, 1860-08-08
19traa & Trihutm
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST S, 1850.


WORD FOX SVAEkSs
Until the men in the West, who cast the
ballots, elect Presidents and congressman. aud
support the government, get wise enough to
zee that they are kept in ntate Of CONNER
cial vassa]nge to the South, solely that; the
shareholders may have wider market for
cotton and reduced price Of cheap foreign
fnery, there is little hope That the growers ef
wheat and corn will receive adequate rcmu-
ue.a:ion for their labor, nor that the country
will be exempt from those periodical 1ev.'l-
slons in finance and trade, which, particularly
in the new States, have such disastrous ef'
iecta- Whnt the country wants is home
market, employment for al Our labor, aud "A
greater diycrsllcation Of pursuits; and there
is no way in which these may be obtained, ex-
cept by clearing out the White House and tlle
halls Of Congress, and putting men therein
who are not wholly subscrvieut 10 tho slave.
holding interest which has controlled the gov
ernment in au lis branches. 4 modification
Of the tariff, in such q way that the iron need'
ed in the country, the cotton goods aod WOOL"
len goods worn by all classes, tho hardware
aud cutlery Of which SO uuch arc used might
he produced III tho country By onr miners ana
artisans, would give ~ impetus to our pros
,erity which years Of bad legislation would
no. check; and in the end, the very men for
WHOSE interest our Northern mines, mills aud
workshops are shut up, would buy the arti-
c,es which arc now imported al a rate much
below tho pric5s now paid. But as long as
y,e continue to send wheat abroad 10 feed men
who are engaged. at low wages, to rnanuiac'
ture goods lor this tnatkei-as long as repay
IN cost Of transportation Of bushel Of corn
10 Liverpool, full half Of the value Of that corn,
and bring back goods therefor upon which the
average freight charges are less than one per
cent Of their cost, the country must e1pactto
he poor and in debt, and farmers must look for
low prices The farmer bears the burden Of
commerce, aud whatever the railroads, canals,
steamboats, and ships earn in the carrying OF
his products, comes out Of his p,cket ~ the
cutting down Of the prices received by him at
his own doo1. The tax is indirect, but GO far
mor escapes it.
There is not considerable town III The
West, from Cairo 10 St. Paul, in which men
do not say: AYES, we hayo fine place,
"good soil. good climate, and abundant means
"of creating power; but We Lack manu!ac"
"turcrs, We make nothipg-huy everything.
"Graiu is low aud so is oil farm produce, be-
4causs everybody must farm it." The eEal-
"gra,ion and the increase in the price Of land
"keep US from being sold out By the sheriff.
"If we could induce some men Of capltal to
ubuild furnace and a cotton mill here, we
"should get on braye1y." That's the demand
everywhere. Go to any place in this city, in
any counting room OF shop, and that wish Tor
adiyereiicaion Of pursuits and home mar
ket created by the demand Of manufacturing
interest, is the burden Of the daily talk. All
intelligent men deplore the necessity OF letting
the incompatible manufacturing advantages
Of the locality lie idle; but no! all are willing
to confess that the supposed advantage Of the
South has been invariably consulted i'll shaping
the commercial policy Of, the country, and
that tie .wants Of the free white men OF all
sections have been neglected that elaye7 might
be employed will. constantly increasing profit.
We believe that tariff Of duties, which,
without preventing importations Of foreign
goods, would give existing manufacturing
establishments a chance to live, md tempt
men to engage iu new enterprises, would, II
maintained orly ten years, change and diver
sify ali our industrial pursuits, open new and
profitable markets for the farmer, and planter
and materially cheaper to them everything
that thcy are forced to buy. The way, then,
To baild TIP manufactures in Chicago and the
West, and to divide with the South the bene-
fits that legislation may confer, is to vote for
those men who are not committed In advance
to all that tho SHAREHOLDERS may demand In
this contest not only tho questions Of justice
and humanity, but those which touch; the
working nuns pocket, should be discussed.
While endeayoring to ameliorate tue condition
Of tho slave, let not our voters forget them
selves; while endeavoring to secure the
vacant territories for the occupation Of free
labor and FREQ men, let us not neglect to pro-
vide the means by which that labor may be
made rc,nunerativc.