The Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1861-1862, 1862-01-25

prove churl enough to say, will keep my
land of orange groves where the nightngalss
ever sing rather than take your promises to
pay. t sr
Clay and Jackson and Webster, and states
men of that class, regarded the colonization OF
the negroes IS a work of such enormous cost,
as not 20 be undertaken by the Government,
even when at peace and free from debut, but
in she midst of civil war-trade and COM
merce dis ucbed, our sources Of revenue i'm
paired-wiih or inlus1y parAyzed and =
national debt accumulating at the rate Of near
ly two millions per day, the wisdom and
craftsmanship that now manage our public
affairs commend u . feasible and desirable
When we see sucn stupendous folly, united
to most abandoned corruption and wickslnesS,
We cannot too earnestly strive to rescue the
Government from such control.
Emancipation, then, as war measure, is
weakness, and not strength burden, AID
not support-and can be adopted only as a
means of revenge to destroy the South, but
not to restore the Union, and to thsa asp.c, o.
the question l call your attention.
AS a patry, the Democracy of the Norh-
west have not been sectional, but have adv, =
Gated equality of rights aud privileges to all,
and thus far have even conceded that Nov
England and Pennsylvania might have the
revenue policy of the United Safes so ad-
: justed as to give them an advantage of from
twenty to forty per cent. upon their labor
more than could be given to our labor But
. we are now being so crushed that if we and
, our children are not to become the "hewers
of wood and drawers Of water" for the cap-
talists of New England and Pennsylvania, we
must look to the Interests of our section, and
for the first time in my life intend to speak
as sectional man..
We are not a manufacturing people, and
can rot well become such our wealth must
come from the cultivation of the soil, and it
is for those heavy and bulky articles that r.
quire convenient market and chcapncss OF
transportation. A foreign demand will en-
rich those regions from which there is con-
venient and cheap approach to the ocean, but
it can not greatly benefit us !; our corn and
\ wheat, hogs and cattle are so weighCy and
bulky, that before they reach the seacoast
much of their value is lost in the cost OF
transportation. And this must continue, 70,
railroad transportation carnot become cheap.
The malisn policy of the party row in powe!
S the enactment Of the tarff of last su,nmer
: which in ordinary times will be prohibiyory
and de feat revenue, and which makes llS buy
! at high prices and sell Al low prices, aud
/, which will impair our fo'eign market, hM
: therefore been partially defea'ed by tn. shor'
crops in Europe causing a larger foreign de'
t mand for breAdstuifs than We have enjoyed
, perhaps since 1847; Yet, with al extraorli-
nary foreign demand for all we have to sell,
what is our condition? Sixteen months since
and we have the answer. Gu hogs were
then worth from four 10 Ave- io,!ars per hut.-
drei: they ar, now worn from two to two
dollars and fifty ceu:s Our corn AMI wheat
and cattle have fallen almost in like prolor-
t ton. And further to the West | uudersta I'd
the losses are still greater to that degree that
, in some localities in Illinois the useful and
. valuable article of corn is being burned as the
cheapest fuel. TO estimate our losses in In
y diana for this year is difficult; bus We may as
sumo upon pork the following Upon each
100 lbs So, and an average weight of $50 lbs
y gives loss of SIS on each hog. Upon oul
{ railroad there have been shipped 100000
head and assuming that to be onc-tenth o.
the hogs in the State, the entire stock fo
9 ma lie. in the State tor this year is 100000
and our losses upon pork $5,00oo00.
d 1t is probably safe to assume an equal los
Q upon each of the articles of corn, wheat ant
IT other stock, making the loss to the agricultu
n raj interests of Indiana $20,000,0O0. Thes
's estimates are not reliable, and are not give
70 as such, but rather as illustrations. The mai
e fact is that our losses are enormous. In tn
'e reflective mind the inquiry arises, Why is th
l. so 1t is not for the want of foreign de
:. mand; WI. haze thatin an increased degree
L it is not in the scarcity of money-that
% abundant for al the wants of our trade-brl
: the answer is in the fact that we are cut Of
AZ IL a ctriIx in
TT fact in contrast, that the Eastern States durn
y the last nine months, have accumulated NOR
ts wealth during the same time at any period @
i their history. For the want Of the Souther
market, the men of Indiana lose nearly one
half the rewards of their labor. Why tha
le market is of such value to us is apparent upo
a moments reflection; the transportation c
our heavy and bulky products upon the rive
+, is easy and cheap-it is the interest of tn
e, South mainly to employ her labor in the pro
't duction of rice, sugar, hemp, tobacco and cot
ton, (articles which we do not produce,) an
to depend upon and buy from us the produc
ton Of our land and labor. To encourage an
le stimulate the people of the South in the pro
duction of their peculiar commodities. tina
le they may be large buyers from lis, and :
L long as the t'grass grows and the water runs,
l. will be the true interest of the Northwest
st and that political party that would destroy tn
L market is our greatest foe.
le Most earnestly, then, do l call upon th
l. nan of Indiana 70 considar what PrasidAr