The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-11-19
a shameless gsenaasogue: :

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Tuesday night last, a ith large number Of his
choicest aud most audsci1us ialsvhoois. how |
any Ioau who lays any claim 10 the FrsPrct OF I
his fellows. or who has the slendrFrst vein OF
hoassiy lmbeddsd in his nature, have tn" f.
brszen impudence 10 retail beiJte 40 intelligent
audience such infamous and uaaliigaied tlisl-
lies as those of which Mr.. JORDAN delivered
hnselfon that occasion, We are utterly at loss
10 comprehend His friends who witnessed
his shameless disregard for truth, must have
FLASHED for him when they saw him thus drba-
sing himself al The Ghhy shrine Of demagogism.
Onp thing is certain, and that is il Mr.. JORDAN
desires 10 be considered an tonesi MN in the
Ttarc, be must stick iittle closer 10 The ruth
when be undertakes to instruct the people on
political subjects, ilian he did ~ his harangue
on Tuesaay evening last.
Mr. JoROaN sata among other .bings, that in
1856 the Democratic battle-cry was "Bucian-
an and Free Kansas" This Ne pronounce A
DELIBERATE AND UNQUALIFIED LIE,
and challenge its author to the proof. !, IS well
known that the Democrats everywhere pro-
claimed il 10 be their doctrine that the people
OF Kansas should decide for themselves, whether
they would have Free or a Slave Constitu-
ton. The Democrats never said that they
would make Kansas Free State.
Mr. JORDAN further said that the Democrats
established the present Tariff regulations, which
we also BRAND AS UNTRUE But sirty-
fire Democrats, according to Mr.. JoRDAN's own
admission, voted for the present Tariff on lis f.
nal passage. The House Of Representatives is
composed of 23f members, and as % is not a
majority OF that number, even according 10 Mr..
JoRDAN's own statement, The Democrats cam
not be held responsible for the passage of that
Tariff. Besides the Opposition had control Of
the House at the time that measure was adopt
cd, as is shown by the fact that Banks, Black
Republican, was elected Speaker, and what
clearly and conclusively proves that the said
Tariff was al Opposition MEASURE, is the fact
that LEWIS ID. CAMPBELL, Of Ohio, The chosen
leader of the Black Republicans in that House,
being the Chairman of the Committee Of Ways
and Means, reported the bill for the establish
ment Of that Tariff. Thi; Mr.. JORDAN CAN
NOT AND DARE NOT DENY. WE
CALL UPON HIM TO DO so BY ALL
THAT IS TRUE AND SINCERE AND IF
HE WILL BUT DO 1T, WE WILL PUT
SUCH A BRAND UPON HIM AS WILL
MARK HIN FOREVER FOR THE SCORN
AND GotNTEE5t4sPsTC 81 Qn EBFt 88F9RJJ H.
Another faIsehood of Mr.. JonpAN's is that
concerning the sta:ioning OF the L. S. troops in
Kansas, for the purpose las he allrges) to make
tia Slave State. Those troops were sent there,
as Mr.. JORDAN we'll knows, to protect the cit-
gems of Kansas in the exercise Of their priv egcs
as fIeemen. They we're sent there to save the
peaceful inhabitants Of the Territory from The
bloody hands and incendiary toI chrs OF Mr. Jor-
dams brother Black Republicans, James II. Lane
and Captain Montgomery,
Still another ialsehood OF Ma. JoRDAy's, is
his assertion hat The people of Kansas rejected
the Lecomrton Constitution, on the day appoin-
ted by the Constitutional Convention for voting
upon that Constitution. As every body knows
the Black Republican agitators in Kansas would
not g 10 the polls On that day, bul drsgnedly
allowed the pro-saveTy mea TO have every
thing in their own way, so that they could afer-
wards charge President B1chanan with making
Kansas Slave State. The agitators would not
vote on that day, but got their Black Republi-
can Legislature TO fix another day for voting
upon the Constitution, which they knew was
illegal and irregular, and il was on this last day
that they polled their majority Of ten thousand
against the Lecompton Constitution.
And yet another Of Alr JoRpAN'S untruths is
his declaration that the Democratic party is in
favor OF resorting to direct taxation for the sup
port Of the Federal Government We defy
Mn. JORDAN 10 produce any national Democrat
&c platform in which such doctrine az that is
enuncsated. And yet # this hero of si3uzzard
Feasts" and Cameron orgies, had spark of fair
ness in his composition, be would frankly
acknowledge that every farmer, aborer, and arti-
san pays al this day higher tax on account of
the tariifon the iron be uses, the clothes he
wears, the food he eats and the BEVERAGE he
drinks, than he would be compelled to paw if
be were directly taxed by the Government
he weeid further acknowledge tha, the higher
tbe Tariff the less tax is paid by the WEALTHY
manufacturer and the more by the poor laborer,
the mechanic and the farmer.
We have neither space, nor patience, 10 .,u
merate all the monstrous fasiiies u,.eredby Ma.
the "Hard Times" We're caused by the Demo