The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-12-01
Republicanisnl

The New Hampshire Statesman is rcputcd
TO be an able organ of New England Rcpubli.
canism ; the article found below is taken from
it. We commend its perusal t. our opponents
and respectfully ask any man Of that party to
put the question Of slavery agitation 10 him
self and decide, without prejudice, what is the
proper course to pursue On this vexcd sub ect.
1t is no uncommon thing for individuals rs well
as sections to conclude that they alone are the
sufferers by contact with the rest of mankind
that without them the world would drag itself
along very slowly, but little reflection will
teach us that in!i>ilua!s, scicties, States and
Nations are all dependent upon each other ard
that we best Conserve the good Of the whole by
carefully measuring out justice to each.
The closing paragraph in this article is an
appeal To the good sense of every man in the
Republican party and we point to it with the
more pleasure because it confirms every word
we have written in relation 10 the probable
abandonment by the Republican party of their
illberal and sectional philadell hia platform
1t may be said here flat hundreds of Rcpubli.
can papers are taking the same grounds. and in
our associations at least, not a NAN is now il,
favor of Congressional action towards Slavery
exclusion: e...-s
''Now let us inquire, in the name IF common
sense, of what avail is it to prove by sta tistics
that we pay three fourhs Of all the revenues of
the governments, while southern consum are
our largest consumers? OF what avail is it to
prove to the satisfaction of every politician,
that we supply the South with all that they
wear, from a top.nnt to shoe latchct with
all that they nse, from steam engine ~ frc-
ton match, when this very recess feeds our
manufactures ? The South is rs necessary to
the North, as the North is TO the South. Massa.
chusetts annually makes six millions Of dollars
worth of shoes. Tae South is her best custO.
mcr. When the shoe business declines, gaunt
hunger stalks through the streets OF her Hour
ishing villages.
New England is extensively engaged in the
manufacture Of cotton. We buy the raw ma
,erial of the South, and pay in goods. When
our spindleS cease to whirl, the operatives are
threatened with starvation. 1t is the spirit al
hycna that bites the hand that feeds il. l:
is high time to cultivate traiernal feeling be-
tween the different sections Of our country
Neither commerce, manufactures, nor agrcul-
ture can flourish, while the two hostile portions
of our country e,deavor to injure and cripple
each other. Suppose we succeed in convincing
the South OF their dependence on US for all they
eat, and wear, and use, and thus stimulate them
10 establish manufactures for themselves or iii
vert their trade into other channels, arc We
gamers by the process s
Suppose we prove that they are indebted t.
rs for all their literature and all their teachers
and thus rouse their hostility to our books ana
teachers, are we benefited in anywise NJ
good has come, or ever will come, from this niu
iual elimination and recriminatien. 1t neithe,
strengthens the party nor hastcns the downfall
Of slavery. We hold that every State has
right to determine what institutions it viii
adopt.
Why, then, hoist the banner Of ono moro
slave States" when the very corner stone Of ou
political fabric rests upon the principle that O
majority of the people of every State, new ol
old shall decide that question for itself?