Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1851-08-14
Whole Number 81.
'enewalOf the scenes that followed


of a renewal of the scenes that follo,,.d
the Locofoco sContraction and Exsso.
sion" experiments Of 81 10 al: against
which they hoD level their pop-gun thun-
der thereby initiating the corduct Of a
certainiO cared animal, when kicking
at the dead. lions carcass. e
II is often asked, most triumphantIy
asked by our free trade friends how tits
That tariff like the present, which Is
producing revenue Of s5o,OOo,OoO
per annum, can be a bad one. We
might retort by asking how that can be a
bad drink that expands the byain, fires
the blood and produces the most exhil-
Grating sensations, for timel al YOU
say the reaction, the reaction, sir, is
what does the businessl Exactly so.
then, and the reaction in the tariff casa
is what will cohplete the ruin itse' has
begun. The low tariff Of 1916 pro.
duced revenue Of $4,000, ZOO, and
followed by several years of. general
distress all over the country This vas
followed in 1928 by protective tariff
and period Of prosperity for six years.
In '33 4. sort Of free trade tariff vas
again passed, and from 1885 to,I64l
every one almost can remember was a
time Of general depression and distress.
The climax Of disasters, the '.Specie
Circular" scattered many fortune to
the winds, the fragments OF which are
distinctly seen and felt even to the pre-
sert day. How far the banks were in
strumental in producing indipidxdI ru.
init is not necessary to enquire, since
their operations were and ever mill be,
in measure, effected by individual
prosperity and industry. EiGue7 SO
Again, it is fact undeniable that the
times under which we have lived and
enjoyed the operations of a protective
tariff, have been the times of our great.
est prosperity, individual and national.
This fact alone is sufficient argument
in favor OF the protective system to say
nothing of the continued dabbling in
our monetary affairs by the Locofocos,
and which has been a source of CON
slant disaster and ruin. In fine the
good old system of protection, the doc
trine OF sound currency and expan-
sion of individual liberty, are the true
grounds of our national faith and policy,
Let us hasten to retrieve what we have
lost by allowing the enemy TO occupy
our ground with their theories and sb-
stract dogmas. Let us rally again to
the good old Republican Wing tent and
demand. with united voice, the adop-
ton of The old Democratic American
policy, and we shall once more be free
from the effects Of debt at home and
abroad. Free trade can. never be. si..
cessfully adopted by this country, until
we are ableto compete in our Otcn mar,
kets with the productions Of other ma.
tions. When our own manufactured
have been fostered and protected until
our skill and enterprise can meet pau
per labor and foreign capital on our
own grounds, then we can open our
ports to oil nations and bid defiance 10
their efforts TO underself US, at home or
abroad. Until then, we would act the
part Of wisdom in cherishing our own
enterprise and labor, in preference TO
the foreign. When that shall be the
case, the ''contraction and expansion Of
the banks" will no longer effect, to any
serious extent, the prosperity of the
people. Gold and silver will become
more generally used in our every day
transactions. whilst capital will find its
true value in wants Of healthy financial
and commercial operations, thereby be-
ing shorn of power and opportunity. to
swindle the public and scatter ruin on
every side. The diversity Of our pro-
ductions, the variety OF our soil and eli.
mate, the extent Of our vast unoccupied
territory, will for ages be a guarantee
against the suffering and misery Of the
"toiling millions" that is seen in Eu-
rope. Education viii enable the mas.
ses to perceive the designs of their ru-
lers, and liberty will ever be guarded
with sacred vigilance by those who
-"choose their own and make their own
laws" ,s- t n,LAMINGTQN.,