Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1857-12-11
BEDFORD INQUIRER.

ef his party. lie will find tho Sorrh bold,
/ defiant amt, resolved that the Constitution
! shall not bc submitted to the people Of Kansas,
| aud that the action Of the late Lccompton Con-
| vcntion shaif be sustained. He will fnd that
| Buchanan, Cass, Toncey ard Black, have SUR
rendered 10 the oliearehy--that the Cabinet
has betrayed the North; that the power, weight
aud influence OF .he Administration will be em-
ployed 10 sustain the Shareholders. Who be-
| llieTes that Douglas has the moral courage TO
face such array, and stand up resolutcly for
the f,dGlment of his pledgesl We believe that
he will quail, hesitate, sophisticats, aud then
surrender at discretion" lt
Il is not known wi th certainty what attitude
Gov. Walker will take with re.pcst TO tse Lee
compton Constitution. He will probably not
finally determine upou it until he has cossnlt-
ed with bis personal friends in the Atlantic
States
The great emigration to Kansas Of last
spring and summer las settled he question
that slavery cannot be established there. But
still tho great question bas remained, aud sell
remains, whether the people of Kansas will be
ito establishment, and il must be confessed that
things seem to be drifting in that direction.
A physical collision will cer.linly be grasp
ed, If the Administration persists in IT'S policy
of sustaining measures which deprive the pso
pie OF Kansas Of the power of peacefully de-
tcrmining the character of their own institu-
49,.
OUR Low TARrFF.-The Germantown TEL
egraph has the following sensible article on
| the subject of our present Low tariff The
facts set forth are easy of comprehension, and
| cannot be contrnverted
sit seems to be incontestible By any fair ar
gument, thar the causes of our present 6nan-
cial difficulties have been, Grss, the low Tariff,
aud second, the extension or abuse Of the cred
II syStem, growing out Of it, The excessive
importatiJns which have been going on year
after year, increasing in magnitude with each
year, and carrying with il the temptations of
| unlimited credit 10 tue importer or jobber, who
| in turn offered the same Inducements to pur-
chasers IN every part of the coun,ry-haye un-
| doubtedly been the prime sources OF the revu-
sion now existing-and they are identical With
those Of 1887.
a few notorious facts will make this more
apparent. II the first eight months OF the
present year, ';he excess Of tho importation of
goods at the port of New York alone, over Ike
exporta,ions; was the enormous sum Of cne
hundred and five millions of dollars while at
the tine Of the suspension OF specie payments
BY the Banks, the amount OF specie in the
vaults of al the hanks in the United States,
did not exceed seventy millions
"Farther: Within eight years, the balance
Of trade against The United States has been
more thar four hundred and ffty millions of
1nlisrs. all OF a..i.:al hAa -r ~o.---e L-.-:l
tongued to all who are seeking after the truth,
and will not be blinded by old prejudices, or
mised BY the special pleading of those whose
interest it is 10 cry down Protective Tariff
destrny domestic iadusty-and place US COM
pletelY at the mercy of foreign labor"