Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-04-30

land Ter nothing, aud Southern Senators are
supporting it. Nay, they are assembling, as |
have said, with arms in their hands, and de-
manding work at ST ,00e year aud six hours
day. Have you heard that the ghost of
Mendoza II stalking in The streets Of yoar big
cities; that the iHquisition is at handl There
is aioat fearful rumor that there have been
consultations for vigilance committees. You
know what that means already. Transient and
temporary causes have thus far beeh your pres
ervation. The great West has been open to
your surplus population, aud your hordes of
semi barbarian emigrants, who are crcwdiug
in year by year. They make great nove-
ment, aud you cali it progress Whitltaq II
is progress, but it is progress toward vigilance
committees. The South have sustained you
IN great measure. You are our factors..-
Iou briug aud carry for us, $3.50. 100000 Of
our money passes annually through your hands.
Much OF it sticks; all OF it assists to keep
your machinery together and in motion Sup
pose We were 10 discharge you, suppose we
We're TO take our business out Of your hands;
we uld'ccEsip you to anarchy and poy
erty.
This is not very fattering to Northern ne
chanicS and labarers, says the Reading Jour
nal-not exactly the sort OF speeches we hear
from Democratic orators hereabouts, but it
expresses, nevertheless, the trae sentiments Of
the Democratic leaders in regard TO The labor
ing classes. Il is only because laboring men
ia the North have votes, that Northern Loco
foco orators do not indulge in the sane lam
guage. 1t will be noted, also, that the Sena-
tor characterizes the Irish and German emi-
grants as '<sefni baybarians." Aud this brings
in point a severe home ii.rust, given by seua-
tor Wade, Of Ohio, in reply to IIammond's.
speech. Replying to the taunt of the South
Carolina Senator, that Northern free white la
borers are no better than slaves, Mr.. Wade
said:
"As TO the degraded class alluded to Ry the
Senator, be admitted their existence. but he
conteuded that they were mostly foreieners-
the swcePngs of The Old World, ignorant and
vicious, but nevertheless good democrats. and
the principal supporters of slavery in the North
Slaves IN their own country, they naturally at,
thch themselves to Shareholders in this -
SENATOR HAMMOND, 81 South Carolina. GER
taln;y wrote himself down an ass, when he made
his insulting alusion to free lnecianies and
working men. The fhiladelpbia Press, after
alluding to the fact that among Mr. u'S. Sem
atoral peers and auditors were NIess7s. Dong-
las, OF ILL.,, Milsou Of Mass, Cameron. Of Pa,
aud johnson, of tenns, all formerly mechanics
also quotes the following mauly language Of
Senator Broaerick, Of California, as to his own
| and his fathers history Sid Mr. B. s,Ig-
pose, sir, the Senator from South Carolina did
not intend to be personal in his remarks TO any
of his peers upon thi: floor. Ii had thought
So, would have noticed ttiem at the time
ah, sir, with one exception, the youngest IN
years OF the Senator's upon this floor 1t is not
long since 1 serUcd an apprenticeship Of fUe
| gears at one OF the most inborous nlechabIc4 Il
trades pursued by mau--a trade that from It's
nature deyotes its follower TO thought but de-
/ bars him from conversation. [ would not have
alluded TO this, if it not TOR the remark Of
/ the Senator from South Carolina, aud the tho.-
sands who know that am tue son of an artisan
and have been mech mic, would feel dissp-
poiuted in me if did not reply TO him. am
not proud Of this. l am sorry lis true, would
/ that | could have enjoyed the pleasures of life
in my boyhood's days, bur they we're denied to
me- say this, with pain. | have not the ad-
I
/ / srriang that might De expected, tsev SubMll
too tanei9 TO oppression, aie too prone 10 neg
tect their rights and duties as catizens But
sir, the society to whose loil was born, under
our form of Government, will vet control the
destinics of this nation. If were inclined to
forget my connection with them, or 10 deny that
| sprung from them, this chamber would not
be the place in which could DO either. While
/ hold seat here, have but TO look at the
beautiful capitals adorning the pillsters that
support this roof to be reminded Of my fathers
talent, aud to sec his handiwork
Senator CLARK, of new Hampshire, in the
course ofa speech delivered in the United States
Senate about the same time, thus alluded to
Revolutionary s'aud- sill"
sin the Revolutionary war, blacksmith oi
New Hampshire gave his services to the State
When speaking of the amount due to him fo
: there services, his father said 10 him.
the State IL poor, do not ask for your mon
'ey now Aye, the sum due him stands OF
record in the Capital of New Hampshire, s.
many pounds, so many shillings, and his de
scendants arc proud OF that record of his patri
otism. little did the son of that man Mr.
Clark hinsetf] think that he would come int
this Senate Chamber and hear the Sepator from
South Carolina call that father a Slaue. Ap
: plause.l
After the noble answers, of Northern Sena
e tors, who represented the ''mud sills,' au
e sslaves'' of Mr.. Hammond, extracts from whic
We have copied above, it Is hardly necessar
for us to say anything fgFther'en the subject
) 1t appears that some member Of the Demo
cratic party in Bloody Run, in tiis County
thinking that this wholesale deutneiation {
: Northern workiugmen would injure the party
wrote to the Senator, to inquire as to his lneau
. ing and for an explanation. The following
Y the rely Of Senator Hammond. endorsed b