Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-07-17
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CrsCtnnArr, july ., Isl.


Item you from Columbus but for the
shortness OF my saay which was Just
long enough to hear and see the
nominations. OF course you know
that "Uncle Sam" is the standard
bearer Of our party-lor the coming
light, and I dare say you already
know who are his associates on the
ticket ltis purely WAig from be-
ginning to end.
] had gone with the intention Of
urging the claims Of another Of your
townsmen for seat on the Judges
bench, in case Mr.. V. had not been
nominated, but as | could not do so
with any hope Of success afterward,
did not try. So FAR | believe the
Wings OF this city are satisfied and
we shall in few days get up rdti
fcdfi0R, that will scare the Locofoco
rats into mice. We were sorry TO
learn from Mr.. Vinton's Putnam
speech that he intends to leave the
field TO his associates and opponents,
but il may be for the best in the end.
1t is evidence Of Improvement in
the public taste, TO prefer scritten TO
oral arguments from candidates for
public stations, but | am persuaded
that just at this point of our history
the people should hear as well as see
the difference between the principles
Of those who are TO be elected or de-
feated at our October canvass.
The new Constitution cannot now
be made an element Of strife. 1t is
elected, is a fixed unalterable fact and
only those collateral results growing
out Of some Of its features can be OF
any use in the discussions at the
hustings. No one dare doubt the
fact Of its existence, but many may
and are disposed to doubt whether
those more ultra provisions may not
be tempered and moulded by a con-
ServdtiUe administration so as 10
avoid some of the evils that are ap-
pretended will flow from the most
radical construction. But even these
matters sink into comparative insig-
nificance, when national affairs loom
up before US in all their proportions.
There is a growing desire plainly
manifest in the public mind, in this
region round about, TO overhaul the
tariff of '46 and make il subject OF
examination and dissection. II has
evidently failed to meet, as ils friends
promised it would, the expectations
Of the nation, and recent facts, that
are now daily brought TO light by the
very journals in the east who were
loudest in their hypocrilical clamor
Tor "free traden in 1856, are any,
thing but fiattering to that piece Of
Locoloco policy. Nor are they
Wings alone who now ask and de.
nland Information on this subject.
They ask "why is it that we are
shipping gold and silver to Europe at
the rate of about $4,500,0O0 per
month, whilst our graneries and
siCre-houses are loaded down and |
OVERLOOKING with our surplus grain,
flour, pork, bee, &c. &cl'' Why |
must we send off to England and |
Europe millions OF our State, Fede-
raj and corporation bonds and stocks
and notes, to raise funds to build our
Railroads and furnish them, when all |
OF our surplus agricultural pIoduc-
tons lie rotling on our hands,
Why do the smoke Of our forges die /
away, The fires Of our furnaces go
out, our ores remain in their beds
and our coal hardly touched; when
we are bringing from foreign lands
iron, and iron fabrics, hardwares,
glassswares, &c, &c, by the millions
and also sending off 10 those very
countries our gold and silver, our
bonds and mortgages in returnl
These questions and more Of
kindred nature are being asked, and
some reply must be given by those
who were so furious in favor of the
law Of '46. II will not do to say our
tariff is high enough already and our
revenues are $50, 900, 900 per annum.
True it is high, and higher than it
should be, but might it not be so al
tered as to protect our own citizens
IN their own markets against the pau.
per labor OF Europe? Suppose the
40 or $4,000, 900 Of gold and silver
we now send abroad per annum, was
kept at home TO increase our specie !
basis and circulating medium, and s
suppose the 35 to $50, 700, 900 worth s
Of our surplus productions was con- J
'umed here at home among our
'elves, would not our farmers and |
Mechanics be enabled by just so
much 10 take :hai among themselves, b
u those stocks and bonds which now O
20 abroad A prominent free trade
ournal Of N. Y. in a recent article il
N this subject let's out the following
;urious iacts-'stheir money markets
re made easy by large arrivals Of :, !,
old and silver from This countrv''-l' -