fallen be
neath the dignity of his ancestors as to accept
or to enter into conference on the basis of these
terms That there are a few traitors in the State
who would be willing to betray their fellow cit
izens to such a degraded condition in hope of
being rewarded for treachery by an escape from
the common doom may be true, But Ido not
believe that the vilest wretch would accept such
terms for himselt. [ cannot conceive how the
people ot your State, than which none lias sent
nol'icr or more gallant soldiers to the field of
bailie, (one of whom it is your honor to be,)
can have been deceived by any thing to which
you refer in "the recent action of the Federal
House of Representatives." 1 have seen no ac
tion ot that House tiiat does not indicate, bv a
very decided majority, the purpose of the ene
my to re.-tu.-e ail terms to the S rutii except ab
solute unconditional subjugation or extermina
tion. l>ut it it were otherwise how are we to
treat with the House of Representatives? It is
with Lincoln alone that we ever could confer,
an 1 his own partizans at the North avow une
quivocally tiiat his purpose in his message and
proclamation was to shut out all hope that lie
could ever treat with us on any terms. If we
will break up our Government. Ui-solve the
Confederacy, disband our armies, emancipate
our slaves, take an oath of allegiance binding
ourselves to obedience to him and of disloyalty
to our own States, he proposes to pardon us,
and not to plunder us of any thing more than
the property already stolen from us, an 1 such
slaves as slid remain. In order to render his
prop ••-.ds so insulting as to secure their r.j -etion
lie Joins to tiiein a promise ot support with his
army to one-tenth of the people of any State
who will attempt to set up a g iveru.ir-ut over
the other nine-leu! lis, thus seekuix t > s w dis
cord and suspicion among the people of the sev
eral States, and to excite them to civil war in
furtherance of his cuds.
I knew well tt would be impossible to get
our people il they p.K-scssed lull knowledge of
tlte.-e I acts, to consent that proposals should now
he made by us to those who control the Govern
ment at Washington. Your own well-known
devoti >n to (lie great cause of liberty and imle
p>m<l nre, to which we have all committed what
ever we have ot earthly possessions, would in
duce you to take the lead in repelling the bare
thought of abj.vt submission to the enemy
Yet peace on other terms is now impossible.—
To obtain ihe Pole terms to which you or 1 could
listen, this struggle must continue uutill the en
is beaten out of his vain confidence in our sub
j igition. Then, and not till then, will it lie
[> s-ible, to treat of p 'ace. Till then all tender
ot terms to the enejnv will be received as proof
that we are ready for submission, and will en
courage him in tbe atrocious warfare which be
is waging.
I tear much, from the tenor of the news 1
receive from North Carolina, that an attempt
will be ma le by some men to inaugurate move
ments which inu-t be considered as equivalent
to aid and comfort to the enemy, and which all
patri >ts should combine to put down at anvco-t.
You may count on my aid in every effort to
spare your State the scenes of civil warfare which
wid devastate its homes if the designs of these
traitors IK* suffered to make head wav. I know
tha! you will place yourself in your legitimate
position in the lead ot those who w i 1 not suffer the
name of the Old North State to be black -ned
bv such a stain. \\ ill you pardon me. for sug
gesting tiiat try only source ot disquietude on
the subject arises from the fear that you will
delay too long the action which now appears
inevitable, and that by an over-earnest desire
to reclaim by conciliation men whom you be
lieve to be sound at heart, but whose loyalty
is more than suspected elsewhere, you will per
mit thein tu gather such strength its to require
more violent measures than are now need all
With your influence and position, the prompters
of the unfounded discontent now prevalent in
your State would he pet down without the use
of phy.-ioul force, if you would abandon a poli
cy of conciliation and set tiiem at defiance, la
this course, frankly and firmly pursued, you
would rally around you all that is Siest and no
blest in your State, and your triumph would
be bloodless. If the contrary policy bii adopt
ed, I much fear you will be driven to the use
of force to repress treason. In either event,
however, be assured that you will have my cor
dial concurrence and assistance in maintaining
with von the honor, dignity, and fair name of
your State, and in yout eff >rts to crush treason,
whether incipient, as I believe it now to be, or
more matured, as I believe, if not firmly met,
it will in our future inevitably become.
I have the honor to lie, very respectfully, yours,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
His Ex. Z. B. Vance, Gov't* North Carolina.
The Thieves' Friends at Washington.
We have twice exposed the v irtual complicity
of Secretary Stanton with tho infamous frauds
committed by Capt. F. W. ilurtt. formerly as
sistant quartermaster in the department ot the
Oiiio. The evidence of tluse trauds, compris
ing a widely ramified and long continued sys- >
torn of embezzlement and plunder, was tracked
out and brought to light by .Maj. McLean, then
on Gen- Burnside'z stall. The letters of Capt. j
Ilurtt himself are the most damning of all the
proofs of his guilt. Under Gen. Burn side's a1- (
ministration of that department, a court mar
tial was appointed, and the charges and specifi
cations were drawn up by tlie jit Ha a Locate of
the department, Maj. Burnett. The trial was j
to have taken place in December last. .last J
before the trial was to take place, hy direct or-1
ders from the War Department, Maj. McLean
was ordered off to Fort Vancouver on recruit
ing service I Gen. But nsi le protested against
the extraordinary proceeding, both because Maj.
McLean was needed on his staff, and his testi- J
mony was ir.di.-peiisidile on the'trial of Ilurtt. j
This opposition farced Secretary Stanton to
postpone the trial till McLean was got out. of
the way, which was done. At length Secretary
Stanton accomplished his infamous complicity
with the scoundrelisin of Hunt, by exiling M ij
McLean to the Pacific frontier. I laving spirit
ed away the most important witness in this case
of wholesale embezzlement, lie dissolved the
court-martial at Cincinnati, and ordered tin
case lo be transferred to Washington, several
hundred miles from the residence of other wit
nesses cognizant ot the facts.
| 111 l rtt's accomplices were persons having di
rect and intimate relations with the Secretary
<4 the Treasury, one uf them being 11. D. Cooke
ot the firm of .Jay Cooke & Co., and another
a partner ol bis to the proprietorship of the
t 'uio State Journal, Mr. Chase's home organ.
Maj McLean's testimony would have dragged
lue deeds ot these men to the light, and their
corrupt relations with the liuanci-d head of the
naiioti eouhl not have been concealed.
i>ut trie case was transferred to Washington,
a-, we have said; Maj. McLean kept away on
the Pacific coast, and several months suffered to
elapse while the tiling "blew over." The case
was finally brought to trial, and Ilurtt found
guilty. But no one has heard of it till n >w.
Nv> publiriy was given of the trial, or to the
Ver.lici, and the verdict itself has been before
the \\ a-hington authorities for two months with
out action upon it. Meanwhile tremendous in
fluences are being brought to bear in the review
ot the case, siill to defeat the ends of justice.
it ts not enough that the accomplices of ilurtt,
the liijiuls, the immediate political and person
al Inends of Secretary Cause, have been suc
cessfully screened from the exposures which,
lint for Secretary Stanton's corrupt and shaine
ie-s course in averting immediate trial, and put
ting out ot tue way the principal witness, would
assuredly nave been ma le. It is now sought to
rescue ilurtt Lorn the punishment of the law.
Ibe verdict, as we learn, was an exceedingly
mud one, and Ilurtt counts confidently on being
UK-rely dismissed ttie Service, and then restored
by President Lincoln for lire party services and
value to the party. Nor is his hope absurd.
If Black, another swindling quartermaster, and
llall Smith, tiie two thieving horse contrac
tors, can be pardoned after their crimes, Ilurtt
may hope for his.
\\ ore Is cannot increase an honest man's sense
ol the iatamy of this whole transaction. The
bald tact.-, us we have recited them, are enough.
Yet there is no tleleaac or attempt at defense by
Secretary Stanton. He sits down "infamous
and contented," and, worst of all, there is no
public opinion in the Republican partv which
will force him to defend himself, or resign, asa
lij.ta until to. bold any office; there is ho car©
for integrity and economy in the public service
among republican journals, which do not dare
deny these tacts, yet'do not attempt to make
thcui impossible hereafter by denouncing tiiein
now; there is no protest among the time-serv
ing republicans ou the floor of Congress, whoso
; friends and whose friends" friends want contracts
and offices and iavors from the War Department;
no investigating committees, not one indignant
holiest man, careless of party ties ami anxious
only lor the honor of the government and the
honor ol its high officials: ami so such shatne
ics.s, indecent dishonesty and pnxuitution of pow
er proceed unhindered to the accomplishment of
their final result, the security of Iran is upon
the government, tlie immunity of criminals who
arc partisans ot ttie administration.
THE BALTIMORE "PLATFORM.
An Opinion by a Republican Paper.
The New York Xew Nation, one of the.ablest
Republican papers ia tbe country, with seventy
thousand subscribers, thus speaks of LINCJI.N,
tlie Baltimore Convention, and tlie phi'form it
adopted. Read, Republicans, and be instructed:
If the six hundred individuals comprising the
Baltimore Convention, and presumed to be lead
ing men and the highest representatives of the
American people, are to he believed, then must
we despair of the future of America, and rank
our country as an agglomeration of mankind,
aspiring to become a nation, but as yet only an
imperfect embryo. Happily, however, the name
oi the spokesman of that Convention, of the
man deemed worthy to represent it, Mr. Ray
mond, suffices to MSMgn it its real political and
moral value. Tito Baltimore Convention was
simply a meeting of contractors, assembled in
order to retain the priviligo of robbing the pco
; pie, and in yielding to the man among its mem
bers who is most interested in a continuance of
the present injuiie, and who, in th're respect, as
as well as in many others, is especially fitted to
he the spokesman, il acted for once consistently
during the two days' session. But it is adding
irony to insolence with an impudence worthy of
Barnuin, to utter on behalf of the people absur
dities so vague and contradictory as those enun
ciated in expression of an adoration of power.
What! after insulting and robbing the peo
ple, cm you dare declare that they are satisfi
ed and that their greatest enemy has been their
savior! We have consulted and listened to the
peo ile, and tlu-ir language by no means resem
bles that used by you. We have given heed
to the poorer classes, to the people who toil and
fight, pray and die, whose blood and money pay
for tbe contracts that Lincoln has given you in
exchange for your admiration and disinterest- i
el patriotism, and wo have seen them restrain
their lamentation and tears in the fear of dam
pening tho nation's patriotism, wliieh has ever
been great and strong, and sagacious when left
to itself. Their language is not like yours; it
is the voice of a great nation co s i<>us of its
strength and warning you itefore making you
recognize it. The jieopie tJU you at Cleveland
that they wished to be free, and that their first
wish w.ts liberty, for tho white man as well as
for the negro, and not the servitude of botli that
your master has practiced and which you have
decreed a continuance of. We have pot time
n >w to review the whole platform, wliieh, ha J it
lieen drawn up by men of intellect, would IK a cut
ting satire upon Lincoln's Administration, but,
3 it is, it is simply a mass of insipid adulation.
WHOLE JVOIBEK, 1054
OUR POSITION AND DUTY.
Our position, asa political organization should
not be misunderstood by friend or fje. It is
yet in the power of the Democracy to right tbe
ship of State, save the country from utter ruin,
and re-establish iilierty on a republican basis,
lint to achieve this requires fiuth in its possibil
ity ; energy to work tor its accomplishment:
•and patience to wait for tbe fruit. "Faith with
out works, is dead and work without faith,
is a weary toil. We are sorry to see some of
onr true, and heretofore hopeful Democrats,
sink into inertia, and indulge in du-pondertcy.—
We do not much wonder at it; for there are
discouragements everywhere. A constitution
violated, a country ruined, and a people in tears
is enough to touch the heart, and unnerve the
hands; but what shall we do? Sloth will not]
save us, nor despondency bring safety. Besides, !
" T.'ie darkest Jar/,
j Lice till to-morrow will have passed aw jy."
; Let us reiti-inlwr that labor conquers all
; things. The work is great, but the reward will
J 100 glorious when it is accomplished. And al
j though we were defeated last fall, we should
| not he discouraged. That result was brought
about by fraud It will be our own fault if it
is repeated. Even our enemies do not boast o
ver it. They are satisfied to enjoy the fruits
|of their ill-gotten victory, without exultation.
Y Democratic host of 254,000 men in a single
; State, and nearly two million in the North thev
| know well is not to be despised. And the same
; reason that fills ouropp ments with dread, should
inspire our friends with hope an I activity. We
'stand to-day strong :r in truth, stronger in rglif,
J and stronger in the hearts of the people than
lever before. They cannot be blind to pns-tng
j events: they cannot be indifferent to the destruc
tion of their liberty. Thev see the laws tram
pled; th'ir sons - aughtered by thousands. They
may view all this in silence but they caunht see
|it with satisfaction. A corrective must be
sought. The only hops prjsonte lis in change
| of policy; and there is no hope of a change of
i policy except there be liiSt a change of a Imin
| istraiioti. In this is an element of D-mocrutic
| strength. We may, therefore reasonably hope
| for very material accessions from the oppositi >n
ranks. And the accessions will be of she most
• de-irable kind, of conv. rsaiive men, truly di->-
1 gusti d with their former political associations.
Here and there such men will adhere to oural
j ready mighty host; and with this augmented
i strength, victory is sure. Our attitu le, then,
| as a parly, is in >st imposing and commanding,
j We know that some fear—tnd they have rca
j son to fear from what has already been done—
j that if' corruption and fraud cannot carry tbe
: present corrupt and fraudulent party into pow
; er again, that force will be called to their ui I.
| This may lie contingently true, but not unless
I the Democracy invite it. If we show a craven
1 heart or indifference to the result, we have notb
; ing !letter to expect: for that they have tliedis
| po.-ition to use force when necessary, the eiec
i lions in Kentucky and Maryland abundantly
| prove. But if we act like freemen, conscious
of our rights and determined to maintain them,
j there is not the slightest danger. Blunting our
j selves upon the Constitution and Laws, we
; should !>.>Miy oppose, resent and repel by force,
j it necessary, the slightest interference with our
j right. Let tyrants beware, should be the watch
| word from M line toCalifirnia in the Deniocrat
;ie camps. Rut it should not rest in mere dec
' laration. Actual preparation for active resis
| tance to forcible interference should be prompt
jlv and thoroughly made. Resolutions will not
do; newspaper tulininations will not do; but
complete organization, embracing every State
and ramifying every town ship, will lie effec
tive.—This organization should bo political, not
military, but so organized that a military form
could be spec li'y evolved if need should require
—The time for the transition would be when
three should be used to pr vent or control free
elections. When that time comes—and we sin
cerely hope it may never come—the Democrat
who would hesitate to rep.d force, and maintain
his rights even at the point of the sword, is an
arrant coward and deserves to be a slave. We '
do not believe it will ever be necessary to go the
extreme length of phvsical resistance, but the '
very liost way to avoid il is to lie prepared for [
it. We feel morally certain that in so doing is j
our best security. If we assert our l ights and
our manhood with manly courage they will not j
be violated, an i there will be no occasion for!
exertion of our power; but if we trust to ihe vir
tueor forbearance of our enemies, we have nothing ;
to hope.
Let us, then, organize at once. Let there
be a roll in every school district, on which ev
ery Democratic name shall lie inserilicd. Let
us go to work in earnest. Tiiis is our country
still.—lt is for us and our children, and woe to
the craven that will surrender it to the despoiler
while hope remains. We should say to Mr.
Lincoln—anil say in tones that could not be
mistaken —"We will obey every legal obliga
tion; but touch not our chartered liberties.—
When authorized by tlie Constitution you may
command, and wo will obey you like children,
but go lievond it, and wercsist you to death."—
The Mentor.
Moral Degoaeracy of the Republic.
We may well exclaim with the prophet, as
we look around us to-day, "Truth is fallen in
tho streot and equity cannot enter." The per
secuting, partisan spirit encouraged by tha Ad
ministration and its adherents produces and en
courages an un wholes Jine zeal to depreciate one
class of men for the purpose of exalting anoth
er. It becomes rampant in propagating slan
ders and engendering contempt for persona!
worth and superior excellency. It blunts the
scn-ibiiit ies of men to injured reputations—im
pairs the sense of honor—banishes tho chari
ties ot life—weakens the motives that prompt I
men to aim at high attainments and patriotic
achievements—degrades national character, and
exposes it justly to the scorn of the civilized
world. Nothing could show mora conclusively
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' the evil ejects of civil war upon 11 community
than .this true, and by no me a 119 overdrawn "jic
ture of the actual condition of our times. Men,
who have heretofore occupied exalted positions,
for dimply differing with their political oppo
nents are denounced us traitors, and threats of
venhance uttered against them. Even their very
families are put un fer the ban. We com
mend the Loyal Leaguers of tliis city, who rec
t ognize 110 orthodoxy in any opinions that do not
'square precisely with their own. and who de
nounce every mar. who differs froin them polit
ically as traitors, to the following Biianswera
| ble views of that wonderful logician. Mil!, in
i his letter, "Treatise on Liberty:" "How strange
; it is. that men should admit the validity of the
! arguments for free discussion but object to their
; being puni.-hed to an extreme. not seeing that
! unless ibeir reasons are good for an extreme case
i they are not gooil fur any case. Strange that
; they should imagine that they are not assuming
j infallibility, when tb"y acknowledge that there
j should be tree discussion on all subjects which
j can possibly be doubtful, but think that soma
I particular principle or doctrine should be for
j bidden to be questioned because it is so ctrtnin,
| that is, because t/ici/ ore certain that it is certain.
I local! any proposition certain while there is
' any one who would deny its certainty, if per
; mitted, is to assume that we ourselves, and
' those who agree with n*. are the judges of cer
; tamty. and judges without bearing the other
j Scle"— Aje.
j
Managemant of Mowing Macjines.
'i'lic season for making hay is at hand, and
farmers are busily engaged in preparing lor the
i securing 0' that important crop. The number
j of mowing machines sold, and that will be used
1 this season greatly exceeds that of any former
I y^r.
Several months ago, we earnestly advised those
; of our readers who needed these indispensable
appendages to the farm, to secure them in time,
i 1 hose who took our advice, have not only rcn
; dered themselves camparutivoly indepen lent of
I the scarcity and high price of farm bio, but
| have saved handsomely in the purchase price, it
i having been largely advauced wilhiii the past
! few weeks.
The farmer who possesses a good mowing
machine, a pair ut good horses, and understands
1 how to drive and keep it in order, may almost
| set the elements at defiance. 15at there are
many who purchase machines, wln do not pos
sess either the ability or the inclination to keep
them in order and to such, they area hindrance
rather than a help. A word to those who be
long to t his large class .'— . '
First thpn. it is your interest to understand
die nature and wants of the mower, because,
j without this familiarity, it will soon lierome
| worse than useless. IV e know of machines in
; good repair, and almost as effective as when
; new, which we sold seven years ago. On the
j other hand, we have seen the best machines, in
. careless bands, rendered nearly useless in a ain
|do season. Ihe cause ot these strikingly dif
, ferent results is readily explained. In the case
of the machines. t!cir purchasers were men,
! who before using, made themselves familiar with
all their details. Tiiejr ascertained where the
friction was greatest and how to relieve it, —
they comprehended the importance of sharp
knives, and consequentlv understood fully the
value of a good grindstone—a first-rate whet
-1 stone, a suitable file, surplus blades to replace
| damaged ones, and abundance of rivets 10 re
place worn out or broken ones. They knew
; the virtue of abundance of oil at the proper
points—the removal of gummed grease fro n
the journals, and rust from the parts which were
brought m contact with the ground. £virr nut
was properly drawn Eceiy ilty, and suitable
wrenches w rea'.w.iy sat hand for this important
purpose W iien the season was over, they did
not j=cT£iiit the machine to lie in one of the fence
corners of the field in which it was last used,
until the succeeding summer; but carefuliy
c caned and housed it at once—applied a coat
'e- paint to the wood work in leisure hours, re
moved the knives and oiled them, to prevent
rusting, and scraped away the accumulation of
gummed grease 011 the journals. These atten
tions were the cause and the long and etreclive
use of the machine, the result. Take their op
posite*, and you have an explanation of the
rapid destruction of the second machines.
In addition to the above, much depends upou
the driver. There arc those who do everything
by mam strength. They start, or attempt to
start a mowing machine in heavy grass ,as thev
would start in a burse race with a blow and a
shout for the horses. The sudden jerk, and the
increased resistance cons cjueiit upon the knives
tieiiig brought thus suddenly in contact with a
heavy body ot grass, causes a strain upon the
frame, which not unfrequently deranges the
whole machine, and unfits it tor further use,
until the damage is repaired. This sudden star
ting in heavy grass is especially to be condemn
ed, where, as is now almost invariably the case,
the frames are made of iron. The starting •
a mowing machine should lie gradual. Far
better spend a minute in backing, so as to get
the knives fairly into plav, than follow the un
wise plan alluded to. Nearly nil of the ma
chines in use may be hacked as readily and eas
ily as a cart, and if tho horses could speak %
they would tell their looiisi driver, hove much
easier backing would be to them.
A word more and wo have done. Buy onlv
a well approved machine. Almost any of thoso
in general use may be purchased with safety.—
In tilting up your tool box, (which, by the way,
should always accompany the machine,} buy
none but the very be.-t tools. A tip-top mon
key wrench—a good Washita whetstone—a
steel pulled rivettiug hammer, a file of tiie first
quality, and above all, oil of the host kind and
euoughot it. In the end, the best, things are. always
the cheapest, and those necessary to the man
agement ot the mowing machine, are uot ex
ceptions to thi3 well established rule.