Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-09-22

his whole course in Congress exhibits, that
his enemies have the hardihood, in ,bo
very teeth of these facts, 10 charge him
with being an enemy to the tariff Interest,
of Pennsylvania, This charge has been
often IN ade during the present Guberp,.
torial co ntest, in various parts Of III,
State where it was thought it would oper.
ate against Mr.. H., and for that reaso,
we have deemed it our duty to give III.
naked facts to the public, tn at justice mn,
be done to meritorious and upr ight ci,;
zen. But recently this same charge b,,
been made against Mr.. FOSTER by Col
Alexander X. Mcclure, Chairman of III.
SO called Peoples State Committee, in ,
speech made to the citizens of Phiadel.
phia. 1t cannot be claimed for Mr.
NJ Clure, certainly, that he was ignorao,
of the fact, that instead of being The enemD
of the tariff, Mr.. Foster has always been
and is now, the consistent and able adr,,
cate of that policy which Col Curtin HI.
competitor, Alexander X. NJ Clure, anil
other Republican orators, insist is essont
al to the well-being and prosperity ofth
best interests of Pennsylvania.
What is to be thought of the man who
occupying the position that Col NJ Curs
holds, will rccklessly assert that which bo
ought to know is untrue, in ordor to in.
jure political opponent, and TO gull tia
honest yeomanry of the State into tho
support of his candidate and his party At
the expense of truth, justice and honor,
Fellow citizens of Pennsylvania, we On.
peal to you for an answer to this sucs ion
We ask you to decide for yourselye,
whether Gen. FOSTER, with u recorl
complete, honest and effective on the tariff
question for whole lifetime, is not to b,
preferred to o man who is all promise,
without such record? We entreat yov
to vindicotc the cause Of truth, your own
intelligence and the honor of manhood, b:
administering n signal rebukc to th,s,
who have the tcmcriy to insult you by tL
assertion of Il palpable untruth against
man who has stood by the interests oj
your Commonw 'ulth through sunshine and
through storm, aud has battled manfuuy
for years for protection to American it,
dustry.
Nor can we close this appeal withou
advertng to another inct, which goes t,
establish the unfairnosS of ths enemies Of
Gen. FOSTER, in Pennsylvania and cls..
where, when they claim to BIZ the exclu.
sive friends Of the tariff polisy We al.
lude to the fact Of the support by the Re.
publican party in the present canvas, Of
Hannibal lamln, thsir candidat, hr
!, Vice President on tn. ticket with Mr..
Lincoln, who is known to be not only the
enemy Of the tariff, but all out and.out
free trader, whose whole political life has
been devoted t) the caus. OF fee trad.
both in and out of Congress. Aud again.
We find, Oh looking at the Republican
ticket in our sister Stat. ot New York
the name o. W!i!;94 { Dryaa. y. a.
tor Of III: New York E>sns.y Ft.{ !g
forty years a leading free trad. ps..r,
Mr.. Bryant heads the Lincoln iicke, u.
one OF the electors at large, thus occupy-
ing the post Of honor on the Republican
ticket Of that State. 1t will not do to sa;
that Mr.. Bryant has changed his opinion
on this important subject, for we find him,
since he became candidate for elector at
large, reiterating, with the same ability
AM the same earnestncss, his free trade
, doctrines, which are tho cherished doc
trincs of his life.
To the iron manufacturers of Psnnsyl-
vania We would say, elect Mr. FOSTER
Governor of Pennsylvania, and thus show
r your sincerity when you assert that ycg
! desire to advance the tariff interests of ths
State, and as consequence, your own
individual interests, which arc paramoul
to all party ties and party predictions
TO the workingman wo would say, vote
for FosTER, who has been tried and pro.
ven himself tho friend of protection to
American labor.
sa- The Reading Gazette and Demo.