Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-10-23
From the Pi.lsbnrg pa Morning Post. /

THE MORAL OF OUR VICTORY.
| Our opponents may decla i'm as much as they
please about The smaliness OF the vote, bul the
TACT is palpsble that correct expression Of the
opinions OF The people OF The STATE was given 10
| The result Of The election vi Tuesday. Those
who entertain opinions voted; those only who &C.
cupy neutral ground upon the asiIa!ed questions
| remained al home. IL cannot b. said thai llie
| Wings made no efforts Had they not their Ira.
yelling bands OF elccloneerers through every
county in The Sia,e2 The President Of The Uni
led States, The Governor OF Pennsylvania, and
others in high places, were with US, making ev.
cry effor. 10 stir up feeling in favor OF the
Wing cause. Their candidate for Canal Com
missioner took the stump. On the other hand,
| The efforts Of the Democrats were limited. We
made no desperate exerlions
| One question has been decided. We refer 10
The tariff The peopie haze spoken against tie pro.
tectipe ,chems TIE issue ras fairly wade and
cl:nly understood. Each vote was deposited
with view 10 an expression OF sentiment on
this subject. Let il be nosed abroad that the
protective policy OF lie Wing party has been
condemned in our Stale.
We trust our opponents will see the folly Of
continuing 10 urge such an unjust system upon
the people. Years ago there vas no opposition
| 10 "pToIection" in Pennsylvania. Even lnielli-
gent democrats believed that there could be no
prosperity without commercial restrictions. But
the schoolmaser has been abroad in The land
Mems minds have not been idle. All classes
have been studying he subject 10 its depth. The
enormiiy OF The scheme which taxes The many
for the benefit OF The few has been discovered and
laid bare.
The tariff is now The only wing hobby. II is
used in New England and Pennsylvania, and
nowhere else Before The end OF The present ad-
mnislralion il will be consigned 10 The tomb oil
all The old and long cherished measures OF the
fedefalists.
We lake il that The people have also decided
that there is no honesty in the anti-sayery pre-
tensions OF The Taylor men.
| And further, has not the conduct Of The present
chief magistrate Of Pennsylvania been indirectly
rebuked7 He has wanony dissraced Ills office
| by his lack 81 dignity on several public coca.
sions and The eyes Of The people nave been upon
| him.
ANOTHER "FACT."-More furnaces have
been built in Columbia county since the passage
OF the act of 1886 than ever before in three
| years. time. When pig iron was only worth
SIS ner ton, q firm in this county went Inlc
The business of manufacturing il; and in few
years cleared some forty or fifty thousand dol
lars. and retired from business rich. The iroT
manufacturers of this county are all making
money: and when couple of furnaces in THU
region were sold by the heirs OF their late
owners, they brought extraordinary prices anC
were bought by men who had experience II
The iron business, and knew what could be made
by it. Last Fall we had another panic befor'
the election. The iron.mongers again cries
"hard times and told the poor tailsman tina
his "bread" depended upon the election OF Gen
TAYLOR. They duped and deceived the lahore
until they had his vote, and then, instead o
raising his wages, they lowered his pay tw'
dollars week! This is the fulhment Of Fe
deraI promises We say 10 the laboring mel
of the country, remember these things wheI
you vote this Falr-[ Columbia Star Il The Sol.th