Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1857-11-27
A SIGNIFICANT FACT

Wherever the opposition to the Democrat
ic party are in power, the present financial dit.
hcnlties tie inDst embarrassing For IN
stance in New York, where ABOLITION misrule
has been throwing to tbs winds the boasted
wealth Of that great State, there have been
1873 suspensions since the FIRST OF August last,
aud III Massachusetts, the banner State Of the
opposition, there have been. since that date,
l20. making together more than cnc-half Of al
tue suspensions in the United States. since The
beginning of the pressn; monetary rodble>."
The above extract was written by man
who passed the early years of his life as a
Wing, but who has since passed through all the
grada,ions of Knolo .totaiagism and Repab-
iicanism, uot be has tecom, a dtdck-Locofo-
co. 1t clearly shows the truth of the old saw,
tha: zone renegade Is worse than ten Turks"
Now what are the facts iu regard 70 the
'spreseut financial difieuliies?' 1t is true tha,
New York has felt ihe present pressure more
than any other State in tie Union. But lie
reason of this is plain. She is the largest
State in the Union, as well as the vealthiest
She IS also the great commercial emporium Of
the country, and within her borders is carried
on half the trade of the Republic. Il is then
no matter of surprise that she should feel the
pressure, more than any other State
Massachusetts, also, If She is the e'banner
State Of tie opposition, Is also the "bauner
Stalc'' in manufacturing, and it is very easy
to see that the crisis would fall heavily on her
manufacturing establishments. Manufactures
suffer more severely under the British Free
Trade Tariff Of 1916, than any other great in
terest of the country.
"Wherever the opposition to the Democrat
ic parry are in power, the present financial
difficulties arc the most embarrassing" This
IS a bold charge coming from such a source
We would have thought, as an old Wing and
Know Nothing, he bad been taught better
sense than to believe. let alone make, such a
charge What is the history of the past?-
Was ever a State more thoroughly Locofoco
than Mississippi! She never goes for the OPP
position, and yet she now has just and hon
est debt hanging over Ter, of about SIR millions,
which she REPUDIATED some fifteen years ago,
and up to this time absolutely refuses to pay
How about Arkansas, another State that al
tcays votes with tho niggey-Democracy She
also has about the same amount Of honest 10
debtedncss which she REPCDIATED, aboui the
an1 ar raFtrc tn IN Il
ow and Orphans tears do nof, in the least crc-
ate any sympathy in the breasts Of the niger
Democracy in these b1coFoco States. How is
il even in Pennsylvania? She, too, is Loco
foco State, and for u time refused to pay her
honest debts. She has also debt Of forts
millions, contracted by the NIGGER-D Democracy
to pay tue interest of which, we are taxed for
almost everything VIC raise, eat, or wear. All
these things we have to bear for The sake Of
the hungry aud rapacious maws Of the Niger
iiish- Democracy, and yet they have tie un-
blushiug efrontcry to charge ths present crisis
on he opposition, when the nigger-lovers have
bceu in possession of the Government, and
nearly all tie States, with short intervals. fer
forty years.
They also pretend to abhor paper money,
and yet nearly all The banks of ibis Common.
wealth. were chartered by tie Locofoco party,
aud the filthy and dirty rags of Virginia, North
and South Carolina, Iadiana, Illinois, New Jcr-
sey, Missouri and other equally strong bogus
Democratic States. food all over the country.
Let US hear no moe such idle twattle A life
long Locofoco would hardly have been guilty
Of making such puuy charge.