, 1860-08-18
Tho E'rrnIdentfal Election Au
Bearings on Industry and fin""ee'


We hare stated in q Inrtuer article tne Fesu4's
,rodured % hr % the TnriT Of 1s46. Tney are
simply these, viz: That the imports ma ioe. oeea
'rthti; that large part Of these 1mpoI1.s,
such u. iron, wooden, cotton and ua3 eooos,) |
Increased. we're such as this coun-
try can-and {us we maintain und.r q M1'e pos1g
that notwithstanding 'ae a eaaal.{
amount Of American eo!u p'ouueeo,
the policy of the 1916 Tariff naa a!eeaoy
caused two seysre commercial shocks IL
1854 and 1s51, and the Government u to1eF
ubls index of tue financial state uf tne country
had addeJ torty millions 10 its debt IN period
Of profound peace. That the stagnat'oh ol
industry, the enos1S ,,'p+ 10 so. r
meEce, the accumulation OF nat,onat ueus. ~.
crils which cannot well be den'eu. oos pe.sGns n;
have found them severe aiio eFaaunk o'as; ~;
We MAY ask. then, what counteIoale9!cc Gu
the Act Of 1916 GIVE US for these evils oil Its pro-
duction: 1t diverted industry from our own
to ,hose Of Europe, uDd aFoSG
thousands Of men trout their pursuits una
their homes to become adfeniu1e,s u nv, rne
frontiers What did We galn " :rts Ill., rottne n
plunter aud lis broker point to four million
bales Of cotton exported. The n. !: <jonrnaE
Of Commerce. The MraM, and such prints,
that glory in being the organs ol tue
negro interest and its factors. the brokers ana
shipow ners, boast that it has increased 1o1egn
trade, has built ships, increased Sew ..a LUZ
city, and increased 'he po~er no,rs raI % MI 1his
and admit its full force, We are not sateshea
with the upswer, Nor is majority OF the
American people satisfied with il. we reply,
that uI tic classes involved in cotton phnt'nt',
shin building. foreign trade. brokerage, aRen-
cics, ETC., do not make one Efth ef the d"1r!eaH
Yecpt< II they are gamers os a fs.alahs no%E a1E
proves that tis legislation Of the country bus
been carr,ed On for the benefit o1 the few ut the
expense Of the msny, Such IS unquestionnosy
the f1ct: aud it is for this the negro dynasty
seeks to prolong its power. Musters oi 'oe
Democratic party, aad knowing the hume way
prevalent With the American people, Tue negro
masters controlled the party IN otael 10 co.,
troll the mutton. They lud no use tor tue party
when the party wou not serve their interests
Supposipg, however, that there was Il large
class Of persons in Northern cities statesln-
vored with and interested in this negro opera.
ton, who were they, and where were they! LEI
the rtaier look, and remember. They we're al.
on tie .4t{4ntic x<atoard, and in marrow par: OF
it. The negro ynasty finds no sympathy 10 the
interior oi New England OF Of New YORK: It
penetrated only thE cities. Even tn the slave
States, cotton planting finds l't.ie sympathy
on: OF its own region. In one word, the whoe
league of interests basel on the Nexro-Cotton
uyuasty was confined to small portion OF the
Union, and, AZ we say, to less than fifth Of ITS
inhabitants. The Journals OF New York and the
South which advocate freettrade, hHye never for
!. moment pretended that the people OF tho
West and the interior lad any interest in the
s7siem. The valley OF the Ohio produces half
the breadstutTs OF tue Whole nation, and with
out It the rest Of The country would have to im-
port their flour at lle present moment:
No Tariff can insuce Europe 10 import
busllel Of grain from us Which they do not need
and NJ Tariff cal prevent their importing ii
wbeo they do not need il The gsaln-growlnE
States have direc: interest in building up ne.
FRO slavery, The reduction ot the Tarltl, there.
fore, served no purpose but 10 bullu up u com.
nerce in which the gralu.Ero~Eng States had
no part and dir.rtihy tabor from t1npt= y1Ht'tts
Az .oAitA they totre greatly '":' rtsstd:
Iodirert tt 5or from one channe: to another Is
nlways dangerous operation, but such Was tile
direct elect Of an alteration in the Tariff. That
alteration was adverse to som. Of tue leading
interests Of the West. We may take two ex-
an,,ies. 1t il well known that the iron inter
ests OF Ohio have been in q laugul.hing condl'
tion since 1854. The Western railroads we're
demaut, for castings still remained lar=e, the
progress Of the iron interest WAS retarded by i
continual pressure Of foreign competition. Gin
ciupati. essentially manufacturing town,
would uuquestionably have had dou5!e the work
men in The iron 1n&uufacture hich she now has.
II the Tariff Of 1915 had continued !; md sue was
oply saved from crushing shock bJ the com
p!etion Of 1al1rnas 10 the interior greatly en-
larsing ler commerce.
Take another example. Under the Tariff oi
1913. OHIO became ! large raiser OF kheep- lu
u shnrt time tue number of her sheep doubled,
and Ohio wool was suld for high price to New
Eavlund manufacturers of wooteu gouds. The
Tariff Of ls4i did MT, OF course, produce lss
fuu effects tot two OF three years. The facto
ries struggled on, but ut las: were very nearly
ruined, aud many of them shut up. " hat was
the result on Ohio wool raisipg? Take the sta
i.tics OF sheep:
In 1S1,
III Is :.
49,. Il, .-;'r of Isis, the number Of sheep
h, GnH1r '"t nlsr tba. CT ..s:c. it diminished !:
,,ou uorc csnt IN 1,,, We saaull huvc IT,. e.'ooo"
shesp. We shall have abou. tnise that numbs'.
New, We do no: think that the iron owners.
an,I sheen raisers OF Uhio should hare their
pockets picked i'll this way: ausi still less do We
ilink it SHOULD le uoBe for q comparatively
s.nal class Of e!aye owners. The eight N1ttto"s
ot people who now live in the valley OF the
Ohio have ms much right to d-l'and :. 'e::lsla-
tlou for their interests. Us the ha.f mutton "hu
cultivate cotton, 1z the Att| A1A fred who
legislation, sta,c<n;anl,ke tarii. would no!
necessarily enure exclusively to the benefit Of
,.;thrr ri .ause 1u.r. SIS. Ilad the Tariff q!
ls4,;. instead oi icing A.si-a"t:t, placed xlecfs
dulles IN imported products, competing with
American, manufactures, it might still have been
! low enough IN tie aggregate to bare aided tor
| ei.n commerce quite IS much as wAs necessary
Such beIag the facts, such being tue e1clu'
-iys. sectional cll1rlcter oi our present ieE'su
ton, even on subjects OF industry and finance
| u change OF Administration must necessarily
| produce change Of policy. slavery, negro
| ISM. cotton planting a1d tree trade are linked
| together. Nay mare: they are linked, If stlc
| c.sslul, to the rt0paning Of the african sl4yt
Trade, and 1.-The extension OF Slave States
For, ;.s wc have said, the present negro farce:
| cannot extend cotton FlautluE any farther,
lesst with its former speed. Negroes, therefore
must be increased, and new ptunta'ioHs nude
| This is the object Of the negro dynasty in bre-k
lug ut, the Democratic party; for il uusuccess
lal ia the election, it intenas, II possible, II
break up the Union.
A ci;,age Of party rule must, therefore, be I
change Of policy. Justice demands it,. TIL
cause of Fres sdom dcnsands it. The free labor
e. demands it. The nation demand. it. Arr
it the Republican party fails in n,aking tin
change thorough aad complete, 1t will not onl.
iatl in its duty, but will no longer command th
apnrobation OF the American people, lts des
tiny depends upon its capacity to do justice Il
all classes, to protect human freedom, and t.
legisl It. for the general welfare. 1t Is now IN
only national p1rty-;be onlr one WHICH hns
future bcture ii; the only one to which yoan
ambition can nttach itself with any hope a
SUCCESS. 1t is gniu. into battle under = lcadc
Lred to the principles ol the old school of pa
trots, who belongs to no faction, Tut ~ en-
,,ha.scally Of the peoll:. Let hun sncceed,an
we shall have jus. rational policy.