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corporate and incorporate, are united. equally
powerful as kings. princes and potenta;e,. who.
with thirty or forty thousand regulars, are emit.
led to keep in subsection fifteen or twenty mill.
IONS OF their subjects. They have become 90
avariclous as not 10 be satisfied with a tariff Of
20 or 81 per cent, but they have the brazen eff.
frontery to Insult you by telling you the higher
NE Tariff the cheaper the goods--as if the more
d'nicult 1t was to obtain thing, the easier it 10
!" acquire It; in other words to tell you, that the
lower the Tariff the higher the prices. They are
strongly opposed TO free trade. and equality of
rights, as your constitutional rights when main.
tanned by you. Then, say. lay the axe to the
root Of all privileged orders, corporate and in.
corporate. They are more currupt and demo.
ralising and more opposed to tie prosperity of our
institutions than the principles which govern 4
well.ordered monarchy. -f-a-Es
The men of the Revolution never dreamt, that
there would arise in so short time, so powerful
n monied combination, as the lords of the shut.
tie and the loom, who are at this time turning the
labor, toIIng community in a tenfold degfee more
oppressive than our old tax-mas:er, George the
Third, ever did. How ridiculous the idea, and
yet how true, that party may be employed in
rIvettlng the very chains which enslave them.
while nations less blessed than we arc bursting
'heir bondage asunder. IL the people were but
partially acquainted with the odious and iniqui-
tous system OF taxation, they would not have sub.
mitted for so long time to such an easy method
as the manufacturing capitalists have, of putting
their hands into their pockets, and drawing from
the people not less than 20 to 80 per cent, of
:heIr labor. whilo the great farming and planting
Interests are not yielding more than 5 per cent.
on an average. 1t is time. full time, for the Wing
and Democratic farmers and planters TO assemtie
and reason together coolly, and endeavor to sat-
lsfy themselves that they have a common inter.
est OF much more importance to guard and pro.
tect, than the avaricious Manufacturers stock Job.
beers ind spectators, with all their advocates
with all the credit system dependents, and with
capital, real and fictitious, amounting to many
hundred millions Of dollars fearful odds. it must
be confessed, against the widely dispersed ngri-
cuiiura, Interests. But you have this consolation.
The salvation Of our institutions is in your keen.
ing. To preserve il invioabIe, will be the rich
est and most lasting legacy which you can be-
queath to your children and your children's chill.
dren. Remember, then, when you repair to the
ba ot-boX, to record your votes for tho candidate
most opposed to all descriptions and denominations
of privileged orders, and you will become, what
you always ought to be, the guardians of your
Otcn liberties. rH ...rE. JEFFERSON
we nave not Angels in shape OF men to govern us.
-.s.. a..- [L6tsen.
Who make your Federal laws? Who imposs
your Tariffs cstn bsh minimunis, which proilbit
variety of goods from being brought into our
ports. and raises tho price Of many others7-
Who is it, That determine whether it is best for
the country, that such and such manufactures
should be fncouraged--such and such persons
ought To be protected and cherished the burden
ought 10 be imposed Upon this or that section Of
the country for the benefit of anolher2 . u.
| Was it not in cridence before Mr.. Saltonstall's
Committee of Manufactures. on whose report OF
the 3lst March, 1912. was based the presen, Tar.
| if law, that iron could be delivered at New York.
Boston, or, any seaport town, at 1877 per ton, af.
Ter paying the cost of passage and duly into the
| Treasury of 20 per cent and under the present
high Tariff, it costs at least $685. that is, t,cire as
much. md so on with other articles similarly
taxed-nnd yet high duties mako low prices?-
Indeed !-Richmond Enquirer ms a.... ...