Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-01-06
From the Ohio State Journal.
Gov. ShannOn's Inaugural:
No. 8.

P'OSSFN WV my duuly6lo VI lH6
Governors crudities, not because OF
their intrinsic Importance, but because
consider them as a sort OF official ex.
position OF the views Of that school OF
politicians to which he has attached
himself. 1t gives me no pleasure 10
find a protested Democrat, sending in
his adhesion TO the aristocracy, that
class Of persons in the country who Iiue
on the labor Of otherS-who seek only
in their public policy TO secure for CAPT.
tai its reward regardless Of the reward
oflGbor. Heretofore, this class Of poll
ticlans has been confined 10 the slave.
holding States and to our large CONNER.
ciaI cities; but it is to be so no longer.
And the sooner we arouse ourselves 10
a knowledge Of the fact and its conse.
quences, this better for tine Democracy.
whose capital is the price of their labor,
and on the protection of which depends
the question, whether they shall be con.
Verled into slaves Of maMmon, "hewers
Of wood and drawers Of water," subject
to other mems wilI-or whether they
shall continue freemen, Tree to follow
the bent oil their own will, free to be-.
STOW their labor where 1t will meet The
best reward.
reCur once more 10 the extract here
lolore given from the Inaugural. The
Governor remarks-"It becomes US,
then, 10 inquire what effect the protec.
tive policy will have on the great staples
Ofthe West" "Nations like individuals,
will trade with each other so long as
they can exchange their respective com.
modilies, on mutual advantageous terms,
but no longer"
Al the very time, probably-(as late
as the middle Of November)-when The
Governor was writing the above oracu-
lar sentence, American Wheat was pay.
ing in England a duty Of tweuty ShillingS
sterling per quarter Of eight bushels or
SIXTY CENTS EACH BUSHEL-a
duty exceeding in amount the price
then received by The producer of the
article in Ohio!! And let it be borne
in mind by the free laborers OF the
West, that this duty was wruDg from
them 10 support the aristocrAcy Of Eng.
land-lhal the aristocracy Of the South
might exchange the raw cotton raised
by their slaves for The manufactures ex
torted by starvation from the pauper la
Dor Of foreign land! Is this The effect
which his ExcelIency was inqulring in
TO. aided by the new lights reflected on
his very acute and patriotic mind2 Is
this the disposition he would make Of
"tbe great staples ofthe West" II so,
let him beware of the Democracy in
future. What now becomes OF The ex.
change o f''their commodities" between
nations? Is it to cease? First lei ii
begin! While the one sided exchange
is going on, 10 what condition is our
manufacturing population? Driven from
their employ ments, they are forced into
agriculture TO procure the necessaries
Of lie, and in turn the surplus product
oftheir labor goes to a foreign land TO
be taxed for the support Of kingIy gov
eminent. Away with such crudltiss!
Give US fair trade, and we are with you;
but, until then, let the chief Elective Of
The great and free State of Ohio be eau
tious how he recommends such a suici.
dal policy to his constituents.
hope, Mr.. Editor, you will bear with
mi a little longer, while | hold up to the
light another portion of this unique In.
augural. Having abandoned The staple
productions of his own Stale TO the ten
der mercies Of a foreign government,
we next fnd him stretching out the
hand Of fellowship to the ariStocracy of
the South, manilesting the most anx
ious soIicitu6e for q profitable return on
their capital invested in Slaves engaged
in raising cotton. He says:
"lf it be true, as is claimed by the
south, land we have no reason to doubt
ii,) that the protective tariff policy is
hostile to the great cotton growing in.
teresl Of tina, region, and If persisted 10
as the permanent policy Of the govern
ment, must PROSTATE il, il becomes i'm.
porlani for US Of the west to inquire
what effect the destruction or depression
Of that interest would have on our own
trade, and the general prosperity Of the
country. The cotton planters OF the
south purchase, annually, a large a.
mount Of our staple commodities, and
are our consumers. Should they be
compelled, by the policy Of The govern
menl, 10 abandon or diminish the cot.
ton growing business and turn their at.
tenlion to the cultivation OF the same
staples we produce, instead Of %purchas.
ing our productions and being our con-
sumerS, they would become our rivals;