New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-02-24

hef-nrgirg upon their respect 70 Legislature, a..
adoption Of laws in virtue Of which they shah be rs
ieyed from tax Of transportation that is des,rsyisx
the value Of their land and Labor aod that mos. ale
10 he Gripping of the Atlantic States a. we'd an q
some Of ibe older Of their wssen nsighbors-
To ,ucb demand on TIE pat Of your farmers, you,
however, reply, that it would be "egsasion ssatn.
itsds'-ibat "nothing could be more impof.h han
Tbs process'-tbst
"The ezens Of Baltimore AMI Philadelphia they .hou,a
hips detoroos snd polite 20 do snch thing might wen
sch law The moment Is passed al the through t'sss ~
end their way 20 by ibe NewYort Central RsosS
will deert Il Wt1b the GoVernsT OF ke1fo'k sigs tss bill
os s1ssE % Rs " ~ Tor he r.sf n Sh
er ard the sggrsndizeweD Of Bal more aod there VIII b:
Or not TIE peocle Of May land ana Psans, ,sLa
,ie w. 70 6 S: o. ss ss@ "a.
great proportion of tie freight from oar channels Of ir
s"% IN Ss wos bsSiasfs a. nye. % y 1oa. q
in the railways whcn c'ntsT In th noort'hss etys
reson With bo,e who contrboe The money whether The
fleet snail be build up ss,iDo,ss' sas NAT end n:se
tee south her snoiion s 70 become ,ha
he Wet also No could be better esenlat"d 70
pe with tb, boD snd fuber this intent than the pro
sA Geitb bin oeiOre our Legislature We earnestly sops
bat those m. nhers who been in"uced 70 favor s give
he subject . ore eeeiu confederation and spare M o al
nsrn The Of which VIII 10 hn too deporaoy eVdens
eloIe another LeRilstuTe esn assemble"
Il
armeyq aud landbol6ers Of your siate-tho.e peopss
pon whom you 60 long have urged consideration
the advantage that must result to them from destroying
;nte,r al commerce and readopting the colonial system
against which our predecessors made the Revo uton.
Had Won now occasion 10 talk 10 them, yoa would
probabIy cay" Gentlemen farmers, you entirely
in error in tupposi5g that yOu have any Interests sss
require TO be considered. The you be forced
TO become depepcept upon Britain, the more rapid sill
be the growth Of cities ike our own. Tba, the do
incidence may be increased needed shs. we oose
tie mills, miner, end furnaces of the Union tina, We
render the sborer more and Dependant upon The
capitalist; that 6nsncia crises contiRue to Derease ia
number and intensity that the rate Of inteFes be main
taiped 10 high as TO ruin farmers Manufacturers and
railroad companies while increasing the number 81
ujonaiss Il az pauperism and crime continue TO in-
crosse, with constant oi Dnation in The power to pur-
chase tie products Of the ru that the prOductyeness
of your land continue to diminish as n now do'ngi
that our people be dippcrsfd and that railroads con-
time 10 cooperate with me Government, in the effort 70
destroy that power Of association to which, alone,
should we look did we d sire TO witness your growth
10 strength, wealth, and power The heavier your
taxation the higher will be the prices Of opr ciy los."
That the British fse-Ia 1e system is one Of universal
dscoId is proved by the commerce Of India, Ireland
TuIley and all other counties subject TO it, and By
our own, in every rehOd of It's existence. That op-
pc sion to it s productive of harmony, force, ana
strength, Is sbown IN The movements OF Gern4ny,
France and every other country that lDoss 70 she de-
veopment Of internal commerce as furnishing the reaf
base of an attended intercourse with other nations.
TurD if You please to the recent letter of the Bren.h
Emperor and 6Dd him t. ling his finance meis'er that
One Of the ste.t services to be rendered to the country
70 facilitate the transport Of articles hrt necessity sges
uie and INDUSTRY. iih this object the Minister Of PLb
.,n. OF ii esp TOd and wsJ sbs
main object will be c0nyey coe and manure TO the d ss
wtes The wants e. saus eSsb a1
tween the esnss and railways"
Compare with this the teachings Of The Post, and
you will find the latter saying directly the Ieverse-ex-
bbiting the advantage Of sending TO England ali our
products their rudest forms thus losing the manure,
and driving our people to the West there to End con-
slant increase in the necessity for roads, accompanied
by as constant decrease in the power TO make them.
That DONE allow TO ask your attention to The steady
rowtb OF harmony in the Interests Of railroad owners
:armers al Manufacturers exhibited in the folio wing
figures representing the receipts of French railroads 10
recent years:
Total Receipts. Receipts ps, Kl
1ss7.......................5ll608 olz 1929
lSo6......,,.... cJ9ik oSOl9 4l,S"
TIE year following the great financial crisis exhOis,
thus, larger receipt than that by which il had been
Preceded. Look now to the receipts Of the fist hsf
f the two past years. follows and mark the great
Increase that has since Deen made:
Total Receipts. Receipts Per KID
:::.:.:::::::::.sissss S isss
Compare prsy you, my dear Sir, the movements
thus indicated with that exhibited among ourselves IN
the past thre years and you will have little officially
in couprehending why is that our railroad eOmpa-
Diea, lib farmers and manufacturers, our miners
and our thic-owDers, being ruined the
81 800 COO eco expended in their construction having st
this moment mark et vaue that can scarcely exceed
even if it equal, $4OO,OOO,OOO.
Looking at all these facts, IL it not certain my dear
Sir
That the ree.trsde system Of which you are The al.
vocate ia one of universi discord'
That it tends TO the involvement of men Of al pur-
suits in e snd Of the Union itself, in one great and
uiiversal ruin And, therefore,
That il is to the interest of the railroad proprietor 10
unite with the farmer ia promoting the adoption OF
measures having for their object the development Of
our mineral wealth the creation Of real agricuicrs,
and the extension Of domestic commerce.
Hoping for replies TO theee Questions and ready 70
give them circulation among millions of protec,ionss
readers,
E fs%.S with t.a much respect '' srS ys SAREY
Philadelphia, Feb 20, 1900
THE REPUBLICANS AND GEORGE
WASHlNGTOM
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