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

tohgress, would involve our nation in wars
that would be unceasing, without glory, and
cursed BY Christendom: if we are In favor
of extending the area Of freedom, perpetu-
ating lis blessings, preserving the liberty of
the press and freedom of opinion, maintain
ing our plighted faith, and dealing honor.
ably and justly to each other, we must
secure working majority in Congress,
and we must begin BY keeping Wilson Reil-
ly at home and by sending there Joseph
Pumroy But supposing it was no great
matter that we had in Congress, a member
who would reflect our views and support
our principles supposing it made no differ
ence that we had member who would or
pose us in everything, who would denounce
us on all occasions, who would strip US of
all Offices and honors, who would regard US
as bgots and traitors and so treat US; sup
posing all this, has Wilson Reilly claims up
on our support, from personal merits7
Has he claims upon the support Of the
Republicans! Is he not now traversing the
district, day and night, snecring at John c.
Fremont, whose scientific laurels be is
elutching at, deriding the pretensions of the
gallant and laborions man whose research
es the great Humboldt says has enriched all
tie natural sciences, whose scholastic attain
ments have been certified by the ripest
scholars, whose military and civil abilities
have been attested by our greatest states
men, yea even By James Buchanan Does
he not call them disuGlonists, abolitionists,
incendiaries, woody heads &c2 Thus is he
entitled to the support of Republicans.
Has he any claims upon the support of
old liuc Wings? Who more violently op-
posed them-whose speeches we're more Bit
ter, more denunciatory, more unrelenting
than were his! Every school house, every
cross road IN this county has echoed, With
/ his philipies. Did he not help to persuade
the people of Pennsylvania that Mr.. Polk
was better tariff man ihan Henry Gayl =
Did be not pronounce him gambler, a
duelist, and murderer! Did he not carry
with him the bond, aye, the bond. all
through the county, to prove the bad char
acter of the noble hearted Harry? Who
| with so significant gesture could wiring his
coat skirts, declaring that the blood Of Gil
/ ley saturated the robes of Clay? Now, when
the American people have done justice to
that patriots fume-now, when the friends
OF his arch sanderer seek to secure the IA
yor of his party-noy, Mr. Reilly longs
for the privilege of shedding reverential
tears upon his tomb Thus is he entitled
to the support of Wings.
Has he any claims upon the support oil
Americans! Who has been louder in his
yilifcation of the 'sdark- lantern oligarchy'
who has been severer in epithets of con-
. centratcd bitterness against tae intolerance
and corruption of the American Order
who has oftener charged it with perjury, Oh
more opeuly asserted that he did not wan
IT'S sapportl Did be not stump portions o
this district with renegade Americans, tell
ing the internal workings, and pretending t.
give even the Obligations of the Order!-
Is he not now dcnouncing it upon the stump
Thus is he entitled to the support of Anicrl
cans.
We coBcede to Mr.. Reilly all that hi
admirers reasonably claim. We acknowl
edge his talent, his energy. bis legal abili
tics; we repeet and esteem him as man
but we fear him as a misguided partizen an
cannot trust hun as a representative OF ou
will in Congress.
And in the name of principles, By his pre-
sent opposition to our policy and our eandI
dates, By the "reminiscences Of the past, b
our fears and hopes for the future, wc ca
upon Republicans, Wings and Americans
TO cast their suffragcs against Wilson heilf
the enemy of all, and in favor of Josep
pumroy, the friend of our Princicles, an
the candidate of the Union party, for sea
in the next Congress Cham. Wig.
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