Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-22

OF public plumber. do not mean the plunder
of the millions to obbers, iavohtes, contractors,
for clcthess aud shoddy, shoes, guns, chips,
aud mules; though these are rank with the
corruption Of shameless officials. do not
mean the ready millions which those who bask
10 Executive favor receive for their hattery. /
do not mean the promotion given to the lackeys
Of power over the soldiers who have undergone
the bardships Of the field. But | mean that
system of scandalous favoritlsm promoted BY
the tariff, which is gradually impoverishing the
West, TO glut the pockets Of the New England
nabobs. did my part to expose this inequali'
ty Of taxation IN Congress, especially as 1t bore
uron the Wet. For this / was met With abuse
from every Ignorant echo Of the Abolition mer-
ceDary who published o newspaper In the West.
Bot | am determined the people Wet shall
know 1t, whether Il makes them love New
England or not. l affirm that the high tariff,
combined With an InconveItible paper currency,
do favor the New England manufacturers enor-
moutly, as their enormous profits vouch; and
that these profits are sucked out of the veins Of
western industry. The bounty to the manufac-
turer should be estimated at the point where
the fabric. goes into the hands Of the retailer.
At that point the cost under the paper basis is
5000, which gives protection OF l w per
cent. At the came point, under the specie
basis, 1t would be SO per cent, or less than
one-balf received under the paper basic. !.
Thus is the West robbed doubly by the shrewd
Morrill, tariff and Ito amendments, which make
coin alone the medium TO pay the duties. We
are thus doubly robbed, by this Chase currency
aud BY the tariff beside II any one doubts,
let him look over the list Of dividends paid at
BJston. have list Of companies. taken from
the Boston Courier OF January, 1868, showing
an average of extras Of 40 per cent, Of eleven
companies. Isay, moreover, on good authority,
thai three companies alone, who make delaines
aud printed calicoes, with capital of S. .O00,-
600, have. under this paper and tariff system,
made 81. .000, 900 the past year, or 4O per cent |;
and almost exclusively from the middle class
of females In the western and middle States!
This must go on, and western man must be
silent or be called q copperheAd. How long be.
fore the West will bs thus drained dry by New
England2 This continual wearing away OF the
stone by this silent and ineidious dropping must
be stopped. We will have nothing lett il this
war goes on, and the paper and tariff policy
continues, bus debts to New England.
By the census OF 1860, there was OF
real and personal property 10 the States now in
the Union, Sill. .OO0, ,00O, 900; and by the speech
OF Mr.. Sralding, OF the Ways and Means, there
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81, 2,00O, 100000. Add to this, the debt Of the
towns, count es and States, and at lea one q th
of the whole real ana personal estate of the
country is clean gone. But this mutt 90 on;
aad not word must be lisped! The leech
must suck away; labor must sweat away; Chase
may print his greenbacks away; Morrill, may
levy more tariffs; Lincoln must issue more
and "peg away" more graves,
mira hoanitsll mofa taYea. more free noHIOea.
more deb.s; and all that contractors may in
crease and sport their wealth, and New Eng
lald show her inventive genius and domiL ant
intellect, and the people, in return for all their
lavish treasure and blood, will fnd, under Abo-
lition politics, a divided Republic, diced
Mississippi, and dlsglaced nation, God help
Us when such men rule.
Mr.. Cox spoke again before an immense
meeting, on Monday evening. He Was most
enthusiastically received in Chicago, and was
applaaded to the echo throughout both his
anaachaa Lhpra