The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-07-03

'"'S wv" VI he history OF thls Govern
inent Duriag General 1acasons admin
is'ratlon the Bank was prostrated willis
"ep. Fierce was 10 Congr, Ns. Tie was on
posed to this gfea, moreyed 'onopoly, an,
no man .tiompbed over its tall more than
, 'rherai Fierce. 4 few brief months after
whe" is explosion took place. the secret
OF the prisouhoase were disclosed, and /
was found that the cankcr Of corfaptio,
had long been presing upon It's silals Tx,
The ehnrnel' house. with eorney and az
'ractive external, yet within it was flIes
with dead meas bones General Jachso,
IN no net OF his public life, exhibited Sc
much hagacits as In making war upon tn
Bank, and all who sustained hin in III,
herce encounter with this great and coos
sal moneyed power, richly merit the graft
tnde oil the country.
General Pierce also bore no humble par.
in prosIraiing finally ,ha, stupeulous sys.
TEN o! int,rial Improvements, proiecte By
Me- Adams during his administration. when
1t wa proposed to dig canals over noun.
rains, build roads TO the moon, an6 light
houses to the skies. Some Of III, Nhig
forth his hostility to internal Improvements
with view OF alternating the West from
the chosen lender of the party. hut they
viii find IT =" loves labor lost :" and when
I the great agricultural States of Ohio, indi.
ana. Illinois. Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan,
aud Missouri, learn that the alternative Of
iered them ia an abandonment OF wild
tktp nl Il All.
iiopal improvements by the Federal Govern.
ment. which they may and oaght to carry
on by their own State authorities, or submit
to the imposition OF a high protective tariff
TO entich "A few manufacturers BIZ taxing
enormously every article they may con.
sumo. and, ut the same time, DESTROYING
their foreign market for the sale al their
lour, bacon, corn, and beef. by reducing
the capacity Of the foreigner TO purchase
from them, he having nothing that will be
received in payment bu, specie there can
be no two opinions MS TO what the decision
of the Wcst viii be, conceding that it is
favorably inclined TO such works Tor how
w"uid 'u'""hi- .iesrs oe cleaned out. SO
mat boats might sairly navigate fnrri. wa
the market tor the produce which the boats
are to transport is destroyed Their gran.
aries nigh, groan beneath the harvest Of a
fertile soil, but the rats aud the wevil would
be their consumers, Instead of hungry men,
women, and children, 10 other lands. The
comiADn sense OF the West has thus far, at
least. made them repaiiste Wing theories,
that high duties make low prices. aud that
high duties make home market for the
product. Of the mrm. when thay see the
surplus provision crop Of Ohio add ludi
ana alone would feed every manufacturer
and operative IN the mixed States. or the
stiil more absurd ono' uat hleh dHies Is Il
TAX upon the foreign Manufacture ana nor
upon TIE domestic consumer OF INC a'''@l'
taxed
Capitalists engaged IN man"lacturli z
pursuits must seek cat q people VINO thlnR
less, aud who are mpte ignorant OF Pol'.I'
cal and domestic economy tian 'be west
before they viii succeed IN imposing high
protective tariffs nudcr the rfeirnse that
will raise revenue, which may be expended
ia cleaning rivers. improving hafhols, OF
binding roads Hat am sfaiilnd that at
tcu,lon has been called thus publicly to
t.enecal picree's position on iniemai I'M
proyements. and hops that all the partisan
editors OF the opposition Viii echo The no'e'
Truth aud reason would snncuon ms votes
anG opinions against the policy, even u he
WAS not panoplied rs hr Is IN the folds OF
written Constitution IN bus opposition to It,
lie would have been an unworthy repre-