Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1862-08-13
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meeting In Butler county, OHIO, passed resonuon
rscsa,y ds1OoaCg Vioeny tho present sysieu Of tax
alton as nnsq and oppressive" and partial to
M. Eesand and boldly declaring Shat "tbo FEDERAL
government sAould b taEgt Ast hs GrtGt Vas! WILL
scr YEanr rIsELy to BE- utterly impoverished and ruHsd
5y putial lsgiSlstioE -
since the Southern States have slipped frem their
clutch, the cunning and greedy New EagAnderi have
applied their pueking process to the Northwest Un-
luckily for themselves the people nhabitng TINT region
match for Yankee etsnsI' and are SLOW even to
discover when, sdll mere hOs they vicinzd They
have statesmen, and ruled By politicians Of mod
crate abilities and nmOdSAts proaglcy. Richardson,
oil % the death Of D-ugAs makes the nearest approach
to intellectual ability, but he lacks moral character, and
has not the courage to breast the deuge which he
must know can bring nothing but calamity to his peo-
PIE But the rough people Of tina. country must learn
after While that they paying tribute to the CONNER
cia and manufacturing Sates and thea il will be not
strange II the secession drama is acted over sgsn.
The Northwest, - the Aisp.IPpiSa says, had but
ore buyer bu; that buytr an enormous consumer.
The iyst Of Industry a. the South, ard the fact tina:
agriculture tie lGAding pursuit. took single direction,
left and steadily increasing d'mAnd for the pro.
dues Of the Northwest The great western rivers fur.
nishsd them With transportation SO cheap that it produc
Cd no sensible il husnee on price, The Cotton Safes
bad no teupaiOn 70 maze anything but cotton. When
they determined withdraw from the Uuion they die
eliminated In favor Of the products Of the Northwest
Every STATE bordering on she Mississippi, by fuuds.
mental article declared the navigation forever free 90
hsss sssss lJtss oss great liver and ia tributaries
and the Provisional Congress sbs OUTSET maze decs.
1ou lay broad and besides granted trade In all
ho great staples OF the Northwest We dissolved political
connection, Odg left tfsds sod navigation fTst.
The step lotO ~hioh the soTthsesg cas- lead vas
shst1p the - SGiO, and shut out the enc great
they had Tie result that the East which
o.eed on hs -A sot army supplies al their price,
tom GEs section sheh, .iL vast psodu,;s, was left
silhOat purchaser Toe ueXI bill which falls
heavily UPOn Northwestern Interests Tie nsI. q
JAIn shiSA forces them 70 pay shAl New Eng!and de
nspds tof Der manufactured goods.
Fbrs Sss EcglAnd makes the Northwest bpy sad sell
al p,i,ss shiOh Ss- Esghnd chooses to d..
TIE NlFthusst is now called on to wage war OF tE.
termination IN order 70 oPeo a river which the EAs
closed SSsnn their trsde 70 destroy induris sys
TEN which their Oaly grea: source of profit Il lie
plsa tA; if The South is sabdued it will be after do
destruction Of their system OF labor and the exerminA
d Of the white population. The Northwest would re,
The Navigation If the river Ia. their great custom or
1ogll DO destroyed.
We offered them the river and our trade free at the
set New York is sighting against rival commerce,
whch must prove beneficial to the Northwest. Perm.
'yTAniA yhts against foreign iron, and New England
against foreign manufactures but the Northwest seems
to be gbting not only without Obse bu against the
best intsres; OF the people TteJ 6Sht to keep down
he price Of their Own prOdues-tO Increase taxAticr
and to snhaues the price Of everything they are CON.
piled 10 buy.