Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1843-09-01
FACTS FOR TgaBPEOpLE
BY OLIVEk H. SMITH.
(COncluded J

MANUFA AZ u RlING POPUbA IlONa5
The'oI5 statement that the manUiac-
turing population Of The country IS 80
low, degraded and miserable, is revived
by limitations in the pamphlet. The
argumen, encouraging American manu-.
tacIurers was put forth in 1916, and The
manufacturing population was referred
to in proof Of the position. Mr. CAL
houn, who was then jealous advocate
OF the protective policy, gave to the ar
gument an answer that sienced those
who had been urging it He SAID The
question was not what was the condition
OF the population of Engand with her
manufacturers, but what would il be
without them, Leaving the men, women
and children thus engaged, without EN-
ployment. The answer is conclusive.
it is like objectng TO man who IS bad
member ol church, without refiecllng
what kind Of a man he would be il re
moved from its salulary and protective
influence. We have tested the matter
in The United States. Let sUy one go
10 the extensive factories of Lowell,
Massachusetts, and he will learn lessons
of economy, order, sobrety, and correct
moral and religious department as he
could scarcely learn elsew here. A few
years ago the spot where that Manches
ter of America now stands, was a soli-
tary farm now it is beautiful city, con-
tanning over twenty thousand inhabi
tanls, indusirously employed, banefi
CiaIy 10 themselves and their country.
Nor is their intellectual improve ment
neglected; at a very recent date the wri
ters cf an excellent periodical published
there, we're factory girls;so that it does
not follow that the manufacturing popu'
lation is necessarily less respectable
than any other, nor do the causes which
operate upon dense European manu-
featuring population exist there where
all are at liberty to select their occupa.
tion, and where all can follow their en-
ployment with fair prospects OF success,
il economical and Industrious.
DISTRIBUTION POLICY.
The policy Of distributing the pro-
cseds of the sales OF the public lands
among The States, to relieve the people
from direct taxes, is also opposed by the
writer and other leaders Of his party
To go into this question al Ieng III al
this time, would occupy too much space
but we may be permitted to say, that il
is astonishing 10 find any citizen Of 10
diana opposed 10 a policy TO relieve the
people from embarrassment in any de
gree. Do our people need relie? Il
money in Indiana TOO plenlyP Is ouI
share Of the public lands not worth con
tending for2 Shall oil the money from
the west be drawn into the nationa
treasury through imposts and The lane
office and we have no return? Shat
the expenditures Of this money be or
the sea board, and the west be excluded
Shall we tamey yield all our interest il
tho public domain, as well as in The
deeds Of cession from the STATES, withou
struggleG So say the modern demo
cFats We say otherwise. Lei tht
people judge
"POOR MEN,
The writer Of the pamphlet has pro
fessed great compassion for the poor
We do not wish to be understood a,
questioning his sincerity, but as gen
eral rule We would say, when you see
candidate playing the gentleman a
large. living on the hard earnings o
others, whether he be rich or poor. read
ing homilies in the street, or elsewhere
about the rich and poor" protesting tC
be the poor maus friead'-watch him
keep your eyes upon him-he has some
design upon your vote, your person
your property, or your labor; set hin
down as an enemy TO the peace, gooc
order, aud prosperity Of society. Lool
upon him in the same light that yot
would dis;urher of the harmony il
families, or the mischief maker belweev
members Of the same or different church
es We acknowledge no distinction
among our felow.citizens, except thu
which is drawn nlegibe characters bo
tween vice and virtue We deny ihr
position that there are distinct Interest,"
among the people, standing In opposi
ton to each other, il rightly considered
and maintain that We are mutually ben
efciaI TO, and dependent upon, each 9th
er; that the interest OF one class como
be affected injuriously without produc
ing corresponding injury to every
other The material Of society has beer
so wisely constituted that its paris har-
monze aud ACT benefcially together
like the human body and the limbs, anC
. riot among the latter on the ground o.