Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1843-07-04

who SAYS: :" ] care nothing about the speeches
of the Congressional candidates. Let him
excuse me, if tell him this blunt truth. he
0ught to care about them.
Some excuse for Indifference in regard TO
the dcba e between candidates. to be found
in the fact, that candidates often elect their
duty. Their duty Is. TO collect and arrange
the nlatcr.tl, for Judging. and to lay these
plainly and faithfully before the people; IN
stead of attempting, by appeals to the pas
sions, to blind and hurry away mems judg-
mcnts.
promise, if you will attend the appoint
ments that are made, to lay such materials
before YOU. | make no prcsumPtuous pre-
tensions TO greater wisdom than my neigh
bor,: but have had more leisure thaa many,
and | have employed it in examining. with
much care. many papers and public documents
which are not very generally circulated.
The results may be useful and Interesting to
those who have not had the same opportuni-
Ii =, or. perhaps, no the came leisure TO i'm
prove them. Here are some Of them.
The promises Of rctrcnchmcnt and ccono-
ny mad, in glowing >pccche-. To assembled
thousand, in 1910, haye rot bep, frm. Not
ONLY have they not been kcpt. but whilst al-
or wear la, fallen to half price, the expenses
of the government h4ce Ncreascd. The ave-
rage expenditure for Che last two years has
exceeded by some rorR or FIVE MILLIONS \
YEtR, the average of Van Burcn's and Jack
sons administrations. The civil list, and
other expenses OF that class. have averaged
about onc-sirth more than they did under mn
Buren,. The expenses OF Congress have cx-
cccdcd those OF the two last sessions under
Van Burcn's administration bv more than
four hum4red Thousand dollars. The debt Of
the General Government was less than fl.c
millions and a third when Van Buren, went
out. II Is more than FIVE TIMES that
amount now. and Is continually increasingly
Nct The duties by the now tariff are rs
high, or nearly Is high, rs they ever were in
Til, country: even in lS2S, when their amount
almost caused a civil war. The principles Of
thc Compromise Bill have been violated
The new tariff duties now average at least
some THIRTY three per cent. The South and
the West agreed to the heavy duties of 1892,
in consideration of their being freed from
these By gradual reduction. and having but a
io,r, rsgu0r f0rf' afc7rdrk. We fulfilled
our part of the bargain. Gf may 50 speak
and now the North and the North Ea,t re-
fuse to filGl theirs. Henry Clay gave us to
understand IN ljtO. that il should be fulfilled:
hut that promise. like other, made before the
election, Ia, been broken since.
Ii we are to have prosperous times here in
the West again. C-g-rc uuet haze some sn0i-
citH m7rtot for olr surplus pr15ucr. Now ask
yourselves. where are we to find such mar
ket? Among the Southern planters? Every
boatman knows that that market IS getting
worse every year. The State of Mississippi
grows almost all the corn. and raises almost
all the pork she uses, already. saw pens of
several hundred fine hogs, belonging to
planters there, last winter. remarked. that
they seemed determine we should not supply
them. No. was the reply: "you Western
farmers made Us pay high enough for our
provisions Il few years ago: but we can do
without YOU now" Arkansas pursucs the
sun, policy. Even Louisiana i adopting it.
III ihiS Zine our produce. here in the West.
i, increasing. New lands are settled: new
farms are opened. The upper Mississippi
and Missouri countries. free of public debt.
are pouring down their produce BY thousands
of boat loads. The New Orleans market is
completely oycrillcd, and. If We go down the
river, we are at the mercy of spectators.
We hardly get enough for our produce 10 pay
for the boat and hands. We GIVE AWAY
our labor.
What i to be done. then? Can The manu-
facturcrs of the North and East consume our
surplus! That Is the usual argument to re-
conciic Us to the protective policy. Now.
observe. There Is a certificate published in
NiIess Register. from three of the principal
commission merchants dealing in Western
provisions. In New York: and they certify
that. on the average of the year 1871. Ohio
pork ncttcd. in that city. after paving cx-
pcnscs. dolar and hiny-three cents HIM
dred; and on the average of the whole of the
year 1912. it Melted SEVENTY FIVE
CENTS a hundred. The North and East
arr. in defiance of the Compromise tct. 10 be
bolstercd up 10y high tariff. and orr part OF
the benefit i. that we are TO have the privi
leg of selling these tariff, protected manuiaC
turcrs our pork at scvent, five cents a hun
drcd. i hat NAV do very well for them: but
it don't suit u. They never say fukey 10
the Indian at all.
The New York provision merchants spoke
%. add 10 their certificate these words: = In
our opinion. the low prices of ISL and 1912
are owing to surplus; and 'rhencver src gctG
surplus # any articie cfproduce. 5raho'a .forcirn
Quilt. the resuh 7riU b. the same
Oh course. There Is common sense in that.
But what chance Is there of a foreign outlet!
see no Justice or reason in admitting into
the United States. free. the produce of those
countries that tax our productions at high
rate. But see much Justice. and very great
reason. If other nations are disposed TO lower
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