The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-10-23

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price of the labor. Hence it is that our
Western States, being mainly producers, are
poor, as the scarcity of money proves. In
dividuals may be rich in fertile lands, but
the test of wealth-surplu5 cash-i5 not to
be found among them. Just so with the
Southern States. They are and ever must
be mere producers, until their domestic in-
situations are changed. They have great adj
vantages of soil and climate. They have a
monopoly of the most profitable crop in the
world. But they have neither manufactt r
les nor commerce, and never can have while
cursed with slavery. They are always
poor They accumulate but little beyond a
living. Who ever heard of Southern cap
italist bidding for national loan? No
stock, no investment in the funds, are ever
found in the Southern States. Barren New
England has more wealth than all the pro-
ducing States below Mason and Dixons line.
Let US now see which of the candidates
are III favor of that pernicious system which
depresses the price of agricultural produce;
destroys our manufactures breaks down
our iron works; throws laborers out of en-
ploy ment, and brings suffering, if not star
walton, on their families.
Each wing of the Democratic party has
adopted the Cincinnati platform, with some
added planks to make it sitter for slavery
/ That platform declares in favor of''progres-
sive free trade throughout the world" If
there were no other evidence of their prin-
| ciples this would bind both Breckenridge
and Douglas to oppose tariff.
( But Independently of his pledge in the
/ platform, AR. Douglas has repeatedly re-
/ corded his hostility to protection. In 1843
/ and 1914 l find from the journals that be
/ voted al least four times to repeal the tariff
! of 1912, reduce the duties 10 20 per cent.
! dd Valoren1, and to discriminate below that
| on the principle of revenue only. In 1912
/ he supported by speech and voted for
proposition to repeal all duties on railroad
iron (2sth February, 1857. In 1854 he
! introduced a proposition to the same effect !;
! in 1855, March 5, Mr.. Douglas said in p
/ speech in the Senate, 81 am free trade
/ man to any extent we can carry it,"
| Yet this man, with want of sincerity
| which would do discredit to any other man,
| pretends to be in favor of protecting
! American industry. In his late speeches III
! Massachusetts, New York and Pennsy lvania,
| he attempted to lay the failure of the Tariff
| bill on want of time. At Springfield and
| Albany he said: When the people of
4 Pennsylvania ask why no revision Of the
! excuse themselves by pleading want of
/ time-the slavery question taking it all
/ At Harrisburg and Reading he became
| quite alive to Pennsylvania interests.
| He said "The interests of PenDsylva-
/ MIA required a revision of the tariff,
7 but it was prevented by want of time
! the slavery discussion occupied it all. This
/ effrontery and duplicity is characteristic
/ of the whole life of this political dem
I agogue. He is just as hostile to protection
now as ever, if not he should get off the
4 Cincinnati platform. Next winter he will
be found voting against it. This is all sheer
hypocrisy.
The House of Representatives sent tar
if bill to the Senate on the 18th of May
! Congress did not adjourn until the 9th of
June. The Senate had nearly two months
to pass bill protecting Pennsylvania and
all other American interests-a bill careful
" considered and well digested When it
was taken up in the Senate Mr.. Douglas
was never found in his seat 1t was first
indefinitely postponed; then reconsidered
and smothered. twas debated several days.
MIR. Douglass chair was always vacant
He gave out that his throat was sore. he
could come into the Senate and make loud
and long speeches against jeff DavisS reso
lutions and in favor of mob sovereignty, anC
his sedition bill. But when the tariff was
called his throat was sore lie could make
repeated speeches at night, in the open air
to the gathering crowd that serenaded hin
and drank his whisky. But when lie wa
required to vote on the tariff bill his throa
was sore-it closed 1t has held out re
markedly wei since Congress adjourned
His speeches in Pennsylvania are indictable
under the law against false pretenses. Tit
representatives of Pennsylvania have nevel
charged the loss of their favorite measure Il
want of time. They charge it TO Demo.
cratic Senate--to a free trade Douglas--tS
open and to skulking enemies. The Re
publican House found ample time to discuss
the rights of man and the rights of labor
The Democratic Senate found time for Meth
er. The course of Mr.. Douglas in Pennsyl
va mia with regard to the tariff must sinh
him very low in the estimation of truth low
ing men. 1t degrades him to the character
of q fraudulent trickster. Rreckinridge il
wrong on the question of Protection, but hi
does not seek to cover his error with tbs
mantle Of falSehood.
(TO BE- CONTINUED.
YANcEY FOR VICE PREsIDRNT.--The Rich
mond Enquirer reuews it's chtrge that
Douglas men sought to induce Yancey tt
= take tho nIaca 81 Vice President on thu