The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-09-08
Thursday SEPT. I. 1881.
The Country to be again Ruined.r ~
"a Panic Making.--The Tribune & Clip

~ A"nAS MA"hAASs--An nc AEADuno ~ NiW-
per.
"The signs Of the times point out IN
mistakeably the fact that the country is So-
ing to ruin again alta John Gilpin rate! An
other crisis is approaching. Dark, pcrtett-
Gus clouds are rising in the political torizh
and ere long the Storm King will sweep oier-
our happy country, tearing up by the rosts
our glorious institutions, dashing the gtbd
old ship Of State to pieces upon The breakfs
and sending bolts Of lightning, terrible with
destruction, to the very heart Of the bdly
pollticl Yet, with all these evils staring
them in the face, with inevitable destruction
hoyering over their very heads, and The wslR
ling voices Of those who have been privileged
to look into the dim vista of the future, the
people manifest most stoical Indifference
towards the dreadful calamity about TO befal
them. Is is not strange that they have fallen
into this suicidal lethargy? Why do they
not rouse up, and to man goto work to ar
rest the impending danger? Behold. it can
be done quickly and effectually. The great
Magician "iProteetion," eometh forward and
offereth to stay tae storm and roll back the
tide of destruction. He, tendereth to the
people panacea for all the ills that flesh and
governments are heir TO-. He administered
his medicine 10 the few and the whole is
healed. He alloweth one class to luxuriate
in special privileges that all classes may pos
sess still greater privileges. He raiseth up
the strong that the weak may also be raised
up higher. He maketh the rich richer that
they may make rich the poor. He legislateth
for one and 10 all derive incalculable bene-
fits therefom. This same parsonage is Of
noble birth and Of wonderfully good breeding.
He is well known in Great Britain. He
was the special friend there of the mobiles and
made Ireland the happy country it now is
for q description Of which, see Horace
Greeley's letters. Who would not welcome
sucha friend !?
But this ruin-it is periodical. It threat
ened in 1872; again in lS4l-2. and, of
course, we may expect it again in 1872
all caused by revenue tariff. What most
rascaIly thing that tariff is r Why, the mon
ey market becomes tight, our citizens 60 in
debt, stocks get low-it is a hard job some.
times 10 raise money on them when there are
only about SlO0,000,o0 IN the market--ant
the tariff Of '46 is the cause Of all the devil
try But, seriously, it is really with an ef
fort that we can treat the protective system
that old, exploded and repudiated policy
hafped upon every presidential canvass, Tex
cept when the wings have ".no party" can
didaie.) by its friends, for the sake Of dupinl
the ignorant-with even common respect
But it is TO tie interest OF wealthy clas,
that they have high protective tariff--tha
the whole country may be taxed to the tun;
of twenty-five to fifty millions Of dollar
yearly to support them. This snug sum il
worth some effort, some sacrifices, on thei
Epart, and Of course they can find advocates
Eof their interests among the press.
| Our neighbor, who seems 10 be we'll poste,
as to the state Of stocks in the New Yorl
Market, having heard from there fifteen day
Iago, nouns over the woful effects of the tar
II iff, it having caused bad effects upon tn
said market. We are happy to inform him
basing our remarks upon his own standard
that the tariff has set the stock market al
fright again, and that money can be had a
| z per cent, for good securities.
| Will the Tribune and Clipper favor thI
public with its authority for its figures on ex
llNports and imports9 We should like to know
where they came from. Our people buy
vast deal sometimes and are able topay for it
II goods come into this country free Of dut,
from England, and our products 60 into tina
country free of duty, that is reciprocity
But the Tribune & Clipper says, as we under
stand it, that reciprocity means, that GU
products must gointo England free and Eng
lands goods pay on arriving in this country
d A queer sort OF reciprocity. that