®!w -^edfcrtl April 7. IST®. riHIFr BFXCOWBE. The Bedford Inquirer disco irses, week after week, on the tariff question, iu the hope of making a little capital for its party. Thedulnessof its dis quisitions is varied only by the strik ing inconsistencies which they present. 15 one breath the editor lauds his par tisans in Congress for reducing thedu ties on tea and coffee so as to save $60,- 0 P<>,IHO IU the consumers. In the nest j,e or*!- - them for attempting to in crease the duties on other articles so as to add $60,000,000, or more, per annum, to the burden of indirect taxation.— Tea and coffee are classed among the htxvries\; iron, copper, cottor and wol len fabrics, salt, sugar, Ac., are among t|| (vtsities. The would-be aristocrat of the Inquirer proposes to allow arti cles of luxury to be imported at a low rate of duty, but would impose a high tax on those imj>ortations which are necessary to the comfort and happiness of the great mass of the people. He wou'd tax the iron and steel in the miner's pick and shovel, in the farm er's plough and spade and axe, in the mechanic's plane and saw and hammer, in the manufacturer's machinery; he would levy a duty on the flannels and cassimeres, calicos and muslins which clothe the people; he would extract the ivor from the meat of the day laborer by taxing salt out of his reach ; but as for Mr. Silkstocking's coffee and Mrs. Whitekkl's tea, let them come in scot free. In the face of all this, he claims that his party is the friend of the poor nan! His impudence is as astound ,.'.g as his inconsistencies are glaring. In one of his articles, this wonder ful political economist takes occasion to insult the Kemble Coal and Iron Company and the Coal oj>erators of Broad Top, by intimating that they are mere pensioners upon the bounty of the Federal Government and that their profits consist only of the taxes wrung from the people by an exorbi tant tariff. This is what he says: "The removal of the duties which now foster our manufactures would, in a few months, stop the furnace at Rid dlesburg, close the mining operations in Broad Top and consign us to the poverty and idleness of Lie free-trade era of years ago." Now, this is simply false. Nature has so endowed the fuv< red region of Broad Top that the fortunate capital ists who have invested, and who may hereafter invest, in the coal and iron business in that section, are, and will be for all time to come, entirely inde pendent of the alms of the Federal Government. Furnaces will flourish here because the iron ore is the best in the world and the coal to smelt it is convenient. Coal operations will henceforward be remunerative because the furnaces will afford them a certain, unikirm and continual market. the Inquirer in declaring that the success of the furnace at Itiddlesburg depends t-oley on the contingency of a continu ance of the present duty on iron, lias dealt the material interests of Bedford county a severer blow than if it had said, in so many words, that the in vestment of capital iti tiie iron busi- ness in this region is a precarious ven ture. It has, in effect, advised capital ists t fiat the successful manufacturing of pig iron in Bedford county, depend altogether on the charity of the Fed eral Government. It will not do, therefore, for the Inquirer , in the face of thisgrave bluuder(to call it by noharsh er nainei to charge the GAZETTE with "opposing the best interests of all our raiiroad, mining and manufacturing interests." The GAZETTE declares that tiie God of Nature intends this region to be the sea': of prosperous iron works. The Inquirer denies that the natural advantages of our section are such as to ensure a fair return to the capital ist on his investment; it -corns "the Divinity that shapes our ends" and af fects to believe that the protils of the Bedford county iron-master w ill only be the crumtH that fall from the Con gressional table; it would have the world to believe that our iron men and coal operators must he mendicants crawling at the feet of Congressmen and exposing their sores to be licked by the dogs of the lobby. The GA ZETTE has a better opinion of the spir it and intelligence of the enterprising men who are engaged in developing the hidden wealth of our hills and val leys and a much higher appreciation of the intrinsic value of that dormant wealth soon to be vivified, tariff or no tariff. With this correct statement of the case, we are quite willing that a discriminating public shall decide which of us (in tiie interesting rhetoric of the Inquirer, opposes most "the best interests of all our railroad, niiu * T1 ing and manufacturing interests. Napoleon has conceded something to propriety and decency. He has exiled his imperial cousin, Prince Pierre, from France, and it is reported in Par is that the eminent slayer is about to embark for America. Out West he can indulge his little weakness almos 1 with impunity, and with nought to make him afraid except Judge Lynch. AX IxrAllot A FRAVO. During the whole of the present ses sion of the legislature, a contested e lection case from the First Senatorial District of Philadelphia, known as the Diamond-Witt case, has dragged its slow length along. It has been prov ed by Mr. Diamond, th - contestant, (who was the Democratic candidate) that the board of return judges refused to jceive and count the returns from a number of precincts which gave him (Diamond) upwards of 400 majority. By this outrageous proceeding Watt, Republican, was given the certificate of election, and has been enabled to hold the seat, thus far, in defiance of the will of the people. In order to overcome the 400 majority for Dia mond in the rejected precincts, witnes ses have been brought before the com mittee at Harrisburg to swear that their residence was in Baltimore and New York at the time of the election and that they were hired to go to Phil adelphia to vote in the names of resi- dents of that city. On the testimony of these self-confessed scoundrels, Mr. Watt principally rests his case, and a great cry lias been raised in conse quence, by the Republican press, that the Democrats committed great frauds at the election of Philadelphia. But the Republican editors hallooed before they were out of the woods. The po lice were set upon the track of the knaves who were brought to Harris burg as witnesses for Mr. Watt. They were ferreted out and found to be pick- pockets and bawdy-house pimps, who deliberately prepared themselves for pay. Their testimony was contradic ted by the very best tnen in Philadel- phia, by W. V. McKern, editor of the Ledger, by Charles \V. Brooke, Esq., Robert E. Randall, Esq., John I. Rog ers. Esq., and other prominent citizens of the First Seoatoral District. The scoundrels thus contradicted claimed t;> reside at certain places ir. New York and Baltimore and to l>e engaged in certain brandies of business. The persons by whom they swore they were employed have since been exam- ined on oath, and in every instance the alleged employer testified that he knew no such persons, and police detec tives, having been put on the stand, have sworn that no such persons as WattS witnesses reside, or ever re sided, at the places they gave as their residence. It turns out, therefore, that this testimony of these self-con victed knaves, was manufactured out of tlie whole cloth to meet the neces- sitiesofMr. Watt's case. But perjury alone would not keep the sitting Sen ator in his seat. The perpetration of the twin crime of forgery was neces sary. The Republican Return Inspec tor of the Seventh Division of the Third Ward of Philadelphia, was put on the stand by Mr. Diamond, and sworn that the hourly returns of that Division, which was In his own hand w iting, tuts been altered so as to add one hundred v'Aes to Mr. WatVs number more than he received! In the face of the infamous swindle by which the return judges cheated Mr. Diamond out of 400 votes, in the face of the no torious perjury of the pimps and pick pockets brought to Harrisburg to swear for Watt, ir. the face of the forg ery by which one hundred votes were given to Watt more than he re ceived, the Repuplican papers, our near neighbor among them, have the hardihood to talk about "Democratic frauds." They should hide their face in shame. THERE is an ancient aphorism that what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. The Inquirer of last week maliciously seeks to injuie the good naineof Hon. A. 11. Coffroth, our form er represen ative in Congress, by insin uating that he appointed military and naval cadets for a consideration. Gen. Coffroth has publicly denied this c'targe, over his own signature, and in the absence of proof to the contrary h s denial must stand as his vindica tion. But the Inquirer , whilst it ma lignantly attacks Gen. Coffroth, for having, {as it asserts) appointed cadets outside of his district, is dumb as an oyster in regard to the conduct of John Covode, who could not ffnda Republi can youth in Fayette, Westmoreland and Indiana, Httedtobea cadet, but had to go to Philadelphia to appoint a son of the rich and radical Remak.— Will not the Inquirer give us a chap ter on cadet-auctioneer Covode? As the Inqub tr appears to have a se vere attaek of the Tariff fever, we would recommend the editor to try a few of Allison's pills, the same to be washed down with Stevenson's bitters. These are Western preparations, re eentiy put up by two Free Trade Re publican rum Iters of Congress. They will prove an excellent febrifugeln the ease of the Lnjitirer man. If these are too nauseous, there are various kinds of Anti-Tariff lozenges prepared by some fifty different Republican Con gressmen which uiignt effect a cure. Take a few, Bro. Luta, and you will feel better. A bill has been introduced in the Spanish Cortes providing for a draft for 40,WW fresh troops. It has created a lively sensation. ißtttfsrti © a??**** 23r$ifiDr$f# THE RI.AFK JHU.ESHIVX. U. S. Grant, who was elected on the platform of the right of the people of the Staes to regulate and control the elective franchise for themselves, has just issued a proclamation declaring the Fifteenth Amendment, (by which all power to decide who shall and who shall not vote, is taken from the peo ple) to be a part of the Constitution of the United States. This proclamation stamps the Chicago Platform of the Republican party, as a lie, a delusion, a snare, a deliberate and audacious swiudle, and brands every Republican politician, every Republican stump speaker, and every Republican news paper, as guilty of the most outra geous tnckery, deception and falsehood. For the Chicago Plat form declares that in all the loyal Statts the people shall control the suf frage question for themselves, and the Republicans,stum}-speakers and news papers have always made it a point to deny that their party intended to force Negro Suffrage on the country by con stitutional amendment. The occasion will furnish the Repub lican party a double reason for gratu lation. The white members of that organization may congratulate each other on the success of their scheme to defraud the people by manipula ting and coercing legislatures. The black wing will hold its jubilee to rejoice its enfranchisement. Be it understood that we do not grudge the negro any of his newly acquired privileges. It is not his fault that the people have been swindled out of the right they have hitherto possessed to control and regulate the exercise of the elective franchise. He is entirely innocent and is not at all blameworthy for enthusing over his own enfranchisement at the expense of the loss of a right by the people iu general. But we do condemn, denounce, ana thematise, the corrupt and designing demagogues, who, in order to use the negro at the ballot-box, have wrested from the people of the States thegreat right bequeathed to them by the founders of *he Government and en joyed by them unmolested until the present hour. Let them be anathema maranatha! 'la (here not sows chosen curse, Some bidiien thunder in (be stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the men Who owe their greatness to their country's ruin' UITI.KR, THE CADET ACCTIOXEEB. Sixty-eight members of theliouseof Representees have declared, by their votes in Butler's case, that theappoint ment of a cadet for money by a mem ber of Congress, is not a crime deserv ing of expulsion, provided he devotes a portion of his dishonest gain to the "cause of God and radical morality " They have repented of the momentary expression of honesty by which the saintly VVhittemore was driven from Congress to the bosom of his sable con stituents,and by their votes have shown their willingness to receive him with open arms. That he will return is as certain as it is that cot one in twenty of the negro voters of his district will ever learn of his offeuse, or will appre ciate it, if he do. Not less than twelve of the sixty eight members of Congress voting a gainst Logan's resolution to expel R. R. Butler are from Pennsylvania.— Their names are Armstrong, Cake, Cessna, of this district, Cotode , Dick ey, Keiley, MorrelI y Myers, Mercur, Neg ley, Phelps and Townsend. Hon. John B. Packer, with Messrs. Donley, O'Neill and Schofleld voted with the democrats for expulsion. Twelve out of sixty-eight are much more than Pennsylvania's fair share of tiie dishonor of keeping this cadet auc tioneer in Congress. It is out of all proportion, but it indicates the stand ard of public honor which prevails a mong the radical politicians of this Slate. It is shamelul that nearly one tifih of tiie entire number of those who sustained this Tennessee trafficker in appointments should come from Penn sylvania. For the time in this (Ungraceful cadet business the old Westmoreland fox, John Covode, cornea out of his co vert, and votes squarely No on the expulsion of . utler. "A fellow feel ing makes us wondrous kind." But ler, according to the testimony of (Jen eral Este, received one thousand dol lars for his appointment Millward obtained a tike sum for Covode's notn intioQ of an Oriental named lieuiak. When Covode's turn shall come up, he will want the votes and sympathy of Butler and his friends, and could, therefore, no longer afford to dodge If butler had been expel led for bis con duet, nothing could shield Covode from expulsion except Millward'* thin sick bed story that the Chairman gut none of the money ; and that would hardly go down among members of Congress by whom ex-Marshal Millward is al most as well known as Covode, him self. It was the danger to Covode that rallied so uiany members from Penn sylvania in behalfo' Tennessee Butler. This was the appeal that made twelve of them vote against his summary ex pulsiou. "Honest John" was in den- ger. He had appointed a cadet from the far East, because in all his district, among all the sons of his radical con stituents, he could not find a youth of sufficient spirit andfintelligence to send to West Point. There was danger that this pillar of righteousness would be thrown to the ground in the fall of But ler on account of the ignorance of his radical constituents, and this is the rea son why such zeal was shown by the Pennsylvania members in behalf of the Tennessee cadet auctioneer. This it was which won the vote of Cessna, with all that nice sense of honor for which he is so distinguished. Nothing else could have induced the chivalrous Negley to vote in favor of Butler than love for Covode. Morrell could notaf ford.to lose the counsel o t a political e conoinist of his knowledge and erudi tion, and this secured his vote. Dick ey would have been rendered disconso late by the expulsion of one in w hose society he enjoys so many pleasant hours. Thus it was that the love with Which John Covode has inspired his fellow radical members from Pennsyl vania has been made to contribute to the safety of Butler of Tennessee. Co vode may now consider his hide pretty safe. Twelve members from Pennsyl vania have made a great sacrifice for him. They have declared by their votes in Congress that the sale of a ca detship is no crime, if a fair portion, only, of the money is spent for the good of the radical cause. Noble Twelve! Fortunate Covode in having so many admirers from Pennsylvania! CO N <> HKSMOSAI,. WASHINGTON, March 29. The San Domingo treaty was again considered in the United States Senate in executive session, yesterday. The President sent a special message to the Senate in the announcing that he had obtained from Baez a thirty days extension ol the time for the ratifica tion of the treaty. It is thought that this news will increase the chances for indefinite postponement. Little of in terest was transacted in the open ses sion of the Senate. Mr. Drake endeav ored to hurry up the consideration of the bill admitting Texas. The Radi cals are very nervous about Connecti cut, and, as the President refuses to proclaim the fifteenth amendment un til Georgia and Texas ar-i readmitted, an effort will be made to ru>h the bills through this week, in order to gain the negro vote in Connecticut next Monday. In the House of representatives res olutions favoring the imposition of a ten per cent, tax on United States bonds, and declaring that the Bible should not be driven from the public schools were virtually defeated by the refusal of the House to second the pre vious question. The Tariff bill wasde bated in committee during the after noon and evening sessions. Hon. S. S. Cox of New York, delivered a power ful argument against the fallacies of the pig-iron party. WASHINGTON, March 30. Texas was pushed through the United States Senate yesterday, the Radicals having suddenly taken the alarm a bout the negro vote in Connecticut, and the delay in the fifteenth amendment proclamation. The bill was sent to the House, where Butler made an ineffec tual attempt to put it on its passage. It was referred to the Reconstruction Committee, which will probably report to-day. In the House, after asparring between Generals Sioeum and Logan upon the staff featureof the Army bill, the debate was resumed in committee upon the tariff bill, and Mr. Marshall, of Illinois, made an elaborate speech a gainst the protection swindle. The Senate was in executive session tor some hours on the Sail Domingo trea ty- WASHINGTON, March 31. The President sent a message to Con gress yesterday, announcing the pro mulgation of the ratification of the fifteenth amendment to the Conslitu tion, and appending the certificate of the Secretary of State. The message which is an absorb bit of clip-clap, and quite uncalled for, characterized the ratification as a measure of grander importance than any of the kind from the foundation of the government, and called on Congress to do ail In its pow er to encourage popular education throughout the country. The amend ment thus declared to he part of the Constitution owes its existence to the pretended ratification by the States of New York, Indiana and Georgia, and the Southern States which have been under duress since the close of the war. The Radicals may howl with delight, but forall that they are conscious that the validity of the amendment is in doubt. After a short open session yesterday the Senate doors were closed, and the consideration of the San Domingo treaty was resumed. Mr. Casserly, of California, spoke against the job, and Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, in favor of it. The House of Representatives receiv ed the bill admitting Texas to repre sentation in Congress from the Recoil struction Committee, and passed it by a strict party vote. Mr. Lawrence (Had.) announced that the passage of the bill was necessary in order to se cure the immediate proclamation of the fifteenth amendment. The act was forwarded at once to theexeeutive Mansion, and in less than two hours a messenger appeared with the Presi dent's message, announcing the desir es! proclamation. Mr. Woodaroseand denied, emphatically, that New York had ratified the amendment. Mr. Ni black also pronounced the represenia tiou that Indiana had ratified the a mendment to be a fraud. The Radi cals attempted to refer the nessage to the Judiciary Committee, but the Dem ocrats were determined to have it de- bited, and, showing a disposition to filibuster, it was finally agreed to lay it on the table for future action.— The House then went into committee upon the Tariff bill. WASHINGTON, Apr. 1. Texas got back into the Union yes terday, but for how long is uncertain. The instant she exhibits Democratic tendencies Congress will begin to talk of reconstructing her over again. Sen ators Flanigan and Hamilton were ad mitted in the Senate, and four repre sentatives from the State in the House. Objection was made by Butkr to Mr. Conner (Dem.), ostensibly because he was cruel to soldiers during the war and d enounced certain acts of Congress in his campaign speeches. Butler wished to have the case referred to the Committee on Elections and have his accusations examined. Mr. Stevenson of Ohio,Mr.Ortn of Indiana, and other Radicals denounced Butler's proposi tion that the House could go back two or three years prior to a member's e lection and inquire into his moral or military conduct, especially on the as sumption of expurte affidavits, as un precedent and preposterous. Butler was badly beaten, there being only twenty-one votes in favor of his motion. Afier Mr. Conner had taken the oath, he rolled up bis sleeves and gave the spoon connoisseur a hand some flaying. The House, in commit tee, resumed consideration of the Tar iff bill, and Mr. Schenek closed the case for the Ways and Means Com mittee in a long speech. In the San ate, the admission of carpet-bag Ames was under discussion until the hour of adjournment, several Seuators taking part. Amen will probably lie admitted by a party vote to-day. PEKIOIUCAU. The Educational Gazette is a first class Family Journal, devoted to pure, high-toned literature. Its aim is to furnish in a popular and attractive style the latest results in scientific, ed ucational and literary labors, and in these respects its present success is well deserved. The March number con tains valuable articles by such writers as Prof. John S. Hart, Elihu Burritt, etc.; good stories, inculcating the best lessons, and much special matter in re gard to National Education in our land not before published. C. H. 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