Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-07-27

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She n rkey1lin 20 editorial snder
misrepresentation ! \ lessrks nsds & ths
Dsmccratie meetine, last Tuesday night week
ago, 20 groso and outrageous - to demand from
me contradiction.
The statement Of my remarks, which Mr..
Edwards hss published for political effect, is one
which lam informed my political opponents
were busy 10 retailing about, and declining
upor, from the street corners, soon after it was
Aaledged to have been uttered by me. tits, that
81 thanked my Maker that there were no manu-
featuring corporations in Iowa, and hoped to
God that their never would be-" The sentiment
which actually expressed, was not used when
speaking on the subject Of manufactures or
tariffs. had passed from these, and was dis.
coursing, in my feeble manner, upon that much
more important subject to every lover Of lib.
erty--the right Of suffrage. In reference to the
free and independent exercise Of the elective
franchise did remark, that thanked God there
were, as yet, no gigantic factory establishments
in Iowa, with power to dictate 10 the free.
men who might be laboring in their employment
for whom they should vote, and trusted the
day would never, come when they (the voters)
would be compelled, Al the bidding Of factory or
bank paper Lords, to vote 4 coIorcd or other
ticket, Or be turned out of employment, as has
been the case Ii older portions of the Union.
This was the sentiment which then uttered,
and which l now entertain. How many labor
ing democrats were dismissed, and denied all
employment, for refusing to sign distress me-
MORALS denouncing Gen. jackson, and eulogis-
ing the late Nicholas Biddle, and his miscalled
Bank Of the United States, and praying Con-
gress to restore to its vaults the public monies?
And how many have been so treated for not
voting as the factory owner or agent in the East
desired them to do?
The sentiment imputed to me by Mr.. Edwards
and his informants, could any, one be found 50
credulous as to believe il, would truly place me
in ridiculous attitude. They make me thank
God that there were no manufactures in Iowa,
when every body knows that there are quite a
respectable number.
In the Northern part Of Iowa, there is indeed
much capital and labor engaged in manufac-
lures. Need tell you, sir, that am no enemy
to these establishments, or to their propretors
They are engaged in calling which many Of my
and our sister Territory Of Wisconsin, are fol-
lowing for a livelihood-one to which was
raised, which have followed the greater part
Of my life and to which am sincerely attached.
No, sir, no! l am friendly to every species OF
manufactures, and hope to see them prosper and
their numbers increase. Not under the opera
ZION of hot-bed system, but in the regular and
legitimate way. They can be made profitable IN
our Territory and future State. We have,
through the bounty of kind Providence, the
best water power perhaps in the world, in great
abundance, and to be had at the cheapest prices.
Provisions, the raw material, and nearly all the
ingredients used in manufacturing, are cheaper
here than In Massachusetts,. Many Of the fab
RIGS in most general use can be manufactured
here cheaper than In the Eastern States But
am unwilling to 60 further in what's called pre-
tecting them than Tariff for revenue. That is
enough, and when we 60 beyond, it becomes
bonnty. As friend to equal rights, am OPP
posed to protecting the seven hundred thousand
manufacturers at the expense of the seventeen
millions Of consumers.
The expense Of importing foreign goods is ten
per cent, which il that amount Of protection to
our own manufacturers. tariff for a revenue
would be an average scale Of duties of from TWEEN
ty to twenty-five per cent. This, added to the
ten-the cost Of transportation-would make
thirty or thirty-five per cent: which in my esti-
nation is protection sufficient for the manufac-
turcr and tax enough upon the consumer.
Very Respectfully,
Your ob't serv't,
July 26th 1874. A. c. DODGE
P. s. The Editor of the Hawkeye having
given publicity to the misrepresentation OF my
remarks, is requested as an act of justice, to in
sert the above correction. A. C. d.