Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-07-19


wisely planned, however beneficial even in its
cpera'ien. way hsvc heen rendered disiasteful,
or may have become oppressive 10 one part of
the couatfy and to one portion of the people,
iu consequence Of the e9atrol or affairs having
been monopolzed Or uacqnallr shared by ans
other portion j. confsderaey the people
Of one section srs not well pleased to be even
mildly governed BY an exclusive domination
of tho other. IN point Of fact this is the al
legation. fbe prfsis tent allegation Of the South,
that frou the foundation Of The Government
it Eas eseu 1ielaed 81 the people CT the North
for their speeisi. often exclusive. benefit, and
to the injury aEd oppression Of the Soosh. LET
us see. Oat Of seventy-two years siuee the
organization of The Government, the Executive
chair has for sixtYFfour years been filed nearly
o. the time BY Southern Presidents, and when
that was not tbe case, by Presidents possess
ing the confidence o. lbe South. For q still
longer period the controlling influences Of The
Legislative aud judicial departments of the
Government have centred in the same quarter.
Ofsll The Offices in the eff Of The central
power in every department, far more than her
propoFtlohate share has aiwaFs been enjoyed
by the South. She is at this 4 omcut revolt ng
against Government DOT only a mitted 10 be
the mildesf and most brDefcieut ever organ zed
this side Utopia, but one of which she hes her.
SELF froal the first almost monopoliza tie sd :
miuistratiou. lApplause.l
ABsraD EXCUSES FOR THE REBrLLloN-rHE
FISHERY BouNTIEs.
Mr.. Everett showed how ridiculous was the
assertion that South Carolina, or any of The
States below the Border States, bad suffered
seriously from the nou-fulflment of the Fu-
gitive Slave Law; AID pertinenIly asked whether
if slaves did escape across The Border States,
the latter should pot be held equally RESPONSE
bic With the St.tes that ultimately received
them or passed tLem into Capadaa On the
point of the alleged grievance Of tie fishing
bounties. be said:
All administrations have eoncnrred in tho
measured Presidents of all parties--t though
there has net been much eariety of party il
that Office have approved the appropriations.
Ii the North had local ialerest in these boun-
ties, The Soufh got the principle food Of her
ia5oFiag population SO much the cheaper; aud
she had her common share in the protection
which the navy afforded her coasts, and in
the glory which il shed oD The flag Of the
country. But since, unfortunately, the deep
sea fisheries do rot exist 10 tie Gulf Of Mexi-
90, nor, as in the sage of Pyrrha," on the top
of the Blue Ridge, it has bcon discovered of
late ysars that these b0unries are a violation
of the Constitution; largess bestowed BY the
common treasury on ose section of the country,
aud not shared by the other. one of the hun
dred ways, in word, iu which the rapacious
North is fastening upon the oppressed and pill
LACED South. Laughterl You will natural
lr fch I'll Il al
and oppressive bounty Il s stated by
Senator from Alabama (Mr. Ciay) who has
warred against it with perseverance and zeal,
and succeeded, in the last Congress, in carry
iug bill through The Senate for its repeal, to
have smnuuted. on The average, to an annual
sum of So 0,000! Such Is the poItsntous
grievance whlch 10 Georgia stands at the head
Of the acts Of oppression, fof which, although
repealed in one branch Of Congress, the Un-
loo is to be broken up and the country to be
desolate by war. Switzerland reroted be-
cause an Austrian tYrant invaded the sanctity
Of her fresides, and compelled her fathers to
shoe: spples from the heads OF her sons the
Low Countries revolted against the fires of the
Inquisition; our fathers revolted because they
we're taxed 81 Parlinsnt in which they were
not represented; The Cotton States revolt be-
cause paltry sabvention is paid to the hardy
fisherman who form The nerve and muscle Of tue
American Navy. [laugbterl
But it is not, Ss shall pc told, the amount
of the bounty, bat the principle, as cur faith
ers revolted against three penny tax on tea
But that was bscanse it was laid by Parla
ment in which the colonies R9se rot represented
snd which yet claimed th9 g;ght to bind them
10 all cases. The fishing bounty is bestowed
by Government which has been from the frst
controlled by the South. Then bow unreason-
able to expect or to wish, that, in q country so
vast as ours, NJ public expenditure should be
made for the immediate benefit for ore part or
one interest that cannot be idsn,ically repeated
in every other. literal policy, or rather the
necessity OF the case. demands, that what the
public good, upon the whole, reqaires, shouli I,
under constitutional Limitations, be 5ouo where
it is required, eff setting the local bsueit
Winch may acesue from the expenditure mads
10 Que place, and fer one place, and for one
objsct, with the local benefit from the same
source in SONS other place for some other OBJ
Ject. More money was expended by the united
States in removing the lnliaas from Georgia
eight or ton times as much was expended for
the same object in Florida, as has been paid
for fishing bouuties 10 seventy years For
the last year to pay for the expense of the
post Office 10 the Seeding States. and enable
our fellow-citizaus there to enjoy the comforts
of newspaper AMI letter mail 20 the sam9
extent as they are enjoyed IN the other States,
three aad half million Of dollars were paid
from the common Treasury. The post off ,e
bounty paid to the Seeding States exceeded
seventeen fold the aunual average:amount Of tbe
fishing bounty paid to the North. 10 four
years that excess would equal the sum total Of
the amount paid since 1892 in houaties to the
deepssea fishery!
As to the alleged grievances Of the naviga-
tion laws aud tho protection of American
shipbnilding, Mr. Everett showed that thew
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