Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-09-13

LHC0NNENIENCEs OF EUROPEAN
TRAVEL

ofa1ding among q group eff American
travellers. While our baegaQe was beipg ,,g,,,-
allerlg 5EerhaHled By the Belgian olFicjals -
ind Il any Of our purchases ia Gernan.
were @z1blecr to duty under the laws ef tbg
new government OF which that place IS the
frontier, 1 could not help reminding soiag
Of those who were loudly depioring the fires
4ueucy OF these shameless searches laal
PRECISELY such ! system, onlY mint s.
worse, because sectional hate would hava
been pois0ned by sectional triumph, would
have been established IN our country Bad
11e siaTa-rebelliun prevailed. Woe to the
Northern man who sought to pass the per
l0us barriers between the North and South.
broken rs the one would have been into
fragments, and s0lid as the athermus6 have
been through the ever present instinct thar
feared a sudden surprise. He would have
been examined not only for his purchases.
but for his principles and his passport
would have had to be a full certificate Of
bis c0mmerelai as we'll ~ Of his p0ifinal or
thodoxy. But the lesson had another sig
nlieauea for, Just before We fell into the
hands OF these border rufians, we had en-
dared all the vexati0ns and swindiing resul-
tng from the mixed currency of SWltzer-
aad and trarmany Some of cur company
had come Ii from I5aly, others from range
and others again from England, and we had
almost as much OF a Baaelin coin as We bad
a Babel IN dialect and so, between trying
20 dlsentangle the relative values Of Italian
d0rlns, French Erancs. English 5hillings,
Dutch gailders, Prussian thalers, and their
Subdivisions into Zroscheus, kreutZers
pence, and eenCImes. we had keen realiza-
ton Of the supreme virtue OF the much
abused American greeuback, which clrca-
la5es over taTrtory larger than that con
quereG by the Csesars, and Is convertible
equally IN the deiilGs Of the Rocky Noun
tains and the hills Of New Hampshire
And mark, also, that these ann9yaaees are
Upheld by governments which are constantly
quoted by certain politicians at home and so
many evidences Of the blessings of free
trade. Their free trade means taxation Of
all others for taeIr own benefit, and the
night 70 enter LheIr pauper made Ealrlcs IN
taxed into the dGmlnI0ns OF their greatest
customer. Never before have the injustice
and suffering of European governments
been SO calling to Americans as at present
when these are eGntrasteG with the priceless
advantages OF their own country. rescued
net only from a. such evils, but from the
curse Of human slavery besides. Anybody
thaG wants 60 be GErgd Of free trade and b.
committed forever against the CGPperhead5
Who advocate Z and resist che rec0nstTuc
uCa D0icY Ct congress, Las only 20 vlsI-
Europe. % CONTRAST the YCrkIngmen here
with cur w0ra.urulen at home TO be over
hauled by custall-h0Use officers every hun
lrad miles be travels to DC afflicted by the
disputes and frauds resulting from N Uuc0n-
ver6ble and mixed currency. and 70 hear
fhe British aris50cracv deuugBce the ReDub
lcan leaders Of America Tins is the ian
grIage. OF a sensible young fellow who came
over to spend the sumner in the Old World
and I am much mistaken If he did nos
speak the honest sentiments Of thousand
Of my coun6rymeH. Earaeg' Letters.