Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-05-16

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viess county, Indiana, John s Mitchell, POST
master; ,Portersvilie, Dubois county, Indiana,
Andrew Abels, Postmaster; Pepperton, Frank
lin county, Indiana, August Pepper, Postmas-
ter; Rock Mills, Madison county, Indiana,
Absalom Williams, Postmaster; Prailie, Upton
county, Indiana, Henry Simmons, Postmaster.
Post Offices Decentralization Bluff,
Darlington district, s. c.; Rollinsville Darling
ton district, s. c.; Dove, Sumter district, s. c.; |
Friendship, Sumter district, S. c.; Statesboro',
Bullock county, Ga; Buchanan, Gwinnett
county, Ca; Lower Columbia, Coos county,
N. H.; West Gilboa, Schoharie county, N Y;
Exeter, Ind; Lansing, Ind.
Names and Sites of Post Offices Changed,
Five Islands Post Office, Penobscot county, Me,
to VIM Post Office; Anthony Post Office, Kent
county, X. l., site and name changed to Quid-
nick, and VIM. Hopkins, Postmaster, in place
of J G. S. Hayward, resigned.
PENNSYLVANIA PoLITIcs.-The canvass in
Pennsylvania, in view Of their approaching
State election, is becoming very animated, so
far as the newspapers of the State are concern
ed. A point sought TO be achieved by the oppo-
sitiOn is to change the animus Of the great iron
interest of the Commonwealth, which for some
time has been gradually concentrating in favor
OF the Democratic party, Notwithstanding the
determination of so large majority of its rep
resentatives in Congress not to favor the doc
trine of protection" by duties on imports
which up to very recently has been regarded
by the iron manufacturers as their only saliva
ton. The adoption by the last national ad-
mi eli ~ ba g
for wood, stone and brick in the construction
OF Government buildings, wherever that can
be done economically and successfully, having
proved an industrial triumph, is opening the
eyes OF the iron masters to the fact that the fu-
ture greater demand for their staple than here
tofore, to grow out of this new application of it,
is to afford them ere long more rel ,ble and sat
isfactOry protection than they can o 'sibly hope
for from pOlitics-CongressiOna legislation, in
the present temper of society the world over
upon the question of direct protection" by an
import duty.
On the democratic side, the journals are re-
publishing an article from the New York Daily
Ne,cs, embracing statistics in support of the
theory advanced by the Senate's Committee on
Manufactures in report during the last ses-
was duly enforced. In this article it is made
very plain that the expansion of the iron mar
ket consequent upon this new extensive appli-
cation of the material for business purposes
must eventually give to the American manu-
facturers the monopoly of the international
traffic. Assuming this theory as the basis of
its remarks, the Ners proceeds to show by an
estimate of the future by the past, that the
commerce in iron must, in the almost immediate
future, become the great element of the COM
mercial wealth and Of the moral and Ioitical
power OF nations, and that consequently its
monopoly by the United States must render
ours the dominant commercial and political
power of the world. While we do not agree
that iron can ever become of the international
impOrtance-commercial or political-that cot
ton Is and Will continue to be, We see no rea-
son to doubt the soundness of this iron theory
to considerable extent But the Pennsylva-
MA Journals to which we refer claim that
the speedy realization of the results thus fore
Swallowed, will be wholly due to the wise and
liberal policy of the late Democratic Admins
tratiOn in encouraging by its sanction and CO.
operation the new application Of iron to build
ing purposes and, that in addition to this the
extensive national consumption of iron i'm pub
lie buildings has, in effect, amounted to a sub
stantial protection Of the domestic product
This Is the true line of argument as well as
a description Of protection to the propriety
Of which we subscribe, and we hope to see it
pursued by the Democratic journals throughout
the State, in view Of the Importance of the APP
preaching State election. 1t is perfectly Iegiti-
To orzI G..I
mere politician will fail to discover the potency
OF this argument in controlling the results of an
election. But it must be borne in mind that to
the mighty iron interest, which furnishes bread
Tor some 30 600 votes, and holds now as il ever
has, the balance of power between the parties
IN that State, these arguments are far more per-
suasive than any merely sectional or partisan
appeals that can be made. Indeed, we have
every reason to believe that these considera-
lions went far towards securing to the Demo
cratic nominee, in November last, the votes of
the iron interest, formerly given to the old
Wing party.
This popular movement among the iron man.
ufacturers, which has operated so advantageous
~ to the Democratic party, if we remember
correctly, was initiated by Mr.. f. Harmon, now
vi washington, but formerly from Pennsylya-
ma We know that he labored almost inces-
sanity during the last two or three years to
induce them to sustain and appreciate the i'm
portance of this preference of iron material by
the National Government, and to consent to ac-
cept IL as substitute for a high tariff. The
energy, perseverance and ability displayed by
him In the performance of this task deserved
and commanded success. We were personally
cognizant of his efforts first to bring about the
extensive use of iron in Government buildings
and, subsequently, to make the iron masters of
pennsylvania comprehend that their best pos
sible and most reliable protection in future
Is to be In the so greatly extended demand for
their staple to grow out of its general use for
building purposes; the economy and propriety
OF which the Treasury Department of this Gov
eminent has already demonstrated, to the CON-
prehension of all extensively engaged in build
lng. This Opntlaman has ~ in b;S rnyar 10 ,,o-,,