, 1864-09-21
Chicago Qribnne.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 81. 1854.



WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 81. 1904.
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The Chicago 7t-ts il fearful that people
Will lsas sight Of the enormous debt "aict
the Nor1nvc.t CIV. S ,e G. Il, Mccormick,
and thernbx fall 10 ttcct him to Goa gresk.
.rha -h1t.afion of fct North vest, Or OF Auy
cthcrsect;on. or country, to Mr.. McCornick
On sccofut Of the pat. Ut reaper, il BmalI
enough, End has been paid tea umes over In
cast We will not 60 into the carly history
of The rsei Of the Virginia reaf fes, or inquire
whether tie person who has received all the
paJ for It really invented it or not. Tue tfa-
ditions Of Rockbndee county are yer5 con-
flic,ing on this point. Probably as many
people cea be found there to eRear that he
Invented nothing at all. - that he fny~nted
the tex1.cr which ie aeso lated with his pame.
But We let tLat pass, md fura TO fscts which
aro matters Of record within stone's throw
Of us.
Mr. c. q. Mccormick, in his efforts to
make rcaping machine, p1ratod the ,ngen-
tie1 o! pour New York meek anic named
0bed Hussey. Thls lave lttou wasssy far the
most ingenious atd valuable pYssi3n OF
sAcCormicks Reaper" VIZ: the cutter. Mr
Huseey invented that remarka lie arrange
ment Of the xlgzag sickle. running ~rthio
Iron fibgcra. which Annually maws down
the gra1n and hay crops OF large portion Of
she world. Mr. nueseg was puor. and per-
laps in,perfecty acquainted vita his o1n
rights IN the pren1isre. 80 Mr. Mccormick
stole It from him and called 1t his
Own. With It be built up an
immense fortune. and made himself
f,mous through all Christendom, while
Mr. Huseey jet remained poor. By
and BY, Mr. Hu.se, b4came rich enough to
asserl hss rights. lie appealed to the lava
Of hts cuuntr,, And i'll suit of sluost un-
cxaupltd length aud 11.gnirude, in which
MIR. Mccormick cmplo, ed about dozen Of
The aolcst lawyers OF The United SAtes,
Obed Hussey established his claim bLf3re the
world he proved Mr. McCormick to be 40
lmposter, and Il pirute upon other mems toll
and br-ins. He obtAiaed = decree OF the
United statcs Circuit Court, Judge Mclean
presiding, ia this city, assessing heavy dam
ages upon McCot1ntck tor the 1se Of the cut
ter, and a per ceut4ge upou sll iuture ma
chirts which he should make with Mr. Hus
sey'e inyeEtion. ;.
If Mccormick invented anything, ho in-
vented the reel which bends tee grsin over
against tlo cutter. Fur this he WAS lorg ago
paid IL full, aud balance OF some millions
Inns tecn carried TO the credit Of the peoplr
on accouht Of 1t. Huesr5'e cutter IL = great
and valuable invention nithout aacCora1ck's
reel McCermick's reel Ii eortlirss with
out Husscs'e cn,ter Obcd Hussey did not
live loss enough to cpjo, the full reward Of
his great and b.nshceus invention. lie left
nInne unstatt,cd by one tishonorablc act,
a1a il tre peo; 10 are to he called on now t.
elect aiybooy to Cuhgress rs reward fol
tie re-pirg machine, let them hnd one Of tn,
htirs Of the New York mechanic, who en-
1ichfd the wha1c country, but enriched nj
one 60 much Is the M4n whom VIC nre nop
asked to vote for to show cur gratitude 70
tie patent reaIur.
TAE OoN EEEhKATE DkHr.
III the tVtAt that the rebellion sc 4uld sue
cred, ara tie Couiederacy gain it's 1ndepen
dcnee. 1t Will commsuce Its nail .,nsl life viii
an immense debt upon Its shoulders Uo
docs 1t pr"pose TO pay Tint debt? Perhap
our peace 1lsn hive never thought o1 .ha
matter It al, ,aud Imagine that the Contede
rae. Inns Lot lhcug It Of it either; but that i
is left TO take Its chances of setueinxnt attel
the ~ar Is over Not bit uf IT, In III,
councils Of the Con'rderacy that whole INST
ter is 4lread, arrAnsco, and tne eeltlemeu
OF their debt Is In lutent already provided
tor. win they repudiate: There Il not t1
least ueod OF that; thaugh they Know vcr.
well what rci uaiation Is, and would have nj
conscientious tcruples which would ut al
interfere With it.
late Richmond Examiner Lays open th'
whole processin very few words: L:1p 7se (
ka1 ef ftt CENTS a pound OH eott1n-and tn
work is done This would afford them rev
enue of one hundred millions year, ever
cent OF which would come ont of the purse
Of otler people ENGLAND, Fsauce and tn
United States are tbs principal consumers o
purchasers Of Heir cotton, aud would o
course par the revenue. Onr share OF tn
hundred millions would be about thirty mil
Lions, 60 tkat we shout. be Obliged 10 paJ
about onc-third OF tic Confederate debt
the balance coming ont OF their good friends
pcsess the water: who, considering theis
friendship for them, would perhaps not OBJ
lect. lBut, Object or not. tue tax would
be imposed, as sure as their indepeudeuc. Ia
acknowledged
But sonc one may reply, tive will not take
their GOTTEN" That is easily said; not so
easily done. The truth is, that with thls tax
imposed, tho Southern cotton would still be
cheaper ard b. tier than that Of anY othsr
country which can produce anything Ike g
supply. The South hss the clim ,te to grow
cotton. not only at cheap rate. but of su.a
quality rs no other large cotton region yet
produces We shonld take the cotton: and
TINS. IL adaitlen to our own dsbt, created to
defend our nation against them, We should
be paying the i1terest on theirs. No matter
whether right or wrong; just or unjust, it
vii be the measure rcsortsd d to. It's Injustice
"ould BIZ the very quality which would COM
mend 1t to people accustomed to live by
stealing the labor of anutuer people. Our
Resource sgainst 1t il the prevention Of their
infer1al plot to divide The patton: 1t il fox
us to sec that they 90 not become nation.
As sure rs thkt should tnke place this Tould
be but one Of their proceeding, which eou1d
make their neighborhood tn.oleraolr, Tive
cannot liye With them IL the nation, re eau.
not With them ont Of 1t, With no check on
Their arrogance and repaclty but .th:i7 own
ecnse Of horor ind right sense which
their social lite Is sure utterly to destroy. Il
We ere Eot to pay the Confederate debt, theis
undergraduates is to be prevented.
HOW TO PAY QUO DRRr.
The Richmond Eraminer states that II tie
Con1edeIate debt should reach two Thousand
millions Of dollars, It could easily be paid BY
an export dirty Of five cents pound on
POTION, which would fall upon the consu-
nere Of cotton abroad and not upon the pro
ducers at home
BY "tht co. sumers Of cotton abroad'' arc
meant England, France, and ION the hypo
thesis OF rebel Independently the Northern
6tates. As the lat,er would consume about
q third Of the cotton produced at the South
this clever little proposition Is nothing les.
than |lsu to make the Eortnern States pay
onr-tbird The interest on the rebel debt to all
time, This Is. no doubt all vcry.clevcr, aud
may be very satisfactory to uorauo Ser.
nour, 7. 1landigha1n aud the peace eoeaks
generally. But IS our debt III no larger than
that OF the rebels It strikes u as quite as
feasible, aftcr suppressins the rebellion, to
make the rebels pay the whole Of our debt by
this cotton tax, LIS to make US pay one third
or half OF theirs. An amendment
Of the Constitution would be necessary be.
fore duty could be laid on export, bnt thIs
could easily be effected. Thc.amount Of our
exports Of cotton were, in 1860, 1,767, &c.
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