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For the Bedford Gazette.
iioiHi ggeky or the age.
"The heart oi man is deceitful above aft things
and desperately wicked." says the word of ..oil.—
{lot in no age has the truth of tin- Divine declara
tion been more cb-arly manifested than in this pres- ;
ent age ot vanity, fhi- age ot \\ hited Sepulchre .
Men, d.-confei t u th the -Fisall, hone-t gains or an ;
honorable, yet mayhap, humble occupation, blinded j
to the maiiv hie?- ; g- which snrrotn ! their humble
■of - demened to ' . innocent, happy voices ot" tin-.r.
ittb. ones homo. daz/.letl by 'he gliding, the vain j
pomp and o.rcutn-tance of those whom they deem ;
more fotltJi ate ' -an themselves, -et the:: wits to
work to cents e low they may live and tlour
ih w.thsut the'efforts of honest labor. O'r ! vanity
*.t va-iti- s ' Let the prise- ?, the- .in s-houses, the .
• cavi;. tell the thousand disappointments or those
wbo seek the t.-akh of Rfe. The ambition which has
;,.r if- oi-dct, the reformation of degraded humani
■y, 'tie tlissPminatioM of useful knowledge, the ame
i oration of our fellow beings, the strengthening oi
'he bonds of universal love, is laudable, and with
toner effort is generally succes-;ul. But that am
bition wr. ch i- ba-cd on pride—on vain-glory—-the j
•lesrres o. ' e flesh —is built upon a sandy foundation
out! its end. - rum, because it >s tn violation oL£?od"
laws.
"Honestv is the best policy" —honesty in our
dealings with men—honesty in our opinions—hones
ty in onr appearances. 11l gotten gain burns as a j
living coal the conscience of its possessor and >
brings him naught but misery. Hence the too fre
quent exhibition ot vain ex ravagance. ilvpocrit-j
cal and deceitful utterance is but the stench an- 1
sii g from the rotten ess within, and the whitened j
garb which is always put on by some, serves but j
superficially to cover up the loathsome and wretch- ;
.1 ma c s. Yet men in order to get '.'.it which who.
obtained honestly is too often but r"a lly a vexation, }
seek every source, regardless of conscience, to obtain
the heliish prize—not considering that conscience
u the light-house in the sea of human life—and
when its beacon is extinguished—ail is wrecked.
Money is necessary tocairy on the affairs of men. j
It i- not only right, but it is I he duty of every man, to !
endeavor by all honest means to acquire such n por- j
tionof this representative of wealth a- may he neces
sary for the furtherance and final accomplishment i
oi laudable p irposes.
But as the purpo-es, or n.ds to be obtained, should ;
.iccord with the means u ', no hone-t man—no '•
nan with other than selfish purposes, evil de-.gns :
anil a loul h*nrt, — will rtFcst to impure -cMrrvs tor ,
material to erect honorable " edifices. Clear water j
eat.: ot flow from a muddy fountain. So that what- ;
ever may be Ins assertions to the contrary, we may ;
set it down as a fixed fact, that the man who resoits j
to chicanery, to di-noru-sty, deception, lying and,
humbug in general, to gain mor.- or p.'.ver, tor .
1
-
fy prevent him from becoming a robber, a war- ,
derer.—One would think from the many news-j
jiHVvr advert .-crsiisol the day that a Panacea has j
been found, >u man; terms, for all the disorders to |
w: ich He-hand blood are heir to, that the i.'-chyn- ;
ist - trea- : . Ie ha-at last been discovered; arid fur- ;
fi.er—mos! . •i.o-.i- ■ ; <gs to ma -km I!—that tor a
sm.i't ow •' ■ .tii'-tt the lucky philanthropic rii-cov-j
etet will reveal the great secret to all de-iring i
to know if. How unscrupulously <lo these '
i.-ir; rs m pose on the credibility of their j
f 'low rporfals. How many Did Dr. Jameses" j
.And Hue we may add, as if
-alts the p'aec— with what tender regard to the vi
,.itere..ts of the -Vcrr people oi this Old C< nmon
-1t,.-does the Pes n-j Ivutiia Rail Road Company
easind then; every bill of freight, that the odi
f mill ton nag t.-x is drawing r-ally and only
' •pi i pie's pocket-—and with what self die
■r. teres? do they seek by all means it- repeal. De
pmd upon it, it is a'rhuii bug. 11 it comes from the
people, and by its repeal the people would be ex
<.. p? :mml he payment o; freight, made high to pay
the tax, then why need the Company care whether
r e odious burthen be removed or not* \vriiy it i
ill hurnb g. How frequently, too, are wo amazed at
.-eei< g t' c name of a ma,, presented for our gracious
consideration a a candidate for public service in a
' gi, place—a man whose merits never would have
i-fi-ri discerned had not bis own eagle eye di-cover
■! them, beneath 'he fra-h, the dishonesty, the
■ ing, the ignorance that air ne enveloped him
,i ;he -ght ot others. Be assured there is hum
bug somcvv here !
The fellow who prates his merits week after week,
ftom stump to turrp, is working for a consider
at on- The trick may never be discovered, if suc
cessful, because he who holds a place of honor, ever
has bis vassals to do his bidding,even in this free land
—yea, cunning talented vassals who land up with
'! :r superior talent- bis weak parts, and versed in
ethics and morals, stand forth the ready apolo
gists of their lord.
T err.an of true merit has a rough read to trav
el the way is beset with quacks and humbugs that
serve to clog for a time the wheel- thai carry him
en. lie may not get through safely, nor receive the
-bouts and huzzas of them by tiie way. Rut he has
within himself the consciousness ofa moral power.
V, e would not teach men to be suspicious, nor
to think evil of their fellows—but would have all
to reason, to exercise their immortal powers ol
thought.
!-a subject "presented for your consideration,
consider well, think, examine it in all its bearing',
before you come to a conclusion. Is a candidate
for olh • presented for your suffrage, murk well
the man. Sean his character, lias he given evidence
of honesty of purp '-e, is he frank, honorable, opeu
in hi- intercourse with his fellow man, or is he di--
hor i-st, tricky, plotting, selfish, is he lit tor the
post in head, as well as heart?
Are von solicited to try an article that is new to 1
von—but which you th.nk you need—apply all the
tests ol common sense ami you need not fear of be- '
ir cheated. Even "tools learn wisdom by expert- j
er.ee'* and all should be too wise to be caught in the
great bun bug trap. Examine well the article un
der con-ideration. It'it he a machine let the v oi
der give yon a full guarantee that it ispi'l he rev re
st :,ts ;t. Put your judgment to work, use the ;• >ar
es God has given you for your d-n-i.ee—Rot sty
yourself by the bulwark-' of common .-eixe—if'yom
own supply ol ti.is art- le .- shoG, 1-. rroiv 10 yoni
neighbors, but not often, a they. too. are t illibie.— ,
Doe- a tradesman lU r you through the p ibiie prints ;
or otherwise, goo '- at less than fir-' cost, doe- be ;
tell you that he wii sell you good-a? a Jess price for .
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all a bait,and a trap encircle-it.
Get men lea in ">?-'! ' .ie truth—let them pur- •
an upright and -tr.nght io. ward, honest conr-e—l< !
them throw aside the miserable trapp ngs by which
they seek to case their pa=-, ge through the world.— j
Stand forth, O ! ye, of little faith—do y onr duty to j
God and v-'tir fellow _men —be content with that ;
which results from ho.- st effort-. (' nt not, bor
row not trouble, have 10 t'ear of the morrow, for U
you do your duty, God will provide for you. "( on- ;
-ider the lili. - ol the valley, they toil not, neither '
do they spin, yet Solomon in all his glory ua- not ,
arrayed 1 ike one ol" the.-.e."
lIFAlftl'RITIl' niLE!iiiVTli!\
AT riULAUELIMMA,
its l;i(ie|H(itii€c Stjtiaio,
Jll!y siti; S b.iSl
Tie f- llotviijj extract from t!ie speed) of
Senator fiioler a' the late Democratic Celebrii* '
tion in Philadelphia, is full of good things and
we commend it to the careful perusal of our
readers.
It is too obvious that the eld enemies of our 1
noble party have alrea !v counted on our dissens- !
ions as a principal means of their success, in
the future. They are talking confidently of a
triumph in ISO'*, with no other capital (hat I
can see, than discord in the ranks of the De
mocracy. II jvv fir th ir expectations are to h
realized wi-i dep-nd, ther-f ire. as mm h on
as on them. If the Democracy be united then
the hopes oftiie enemy will he vain; it we di
vide, tiie}' may conquer. IJu! 1 can s"e no suf
fice nt reason for the ec-'a-ies ! the opr. 'sifion
ahotit divisions in onr ranks. They may lie
"count ing v. it he t their host. 1 ney -hould
not be tio errdul >s in judging by appearances:
they have often been delu led nv them, and it
would i; .t surprise me ii they should b" again.
They are in the habit of carrying the elections
h. fore the day of voting: and especially of mis
understanding our family fetid?. A lamented
member of the old Whig party —Michael Dan
M izhehnn used to understimct Democratic di -
sen.-! ns better, is! all nev-r Utrget the remaik
of that gentleman on the ccca.->: n of a storn-y
Stalt (' .o at Hoi: - org, ■'.!,■
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when the Whig? were deltghtr•! wi!!) tl'.e row.
Micl.a 1 Dan ains serti tin ! • the ; >ri .rmar.ee
with the gravity of de-pair; and wh o asked
w hat w - the ifalt r. he replied : "d'here i
mattor cnuiiuh. I never knew toe Democrats
"o commence a canvass by a fight among them
selves that they did not lick the U higs to death
before the fight was ended." (Laughter.)
And u i v .-houid i M the Democratic parti
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reason i th re fu as j ar.iti n ? 1 roe we hear
it said in a spit it of complaint ti at th*. ih
dent has trade some mistakes in s !• ctin„ -
officers. That may be so; but v\ho that ever
:i a.i• apj mtn.ents old riot snake mist ike-? ihe
tyiv'-sl i • ii in the nati n have not Ten infalli
! hi" in flits partici: : ar. n. Jackson pro. v.!y
!! uli II re ti istakes in his apj ointments, than
Mr. Buchanan: and were George Washington
President at this day, with the countless appli
! cations tt at w u! . be before him, lie could not
1 escape complaint- similar to Ur. se matte against
Mr. Buchanan.
! Then, again, it is said, fher< r are many of Mr.
; Buchanan's 'b rig rial friends" who have rec iv
|ml no appointments. That i? doubtless true;
but the lault is ti.eir-. and m t his. [Laughter.j
i There are too many of them. [Renewed Laugh
ter.] Had there been no wore" nginal irii tuls
than there w< rt 1 offices to fill, th- i the Prrsi r. n!
. might have come up to tins standard; hut as it is,
the thing is impraciic-i'd • Men are generany
prepared to conclude that the President has
made a grave mistake, when they themselves are
not Tfpp 'inted. |Laughter.} jam sure i alwats
' think him greatly in error when he refuses l<>
appoint th< man I recommend; [Renewed I.augii
j ler.j but he does that so often that it is useless
Ito complain. The truth is, that the President
1 has a ppculint inclination to do as he pleases on
these questions, and take the responsibility. —
1 [Laughter.] This one thing is universally con
ceded—he is eminently the President. His will
. usually controls great matters as well as small
ones.
But what are these appointments compared
with tlre higher duties of his station ' Demo
j ctats, bound together by great principles for pa
in lie purposes, will never separate because c 1
1 appointments or disappointments. J hey wii!
* i , .„ii. „,,.hi ni'ihi. \i miiin ouestion
p*p£k<ufiiiuiftiiJ9. rme-:-r <i&r ssaraa lzzsls: 9*aumuwprr■ " -
by the President, to his prompt disposition ot lite
Kansas imbroglio: and to his vigorous resentment
of the indignities ottered to cur llig by the L it
is'i (i svernment—the settlem nt in a few snort
weeks of the long deferred qu stion of the light
of search. Who does not believe that the foot
th ;! Mr. Buchanan i; President had much to do
with the prompt adjustment ol this complicated
qiii-s'i:oi ? For one, 1 think it iiacl. British
state- ;u*n kn nv him well, and they were satis
fied from the ' ■ ginning that they would have
lo come no tn !!;•"• pi.iat "f his ducliine, ano
they did - > without h> sitation.
And I again n.-k. tviiy should not the Demo
cracy be united ? fhe ques'i n't of admitting
Kan.-as under the Lecmrq in Coii-thutim i a
past issue. As to it, tilt struggle lias termina
h •!. The position of our party has been taken,
an 1 the responsibilities < f that measure, whatev
er they may IK. are up. n us. Whatever else
rem litis !tr the people of Kansas; and however
• bey mav decide, the ronsequenr.es must h up
on then - dv>-., and ai! > !h"i> A >uh! be content.
Sine tenths, • >r more, ol >ui paity in Congrts
w ill) the Democratic Administration : t the bait,
tiave made a disposition of ILi; rjuesfiou: and it
would not seem unreasonable that the minority
should be i xpected to acquie-n ein it and sustain
that disposition, and snare the r-ponsibiiilics it
may impose.
rhev vAou/'l do tiii-q and t'e v tc'/ do it i
they ml. nd ! > he of the p- ty and t r it tn the
fii'ure. Many Deri >crats thought th" r■ —a 1
o! the Missouri line an nrtu i-.> measure: but
vhen the major it v tia.l d- c ; !<-d, they sustained
tlm deci-ion. [Lou l appiau>
Tt Is not to be expected that D moci • "ill
unsay what th v have h retotijre .-ai ! in favor
of a ilit'f. rent police : : • i! is ••xpecteo that they
will sustain what ! as ! -en done by the map ri
ty. [Cue. r-.i DuT r- :' • ? o| opinion among-t
Democrats a> t > mt-ii and o- a--:re., is n > un
common tiling: hi" it hasralw avs been conceded
to the majority to decide th" points of difference,
and t i fix the position fihepartv. This istlie
case in s'T'cii ig can 'i.i t < < for Ifice, ; . a1.,0 in
ri 'liTruinir.o the peculiar -enlim -nts wloch s ich
candid tes are ;o repr< --nt. When thw oiffer-
noes are one • adjust'-1 by the voice ot the ma
jority in our Convention, it is i■ xpected that the
minority will acquiesce. \pplause.] In ad
ju-'ing the difh-rences about the a !:>i;- : jn of
Kansas, the Democratic. Congress, with Mr.
Buchanan in the lead, wis the organ of the
party. That organ has decided, and the minor
ity should be content.
True, all men, have a tight to leave the party
and join the enemy, if they fee! requK •(! to do
so by a sense of duty to the count <V. If any oi
our \nti-Lecomplon friends think that the |),>-
mocratic party, because ! il>acti..n on tlm Kan
sas question, is a worse party than the Republi
can, they have a right 1 > 1m us and join the
latter. But, as the minor.'> thev cannot claim
to control or proscribe the inn j >ri! y - [Ap
plause,]
But what h this Kansas n - asure, that it dioul l
driven.en fiom the l).u: .citic j art ,• ? What
is there so ofl'ensi ve in principle or unju-t in
practice, that it z. !ri!ir ,i tolerated? View, d
in a single glance, what d ; it amount to ?
\Yhv, si:; ply 'b : aft-r ■> ;'eof f; ur ti nflis
on the proposition to ad nit 11 iv.-ras as a f .tie,
it was d- termini d, in : • c j ;in - !.. r u:. icr the
; Const itliti n which -be hod : nte.l, to extend
to uer people the o; p. '■; v if deciding for
B'-'n -i .vi -at tin j. d , ■ tber t*:■ ad i be
come a Slate or n t. on tlu- ccui !•'i ;ns urn'-.0-o-d.
Tliis is the head and fiont of the ofTeuri . if there
>e an\. [Appiau? .] Sure!", no Democrat will
•*j> • 1 i- party Ira r !ik- this' The p
j ■ot Kac.f ir to tier'i• 1>* y vote win ilu r tliey
will become a State or n i: ain a Territory; and
we ;; e told that, because this i the measure of a
Drr era? ~ Adn i: ;.ii r.iiy lidn.b of] ;-
ular sovereignty v. 11 leave the party! [Laugh
t u.i I dor ! v it-ve ifiev v ul do ai'.v s'it"
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sons, and make this tiie prt. xt,' the ma -.-
0 ill not. "The Kober se< ud thought" will
: bring titem back lo the D-m cralic fold: and
; they will he of the party and for i', as her<d•>-
'. fre, i hey will . f r f!ie li d,n ot the I) -
m trracv f>r tl;e sad >f a I'ni in ot til > •.
|A;p!.v : ]^
l or shoutJ adeci-iun which the p i pie of .
ivar.sas may make, atTect the future harmony of
the party. Wl d.-ver that deci-i iri ma•> ! e, it
] will n iute whully to the local afiairs r f that
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pie of other *'! it- s.
i I is among li' ic who voli Ii n the absolute
• a imission of the Territory, as tiie best means of
giv ing p. ace to the country. Whatever other?
! may think. I air, n w m >re than ever sati-lied
] that, had that policy been adopted, the feud a-
I bout Kansas would, ere thi?, have lieen ended
i forever. Enough has recently transpired in the
Territory to warrant tins indi-f. Tii- fact tliat
: many ol those who originailv op;:-' s d the Le
' compton Constitution, are now making active
j • (Forts in favor ol its acceptance as prop sed by
[Congress, is sufficient evidence to justify this
opinion, as it is also, that the wrong doings of
: the Lecompton Convention were magnified for
...ere paitizan ends. Brit enough on this topic,
' and 1 wi?ii to notice on ■ other.
• It is obvi >us, Mr. President, tliat this question
jof admitting Kansas into the i 'nion is not the
; only one which is to enter into the coming elec
; tion. i here is another topic which is doubt
less to have an important bearing, and to which,
therefore', I wish to make allusion. T shall do
1 so. not so much because it is a party question,
;as because it is one of those great questions,
j which interest our whole people. It is, in the
main, a Pennsylvania question: and I am not of
] those who would dr3g it into the partisan arena.
But it is evident that our opponents intend to do
this. 1 have reference to the question of the
. tarilf. They intend to draw this question into
i fhe next ejection, and, if possible, to turn it to
; political account. Efforts are now made daily
Mo conveit th" present depressed and distressed
j state of the country, not of one branch in indus
lit* hut r rli ;✓*■! enr.ltul .a
Freedcai cf Thought atl Opinion
EEDFOItD, U, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1858,
•ffrment of discontent with the Demociatic par-
It'. The first effort seems to he to create the
impression, if possible, in the popular mind that
the present depression in business is the result
of the Democratic policy ori Ihe subject of the
tariff—that the revulsion under which we are
suffering was brought about by a change of the
rates of duties in March, 1837.
Foe my own part, 1 have no fear as to the
effect ol tin,; effort upon the popular mind. .No
-tich deception as this can avail any party. In
the piac, the allegation is without truth
or f<n; anil in the nest place, if it were (rue,
the K -publican party would have no right to.
turn if to tirnir advantage, far a majority of their
men in Congress voted for the present tariff.—
But practical results and stubborn facts will put j
to rest the absurd allegation. The seeds of the ;
prostration were widely sown long before the ;
tan:.' was touched. The revulsion was tlienat- j
nrnl an ! inevitable consequence of an nnguar- j
ded expansion of business and credit. The bu- i
-dress en-'-rgi of our country and of other coun
tries h i ! bet-n stretched to a da' jerous extent
iongbef ; . Wlxih-some enterprise had given
way (< v ii :.ar v sp culation ; the banks ha 1 be- j
cone ex, .led beyond their means; merchants j
and 1 ;; in ■- met. were involved to such an ex- ,
tent that all the tariffs earth could not have ]
avi ; ted the !ow. T': • revul.-ion extend?-;! Min- |
iilt.it; • iislv ov- r all pari-of our country, and;
f the civiliz -d world. If w, tie n, could it he \
the coi:.. .pienceofa change in our impost du- j
ti s ' 11 ov, then, could it come from a cause ;
w!i > are tdd reach?s one intei -st only ! |
I ran understand how the rev, nue laws of this]
country might be sn framed as to affect injur;-;
ns!\ ; irficular branches of industry in this
• juntry, and so a-- lo give an a 1 vantage to com- j
j 'fing hrune'e-s of in i i>tr\ itl other countries-. ,
hut 1 cannot understand how tire same reguia-j
tin can prostrate the si me i derests in both s
countries. This pr:><! rat ion in business was
c-imiuin i) the w!;.,h' F.ii-ui: the farmer and;
the merchant stiff, red quite as much as the man
ufacturer and miner.
The truth is, slie operation >of the tariff arc
difficult to trace. Nearly every leading.princi-1
pie t' it is laid down on the subject has been
contradicted by experience. For instance, there j
would s-cm t he no truer proposition than that ;
a reduction o. tiie tale of duty woul ! increase ;
foreign imp its, and that a high tariff would
keep'out fort ign goods. And yet, in the face,
of this theory, we nave seen the reduction of the ]
tariff, in IS~>7, followed by an immense reduc- j
tion inffhe amount of imports —to such an ex-j
ten', indeed, that the itoports for IS.>B, under j
e .. . ftwurt tariff, win p;oba:ly not exc?-ed fif
ty per cent on the amount imported in 183f>, ;
under a higher rate of duties.
1 know it will be s.ii i in reply, that the re
iuction in tiie amount >f imports was the con- •
s-equence of the it-pressed c ndition of com- :
■ncrce and general business. And this is true
,ut what does all this goto show '? Simply, that I
what t.he Di-mocnts have told the protectionists •
from the beginning, is tiu ■ —ti..! the influence
of a reasonable taiitfor. th ■ a ununt of imports
is on!v see e'.iry and nordnate, not a con
ti liff.g inf] . and .'.at it ■ always subject'
to the impul-i s afc w.merce and trade and of j
.. lie' ~ v afj.r. s. 'i'i; ■ hi-'Fry of the tariff j
pr v. s ti is : for we have , iff n had the largest !
>-xc* ss ! im pot tat i m tin !, r tiie hi_ icst rate ol j
But i; tin-fact ;lt i, experience, men;
w - i'i talk a • the rit■of .1 as having a di- j
ii it an i reliable ?•;: ct upon the interest of the j
A net ic an martufac irer. T ..is is not candid]
in any man or party,and can only serve tomis
-1 -a.J and dec. ive. i.. who talk about a ]
;.igh tariff as a p -nance for all ills of the j
manufacturers, trifle with a great question.
1 do ti ~t m. ar, to say, by any means, that the i
r.i.f of dut v has n > effei t < i far as regards the j
e:i- nr igement of home i i.tustry. 1 be!i"vt* ;
that it has an influence under almost any cir- j
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ence; but it i- by means controlling, by no means
reiiaisie.
Nor d> r mean to he misunderstood •' '"'hat .
1 Fives, p.- II tins sir ject. lam not again.-!
... i;>; . ast . .f i !.; iii'j'.i '. -1 olten aril to .-.ic'i .
on x lent as t! ■ r.on--i!ic> of tiie government;
may require. I beii ve that the D-moc.aticj
■ i .Aline of a tariff for r. wnm , with such
inc. lental aid to horr.e manufacturers as may j
j-., ull fi -II a ; SI)-)N>i'j!e discrimination in *.hei; ,
fovor, is the wi- -t policy that can he ado] led j
(applause)—t!ie only policy that can be j
permanent—the best policy for the manufactu-•
j-.-rs thems' Ives. (Great applause.) But it ,
would seem that we a r e io have the exploded j
dogma of a deal party—"protection for the j
sake of protection ' —and wi! i it the—-w hoie |
tariff question is to be drawn into the paitisan j
arena. For what purpose ? for the purpose
of securing increased rates of duty to help he j
manufacturer - f Sir, that awry •' the ,i a\ !"J
effect the object, and it may be the motive of;
all, but fdo not believe it is. I believe that j
it would he the true interest of the manufactu
rers of this count v to keep this que lion out of ,
the partisan conte-t, it passible. Ihe enemi--
of the Democracy in this State intend to use d
for partisan pur] ases and n 'lung else
At present, the incomes of the Guveremont j
are insufficient : the revenue U not e.juil to .
the expenditures : and to my mind tvit is i •
conclusive reason for increasing the i.ite an?,
extending the range of the tariff, i nave no
hesitation in saying that 1 prefer an increase of
duties to an inciease of the public dent . for 1 .
am in favor of raising the revenues of the,
Government by means of impost duties. Con
gress, at its next session, ought to re-adjust tiie
tat iff in such away as to meet the demands o 1
the treasury . and in doing that, due i?gard i
should be had lo the welfare of great home ;
interests—such as are peculiar to our country j
and to the habits of our people ; for instance i
iron, the raw material of which we have in]
inexhaustible abundance, as we have of the]
skill and the capital to manufacture it ; and ,
there is no reason, therefore, why we shouli >
f j nmrlncp <nou"h lo supply til' 1 deminu, and, i
rawwiiw-■ wwbbtjh .-A- - •m<^,
by home competition, do justice to thr eonsu
mer.
Nor can I see any objection in principle to
a specific duty on an article ot the same value
under the same name, like iron, ft is the
misapplication of the specific principle, as in
fhe act of 184-2, that renders,it odious and un
just, exacting a higher per cent, of taxation
from the consumer ol the fine, but where arti
cles oi the same qualitv an-! value are known
by the same nam-' this is riot!h■* effect.
T say, also, tiiat so tar as home pr.> Suction
can he stimulated, with due respect to the
rights cf other interests, it ought to be done.
1 cannot understand why anv roan should en
tertain any other feelings. I b.v -wn it
announced that your Senator from . I'.S Stat
is a free trade man. And why? Because he
voted far a duty of *24- per cent on iron.—
(Laughter.) That is singular logic; your
Representative a free trade man because h->
voted for a tariff! (Renewed Laughter.) 1
am i t tor freetrai", but lor raising the reven
ues oftiie Government by duties on feign
goods. I think revenue the primary object of
a tariff ; but in adjusting the rale of duties, 1
would c -nsiii r the interests ol the producer
ami c in ume r, and tfie relations of capital and
labor, and while taking care that caudal should
maki ii? I 1 11 ror.tr;! uti mto the Treasury by
taxing luxuries at a high rate, I would extend
every p .s> : : 'e stimulant to our manufacturing
operations.
I was by no means satisfied with the adjust
ment of the tariff in March, 1857. I resisted
ami voted against tlm S nate bill throughout.—
Idi I soon the ground that it seemed like an
impulsive and ncorisi ierate change of a policy
which lel be- n succeeding very well. J
thought the question fl s- rved more considera
tion. I did vote for th reports of the Commit
tee of Conference, becau-'* by agreeing to da
that I could get tlie schedule in which iron is
found raised fr-m 22 to 24- p-r cent, ft was
obvious, too, that a mti h low--- rate could have
been carried. 1 thought it prudent to take
this for fear of worse. Our p. ople must no!
expect too much. So !mg as their great staples
are kept in the highest class, they have ni rea
son to complain of the arrangements of the
duties, though they may of the rat-\
Bti', Mr. President, there is another point
connected with tir> object to which 1 wish to
refer ;an i that is, the influence which our
system of currency necessarily exercises on
the business of encouraging manufactures.
It is ri licuious for the advocate of an exten
ded system of paper money, inflating credit
and nominal values to a destructive extent, as
it does, to talk about "protection to home inter
ests," "protection t> the toiling million."—
Mr. President, the manufacturers of this caun
trv, and the toiling millions, need protection a
gainst the op- raLon of fourteen hundred institu
tions that make paper money, about as much as
they ilo against the manufacturer ot foreign
goods. (Loud applause and laughter.) A sys
tem of paper-money and inflated price is utter
ly at variance with the policy of protecting
your home in: rests. The one counteracts the
other. Our loose sv stern of credit and su
p-wabun-Lw:-' of fictitious money beget a spirit
of s;."C'i'..L >n, accompanied with enhanced
values, which completely counteract the effect
of anv just rate >i duty. For instance what
does it avail th - manufacturer that Congress
a--"-sps a dutvof2b pet" cent, upon the article
which he manufacture!', it credit and speculation
ho so u. r u!uiv stimulated in this c wintry, that a!!
the elements that enter into the production of this
article, immediately become enhanced in value
to such an extent, that it costs him tire addition
al "2") per cent, to produce the article?
The foreign manufacturer is not affected,
lie brings ,n his article, and sells it at 2b per
cent, increased price, because the home produ
cer was obliged to put it up to save himself.—
lie can sell and realize the same profits he did
before the rlutv was assessed.
Our great misfortune, Air. President, is an
uiigovernabl- inclination to high prices. We
attach undue importance to the mere nominal
value of tilings, ft i- i:i this way that we give
the manufacturers of other countries undue
advantage ovr US. Our system of currency
inilates the prices of every thing ; and then, if
we have a 'valance to pay to John Bull or any
body else in Europe, lie demands coin—he
won't take our pap r :n imv ; and when the
country g>-ts right well in debt, and foreigners
call on the inporters, and the importers call on
the bank-', and the banks cannot pay, then we
have what is called a "crisis," a "financial en
ds and then down go your manufactur, g
establishments, and then the Democracy "cat.
Jessy." (Laughter and applause.) In this
country vve will have everything run up to
exorbitant rates ; men wont understand, that an
article of subsistence will maintain lifejust as
long purchased at fifty cents as if it cast a dollar
a-Tin th' competition with the world, there
- as much wisdom and success in this
do Ii c v as th re would be in that of ihe merchant
who sh >tihi attt mpt to make a fortune by buy
ir-' with a short yardstick and selling with a
im-er. (Laughter and che :s.)
But I shall not detain you further with de
tails on litis question. .My object was simply
to declare tile views which I entertain, and to
reassert my belief' that the interests of the
manufacturers of this country ar- far safer in
(he hands of the Democratic party, under our
well known policy of a tariff for revenue, than
they would be in the hands of Lawrence, Stone
Sc Co No man who has been in Congress arid
understands the feeling which prevails among
the representatives from the South-and West,
will take the hazard ol promising much on this
question. Those States have them rights and
their views, and they will stand by tiwrn.-
Thev concieve that they are consumers of what
we produce, and insist that there is to be a stan
dard of equity ascertained between the ronflir
linr interests! So far as 1 may have the pow
er,"within the limits of due regard to the rights
of other States, 1 assure vou, as your represents-
Ve ilOLi: \1 tfltCß
tive, your rights and interests shall be maintain
ed. [Applause.] lamas much attached to
iho manufacturing interestsof my native State
as any man in it. I am as much concerned
for the welfare of the laboring masses as those
who make special pretensions to concern for
them, f have more of them than most men
and I think I know as much of their feelings
and sympathies as any, ami 1 respect them ;
and it is tor these reasons that I am in the lie' :
ol repelling every attempt to impose upon ti. n
false pretensions or false theories. [Cheers.l *
\on have a right to consider the effects of
the policy ofthe government, upon your inUr
ests, and to carry out your views, as far as von
ca ~ through your representatives. But b t'm •
•"*' you that, for your individual prosp -ity and
• ccess, you must depend o:i yourselves. *[ \p
p!a ;-".j The wit of man never devised a more
inischievious doctrine than that which certain
politicians in this country are attempting tc 1
di.*• s'minate at thts time, to wit : that the mass
of the people, ncciia;i:cs and laborers, are to
look the measurers of government for their
individual pj jsnerity.
We haw already witnessed the fruit of this
vicious sentiment in the shape ol combinations
of men in our large cities to demand bread of
the Government. Were such a doctrine to he
generally r<-c- -ived in our country, I should re
gard i! as the very baue of our whole republi
can system—an endless source of discontent
and disloyalty, tending directly to (he over
throw of our republican system of government;
to give place 1a anarchy, confusion and agrariaa
istn. The people siiould have ail the aid the
G jvernment can properly give them ; and thev
should be expected to sustain a party or a man
who would not neglect them ; but after piotec
tion to life, liberty and property, they can have
but little protection besides, lint, the people of
Pennsylvania are a proud people and a just
people. They will demand her rights as a
member of this Confederacy ; (hey would dis
dain to ask more ; and when this is granted,
it will be idle for demagogues to attempt to ex
cite discontent, or raise a whirlwind that they
may ride into power on the storm.
There is one other topic on which I wish to
say but a few words. VVe see it alleged by
the opposition press that the Democratic Ad
ministratis at Washington is a prodigal one
that the expenditures of the Government are
very great—greater perhaps, than they ought
to be. But it would puzzle any man to find°an
instance in which any of these leading oppo-
I nents of the Democratic party in Congress voted
against any appropriation, unless, indeed, it
was one absolutely necessary to keep the
Government iu motion. [Laughter and ap
plause.] On all the wild schemes of expendi
ture and old claims, you find them constantly
in the affirmative. [Laughter.] Why. the
idea of electing a man like Mr. Seward, though
talented and worthy of respect as he is, in cider
to protect the treasury, would excite nothing
but laughter amongst those who have witnessed
his career. He is a leader in the opposition,
and he does not hesitate to vote for all kinds
of expenditures.
In conclusion, fellow Democrats, let me hope
that you will sustain the party organization as
heretofore—sustain its principles and nominees.
Our State ticket, composed of men worthy of
the stations for which they are presented, and
competent to til! them, is entitled to your heart v
support.
[Senator Bigler retired amid hearty and re
peated cheers.]
A ( ,ooi) TEXT, HI T NOT or THE BIBLE. —That
was a strikingly intelligent person, wTo called
upon a ,-ign painter to have a Sunday-school
processi m banner painted, and said ; " We're
g un" t > have a tearin' time with our Fourth o'
July Sunday school celebration, and our folks
wants a banner." "We!!." naturally enough
responded the painter, "you to have one.
What will you have painted on it !" "Wal, 1
d'n know . we ort to hev a text o' skripter
[minted onto it for a motto, hadn't we ?" "Yes:
that's a very good idea : what shall it he ?'"
"Wal, I thought this would be about as good as
any: '/><= sure you're right, then go ahead?''
It is fair to conclude tiiat he had not "searched
the Scriptures" attentively.
HELLISH TEETH IN OLO TIMES. —The prim
itive method of abstracting teeth in Sc-anton is
thus described by a correspondent of the New
York Express
"One end of a firm hemp string was fastened
mi >n the a.hing member, while the othes, se
. cure!y lied ..round a bullet purposely notched,
v.i> [ tit i.i tit.'barrel if an old ilint-lock musket,
' .idee! with an extra charge of powder. When
all was tvf, iv, the desperate operator caught
hold of the gun, and 'let drive.' Out flew the
t ioth, and away bounded the musket several
feet. This mode of extricating teeth became
the chosen an 1 only mode practiced in this re
gion for many years."
DREADFEL ACCIDENT BY LIGHTNING. A
young man by the name of Rudolf Cotton was
killed by a -troke of lightning, on last Saturday,
it the house of Widow McKay, in Indiana,
opposite Carroll! n, Kv. The electric fluiJ
struck a scythe in the hands of a perron near
bv, and glancing along it entered the hat of
Cotton, and pas-ing through I.is body shivered
a stone on which lie was standing into a thou
sand fiagmenls. lie feil dead. Two daugh
ter-, uI Mr.:. McKay were struck insensible by
the shock at the same time, and liie car-rings
of one of the ladies were melted from her ears.
The girls are not expected to recover. Cotton
and one of the ladies were to have been married
shortly.
STEAMBOAT ACCIDENT O . THE WESTERN RIV
ERS. —The following are given as the main
losses on the Western rivers for the six month?
nding M.av IS, 1 S.HS ; Steamers burned, If> ;
exploded,+: snagged, ft collisions, S total, 3d,
total lives lost, tit'-
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