The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1864-02-20

0 'i"nal import iu'y Won hr W laid 90 f1rrirr
sr'ices. - the extent. .nd.more. ~ 'he in.
'l'~frsl'sx which you impose;and lher. when
tiss msnu 'acrurer sends his goosia j bron 4 ne
y nroiertrd sgriss' ihe possibility Of paving
. ary TX. upon The Govern mems relunding.
lin The shape Of drss back. al rh- 'sxss he
hnr aid IN The articles 70 BE- exported
reper' the assertion. and I chsilesre
co.'rsdics ion. ihs, ia THE hour ,,f The ma
'ion'r rrisl ord sores' necessity, ,-ihc.mauiac.
ring Interests of the country paws not .
dollar into The public Treasury ,hs, stays
there. And yet airs Of patriotism sre pu
on here nv ZEN representing lhsi interest
vi-iisd New England last summer. and
with pride and pleasure did l behold her
be esuiiiul valleys. her bright hills her clear
waters. the kird sEd huspit.hle reorle wi,h
whom a-s cinte.i; but hen 1 heard the
swelling hum ~ h. fmsnufnciurins. and saw
,hnse which only . Short time. ago wor rkpd
hu' few i.andr, now wor king her thoas
and~. aud rolling Up her cnLnt'sss wealth.
y felt ihrt i ives 90 mccarthy prosperity
To my mind y presenfsd wealth. wrunr
v otu the labor, ihe sinsws. the bone and
muscle " ne men vha ii1l The soil. taxed
40 an il'rriimafe sxisa, 10 foster and~up-l
ro'' 'br' great system % io~sl wealth.
~, ,Cha''Msn. sjrics 10 The prosperlts
~ 'he eo"riry, and the hole country. ii
lDve this nnry ard every pr, of i, hur
have no sectional animo-iriss ~ crafty. nj
~ mo- intend 80 stand idy by and zee on.
portion a the c. uniry robbed and oppres~e
'vr shs brns 4, " another I~ii. never vote
scr . rfyeuoe biz ,hsi embraces ,hn, prirci
pie i i robbery. il il wrong. II The msn-
n"r'urers o. 'hi- country cannot compete
wiir Ne manufacturers m of foreign countries
lei shem give NJ the business, md ~, rs buv
Goods where We can buy them the cheapest.
This il % hunest principle. and none other
is honest.
Hon James e. Allen, 81 Illinois. said:
II Is known 10 gentlemen. II they know
snv thing sboui the agricultural products oil
the Wsst. that whesi shich few wears = 60
brought 8 % a bushel 10 III The m arke,s or
ih- Mississippi Valley il not worth more
'han that nov in deprtc ed currency. Iil
Il true that the article Of corn hears On ex
orbiiani price, hut that is the result OF par
liai failure OF The crop. Carrie are not worth |
AZ much a. they were then bysi leas, thirty \
per cent Bref does not comnsnd as much
a. il did for years past; and yet we are told
that farmers are receiving compensation K
equal 70 hat they received heretofore It
is not 50. because many articles or mspu.s
'ured goods that they pay for cost three hun
dred per cent more than they cost before
the CONNIE ncement Of the war. On every
Ak that the woodman uses he pays a premi-
um Of thirty o. finy cents; on every pound
Of coffee tbst his family uses. he pays three
hundred per cent more than he used to psy.
So il u with cotton and woolen fabrics !
Three dollars to-day IL not worth more thsl
. dollar was then; and yet, 10 The face Of
lhes facts, the gentlemen from Iowa, rep .
ss be says. an agricultural interest
has the boldness to stand up and tell us that 2
The farmers were receiving compensation Y
pqusl to wi hat they received before. No, sir.
In consequence Of the depreciation Of toe :
currency; in consequence Of the Increased \
price of transportation and incresse in the !.
Price Of labor, they are not receiving ss
much o they received before. Are we 70
% told, then, that the farmers Of the West 4
ire no, suffering, and are We 70 be deoounc- Y
ID v hen We ak that the specuIators of't