American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-01-20
Under The above heading we notice su


Popular Goyernmeut---Who. Pays for
"our Institutions"
Under the above heading we notice su-
psrbly written article in the Cincinnati
Commercial of Friday last. Friend REEn
might have asked the question, who con-
stituies, maintains and supports the wealth
and enjoyment Of thehuman. family? We
would answer. the alabOring Glasses. or in
the language OF Mr. REED, "the work oI
the hands Snd the sweat of the brow, pays
all."a But when Mr.. REED proclaims the
heresy that sit might, We believe. be dem.
onstratod that oil our Legislation having
in view the inietests, or the welfare Of any
particular class Of The peopls--as the Ia.
boring. does necessarily and inevitably
work oppression to that class. to say moth
ing ofits effects upon others"
This Free Trade declaration Of friend
REED we hold to be in violation Of the first
principles of government, which principle.
according to cur understanding, means the
protection Of the weak against the en-.
rroachmsntsi Of the strong.
That wealth is power, and that dollars
and osnts are little sovereigns when uncon-
trollsd BY legislation, few, very few men
win deny. This being the fact, it follows
That money, the representative Of all val
uas,. OF capital uncontrolled by legislation
can reduce prices to the lowest possible
point between the competing classes Of our
producers. II il strictly inaccordance with
the elementary principles Of our nature to
make the most Of our means. ~.
True IL is. that Providence has scattered
broad cast Ger 'tbe land Of the free and
tho home Of the brave" tho raw material
for ell the comforts aud even the luxuries
oilife, with intellect, intelligence and 9TH
er powers sufficient to make US the most
joyous. people on earth. I'a
Iflhei United States were the end Of the
world we shouli need little legislation,
other than the promnlging, and maihten-
ance OF POLITICAL civil and religious liberty.
Butwben we look across the Atlantic We
see a food Of countries that have become
denssly populated, countries whose mon>
archicsl, atistocratic and civil polity, has
reduced the operative, the laborer (the
true source OF all wealth. to mere pit
tance-a bare subsistence, thus cutting of
all hope oiintelleetual, pecuniary and hon.
Orahle sleystion, a
The moment we ignore legislative pro-
lection, and throw down the bars to uni
versal free trade, we subject our mechan'
les, our manufacturers, and our agrlcultu'
rallsts to tue competition OF ten cent labor
we include sgricultuIisis, for be it known
that Europeimposes her tariffs upon ou'
agricultural products and not upon oul
manufactured articles, consequently They
would suffer the most because, by the doc
trinss OF Free Trade, it wOnld take ne
more TO feed Europe than il now does ane
ourmarketiwould not be increased.
We are told BY our Free Trade gentry
that tariff for protection would only pu
money into the pockets Of the Yankee cot
ton manufacturers, the Pennsylvania iror
mougefs and the shylocks and money sha
vers, while it must all be paid by the poo
consumer and hard listed laborer. A mor'
fallacious idea never entered the brain o
the merest' political demagogue. Give III
protection-thorough and ample protec
tion. even. to the prohibition Of the more
important fabrics 81 cotton. wool andiron
the coafeqaerce would be. Il would cheap
en- capital and increase the value Of labor
the real wealth 6freEery country. Th,
o;rcplatin . Medium would ipcreass at IN,
-, :n:I.1
rave :, Que nuuu'Su 'ni'''ons pe' a"nu
0ap''"' wou'o Oecome se"'con'Pe''pg "H'
money W0uld seek permanen' investment
"ners u, ,"ouia Pay reasOnSule interest,"
"uu % ,'Oo,, oy DIVISION anu 'ne "su' y
supply lah tne Wan1s ol 'ns American peo