Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-10-03

hr. fumroy. In this respect we claim for
| him land our opponents tacitly admit the
clain,l great superiority over bis honored
rival, Mr.. Reilly. To the thinking peop.e
of the district, especially TO the industrious
classes, the working men, Mr. P.'s superior
qualifications will be readily apparent
Let US compare the respective merits of
these two candidates for public favor. Mr..
slmroy was, during bis boyhood, severai5
disciplined ih the hard school of adversely.
aud in almost every subsequent period of
bis life, his own hands have been engaged
in some mechanical, mercantile, mauufac
turing or agricultural employment. I'VE
except, Of course, those years in which the
people Of Franklin county thought proper
to entrust with him their legislative inter
ests, and for his prompt, able and efficient
attention to which interests Mr.. p. has now
in bis possession many tokens of regard
from his old constituents.) Mr.. p. there
fore seems to have been business man, a
good business man, even from his boyhood;
is it strange, therefore, that now, when in
the prime Of his manhood, even his oppo-
nents should proclaim him to be frstrate
business man? Lie has thorough, practi-
cal, experimental acquaintance with the
three great branches of labor to which our
noble commonwealth owes its greatness and
its power; r;-agrieulture, commerce and
manufaciures. Hew is i. with Mr. Reilly?
III is Said to be respectable lawyer. In
these go-ahcad times Of modern improve
lnent when a young man is suddenly taken
from some gleby field or dusty workshop,
and ia the course Of nine short months is,
by some labor saving process, duly trans
formed into an animal yclept ga gentleman
of the barr" and fully aecousred in specta-
clcs, curved headed cane, and green bag
full of sergeant and Rawle," VIC freely
admit, 1T is distinguished honor to be even
a respectable lawyer. If, then, Dir. Reilly
is the leading lawyer of the Chambersburg
Bar, We may reasonably expect that all his
youth and early manhood were spent at
school and amid the musty tones of old
law books; whilst his ripper years have been
fooled away in repeated, but ever abortive
efforts 10 ascertain whether 'sGoosey" is bet
ter picking than '.Gander:" or ''Gorgas"
was greater scoundrel than sAIcCracken,n
though both stood at the very climax of
villainy. Mr.. r. may be well acquainted
With the quirks, and forms, aud catches,
and gloriors uncertainties of the written
law; he may have large experience in ma
king the worse appear the better side; he
may have a tongue as yoluble as woman's,
and an eloqucnec that ought never to be
found pleading for vice against virtue, and
for wrong against right. But these are not
the QUALIFICATIONS best adapted to represent
the interests Of this State in our national
legislature. There are already too many,
far too many lawyers in congress. They
oltnumber every other profession in our
late congresses, although the legal Interests
in the whole country is exceedingly small
when compared with the agricultural, mer-
camille or mechanical. To the farmer, me-
chanics, merchants, manufacturers, TO those
who labor in every department OF industry
we address the question, which of those two
gentlemen has more thorough knowledge,
more practical acquaintance, deeper
personal interest in the various employ
ments 10 which you are honorably engaged,
and on the uninterrupted success of which
the happiness of yourselves and families de-
pend, Which Of the two would most quick
" and most keenly feel the crushing weight
of a law leyelsd against your interests!--
There can be but one answer. Will you,
then, by sheer carclessness, or by inaetivi-
Is. commit the vast aud varied interests Of
this district to one who by virtue of his
profession is of necessity devoid Of that
knowledge of the wants of bis constituents,
without which it is impossible to make an
aDie representative
8. But ssMr. 7. is a common man. ex-
claims the high mettled cavalier of the re
donbtable Register. We freely admit that
our candidate Is neither too purse prond on
account of his wealth, nor too stuck up on
account of his standing in society sq shake
4 poor nan by the hand in any company,
and to treat all people with due courtesy
and civllity.
4. Mr. P. is pot able to "defend him
SELF" Ii by this is meant that Mr., !.
would scorn to use bludgeons, bowie knives
and blows, il is undoubtedly true; for al
though he has more than ordinary weight Of
corporosity, he is more accustomed to use
sound argument than fsticuffs, and more fa-
miliar with good logic than With the cow
ards bludgeon.