Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-09-02
From the Lancaster Herald.
Letters 50 English { aericaas.
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ar.rRyNEs aSp FELLOW CITIZENS:
Il my last ] alluded 10 the enormous
.ssa,Jol 10 which VIZ are subject, and which
,.u,ttr TIE. 50 called, DoIeoeracy is ever
increasing. The Army estimates alone
ror the present year, as desired by Pres
iienl Pierce Is more than the expenses o.
TIE whole Government under the Presi-
,.eney Of Joha Adams why this de-
nand for so much money 10 keep up a
s.an.!ing Army III the inns Of Peace
II Is that the slave-ocrary which controls
tbs Democracy may use tito crush ont LII
berry IN Kansas. anu ali other portions OF
OAK immense Territorial possessions, and
force slavery into them, BY which all Free
white men will be excluded forever.
30 that the question to be settled at the
ouining Presidential lection is not-whe-
tiier tue slaves in the slave states shall be
ST free; that is a question the slave states
themselves must settle, net any, or all, of
the free states. But the real and only
question 10 be settled is, shall cur Terri
tories be free, for free white men,-ihe
ionosi hard working Mechanic, Miner,
Llboter, and Farmer 70 occupy, o. are
tie millions of acres 10 be seized by the
aeis. ocracy OF the slave sta;es-The Land
taken up IN thousand of acres. and gangs
Of negroes made 10 exhaust the soil--from
d.strlct to district to the exclusion Of free
wit, Lahorers and rum OF the land, as is
the case IL Virginia. This Is Tor YOU to
suie by your votes al the coming cleo
ton.
You know better than any native born
citizen OF thus country the cost OF keeping
up an arlstocracy. class OF men who like
t.ones IN a beehive, take out all the conf
Inoa stock, Iut bring nothing IN. Just
such an aristocracy Is fast rising in this
,ountry-out OF the slaye-ocrats and their
Supporters Their sons must have places
ard power, if they can't tuy plantations
aad slayes-so offices must be multiplied,
and new slave states made tor the purpose,
and al Increased standing Army must be
offered BIZ slave holders sons. Taxes
must necessarily be increased
Look only at the price of sugar, the
cnief luxury In working mans house,
;.ud mann Ingredient to enable his wife
u make housekeeping any ways comfor-
table and respectable; that is the reason
that sugar IN It's price is getting beyond
Inc reach OF honest hard working men!
Why the reason is this. Our, so called
DEMocRArIC Government keeps on du-
y of three cents per ID. on all sugar made
II the British Colonies by free labor, By
which cheap sugar, is kept out of the A
merican market, III order to raise the price
OF the slave-made sugar of Louisiana.
In all according to the Census of the
Country, there are bur one thousand four
hundred sugar plantation IN this Country;
they work all their plantations by slaves,
AID so have 30 wages to pay; and 10 ena-
tie these few sugar makers to get euor-
mouslv rich, and be a part OF an oyerbcar-
ing aristocre.ic, twenty-five millions of
people are thus compelled to give tire
cents per II. more for sugar, than they
could buy II for if Jamaica sugar were al
lowed to come III the country free of duty.
There is no duty on Tea aud Coffee
Why is this2 JUST because aristocratic
shareholders don't grow Tea and Coffee
And they cal! Oh you my Coun,ryner
10 support this aristocratic Democracy, and
perpetuate these taxes and wrongs.
think you understand the evils OF an arts
toeracy better than to do this
ANGLO AMERItAN
p. s. Il is of no avail for the Pierce
and Douglas d, mocracy to say they didn'
rut this heavy duty on sugar They have
been in power long enough TO take 1t of
Ii they would