BEDFORD GAZETTE.
0 F. MEYERS, EDITOR.
FRIDAY : s i : AUGUST U, 18C3.
*•■■■ _LL 'J ' '
"DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY,
JOHN PALMER, liedford Borough
ASSOCIATE JITDOE,-
\v G. EICIIOLTZ, S. Wood berry.
TREASURER,
GEORGE M ARDOKFF, Bedford Bor.
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
P HON A HOE, Southampton.
JURY COMMISSIONER,
I KENSINGER, l iberty.
COMMISSIONER,
AJ. S RITCHEY, Snake Spring.
rooE DIRECTOR, 3 yesr*,
hi. R. ANDERSON, C. Valley.
FOOR JUEF.CTOR, 2 years,
SAMUEL 11ECKLEY, St. Clair.
AUDITOR,
JAMES MATTINGLY, Londonderry.
CORONER.
JOHN FILLER, E. Providence.
THE BALL_OPEN£D !
Rally for the White Man's Government!
Gazette for the Campaign!
fhe P.RDFORD GAZETTE, in favor of A Restored
Union, ''Freedom of Thought and Opinion," Free
ftpserh, Free Press, the Personal Rights of Free
men, Law and Older, Jus'ice to the Soldiers of the
Ooilhtry, Economy, Retrenchment and Reiorm in
• very department of the Government; in opposition
to Executive Usurpation, Federal Centralization,
Negio Suffrage, Npgro Legislation, Social and Po
litical Equality of the Races, intermeddling with
the Rights of the States, the placing of the black
soldier above the White Heroes of the War, and all
the other heresies of Radical Fanatics, will be pub
lished during the Campaign, at the low rate of
Fifty Cents, in Advance.
Send in youi names. Every man who take* an
interest ill the political affairs of the country, should
trke a newspaper. Let every Democrat constitute
himself e committee to obtain subscribers for the
Campaign Gazette. The prospects of the Democ
racy are flattering, and it only remain* for them to
work to make their triumph overwhelming. The
dissemination of political truth, is one of the most
i-ficient means for the accomplishment of Demo
cratic success. To this end, therefore, let every
Dsmcrrat bend his exertions. The whole people
Rave momentous interests at stake. The issue,
fihall tie havi a mongrel government and become a
mixed race, is being pushed upon os by New Eng
land agitators ana already there are leading "Repub
licans" in our midst who take the affirmative of this
question. We must meet this issue and we must
triumph. Rally, then, for the White Man's Gov
ernment 1
The Enemies of Peace.
The war is over. The effort to establish j
a Southern Confederacy has failed. The
people of the South, with a unanimity that
is most creditable to their character, express j
themselves willing to return to their alle- i
gianco to the Constitution. But, though !
inen erv "Peace! r "Peace!" there is no
peace. In the South newspapers are sup
pressed for making the most trivial criti
cisms upon the conduct of federal officers;
Mayors of cities are removed for sending a
vagrant negro to the lock-up: elect iqps are
declared null and void, because those elect
ed to office once tcere (though they are not
now) rebels; and, finally, Union men like
Emerson Etheridge, of Tennessee, are in
carcerated in dungeons for the expression
of their :>o!iti'.'a] opinions. >h, Freedom,
thy lovely form has van is lied from our midst!
and 'Reason, thou art fled to brutish beasts!*
Russian serfdom is ihe doom of men born
the heirs of liberty, and the Juggernaut car
c.fa worse than Austrian despotism, crush
es cut the life from the noble, the brave and
good among the American people. The
spirit of the time when John Adams* Alien
and Sedition Laws were enacted, lias re
turned, but more intense, implacable and
savage than when it fell in battle with the
immortal Jefferson. The party which is
jojw in power is the same 1 hat rose and fell
with John Adams. It was then the enemy
of the publL peace and of Republican liber
fv, ag it ie now the fcmcnter of discord and
bitterness in the North, the agitator and re
viver f the dying feuds between the sec
tions, and tlm tyrant that strikes down free
dom of conscience and freedom of speech,
•be dearest rights inherent in man. Is this
not true? Ave, it is the God's truth. Who
can deny it ? Who haa the hardihood to say
that the people are 11 ow free and restrained
only by laws of their own making? For
four years we have published this journal
nd maintained our political integrity, at
the peril of life and property. We have
been threatened with mob?, at least a dozen
iiGea for the expression of oar opinions,
and only last week the blood-hounds were
,u our track, trying to bay up a riot for the
deetrccticn cf our office. We tell the good
people cf Bedford ocanty, that the errniws
of jptaoc are the leading Abolitionists; that
vhey wiit tu,t permit the people c the two
p&rlie3 to live in harmony; and that if we ;
are ever again to come together as Christian
neighbors, the schemes and counsels of,
these foul-hearted knaves must be Bcouted
and rejected.
What would you think of .him?
Suppose, dear reader, that one who by his
conduct had induced you to believe him your
, friend, that, BO regarding Lira you took him in
to your family circle, formed intimate associa
. tiona with him, stood by his side at the table
1 of the Lord, in short, rendered him the fidelity
lof a loving heart, and then, suppose that this
' man, without provocation on your part, witb
; out any outward rupture of the friendship be
i tween you, would strive to ruin your good
I name, to bring your neck into a baiter, in brief)
I would nose around in every dark hole and cor
; iter to smell out witnesses to prove you acces
j sary tea crime of which he knows you to be
j innocent, what would you think of him? Is
there any woriFin all the vocabulary of infer
nal names, that is not too mild to Ire applied to
a iiend incarnate such as this? Yet you need
not go outside of Bedfmd borough to find the
man who fills this description, ami the first
person yon meet who winces at sight of this
; picture ii that man. Mark him well and be
j ware of him!
How About tlie Mock Case?
| It was ull right with the liedford Inquirer
i and the bloody minded dogs that feed upon the
I garbage contained in its columns, when Fred
! erick C. Mock, a quiet and peaceable citizen of
,of St. Clair tp., was shot down in cold blood,
jby a party of Abolitionists. The men indicted
; for murder in that case, were permitted to go
jat large on hail and the Inquirer did not say a
! word when the Sheriff did not put them in
■ irons. Hadn't the murderers of Frederick C.
; iMock better be looked after a little more par-
I ticiilarly?
Don't Put it off.
Hundreds of ''Republicans" agree with Dem
ocrats, that npgro suffrage wouid be dangerous
to the propriety of the Republic: but they
put otf their opposition to it to "a more
convenient season." If they are honest in op
posing the political equalization of the races,
they cannot consistently adhere Hny longer
to the Abolition organization. Although the
party with which they have hitherto acted,
may not venture to endorse negro suffrage in
its platforms, it leader* are nearly all in favor
of it and openly advocate it. Therefore, if
they should be successful at the polls, they
will claim that the ptople have decided in fa
vor of giving the negro the right to vote and
will renew their pressure upon the President
to compel him to take ground in favor of this
new political heresy. Hence, we say, if yon
would preserve the White Man's government,
begin the work now. If you wait till the Ab
' olition party have fully shown their hand, you
will have waited till the game is lost, or won.
Don't put off your warfare against tins iniqui
tous scheme. "What thou doest, do quickly!"
t*The result of the Tennessee and Ken
i tucky elections seems to be in a fog Bayonet
rule, however, does not seem to have been en
tirely successful.
Reconstruction.
A Beautiful Way to Restore the Era of ;
Good Feeling—A Paper Suppressed
Without til# Slightest Warrant.
We regret to see as we do from the off rial!
orders taken from the Macon Telegraph, which j
we publish below, that indiscretion on the part i
of the Journal <j• Mts-tr.ger lias led to its suppres
sion. We hope the Journals of the South will
take the lesson to heart, and so endeavor to di- ;
rect their labors its to promote the great work j
of conciliation which alone is to re-establish
law and order in our midst. While we are of
the opinion that nothing incendiary was inten
ded by our unfortunate contemporary, when we
first read the article in question we considered
it ill-advised and in exceedingly bad taste. We
regret that its publication has led toconsequen- j
ces unfortunate.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT or 1
GEORGIA, OFFICE PROVOST- [
MARSHAL GENERAL, )
GENERAL : The major-general commanding
directs me to call your attention to the follow
ing article, published in the Macon Journal and j
Messenger, of July 26, 1865 :
A LOYAL CITIZEN. —If subscribing to the fol- !
lowing document constitutes a "loyal citizen." |
we, the editor, belong to that happy class. As
a public journalist wc are unwilling to counsel ;
others to do that which we would not do for
ourself. Hence we have availed ourself of the
first opportunity to tnke'thc amnesty "oath,"
and thus qualify ourself for active duties of cit
izenship. We had to fortify ourself for the oc
-1 easion with an extra amount of "Dutch cour
age," but by no means recommend this as a ne-
I eessary preliminary to "taking the oath.*' Hero
I is the form of the document :
! United State/ of America, State of Georgia,
'■ County of lido. —[. Augustus I'. Burr, cf the
county of Spalding, and State of Georgia, do
1 rolemnly swear, or affirm, in thp presence of
Almighty God, that 1 will henceforth faithfully
defend the Constitution of the United States,
and the Union of the States thereunder, and
that I will, in like manner, abide by and faith
i fully support all laws and proclamations which
i have been made during the existing rebellion,
j So help me God.
(Here our autograph.)
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 19th
day of Juiy, 1865. [Signed,) C. C-GREENO,
Major and Provost Marshal C. C. M. D. M.
Immediately after the above performance we
"smiled," and va were fortided in front and
rear
The writing and publishing of thi® article,
under all the circumstances, is a high crime a
gninst the United States government, now seek
ing every possible conciliation to re-establish
the civil Lw in Georgia It is in spirit, if not
in words, an open violation of the oath taken
by the edit*? himself, and it U calculated, and
doubtless designed, to hinder and detar the peo- j
pie in their efforts to comply with the gener-.
ous terms offered by the President to these peo
ple. .
T.he editor is necessarily a had man, incendi
ary in his character, and well calculated, if per
mitted, to do great evil, the consequences of
which will rest upon others rather than him
self.
His word is worthless, and his oath not to be
trusted. To prevent the recurrence of such
publications, you will cause the immediate ar
rest of , the editor, and place him in
close confinement, and not permit him to either
converse or write upon political subjects. \ou
will seize the press, type, and entire material
' of the paper, and not allow its further publi
i cation upon any condition whatevor.
You will cause a report of your action in the
! premises to be made to these headquarters,
i I am, general, very respectfully, your obedi
i ent servant, C- H. GROSTESOR,
Brevet Brig. Gen. and Pro. Mar.
What Negro Suffrage Means.
Negro suffrage, which the Radicals are de
termined to foist upon the South, means this:
The election of some twenty negro members of
Congress. The election of negro Governors
in some ol the States. The election of hun-1
i Uredft of negro county officers. It means the ;
Africanization of the South, the. creation of j
1 several Haytis, with whom tlic white Nortli is)
to fraternize. This could not be prevented, j
. A contemporary, the Albany (N. Y.) Argus, i
1 thus presents the facts, from the census of 1800:
> "In twelve of the slave States, embracing
| eight hundred and eighty-six counties, there is
i in two hundred and forty-four of them an ex
j cess of negro population!
! "Alabama contains fifty-two counties, in
twenty of which there is an excess of negro
j population.
•'Arkansas has fifty-five counties, with an ex
\ cess of negro population in six.
' "Florida has twenty-one counties with an e*-
: cess of negro population in six.
"Georgia has one hundred and thirty-two j
counties, with an excess of negro population in j
forty-three.
"Louisiana has forty-eight counties, with an i
. excess of negro population in thirty-three.
"Maryland has twenty-two counties, with ;
an excess of negro population in five.
"Mississippi has sixty counties, with an ex- i
cess of negro population in thirty-one.
I "North Carolina has eighty-seven counties,
with an excess of negro population in twenty.
"Tennessee has seventy-live counties, with
1 ail excess of negro population in three.
"Texas has one hundred and fifty-one coun
; tics, with an excess of negro population in
i thirteen.
' "Virginia has one hundred and forty coun
; ties, with an excess of negro population in for
| ty~four.
"This would give the negroes a majority in
the States of Louisiana, Mississippi and South
, Carolina. In these three States they could e
■ lect negroes enough to control the Legislatures,
| ami elect six negroes to li e I'nited States Sen
i ate. and three or four times that number of
Representatives to Congress. In all the South
ern States they could send negroes to the Sta|,e
Legislatures, and in ;wo hundred and forty
four counties control the local officers.'
We are to have the Virginia and South Car
olina of Cutfee and Sambo, instead ol the ir
cinia of Washington and Jefferson, and the
South Carolina of Sumter and Marion. The
element of African barbarism is to be incor
porated into our political system, and we are
i to sir.k down into the condition of the degener
ate countries of South America, where they
have tried, to its fullest extent, this fusion of
the races. This is the programme the white peo
ple of the North are invited to sanction and ap
j prove at the ballot.
More than it Seems.
The people of this country should not de
ceive themselves. Negro Suffrage as proposed
by New England Abolitionism means more
than the simple fact of conferring the right to I
vote upon the ebony fraternity. It means to
place thern with you on the jury, beside you at
the table, along with you in bed—to make
them your father-in-law, your brother-in-law,
your son-in-law, your uncle, your aunt, your
niece, your nephew —your equal in everything
and your superior in patriotism, blackness and
scent. It dont mean to stop when you have
marched up to the polls beside a big black con
go arid deposited your ballot, but yon must take
him to your home, have your wife wait upon
him, let him kiss your sister, stay with your
daughter—marry her if he wants to, and raise
any amount of tan-colored grand children.
Negro suffrage is but a means of enforcing the
detestable doctrine of miscegenation. In it is
covered up all the hideousnessof amalgamation.
It is loaded with the foetid breath of mongrel
ism, and carries with it the putridity that will
blot from earth the white race of this continent.
Whuie is the man that has any respect for hirn
sell—for his fumi'y or his country, that can
favor such an infamous doctrine? Yet there is
a party —a party that controls the legislation
of the country—a party that sprung from the
witch burning—quaker hanging—blue light
puritans of New England, that is now seeking
to implant it in the public mind. Where it is
strong enough to have no fear of defeat—in
such states as Massachusetts, Vermont, New
Hampshire and lowa, it ie made a plank in
their political platform. Here in Pennsylvania,
where their hope of carrying the State has al
most died out, it is only hinted at—vaguely
approached in order to feel, and not startle the
public mind. The nogro suffrage plank in their
1 platform in this state, will be covered up with
a verbosity that will render it capable of a don
en different constructions, yet it will neverthe
less mean "negro suffrage"—and amalgamation
with all their horrid results. And if the white
men of the State are in favor of those, they will
i vote the abolition ticket at the next election.—
i BtlUfonU Watchman.
Letter from Gen. McGlellan.
The anniversary of our National Independence
wag duly celebrated at Geneva by the Ameri
can travelers among the Alps- Among the let
ters from invited guests was the following, which
was received with the greatest interest:
HOTEL BIRON, LAKE GENEVA, )
TUESDAT, July 4, 1865. J
MI DEAR SIR—I have received your very
polite invitation, on bebalf of the citisens of
the United States of America, who are in Ge
neva, to Mrs. McCleilan and myself to join them
at dinner to-day.
I regret that it will not be in our power to
do ourselves the pleasure of meeting with you
,in the oelebration of this most interesting an
givers*;? of the aoit sacred day is the Amer
ican calendar. Although I cannot meet you in
person, I hope that you will permit me to erf
press the intense joy and pride with which, in
common with all Americans, I look upon the
recent glorious successes of our gallant urinies
under Grant and Sherman.
As these victories have finally crushed the
armed opposition to the General Government,
and have brought back the whole of the nation
al domain under the folds of our flag, I trust
that this anniversary of the nation's birthday
will be the opening of a new era in our history
I —when brotherly love will once again prevail
between the people of the once contending sec
tions— when all the causes of the late war shall
have disappeared—when the idea of secession
shall be regarded as a thing entirely of the past
—never again to be revived, and during which
wo shall become a stronger, more united and
more prosperous nation than ever before.
I most sincerely unite with you in the teel
ings of sorrow and indignation which have been
so universally expressed for the cowardly mur
der which deprived the country of its Chief
Magistrate, and in the desire to afford the most
loyal support to his successor. I trust, too,
tlmt you will unite with me in the hope that,
since we have completely vindicated our nation
al strength and military honor by the entire de
feat and ruin of our laie enemies, our people
i w ill pursue a magnanimous and merciful course
' towards n fallen foe——one that will tend to sot
j ten the hitter feeling inevitably caused by a long
| and earnest war, and to restore the confidence
! and kind feeling that should exist between those
who owe allegiance to the same government
and belong to the same people.
Hogging that you will convey to the commit
tee, and to the gentlemen they represent, my
sincere thanks for their very courteous invita
tion, | am, my dear sir, very truly and respect
fully vours. GEO. B. MCCLELLAN .
The Conspirators.
Incidents of the Trip to the Tortugas— |
—What they say as to their Sentence—'
--Spangler Protests his Jnnocence.
The Washington Star has some interesting!
particulars of the trip of the United States
steamer Florida, Lieut. Commander lludd, >
which conveyed Dr. Mudd, Spangler, O'Laugh- j
lin ind Arnold to the Dry Tortugas. They ;
wt J in charge of Gen. Dudd, and to Surgeon
Potter was assigned the medical care. Accom
panying the prisoners were Captain Duttor., of 1
the Veteran Reserve Corps, with a guard of
28 men. Colonel Turner, Assistant Judge Ad- j
voeate General, was also a passenger, and went
out to examine into the mode of keeping and J
treating prisoners.at the Dry Tortugas. The
Star's account, after stating that the prisoners,
when they left Washington, and until after
their arrival at Fortress Monroe, were entire- j
ly ignorant of their destination, proceeds as j
follows:
The prisoners were allowed to he together at
times during the trip, and they frequently en
gaged in a game of draughts , during the
day, bu.t at night they were place 1 in separate
state-rooms, closely guarded. The weather
during the whole nip was plan sent, and but
one on board (Mudd) was sea-*iek, and he on
the first day at sea only. Tboy were consider
ably depressed in spirits soon after starting, and
when informed of their destination by General
Dodd", after leaving Port Royal on the 21st,
they became quite gloomy, but on reaching tlie
Tortugas, and finding it an island of about tliir- j
teen acres, enjoying a line sea breese and com
paratively healthy, they expressed themselves
us agreeably surprised, and became more buoy- '
aut in spirits. On landing and seeing conifor- ;
tatye quarters inside the fort, and a clump of ;
cocoanut trees and other vegetation growing, ,
and noticing the other prisoners confined there i
in good spirits, they soon became quite cheerful !
There are about 550 prisoners confined at
the Dry Tortugas at this time, who are well
| treated, and seemingly enjoy life as well as they
1 could in confinement anywhere. At present
i lucre are but nine persons on the sick list, a
fact which speaks well for the treatment of the
; the prisoners. The 110 th New York Volun
| tcers, Col. Hamilton, has been on duty here for
I the past sixteen months.
The Florida reached the Tortugas {about G<> j
miles from Key West) at noon on the 25tn of
; July, and Gen. Dodd, with his charge, immed- j
iately landed. Sam. Arnold was immediately >
j assigned to a desk as clerk in the engineer de
j partment, he being familiar with such work.— j
Spongier at once noticed workmen shingling j
1 some of the buildings, and expressing a wish
! to take a hand in his own business, was per
mitted to resume the hatchet and Saw. Dr. S.
| A. Mud! arrived just in the nick of time, the j
i surgeon of the post, who has been there for j
! six years past, stating that ho wished an assis-j
j tant. Dr. Mudd was notified that he would j
in future be expected to follow the practice of |
medicine among the prisoners. O'Laughhn had i
not. when the Florida left, on the morning of j
the 26th, had his work allotted to him but ;
would no doubt be assigned some suitable oceu- j
pation
On the trip Dr. Mudd acknowledged to Cap- j
tain Budd, General Dodd and others, that he j
knew Booth when he came to his house, with
Ilarold, ou the morning after the assassination, '
j but that he was afraid to tell of his having been J
there, fearing the life of himself and family
would be endangered thereby. He knew that
Booth would never be taken alive. He also
acknowledged that he had been acquainted with
Booth for some time, and that be was with
Booth at the National Hotel on the evening re
ferred to by Weichman ; that be met Booth in
the street, and Booth said he wanted him (Mudd)
to introduce him to John Surratt; that they
started up 7th street, on their way to Mrs.
Surratt's houso, and on their way they met
John Surratt nnd Weichman, and returned to
Booth's room at the National, where he and
John Surratt had some conversation of a pri
vate character. He said that the military com
mission in his case had done theii duty, and, a6
far as they were concerned, the sentence in bis j
case was just; but some of the witnesses had
sworn falsely and maliciously. [Quert. How then
could the sentence have been just
O'Laugblin acknowledged that the court had
done its duty, and said that he was in the plot
to capture the President, but that after the in
effectual attempt in March, when the party
hoped to have captured the coach containing
" the President, be thought that the entire pro
f ject was given up, and it was, as far as he was
conceroed. He denies positively that he bad
i any part or knowledge in the plot to assassinate
the President, General Grant or any one else
Satn- Arnold made about the same statement
as be did before the trial—that he was in the
plot to capture, but not to assassinate; that bad
failed, nnd be considered himself out of it, and
never knew anything about the assassination, j
which, he thought, was gotten up by Booth
only a few hours before executii git He j 1
thought the court could not have done other- (
wise than it did. He expressed his sorrow that
he had been led into the plot to capture by t
Booth and others, und expressed him-elf thank
ful that the punishment was no worse. ,
►Spangler talked considerably during the trip,
but, like the others, was despondent at times,
in the uncertainty about their place of destina
tion. While on the voyage he express.' I some
impatience at his own stupidity in not having
recollected, while on trial, a circumstance in
connection with Booth's escape from the stage, ;
that would have told materially to his (Spang- i
ler's) advantage. Some of the testimony went j
to show that Spangler had slammed the door
to after Booth's exit, in away to hinder ira- I
mediate pursuit. Spangler say* it quite eseap- |
ed his recollection that some time previous to
the assassination a patent spring had been put
on the door for the purpose of closing it wheti .
left carelessly open. He says however, that he 1
supposed the court had done right, and if they
gave him plenty of work and plenty to eat lie ;
was satisfied ; although he was not guilty, and
j knew nothing of Booth's intentions H • says
i that he did say to Booth *'l will do all I cm* j
| for you;'' but that it wo* in reference to a-II- i
; ing his (Booth's) horse a-.d buggy, and that it ;
j was thfee days before the assassination. He
j says that some of the witnesses lied in their :
1 testimony, especially about his slapping any
j one in the mouth and telling him to itecp Ins
j mouth shut.
i FSo it seems that the prisoners, although con
i victed 011 false testimony, acknowledge thejus
; tice of their sentences. 1 hat story can b ' told
the marines, but old sailors can t swallow it.J
The Animus of the Late War.
Almost every reader retains a remembrance
of the Helper Book, which was issued in 1850 j
under the auspices of the Abolition party. It
was a most incendiary affair, a mixture of fact 1
and fiction skillfully garbled and compiled, and j
?o colored as to enlist sympathy for the color- |
id race in the North and to irritate and einbit- I
ter the people of the South against the Aboli
tionists, who were justly considered the impla- j
cable enemies of the Southerners and their in- j
stilulions The Valley Sentinel lias taken the !
trouble to gather from that book the following j
leadin" and abominable sentiments.
First "Th it it is a solemn duty to abolish j
slavery in the South, or die in the attempt."
(Page *27.)
Second —"That no man Can be a true patri
ot without first becoming an abolitionist" (Page
119.)
Third—"That against slaveholders as a body
we wage exterminating war." (Page P2O )
Fourth —"That the present is the time to try
the strength of arms, and that now is the time
to strike." (Page 121-2.)
Fifth —"That slaveholders must emancipate
the ncroes, or we will emancipate them for
you." (Page 109 )
Sixth —"That slaveholders are nuisances, and
that it is our imperative duty to abate nai
ces. We ; repose, therefore, to abolish slavery,
than which rtrvchnin itseif is less a nuisance."
(Page 133.)
Seventh —"That slaveholders are more cruel
than common murderers." (Page 140 )
FigPtl,—"That all slaveholders are under the
shield of a perpetual license to murder." (Page
141 )
Ninth —"That, if the negroes had a chance
they would be delighted to cut their master's
throats." (Page 1+8)
Tenth —"That we are wedded to one pur
pose, from which no earthly power can ever
divorce us. We are determined to abolish sla
very at all hazards." (Page 510 )
Eleventh —"That there is scarcely a spark of
honor or magnanimity among slaveholders."
(Page 151.)
Twelfth —"That now is the appropriate time
to strike for freedom in the South." (Page 153.) j
The Helper book, f rom which • hose atrocious :
sentiments are gathered, was endorsed by the j
whole Abolition party, and, in addition, receiv- i
ed the approving signatures of sixty-eight Re
publican members of Congress. Under such i
circumstances is it wonderful that the South
ern States should desire to go out of the Un
ion—away from fellowship with a people and
their legislators who declared them to be ' nui
sances, more cruel than murderers" and against
whom it was necessary to "wage an extermina
ting war?" When it was declared that "the
present is the time to try the strength of arms
and that now is the time to strike," was it like
ly or possible that the Southern people would
patiently wait to be struck and exterminated
by the Abolition party and their Congressional
Republican upholders and endorsers?
In these extracts the whole animus of the
late war are clearly portrayed. Every decla
ration therein contained has been most faith
fully adhered to by tne Abolitionists and their
Republican allies. At the very outset of the
war—the "war for the Union," as self-deceived
patriots persisted in calling it—it was declared
that the war was "for the negro and his race,"
"to destroy slavery forever," to exterminate the
aristocracy of slavery," &c., and every measure
and policy thereafter was steadfastly bent to
tbiit purpose and none other. The Abolition-
Republican party fought the South for no other
purpose t! an to overturn slavery and to destroy
the Democratic party. They refused to com
| promise or make peace on any other conditions
than the abandonment of slavery, and so con
tinued to drag our Northern eons, husbands,
brothers and fathers to the slaughter-pens, and
to plunge tho people hopelessly in debt.
Hut the South, much to Abolition regret, a
bandoned the contest before the slaveholders
were all exterminated. Nothing now will sat
isfy the endorsers of the Helper book but the
disfranchisement, banishment and execution of
ail who favored or assisted in the attempt to
secede, and the immediate enfranchisement of
the blacks. These Northern incendiaries and
double-dyed traitors will be satisfied with noth
ing short of the complete extermination of the
'ate slaveholders, the destruction of popular
'democracy, North and South, and the concen
tration of all the reserved rights of the States
in a consolidated, centralized government, under
the control of Abolitionism and maintained en
tirely and forever in tbe hands of their own par
ty leaders.
We have never defended or justified bnman
i slavery, but we candidly believe that all our d
i tional and many of oar individual woes are
1 clearly traceable to tbe deleterious acts and
teachings of tbe endorsers of the Helper book.
We believe, too, that years will be required to
recover for the people that prosperity which has
' been lost to them through the usurpations of
those men. Revolutions may yet be neoeeaary
before the baneful influence of Abolitionism
' i'ball rink ite de?pic4fcle —Jttri&t $ Csv*.
Sharp on the Loyal League,
The New York Sun has an article 0n 4
Loyal League, which contains so much"(•*
chant sarcasm and sound common se QSe if 3 '
we feel constrained to copy it. Although ?'
San applies it only to the League in t
it is equally applicable elsewhere, and w ;n '
3wer for this locality, or any other. The Sur-
In a time like the nresent, when the
is trying to overcome the destructive effect"'?'
great war, it is important that enery iad v 6
both in his private capacity and in cotine- 45 '
with others, should give his influence
talents, so far as possible, in aid of the ,""
work that now devolves upon the . r
This obligation reats upon every msnj;.'
portion to his ability and capacity to do
service. Those who have the means
feci it incumbent upon them to follow the^f
tural injunction, and "render a return gp'Jl
iug to their talents." This being the cat ■
desire to know wiiat the Loyal Le*"ue *J
city is now doing in the way ofaidi M '!|
country in this time of need. I s j t „Vfl
good use of the talents that have giv en
is it following the example of the foolish 1
vant, in the parable, who buried hia talent fl
returned jt to the master without inoreaj
1 tils is an important question, and should ufl
longer letL in debt.
the Loyal League undoubtedly has beet
means of doing much good. During the a
war it was very efficient in raising negro tr>
conducting elections managing contracts fa;.',
Government, supervising appoint-aseutt fL
ing distinguished ollicers, etc.; an] [ s .
bje services are now urgently nie-id
work of rehabilitating tin M <• ,
the negro element, wit' whi. .
bad much experience. N >.v, i.
gunizatioo is apparently impr J
lief that it has done enough in coatbuaircfl
largely to the salvation ot the Union. I; . J
to be imbued with the same -pirit tnat rh J
tenzed Cineinnatus, after having saved ?.fl
—it modestly desires to relura to
and escaped the plaudits of a grateful p*fl
But the services of the Lfiyal Leazne etfl
even now be spared. There are aoraeivlwfl
the neighborhood of four million freed® fl
the South who need to he "elevated"
The League did its full share in simirc B
tiiis might be done before freedom had
cured to the negroes, and now that
the work has been accomplished, and an t; ■
Held of enterprise opened up Lr negroelen I
I it is high time for the League to take t...i B
i has an abundance of money, as is sbr B
the sums expended tor fireworks and buu-:B
in the election contests; and lias plenty 0; (K
orgy, as shown by the way in which J
and appointment have been attended to. tB.
fore, it has every requisite for usefulness®
field that we have marked out. As a tunß
point, we suggest that the League shall :B
mence with the education of the nogroe B
It may l>e well to state that this useful ; tB
of culture has heretofore becm very
gke c-d O" tt.e. part of ti e late slaves, aciß
intellect nr*-* consequ-uolv -ivhui
But the Loyal League has plenty of as
preit [lerseverunce, and unquestioned rfl
1 naent for the raw who have been so ;H
pressed, and these qualities would doub'JasfH
duce a strong effect upon the people
now experiencing the blessings of
A ft er Laving educated tb • 'M
proper to make them vote, and with
eomplished, the negroes would be
form Ivoyal Leagues of their own, and jj§
out their own salvation. Wo hope the Li -■
will move in this matter without deist.
' single individual is warned not to Li fl
j lamp under a bushel," the traiwcendat fl
i liancy of a Loyal League should notbeii 3
ed by inaction in this hour of itscountrtl fl
need. We hope soon to chronicle the fa fl
i the Loyal League of this city Las usia fl
the business of educating and eiovia fl
Southern negroes.
The Richmond Eiectic:
The restoration of civil government;
late rebellious States, is making slow pal
if any, under the Military rule that
vails there. Although the baSiot
ly re-estaolished, it would seem that
net is supreme, and has the power to ss
an election at will, and without
was done in the case of the recent c..
municipal officers in Richmond. -•
[ so far as we know, in strict coqw:.-..;
and under the authority of toe ".-)}<>• ■
i nor of the State; but, because its
j not happen to please the military note*
, rules there, he coolly sets it m.u
! elect i-.'ii (us Thud. Stevens advised, . ; S
> vauia, at the time of the msorau!e"si®
| War"! as if it ha ! never been b • ""-yH
the officers elect not to dare
! cise their several functions-
! lore, is yet under Martial Law. and IJ|
| Pierpont, with bis Constitution an • 1
; civi 1 laws, may be an ornamental ->**
i but it is of no use whatsoever. 'lb e: -
j General Terry's Order, setting
! of the people, as legally expressed
; ballot-boxes. There cannot be mii ; s
where soldiers usurp the power? ? -
1 Elections: ,fl|
WHEREAS, Satisfactory
: furnished at these bead-quarters •- , -'BM
; lection held in the city of
; 25th int , for muncipal officer?, v
I excluded on she ground ot
i residence by reason of abaeoce
j United States army during the
no such ground was taken aga- 5 - '"B
! sent in the rebel army;
AND WHEREAS, With bJt faw
all of the officers elected at said
; tion have beec prominent and
; inaugurating and sustaining the
; whereas, the issue was dietinc JMJ*
openly avowed at said election 41
men who had aided and abetteu :*>
gainst the United States
who had with their fir** defeMW |
our country; .. ,K§
Henoe it is hereby declared tW*
Stales military authorities ot 12
gard said municipal election
on the 25th inst., an null
only the election of the Clert v. -
Ooart, is prohibited from
appertaining thereto
AUDITORS NOTIjM
The uedereigned euditor, PF°'
phane' Court of Bedford ceonj.
money in the hendi of Sanu* l ■
ietratot of flDBb " 4C,p ® ... j
; among the heire and preons - ■
; cejve the #**,_w-ll attend ' *
poinrmeßt on Tu*day, the | [o( _ B
> ail otic*, in the "' .ms'-B
i where ell parties interested c "
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