The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-06-16

for injury TO American interests Of Iess than
$4,000. But such an objector is incapable
Of sppreciatiLg the prestige OF the American
flag thereby increased, and the advantages
Of entire freedom Of commerce also secured
upon the great river system Of La Plata.
The object hr transcends the cost. So
with the $3.50, 900, 900, il its payment gave
u freedom Of trade to Cuba, with other
advantages Of its purchase. So with the
expenditures necessary TO wrest that island
from Spain upon the first adequate provo
cation Of such hostilities. The millions
saved In fruitess attempt to arrest or post
pone the legitimate influence or expansion
Of the Republic on this continent or in the
adjacent archipelago, involves far more
disastrous waste Of national honor and self
respect.
| have spoken OF Cuba. Its acquisition
admitted even by Senator Seward to be
only question Of time) will cheerfully be
referred for decision to the Gulf States
Minnesota, with her northern agriculture
and the gentle current linking Der bluffs with
the reefs Of the Cuban shore, will welcome
and contribute to its purchase or conquest,
when the hour Of opportunity strikes.
2. now proceed to the second point
the question OF o Revenue Tariff.
II is reasonable to Anticipate, with the
accession Of influence by the Central states,
that considerable addition to the national
expenditures will take place. The military
arm, by sea and land, must be rendered ade
quate to cope with the great emergencies,
which We have just discussed. Then the
States on the River, Lake and Gulf Coasts
of the Interior will insist, and justly, too,
that there shall be the same scale Of expen-
diture In aid Of their navigation, as is adopt
ed on the respective ocean coasts, but they
will acquiesce, with readiness, IN any policy
OF retrenchment for such purposes which
may be agreed upon for universal applica.
ton. The Pacific Railway will doubtless
absorb cons siderable expenditure, whenever
different localities can come to any adjust
ment Of their conflict of routes. From these
causes, as well as the enlargement OF all our
national interests, we can readily anticipate
q necessity for speedy and comprehensive
revision OF the Tariff Of the United States
especially as the last Congress exhibited
prominently disposition to revive such d
discussion.
On this question, the Northwest will
speak peremptorily. Here, in the Mississippi
States, the cant OF the Protectionists will
have little chance of liberation. A Tariff Tor
revenue, utterly excluding the salvo Of " incl
dental protection" tor manufactures or any
other special interest, is the doctrine Of the
Centre, North aud South. The attempt to
bolster any class Of capitalists the
iron masters OF Pennsylvania or the cloth
manufacturers Of New Engand--is essen
TALLY anti democratic. Duties should be
imposed with an eye single To the equalisa.
tion Of the burthen Tor the support OF govern
ment among the citizens Of the government !;
and dime levied in excess upon any article
Tor the purpose, under whatever disguise, OF
giving u bounty to any particular class OF
the community, is robbery. II there must
be discrimination, let it be by additional du.
ties on luxuries-ou articles deleteri0us to
public health or morals--ior public, never
Tor a private, object. During full genera
ton, or more, we we have had plea for
such dereliction Of Democratic principles
that this special legislation would be only
temporary--that the favored branches Of
business only required protection during
their infancy, and would soon cease their
clamorous demands on the government I; but
far otherwise were the developments at the
recent session Of Congress. The manufac-
turing interest OF the Atlantic seaboard is
more exactiug than ever--even demanding
the abandonment of the principle that the
amount Of duty should be regulated by
the value Of the article--and the election Of
q Wing. or Republican President is conf.
IDENTIFY expected to restore an era OF Protec-
tive Tariffs.
II is high time that the west should inter.
here 10 check this retrograde movement.
The principle Of Free Trade--that is, i'm
partiality Of Tariff. and its exclusive appli-
cation to the object OF revenue--is not only
just, but when the manufacturers learn that
1t will be resohtely enforced, then We may
reasonably anticipate that Capital will seek
our idle streams, and our abundant produc.
ton Of food aud materials. Minnesota is
eminently favorable to sheep raising--cotton
is always atioat on the lower Mississippi
the mineral wealth OF Lake Superior is with.
Is our boundaries where the streams
break into cascades why then, do We see
no little disposition to establish manuiac-
lures il the Wests Partly, it may be ad.
mitted. because labor is not so accessible,
but another reason is. because the manuiac-
turing interests have been encouraged, by
special legislation, to remain within easy
reach Of Congress- semi-political organi-
sation, which should be made to I'M.
destand that the machinery of the Wash.
ington lobby is henceforth to be OF no avail
to them. The sooner that is known, the
better for the whole country, not excepting
the manufacturer himself
3. allude to the subject Of the Public
Lands, in connection with the Homestead
Bill. This measure received, believe, the
votes OF the entire Minnesota delegation 10
Congress. As a measure OF relief during
the desolatioa Of the late financial crisis,
probably none OF Us would have withheld
his vote from the measure but, speaking
only for myself, | do not like the principle