sive and tyranioal Government. [Applause.] But perlups this Government, however wisely planned, h< wever beneficial even in its cpem'mn, tn-iy have been rendered distateful, or any have become oppressive in one part of the country an 1 to one portion of the people, in consequence of -,be co-;trc! of affairs baviDg been monopolized or unequally shared by an< ether portion. Iu a Confederacy the people of gee section sra n't well pleased to be even mildily governed by an exclusive domination of the other. In p( int of fact this is the aU lcgati'T. the pr< si-tent allegation of the South, that from the foundation of the Government it has been wielded by the people of the North for their speed, ofieu exclusive, benefit, and to the injury and oppression of the South. Ret u" see. Out of seventy-two years since the organizitinn of the Government, the Executive chair has for sixtyrfoor year* hjgen filled nearly ail the time by Southern Presidents, and when that was not the case, by Presidents possess ing the confidence of the South. For a siili longer period the controlling influences of the Legislative and Judicial departments of the Government have centred in the seme quarter. Of a'l the offiees in the gift of the central power in every department, far rnorp than her proportionate share has always hern enjoyed by the South. She is at this nomco'. revolt ng agaio.'t a Govtriiirent not tn'y ai mi'ted to be tie mildest and most brneficient ever organ zed this side Utopia, but one of which she has her-' self front the first almost raunopnliza d the ad ministration. [Applanse.] ABSAdiXCI'SFS FOR THE REBELLION—THE FISHERY BOUNTIES. Mr. Ev> rett showed how ridioulous was the assertion that Si utu Carolina, or any of tbo S:ate. below the Bordc-r States, bad suffered seriously trom the non-fulfilment of the Fu gitive SHve lw. and pertinently asked whether if slaves did ccspe across the Bonier States, the lat'er should not be held equally responsi ble with the States that ultimately received them or passed into Canada? On the point of the alleged grievance of the fishing bounties, he said: All administrations have concurred in the measure? Presidents of all parties—thongb there has net been much variety of party iu that office —havo approved the appropriations. If the North bad a local interest io these boun ties, the Houtb got the principle food of her laboring population so much the cheaper; and she had her cummin shore in the protection whioh the navy afforded her coasts, and in the glory which it 6hed ot the flag of the country. But since, UDformpntely, the deep eea fisheries do cot exist in the Gulf of Mexi co, nor, as in the 'iage of Pyrrba," ou the top of the Blue Ridge, it has b<-en discovered of late yaar* that these bounties are a vinlatiou of the Constitution; a largess bestowed by the common treasury on one section of the country, and not shared by the other, one of the hun dred ways, in a word, io which the rapacious North is fattening upon the oppressed and pil laged South. [Laughter.] You will natural ly wish to know the amount of this tyrannical and oppressive bounty. It is s'ated by n S nater from Alabama (Mr. Olay) who has warred against it with perseverance and zeal, j aod succeeded, in the )st Congress, in carry j ing a bill through the Senate fur its repeal, to j bV£ amounted, on the average, to an annual ! sum of 5>2 r 0,000! Such is the portentous grievance which iu Georgia stands at the head of the acts of oppression, fo. which, although , repealed in one branch of Congress, the IJn- ! ion is to bo broken up and the country to be desolate by war. Switierlaud revolted be- j cause n Austrian tyrant invaded the sanctity of her firesides, and compelled her fathers to shoot apple* from the heads of her 30ns; the Low Coiatries revolted against the fires of the Inquisition; our fathers revolted because they were tax'-d by a Parlimant iu which they ware not represented; the Gottoa Stite6 revolt be oaase a paltry subvention is paid to the hardy fisherman who form (he n-rveand muscle ef the American Navy. [Laughter.] But it is not, we shall he told, the amount of the bounty, but the principle, ar our fath ers revolted against a ihr-e penny tax on tea. But that was beoaase it was laid by a P.trlia meat in which ;ha oolooies were not represented, and which yet claimed the right to bind them iu all oases. The fishing bounty is bestowed by a Government which has been from the first controlled by the B>u?h. Then how unreason able to expect or to wish, that, in a country so vast as oors, n pablio expenditure shou'd be made for the immediate benefit for one part or one interest that cmnot be identically repeated in every other. A literal polioy, or ra'hor the necessity of the case, demands, that what the public good, upon the whole, requires, shoal i, under constitution il limitations, be dono where it is required, off setting the looil benefit which may aairno from the expenditure made in one place, and for one place, and for one object, wiih the local benefit from the same source, in some other place for some other ob ject. More money was expended by the United States in rem mug the lu Baas from Georgia: eight or t#u fimes as mu 'h was expended for she sarno object m Florida, as has been paid for fishing bounties iu seventy years For the iast year to pay for the expense of the post office in the Seceding States, ami enable uur fellow-citizans there t> enjoy tho comforts of a newspaper and letter mail to the same extent ss they are enjoyed in the other State*, three and a half million of dollars were paid from the oomtnon Treasury. The post offi e bonnfy paid to the Secediog States execeded seventeen fold the annual average amount of the fishiDg bounty paid to tbn North. In four jears that excess would equal the sura total of the amount paid since 1792 in bonotiea to the deep-sea fi-heryf ( As to the alleged grievances of the naviga tion laws and tha protection of American shipbuilding, Mr. Everett showed that they were decidedly for the benefit of the whole eountry alike, and above all the real cause of the growth of onr navy without which the Sonth would be at the meroy of aDy second or third rata power m the world. TH* TARIFF NO CAUSS FOR SECESSION. Mr. Everett declined to enter into a gener al defence of the protective principle, but said . The mnufetQrlng system ag a great North ern interest is the child of the restrictive pol icy of 1807,-181?, and of the war. That pola icy was pursued against the earnest opposition of the North, ina to the temporary prostra tion af tlaeir commerce, navigation and fisher ies Their capital was driven io this way into manufactures, acd on the retnro of peace, the foundations of the protective system were laid in the square yard duty on cotton fabrics, in the suppcrt of which Mr Calhouu advised that the growth of the manufacture would open a new market for the staple of the South, took the lead. As late as IS2I the Legislature of South Carolina nuaoimou.-ly affirmed the con stitutionality of protective duties—and of all the States of the UnioD, Louisiana his derired the greatest t-en-fi from this policy; in Let she owes sugar culture to if, and has for that reason given it their steady support. ID all the tariff battles while i was a member of Congress, few votes were surer for the policy than that of Louisiana. If the duty on an article imported is considered as adde l to its price in our market (which, however, is far from invariably the case) the sugar duty, of late,has amounted to a tax of five millions of dollars annually paid by the consumer for the benefit of the Louisiana pl.ntcr. KING COTTON A CHILD OF THE TAKIFF.' As to its being an unconstitutional policy, it is perfectly well known that the protection of manufacturer was a leading and avowed object for the fo'tuation of the ComMitution. The second law passed by Congress after its formt tion W£B a revenue law. Its preamble is as follow*: "Whereas, i is nece*B ry for the sup port of Government, for the discharge of the debts of the Utvted States, and the encourage ment and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on poods, wares and merchan dise inipor'ed," That act was reported to the House of Representatives l-y Mr. Madison, who is entitled as much as any one to be call ed the father of the Constitution. While it was pending before the House, aod in the first week of the first eessiou of the first Congress, two memorials were presented, praying for protective duties and it is a matter of some curiosity to inquire from what part cf the country this first call came for fi at polioy now put forward as one of the a :ts of Northern op pression. which justify the South in flying to arms. The first of these petitions was from Baltimore. It implored the new Government to lay o protecting duty on al! articles import ed from abroad, which can he minufaetured at home, the s-cond was from the shipwrights of Charleston, South. Carolina, playing for such a general regulation of trade and the establish meat of such a navigation act as will relieve the particular distresses of the petitioners, in common with those of their fellow shipwrights throughout the Union! [Laughter and ap plause.] But the history of the greit Southern staple is most curiou* and instructive. His Msj-sty, "King Cotton," on his throne does not seem to be aware of the influences which surround ed his cradlp. The culture of cotton, on any considerable seale, is we 11-known to bo of re ccDt date in America. The household manu facture of cotton was coeval with th- settle ment of the country. A century before the piano forte or the harp wi.s seen oo this conti nent the music of the spinning wheel was heard at every fire-side in the town ami coua T ; materials were woul,fl>x and cotton, the last imported from the West Indies. The Colonial system of Great Britiin before the Revolution forbade the establishment of any other thun household manufactures. Soon after the Revolution, cotton-mills were erect ed in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, and the infant manufacture was encouraged by State duties on the imported fabtic. The raw material was still derived exclusively from the West Indies Thus, in the infancy of the cotton manufac tures of the JSTorth, at the moment when they were deprived of the protection extended to them before the Constitution by Stale laws, and white they were struggling against En glish compelition under the rapidly improving machinery oj .drkwright, which it wis highly penal to export to foreign countri-s, a henry burden wis laid upon them by this vtofeciing duty, to enable the planters of South Caroli na and G-orgit to explore the tropics, for a variety of cotton s-eJ adapted to their climate For seven years at least, and probably more, this duty was ia every sense of the word n protecting duty. There was not a pound of colton spun—no, not for eandliwicks to light trie humble industry of the cottages of the wY jrth, which dil not pay this tribute to the Southern planter, [Cheers.] The growth of the e-stive article, as wa have seen, had aot in to 1794 reached a poiut to ho knov, u to Ghief Justioo Jay as one of actual or probable ex port. As late as 1790, the manufacturers of Brandywiac, in Gelaware, petitioned Guogress tor the rep"%i of this duty on impo:tc<i cotton, and the petition was rejected on the repoit of a committee, consisting of % majority from th* .Southern States, on the ground "that to repeal the duty on raw cotton imported would be to Jsujp too growth of raw cotton in our own Country." Radicle and plumule, roof and branch, blossom and boll, the culture of the ootton plant in the United States was in its infancy the foster child of the protective svs tm. [Applause.] KING COTTON A DEBTOR TO TIIF. TARIFF. If hen, therefore, the pedigree of King Cot ton 7* (raced, he is found to he the lineal child of the Tariff; called into h i ng by a spec f;ic duty; reared by a tax laid upon a manufac turing industry of the JVarih, to create, the culture of the raw maferirl in the Soul It.— Lite Northern mcnufaeturerg of America w re slightly protected in 1739,. because they were too feeble i, stand alone. Reared into iiigci tude under the restrictive system and the war of 1812, they were upheld ia 1810 beuanse they were too important to be sacrificed, end because the great staple of the South had a joint interest in thci* prosperity. King Cot ton as one, not in |,j 3 manhood, not in his adolescence, not is his infaocv, hot in his etus bryo state, was pentioned upon the Treasury —before the seed from which ho sprang was cast "iu the lowest parts of the earth." In the book of the Tariff "his members were written, which wero fashioned in oouotenanoe when as yet tbcie were none of them." But it was not enough to create the culture of cotroa at the South by tixing the maoufac -tures of the North with a duty on the raw material; the cxteusion of that culture, and the prosperity which it has conferred upon the South, are duo to the mechanical genias of the North. What says Mr. Justice John son, of the Supreme Court of the United States, and a citiaen of South Carolina?— "Y\itb regard to the utility of this discovery" (the cotton gin of Whitney), "the court would decui it a waste of time to dwell long upon this topie. Is there a man who hears us that bai not experienced iu utiiity ? The whole BiBFORB mmimß. interior of tlif? Southern States was languish ing, ond its inhabitants emigrating for want of some object to engage their attention nod cm ploy their industry, wlieu the invention of this machine opened at once views to ibeui which set the whole couatry in active motion. From childhood to age it lias presented us a lucra tive employ ttu nt. Individuals who wore depres sed io poverty and sank in idleness bare sudden ly risen to wealth and respectability. Our debts have bce-D paid of*, our capital increased, sud our lands tiehied in value. Wo cannot ex press the weight of the obligation which the country owes to this invention; the extent of it cannot now he seen." Yes, and when hap pier days shall return, and the South, awakicg from her suicidal delusion, shall remember who't was that sowed her sunny fields with the seeds of those golden crops with which she think• to rule the world, she will cast a veil of oblivion over the nieunry of the ambi tious toon who have goaded her io her pirrsent madness, arid will rear a monument of her gratitude iu the beautiful city of eiius, over the ashes of her greatest benefactor— Eli Whitney. Mr. Everett quoted at great length from the most eminent writers and statesmen of the South, to show that until quite recently the Soub wis in favor of the uliituatc extinc tion ol Slavery, and continued. KO COtfPa J~*I3E. As to the concessions of the Nortn, Mr. Ererett said: the North has compromised until the very word has become almost sickening. [Applause ] With respect to everything substantial in rhe com plaints of the South agiinst the North, Congress, and toe States have afforded or tendered ali reason able, all possible satisfaction. She complained of the Missouri Compromise, although adopted in confor mity wit! all the traditions of the Government, and approved by the most judicious Southern statesmen, aud after tbirty-four years' acquiescence on the part of the people, Congress repealed it. She asked for a judicial decision of the territorial question iu her favor, and the Supreme of the United States, in contravention of the whole current ol our legis lation, so decided it. She insisted on otrryrog this decision into effect, three new Territories, at the very last session of Congress, were organized in c inf omity to it, as Utah and New Mexic hit been before it was reudered. She demanded a guaran tee against amendments of the Constitution adverse to her interests, and it was gi\cu by tlic requisite majority of the two Houses. She required the repeal of the State laws obstructing th" surrender of fugitive slaves, ami although she had taken the extreme remedy of revolt into her hands, they were repealed or modified. [Applause.] Noth ing satisfied bar, because there was an active party in the ootton-growing States,led by ambitious men, determined on disunion, who were resolved not to be satisfied. In one instance alone the South has suffered defeat. The North, tor the first time since the formation of the Government, has chosen a J'resident by her unaided electoral vote; and that is the occasion of the present un natural war. [Cheers.] I did not, as yon know, contribute to that result, but 1 did enlist uuder the banner of "The Union, the Constitution, and the Enforcement of the Laws." [Cheers for Mr. Everett.] Under that banner 1 m an to stand, and with it, if it is struck down, i am willing to fall. — [Loud applause.] Even for this result the South nas no one to blame but herself. Ilor disunionists would give their votes lor no candidate but the one selected by leaders who avowed the purpose of af fecting a revolution of the Cotton States, and who brought about a schism iu the Democratic party directly calculated, pre bably designed, to produce ttic event which actually took place, with all its dread consequences. After exposing the injustice of the three-fifths Slave representation, Mr. Everett said : WHY SHOULD WE HOT RECOGNIZE TH* SECEDING ■ram ? And now let us rise from these disregarded ap peaia to the trutii of history ami the wretched sub tleties of the secession school of argument, and contemplate the great issue betore us, iu its solemn practical reality. "Why should we not/" it is asked, "admit the claims of the Seceding States, acknowledge their independence, and put an end to the war ?" "Why should wo not 7" 1 answer the question by asking another, Why should we? What have we to hope trom the pursuit of tint course 7 Peace t but we were at puree before. Why are we not at peace now? The North has not w iged the war ; it has been forced upon us in self-delence ; and if, while they had the Ooustitu tiou and the laws, the Executive: C ingress, and the Courts, ail controlled by the mselves. the Sooth, dissui.-lieit with legal protections and constitutional remedies, bus grasped the sword, can the North and South hope to live m peace when the boa Is of the Union are brokeu, and amicable means of ad jnstment are repudiated 7 Peace is ike very last thing which secession, if recognised, will give us ; it will give-us nothing but a hoUcsc truce— time to pre pare the means oj new outrages. It is in its very nature a perpetual cause of hostility ; an eternal, never concealed letter of marine and reprisal, tin everlasting proclamation of Border-war. How can peace exist, when all the causes ot dissension are ind*finitely multiplied ; when unequ 1 revenue ]av.i shall have led lu a gigantic system of smuggling , when a general stumped: ot slaves shall take place along the border, with no thought of rendkrou, an.l ah toe thousand causes of mutual irritation shall be called into action, on a Irotuier ot l.fiOO miles not marked by natural boundaries and Dot su j ict to a common jui i?diciiou or a mediating power 7 We did believe in peace; fondly, credulously be lieved that, cemented by the mild umpirage of the National Union, it might dwell forever beneath the folds of the Star Spangled Banner and the sacred shield of common Nationality. That was the great arcar.um of policy ; that wuc the State mystery into which nun ar.d angels desired to look , hidden from ages but revealed to us: ft hich kings and prophets waited for, And sought, but never found. After a thrilling description of the nttack on Fort Sumter and the existing civil war, Mr. Everett eloquently set ior-.h the er.orinolts cost of the Ter ritories arid the utter impossibility of Allowing any foreign power to occupy any portion of these U. States, ot in a.iy event to control ill - ouilet to the g.eat t dley of the Mississppi. The following was the peroration : Louisiana, a fragment of this Colonial Empire, detached trom iis tuain portiou and fl - rat organized as a State undertakes to secede iroin the. Union, and thinks by so doing tUt. she will ij allowed by the Government and people of the United States to revoke this imperial transfer, to disregard this possession and occupation of sixty years, to repeal this law of nature and of God, and she fondly be lieves that ten millions of the iree people of the Union will allow her and her seceding brethren to open and shut the portals of ttiis mighty region at their pleasure. 1 bey may do go, and t lie swarming : millions which throng the course of these nob! ■ streams ami their tributaries may consent to navi gate them by sufferance friuu Montgomery and Richmond, nut if J may repeal the words which I have lately used on another occasion, it will be whin the Alkigbaniea and the Kockv Mountains, which form the esterii and western wails of the im perial valley, shall sink to the level of the sea, and the Mississippi and the Missiouri shall tl iw back to their fountains. Such, fellow-citizens, as I contemplate them, are the great issues before the country—nothing less, in a word, than whether the work of our noble fathers of t%e revolutionary and constitutional age shall perish or endure ; whether this great experi ment in national polity, wiiich binds a family of fiee republics in one united government the most hopeful plau for combining the homebred blessings of a small State wish the stability and power of! great empire- shall be treacherously aud sbame fully stricken down in the moment of its most suc cessful operation, or whether it shall be bravely, patriotically, triumphantly maintained. We wage no war or conquest and subjugation ; we aim at notfiiDg but to protect our loval fellow citis.-ns, who, against ieariul odds, are fighting the butties of the Union iu the disaffected Slates,, and- to establish, not for ourselves alone, but lor our misguided brethren, the mild sway of the Consti tution and the laws. The result cannot be doubted. Twenty millions of freemen, forgetting their divis ions, are rallying as one man in support of the righteous cause—their willing hearts arm their strong hands, their fortunes and their lives, are laid upon the alter ot the country. We eontend for the gr< a inheritance ol constitutional freedom transmitted from our revoluutary fathers. Wo engage Irf the struggle forced upon us with sorrow, a against our i misguided brethren, hut with high heart and faith, j -<s we war for that Union which our sainted Wash. ! iugtou commended to our dearest affections. The ! sympathy of tne civilized world is on our side, and : will join us in our prayoars to Heaven for the suc j cess of onr arms. [Applause.] The address occupied an hour and a half in its delivery, ai d though listened to with 1 rent ideas at tention, was repeatedly interrupted by prolonged plaudits. The walls of the Academy never before resouded with more flittering testimonials to an orator, or more enthusiastic patriotism. THE SOUTHER!* REBELLION. The Lale Conflict iu iUisouri. St. JjOCIS, July 10.— A special messenger arrived here this.evening by the Pacific liail way, wnh despatches from Col. Siegei to Ad jutßnt Harding, at the. arsenal* the following in rn abstract written at Roil* for tba Democrat:— "On the morning of the s'b, Col. Siege], with a portion of his regiment, a part of Col. boloaian's, and ten pieces of artillery —in all ; about 1100 to 1200 men, were attacked by 0,000 rebels, under Geo. Raines and Col. Parsons, about seven miles east of Carthage. Tiie enemy had many mounted uicn. Col. Sie gei began the action at half past nine in the morning, breaking the enemy's centre twice, and after halt an hour's fighting, sleneed their artillery. ihe rebels had three Sags, one of the S;ato of Missouri, and two of the Confed eral* States. The latter were twice shot down, and were raised no more. "i he enemy rried to outflank our troops wi'h their cavalry, and cut off the retreat of our bftggagt-; but Siegei made a retreating movement keeping up a coostaut firing, and a"<li-red the baggage train to advance, which was formed into columns, with the bstillion of infantry, supported by four pieces of artillery iu frout aud on tbe flanks. The rebels then attempted to out off his communication wrih their cavalry, bur. our artillery took them at a eros* fire, which played bavec with 'beirtaoks, and opened a road. "Colonel Siegei then fell back on Carthage, the enemy hat tasking his flank up to the town, where another stand was made. Tho rebels being in possession of tho place, Siegie sur rounded the town, throwing shell and grenades into the enemy t> cavalry, aud using his lofaut ry with great effect. While attempting to reach an adjacent woo l, (o prevent the use of th.ir cavalry, the rebels made the most serious attack, and there the bloodiest patt of the bat tie was fought; but *bc asiewy were finally routed, and f reed to withdraw. "Siege! then fell back on Mount Vernon, where he could be supported. The sole cap tive was an officer, who was taken about five o clock. He reported the enemy's loss at mar 250; hut, as the reverent fight took place subs sequent to his capture it is believed their less is considerably greater. Forty five prisoner* w- r t ikeri. Uur 10-s is eight killed, and forty five wounded and missing. "The battle iu which Coloael Wolff was killed, wa* fought on Saturday, thirty-miles from Springfield. The Springfield correspon dent of the Democrat says under the date of tho 6th, that immediately after the arrival of Brigadier General Sweeny at Springfield, he despatched a messenger to Colonel Seigel and feolomans, who were ene.-nuped at Neosho, to move their columns to Carthage, which was promptly done. ''Last night a messenger arrived from Colo uei Siegei, stating that Governor Jackson and Generals Pi ice and It tines bid united their forces, about 4,000 string, and were encamped eigot miles north of Carthage. Siegei and SolomuDS pushed forward rapidly, attacked the rebel forces early yesterday morning, sdJ con tinued fighting during the day. •■Mce-engers are continually arriving, bring ing information that the rebels are retreating southwardly between Sarcoxie and Mount Ver non falling eack OD Ca-siilie with their Ing gige and plunder under cover of their can non, und that Hegel is attacking their rear. " I tiis afierrid.au Gen Sweeny commands io persou, and a flying column is moving south i wardly to intercept the rebels at Vorcna, thus crushing them completely between our column?. Large bodies of mounted men are congregating on tho Western Plains and at Forsythe, wilb the intention of joining Jackson's force, but Geo. Sweeny has a detachment of 250 mounted men through Douglas county, to prevent their union-and drive them back. "ucn Mcßrido's command and a company of Home Guards arrived last night, I ringing C'd. t'oflVe, late a member of the Legislature, us a prisoner. "Later advices sty that a report reached Springfie.d, on Sunday morning, of an engage ment between 500 Federals, under Colonel "> olff, and about 1,500 tobels. WoJff occu pied a prairie when tbe battle began, but the rebels retreating >o tho woods, be followed, and, iu skirmishing in the timber, lost thjrty killed and wounded, lie himself hetLg among the killed. 1 lie loss of the rebels was considerable, but it has not been definitely ascertained. A iness-mger was despatched to Springfield for reinforcements and the whole force at that place immediately pushed forward. ''General Lyon was at Loesville, Sunday morning, and Major Sturgis was at Ciintou oil t the same day. They expected to form a jqnO'ioQ about two miles from Clinton ou Sun day nigbt." From flflsMirj—Fsrtber but Better. Sr. Lonrs, July 10.—Authentic intelligence received here from an ofltcir in SpriDgfield on the i i'l), states that G.o. Sweeny, with Iris en tire forces, reinforced Col. Sego], and at last accouuts were pursuing the State troops near Vernon. Wo congratulate our readers upon the discovery of a sure cure for Rheumatism. Gout and Neuralgia, and all Mercurial Diseases, which~dvtroy the con stitution and giro tesnporiry relict onlv. In fact it is the only known remedy effecting a per'eot core, and we feel warranted, front ite recommendations in calling the attention ot the afflicted and those fiaving friends suffering from Rheumatism, Gout Neuralgia or the pernicious effects of Mercnry, to the advertisement in another column of our paper of Dr. Leland's Anti Rheuraaths Band. ' June *2, 1861. BEDFORD INQUIRER. BEDFORD, Pa. Friday nwri'lof, July 19, l6l. "JEAItLBSS AND FREE."" I*. (JVER-Edllor and Proprietor. UELEGITK EtECTioxI " ASP COUNTY CONTENTION. i'HE Ilepublicar.fi of Bedford County are requested to meet tt the usual pUcos of bold ins; election- in tho several Boroughs and Townships, on Saturday the 10th day of Angus' next, to elect two delegates for eacli Bor ough and Towns'ip, to represent them io a County Convention to be held at the CWt II"ti-o in Bedford on Tuesday the 13:b d.iy of August, next, at 10 o'clock P. M. to nominate u County Ticket and a candidate for the Leg islature, and to appoint Conferees to meet sim ilar Conferees from tho other counties of the 16th .Judicial District, to nominate a candidate' for President Judge of said District, and to appoiut a County Committee for tbe ensuing year. Said delegate elections will be hel i be tween the hours of ono and five o'clock P. M. in tbe Townships and between the hours of five aud seven o'clock, P. M. in the Boroughs. By order of the County Committee. S. L. RUSSELL. Chairman. July IC.h 1861. | "THE RIGHT OF REVOLUTION, 40." "What's the reason treason never prospers?" ; CJU Meyers and ••one of tbc twenty" answer ] thar question? If they can and will, then I t! ey aud the loaders of tiie Gazette will un derstand tbe difference between the Heaven aided and successful American and Texas re volutions, and tbe eauseless, accursed and un holy rebellion of tbe traitors of tbe South. We doubt, however, whether they ran, or, if ; they can, whether they will aqewr tbo ques tion. Suppose we aid them and answer it for j them Lt us suppose a case. We only sup- I pose it. We do not give it as an actuality I Suppose Meyers and "one of the twenty" de | sire to revolutionize the Government of the j United States. They raise a compmy com ! pi*ed of Mbe twenty"—a company, say, of j cavalry—Mirers as Captain—he would look | so well en hoi.-thack, end "one of tbo twenty" as LheuteDant—another "one" ■ Judge Ad vocate, because he is a profound constitniioDal lawyer and reads a vast deul another "one" as Surgeon, because he is a very learned doc j tor and cm tell tbe difference between a cotn | pound fracture and tbe measles- -another "one" i as the wag, because he can suiuse the company with his plan "how to settle this war" ano j ther "one," we might suggest, as Chaplain, j but we will make no such suggestion, as we , think that each member of the company wifl fiud before he proceeds far in his revolutionary efforts that he must do his own praying. Suppose t ie company equipped and well drilled —particularly in tbe "pocket pistol'' eiercise. Ibey march with banners flying—'"sonorous metal blowing martial sounds." Awav they go o'er hill and dale—the tianipof their steeds resounding through the valleys. "We see them on their winding way." Suddenly the Captain cries out halt! He smells something. .Meyers is good at smelling. Something com ing at him at no "fame" gait. Suddenly tbo "tweuty" find themselves surrounded by Mc- Mullin's Rangers. "You're my prisoners," says Mac; "Ob! no," says the Judge Advo cate, "we're only exercising the sacred right of revolution I've read much about it." "So have I read about it," replies Muc, "and I have hiso read when ; w-s so Alderman in Philadelphia, that treason against the United S'atrs consists :n levying war agaiuat them," "Oh:' says the Judge, "I see you don't take a comprehensive grasp of the subject. "Well," answers Mac, ,; my grasp is sufficient ly comprehensive to take yon and these nine teen men prisoners— you are all traitors— , ~ levying war—.arid Ive 'caught' you ia fla grante delicto The "twenty" are lodged j with the "French lady" in Fort McHcnry. j They are tried before Habeas Corpus Taney, j but their guilt is manifett. The jury convicts ! them of treason, and they are sentenced to be j and are huogcd as a)! traitor* should be. The soeno was a solemn one, .and the only sound heard cauie from the wag, who hi bis last mo- j ments ejaculated, "this is how to settle tbc war !" What became of their right of revo lution? They failed to sustain it. Their treason did'ut prosper. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DEMO CRATIC EDITORS. It is a cc in in on etror, too readily believed I by mauy persons, that the chief duty of :ho editor ot a political newspaper is ?p depreciate and oppose everything done or said by a poli tical opponent. Some Democratic editors would deem themselves unpardonably unfaitk- j fill to their party by admitting that anything could be either well done or well said by Abraham Lincoln, whilst others have the cour age nd manliness to approve with cordiality, what they know to bo worthy of ootnmondation. The narrow spirit of tbe former elas- will ne ver he able to rise above tbe region of partj xan tactics, whilst the latter, tn this tinje of great peril to the country, are found manfully sustaining tbe President in his efforts to main tain tl;e integrity and authority of tbe Gov ernment. The editor of the Bedford Gazette is the | type of one class, and the talented editor of j the Chatuhrrsburg Times is an honorable rep j resentative of tbe other. The following ex. : tracts from tbe editorial columns of ibest j papers, will furnish the evidence of tbe troth of this assertionr Froni the Be lfor<l Gazette. The Phehjde.ni h Message.— Were wo to obey the behes's of those special friends of civil liberty, who advocate the doetiioe that iu j the present condition of aff.irs. tae President i ctn do no wrong, we would feei contr rs-j j either to bold our peace, or indulge in t > -■<- j pression of fulsome applause of the President's | views ami opinions. Bat a- we are the per of those who preach that doctrine, W9 shall { exercise the right to differ from them, for w> j cannot cor 8 ientiousfc subscribe 'o tbe virw-of •he President on a number of Constitutional questions involved in the prosecution of the ; war. nor do we believe it necessary for Con ) gress, at a single tremendous upheaval, to load j the country with jo eorrmons a debt as that | reeecmm*DGrd by the President. Still, if the four hundred millions of dollars demanded bv tie President, will restore the Union as it once was, we say- let tbe sum be freely given. As to tbe Constitutional questions to which we re fer, our readers are already well posted, and as our space is limited, we sh rli not di-cu them at present, but reserve them for future consider;-tioc. On the naked question of SE s?-sion, tbe President is, of course, correct, j ihe I resident of the United States, sworn to support the Constitution, could not have done otherwise then deny the right of Secession, though, we must confess, that had Mr. Lincoln' recognized that pretended right, his doing so would not have been inconsistent with pon;e of | the acts of bis Administration. There i ore point, however, in the Message that is odious üb, ve evctytoing else, viz: the iorimatiou that tbe Chicago Platform is to be ibe rule of ae fiou which tbe Executive and bis advisers in tend to observe in tbe sdministratien of tbe Government. We merely quote tbe language of the President upon this point, and conolude our article with the extract, intending, how ever, to refer to this subject iroie at lecgib, in the fnture: "No compromise by publio sentiment could jin this case be a cure. Not that enmptomises are not ofien proper, but that no popular gov ernment can iong survive a marked precedent that those who carry an election can only save the Governuunt frt m immediate destruction by giving up the main point upon which the peo i pie gave the election. j. ihe people themselves, and not their servant , "an safely reverse their owu deliberate deci : SIOUS" From the C hambersburg Tim s. ; The Piiesidenx's Message —We, thij week, give our readers the first itupor'an mes j sage of Abraham Lincoln, sent to both Houses of Congress on Frtdjy last. It is a fair, hon est, stiaight forward document, recapitulating the important events which have transpired smoe tne adjournment of tbe last regular session, without any flourish or attempt at <iUp!y, giv ing in detail and defending the course of tLs administration in reference to the rebelll u* States, and eskmg an appropriation of j §400,000,000, and a forco of 400,000 mm to I tbe certain and speedy restoration of the pow j er of the Government throughout the eouniry. There can be no doubt that the recouitnen j dations of the Administration will be acted ; upon promptly and favorably. Every man i who believes it to be a sscred dusy to sustain j the Government under which he lives, io these ' times of trial and danger, no matter who, fir | the time teing, holds tbe reins of power, will | cheerfully vote the money and men rtqaired; i and if thero be any who refuse to acknowledge tbe biodiDg foice of such a duty, it is gratify ing to know lost tho Government can get along without their aid. Truly doe* the Presi dent say, when speaking rf the appropriations asked. "A right resuit at this timo will bs w->rib more to the worid than ten times the men and ten times the money." Fes, the blessings of Liberty are far too dear to bv 7ln ued by the low standard of dollars and cents. Her revolutionary struggle cost us six bundled millions of dollars, and the war with Mexioo nearly tlneo hundred millions. This wsr, in the vast importance of its results, far trirs eids either or both of the others. t\ bat is fear hundred millions, or four times the amount, when the perpetuation of the American Gov ernment is involved in the issue? Who w-toid not be willing to risk tbe twenty-third part of hia effects, to save the whole frotu irrctneva® ble ruin? There should be no difference of opinion cn this question. We believe there will not be. Tbe sutu may seem large, and tho tax may for a short period be heavy, but yet when this war shall Lavs ceased, when peace is once more restored to tbe land, aad tbe nation rises op like a vigorous man, to run a race of unheard-of prosperity and success •n the future, it will be gradually lifted from our shoulders and felt no more through com ing time. vi c think our readers will have no diffi'uity iu deciding which is the man and which is the mouse Who is guilty of the lie, Gssette, in regard to the expression that we should have unide use cf in reference to old John Brown? Is it you, Meyers, or tbc retailers of private con versation, S. Davir and W. Hartley? The lie is between you trio and we would as soon be lieve one guilty as tbe other. Come, Meyers, which one is it? Congress has voted 600,000 men, and §600.000,000, to put down the rebellion— twenty-five per cent, more than the President asked, Congress baa great confidence in the Executive, and has approved all bis mtasares. Tbe news which wo publish this morning froui the. seat of war in Western Virginia aud Missouri, is very important. Haevkut. —Oor ft rovers are nearly all done cut iug their grain. Crops never looked better in Bedford County
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