Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-10-08
Wilson Reilly's Record.

4 public otieer il the peoples segEa1t, and
should always be able to chow q clear page.-
How ia it with Mr. Reillyi In 1854 the re-
peal Of the Missouri Compromise produced an
internal excitement throughout country,
breaking up aud remodell,ng parties, Mr..
Reilly publicly expressed bis disapprchaiiou of
the act, and condemned the motives of those
who were its authors Yet we now find him
tackIng about, stumpiag his district in favor of
ibs Kansas aBd Nebraska bill, and advocating
the justice Of the repeal OF the Compfomiss.-
His conscience no doubt forced him to change
Whom that todious and unpopular Lecompton
Constitution was before Congress, Mr. Reilly
presented bold front against its iniquity, de-
clared that be could never be induced to cup
so dagraBt aud open fraud, aud asserted not
only at Washington, but ia the streets Of his
native town, that bis conscience never would
permit him to impose upon the PEOPLE Of Kan
sas 30 fraudulent constitution. Yet foc some
motive best known to himself, that course of
his suddenly relaxed, and in the face of bis
repeated assertions we dud him ad dpocat;ne the
very Constitution be go often condemned, and
voting that With ii, Kansas be received as
State. Failing t. impose this Constitution up
on Kansas, Mr. Reilly votes for the English
bill, which said in effect to the peo pie of Kan
sas: eYou may vote on the Lecompton Consti-
tuition, butlf you do not adopt If you shall not
be admitted aS a State Of this Union until
your population Is more than double the pres
ent uumber. MIR, Reilly conscienciously voted
for this bill IN Congress, but now says be-will,
II elected again, vote for any Constitution the
people of Kansas may present with the present
population. FfeeInen Of the seventeenth DIS
District, he lie tIustedl He has cautious
ly, aad with due reflection, recorded his vote
thai Kansas shall not be admitted unless her
census numbers one hundred and twenty thous-
and persons, and he also proelaims in his
speeches, that he will disregard his former vote
arc receive her at any time che may ask ad-
mission.
Mr. Reilly has always been Free Trade
and opposed to Protection. In every
contest between parties when the tariff ques
tion was before the people, hs invariably oppo-
sed the party that advocated protection and
American industry snd yet we fud him on his
return from Washington, boldly announcing in
bis speeches that he noW is in favor Of protec-
ticn for the coal and iron interests of Penn
sylvania. What becomes, Mr. Reilly, Of the
TRADES you formerly heaped upon he sssristo-
cratic iIon masters" When they asked protec-
tion from our Governments Are their votes
aud those engaged BY them necessary to Sc
cure your election, and do you now insult them
BY your pledge only to change again should
you get 10 the atmosphere of Washingtor2--
The people OF this District now feel that they
require some man to represent them upon whom
they can place implicit con6deuce-who has
backbone enough to do right, even when pat
ronags and power and party require to do
wrong, and autecedents are OF a character that
the interests of the district viii be advanced
when entrusted to his care Such Inan is
Edward Mcpherson, Esq, whose election we
now regard as certain. Fulton Repa6tlean