Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1852-10-20

~ lel{4x( ceWt lOf the dement, d our
Observation-Disclosures east. Why not then, far
mers q Iowa. turn in and help the wings vote
down these negative. niggardly locofocos who
refuse to tax themselves or you more than 30
per cent? They would not even impose a tax
SO great as that, il it was not necessary to raise
revenue to support the government General
Washington approved tariff Of Is per cent to
support the government and pay the revolution.
arv DEBT; this has been increased from time to
time as the manufacturing interest thus foster.
ed became stronger, more wealthy aud nf1uen.
t'al,untl they are the millonares of the nation,
they have the control Of great number of
vo,esof the men in iheiremp'oy no wing can ex.
poet to be President without their money and
influence, and these they will give only on con-
ai;ioh OF high protective tariff, which will
enable them to pay higher wages for labor and
sell goods cheaper. And western farmers NAV
rest assured, that although there will be no
more mouths to feed they have the promise of
home market-and no doubt if promises con-
time to be taken, little New England would
easily swallow the whole production of the
Mississippi valley.
Aut seriously 1T does seem to 3 to REQUIRE n
great deal OF assurance in wings to ask agricul :.
tural men Of the ives: to favor an increase Of
the present rate of duties on imports Increase
OF duties in order to give protection must pro-
duce one of two results, either increase the
amount OF sales by cutting off competition, or
increase the profits by an advance in prices s.
The first would cut off all revenue by Stopping
Importations, and compel resort to direct tax.
tion; the latter takes just the am mount of the adj.
vance OF prices out of the pockets of the con.
sumcrs and gives it to manufacturers. If west
ern farmers think the Lawrences cannot afford
10 manufacture at present prices, and wish to
contribute to swell their yearly income, vote
Tor General Scott and high protective tariff
We ask no such votes for Franklin Pierce. The
democratic is truly the "negavive party" on all
these federal schemes of special and sectional
iavoritism. On protection to manufactures
against agricultural and other interests the de-
mocra:s vote NO.
On "a system of internal improvements" by
which the money belonging to the whole PEG.
pie is appropriated for the benefit of few ia
vored localities, democrats vote No.
on Bank of the United States, creating
monster monied monopoly with special priv
'eges inconsistent with that equality of civil
rights to which every citizen is entitled, the
democracy emphatcally vote No.
On the Bankrupt law by which knaves were
discharged from debts due honest men, No is
the language of democracy
On the land distribution scheme and cverv
other wig project for the violation of the prin
ciPles OF honesty and political equality should
uniformly vote in the nevcgativc. Men in
power are inclined to stretch their prerogatives
and overslep their constitutional authority and
we esteem it the highest honor of the democrat.
ic party that it can with truth in this sense
OF the term be called the negative party
and hope it may long merit the appcllat,on
10y uniform opposition to every cncroachment
on the constitution or the rights Of the people
by which the few plumber the many whether
under the name of protection" or any other
plausible preence of promoting tho public
good
Senator Douglass says there ssarc not
Wings enough IN the prairies Of the West 10
make mile.stones. "-Ex
Senator Douglass says great many things
that are not trne, and this be has ACKNOWLEDGE
10 DC one Of them. lbY jcayinx the Eastern
Statyss n Which hs had proa.ieed 10 address