Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-12-13

cheapness, and in the present age the first interest
of industry is above all TO see ameliorated the
ways of communication, to lower. the. tollsiupon
the routes and canals. e7ls q &.
When cresus exhibited bis golden treasures,
some one told him that he who possessed iron
could soon make himself master Of them. The
ownership Of the gold Of the Aztecs and the Incas
yielded to the iron and steel Of the Spanish
invader.
The Creator, with a bounteous hand, has fur
nished US with coal region with an extent and
richness, as trust have shown, unequalled by
any political community on the face Of the earth,
and almost as exhaustless as the atmosphere by
which we are surrounded. The means for the
extraction of this of the great necessaries of
life are at hand and are all that human ingenuity
and enterprise could desire, and from these rich
depostes stream of wealth, now swollen, flows
into the Golfers of the producer
When we reflect that that articleyunder a'high
protective tariff is becoming, and to great extent
has become, an indispensable agent in every
household-that it is daily growing into univer-
sal use for all domestic purposes that il is inds-
pensable in the machinery which fashions with
artistic skill and elegance the implements used and
necessary in every family-that&it is equally
needed and employed in themanufacture Of farm
ing utensils and tools in the mechanic arts-in
travel by land and by water nceed for all the arts
Of peace, and equally Indispensable in the art of
war, and for all the means Of national defence,
is there any reason why there should be an OPP
pressive and unnecessary tax upon that which so
seriously affects the interests of every citizen OF
the Republic'
Every principle Of justice demands that the
shackles on this trade, which the existing tariff
imposes should be stricken of, and that the trathc
of this important article should be opened to the
freest competition. In conclusion, Mr.. Speaker, 1
have endeavored to attract the attent
to the subject, rather by brief summary OF the
interests involved. than by any attempt at elabo-
rate argument. The days of this session are
ran;dlv diminshinc. The business of the country
renuires. IN fact demands. breyity In discussion
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tnat tney may nave the reiiei created py proper
competition. +,a. Nt@
A city with population OF I5O,uUu souls, or
l75,0OO families, employ 1t for domestic purposes.
The manufacturing interests in the furnaces,
forges, and all the engines employed in the useful
arts, require it. The trading community, in their
stores and workshops, seek the light, in the pro-
duction of which this article forms an essential
element. The fleet of steamships that daily
leave our shores carving our flag to every sea,
And in the name of all these great interests,
.rd, tb.t of INV ;mmediate consf;tuencv I re-
.,a.tf,ilv nroa The immediate and unconditional
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