The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-08-14
deuco Of any people" the support Of any

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honest man.
6. ResOlced, That we approve of the
administration of our chief Executive.
his manly hearing. prudent counsels. and
sound Democratic doctrines, aud we
commend him Ia the people as worthy Of
the high position he now occupies. and
well deserving the trust of our standard
IN the ensuing campaign.
This is rather high praise for an Off
clal who has mol been called upon 10 do
anything, except to pardon a few GRIMM
ais. Is opposition TO the fugitive slave
law, a Democratic doctrioel If 50, we
would like to know it.
7. Res0leed, That the ticket We this
day present to the people, is well worthy
of their united support. Honest and ca
pable. our candidates are pre- emlnenlly
qualified to carry out the measures of the
Dem0cr attic party under the new Cnnstl.
tuition. which they have assisted in max
ing. aud SO ably supported before the
people"
II is said that one Of tho candidates,
The Attorney General, did not give an
ardent support to the Constitution. A
very little will have to be taken from
this resolution. aud then we don't care
how much praise is bestowed upon The
licket,merely stating thatmany good dem
ocrats don't believe the candidates are
pre- eminenIly qualified" 1t does seem
To US that the Convention put rather a
ponr estimate upop the best men Of the
party. judging from the ballotlings.
INSANE FRRE-TRADE PotIcY.-Profes.
sor Mansfield asks:-W Why should our
factories, in the Atlantic States. be de-
stroyed to raise up British shopS2 And
yet such is the fact. Three days since,
the Matteawan Factory closed its doors.
saw that factory in operation in 1920,
aud for thirty years it has stood the storms
If commercial adversely, and now il falls
before the deliberate purpose of our own
country to adopt the British policy OF
Free Trade! For it is Free Trade, in
substance. when the Tariff makes no suf'
fcicnt Discrimination between American
and Foreign Manufactures. This factory
employed near FIVE hundred persons, who,
after the remnant Of materials on hand
are made up will be discharged. | know
the snphistries which are uttered on the
nther side; but all men who trust their
common sense more than their imagina.
ton. will believe that an apple falls To
the ground because Gf gravitat,on, and
that another will fall for the same cause
FACTS FOR LABoRING MEN. Out Of the
POS furnaces in Pennsylvania, l49 (just
one haIf,l have stopped within the last
Is months, aud The workmen thrown out
Of employment! Aud yet every vessel
hat arrives in this country from England
is loaded with railroad iron. So much
for 81 much.
These hundred and forty nine furnaces,
When in full blast, employ, on an aver
age, directly aud indirectly at least 6G
~ meu, each. One halfo them would
earn two dollars a day; but for the pur
pose Of moking a low estimate, we will
suppose them all to earn, when employ.
ed, une dollar a day.
Tho whole number ofmen would be..... 7 $50
At ont dollar a day. they would earn per
Week
Their aggregate annual earnings would
g., 1923 400
There arc AT leas, an equal number of
Furnaces out Of blast in other States; aud
the aggregate sum lost to the iron workers
oflhc country is not a dollar below FIVE
MILLIONS.
These five millinns. which, but for the
unwise aud unti American policy of the
Lnco Foco party, would gointu the peck
cts 1T American mechanics. is now sent
from this country, IN gold aud silver, and
IN State or corr Grafton bonds, aud paid
t" the mon workers Of England. Scotland
Russia aud Wales.
These FIVE millions nfdoIlars, thus kept
out OF The pockets of the hard working
mechanics of the United States, would
purchase a vast many comforts 1t would
enable those thus virtually robbed. not
uuly To feed aud clolhe their families
comfortably, but To educate lheil children.
aud To provide for themselves u home in
their old age.
But Loco Focoism is regardless of the
interests ofthe working mrnnfth the coun
try. To carry nut a r%uinous party doc.
Urine, they are willing that our mechanics
and artisans should suffer Yet they pro
fess the most profound friendship for
them. aud denounce the Wing party,
which advocates Protection to Home La
Dor, as their enemies!
If we should take up the statistics of
other departments of manufactures, al.
most equally iujuriously afe cle by the
auri American pulley of Lnco Focos. the
result would be even more startling.
Twenty millions would be found below
the mark-a sum twice as large as that
required to complete tho Erie Canal Eu
largemeut. Aud this, be it remembered,
is a tar upon Me mechanics 9fhr country
FIR the benefit @6rciga manufacturers!
How long will tho electors ofihe country
tolerate such a r]uinous policy, Albany
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