, 1864-12-28


spills and slavcs--slavcs unlike the Roma
eaptivcs, for they came in, chainless and dis
enthra1lcd. We arc too deeply interested i
the events Of lie day: they crowd upon u
too rapidly ard suddenly; our hearts are CT
gnged rather linn our intcllccts, SO that "
cannot calmly sit down aud gauge this mirn
Gle rs purely military movement, direstc
Of it's immediate influences which so closel
concern us. But history, with Its calm, m
p1ejudiccd pen and all-cmbraeins eye, vii
measure its value und assign 10 Sherman
march place parallel will tie Anabasls an,
the best efforts Of Marlborough, Napoleon an,
Wellington.
NEW YoKRK EsAEL.roAEs coySPERA
CE AGAFNSE THE NOHTE8WE3T.
New York, having failed In defeating th
Union cause at the recent election, has tnrnct
its Intention now 10 damaging the Northwest
Not content with drawing from us millions o
dollars annually, in the shnpe Of extortionat.
freight md high tolls, it Las commenced {
system Of discrimination in favor Of State.
sItun1cd south Of Illinois, which, il submitted
to, cannot iail to cripple Northwestern into
rests
A few days sincc the Ncw York Railroad
Managers held d meeting, and decided to ad-
vance thc rates Of fourlh-class freight to 8. ca
rcr leo lbs from Chicago. The western roads
leading from this Gig demonstrated with
them against such stcpescnt dispatches,
letters and agents, but Ill to no elect. The
ratio was advanced &c per 100 lbs, on p1ovi-
sicns, GU 1he previously high rates.
But cyen This advance is NOT so MICH COM
p!ained Of, as thc discrimination which is
made against Chicago and the Northwest,
and in favor Of Cincinnati. Provisions sent
FROM tllIs city to -scw To7k arc c.,azged At
the rate Of SLIGO z 100 bs, while the product
sent from Cincinnati Is charged oaly sl.eO =
100 LIS. Here is disci irnlnation against the
packers Of the Northwest Of 40c = 100 lbs
within q, fraction Of &c 2 d. Now, every
business man knows that this Is simply IN
ontrege-a deliberate attempt to injurc The
Northwest. The excuses made by railroad
managers of. 4 blockade Of freight as being
the cause Of the recent ntfyanc: in yates, falls
10 the ground III the face Of this outrageous
discrimination.
But the discrimination docs not cad here.
There is another phase Of 1t aimed directly ut
the packing interest of the Northwest.
Dressed Hogs, being perizhablc property, ore
usually rated at double the fright Of provis-
ions; hut when the recent advance in rates
was made, the rate for Dressed Hogs WAS not
changed, and the railroads are now carrying
This perisAablc property at in advance only
Of Soc per 100 lbs over Mess Pork, &c. This
Is a transparent attempt to foster the New
York packing interest at the expense Of the
hackers Of the Northwest
These are the lacts In The case. NOW 10 the
remedy. The officers Of the Western rail-
roads arc opposed to sucll on.x-geous1y high
rates and such barelaced sc1itninatiou: but
they are powerless. The Michigan Southern,
the Michigan Central nnd the rittsburg,
Fort Wayne ind Chicago railroads might
combine and refuse 10 faed these New Tork
railroads. and thus bring them to terms but
the truth is, the stockholders and directors
of these Western railroads ore connected with
this Eastern conspiracy, and the officers arc
powcrlcss. If the Western roads were owned
BY Western men, the matter would be differ
cnt, but there Is SO little Of these stocksown-
cd in the West, that 1t is difficult matter to
pick up Western man to make director Of.
There is therefore only one remedy. Let
The packers and business men Of the North.
west hold o convention and meeting, and
agree not TO ship pound OF freight t,y rail
road till the railroads cons to reasonable
terms. Let the Eastern men wait ill the
opening Of navigation for provisions If they
1eel disposed TO continue such an unjust
sys1e'n ol DISCRIMINATION.
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II appears, .nen, naa s'''a. 'ns sn'.o I.s1s "
remains ua'e o'.o' nish te1as ~ us0. Eng
laes lnahs uo scrulae VI teuue.1ns .,ea ne1
wees u ~, .o1.1s' e1se ''ao "'sA'uo''Aless'
'nen IL 'ne 1A''ef'
II the Fenians want to light England 70
free ireland, It 10 hypocf1I'cal ana ueachefous
IN them TO cloak 1hls real 1nlent unocr pre-
tended desire to susfa'n the na1sonal honor
OF The United Stats and to promote our WORK
Of " self-defencc" IN the present contest. Il
they want to tight for Ireland instead Of the
United States, 1hsir place is in Ireland, and
not In the United States. by returning to
Ireland they VIII have no dlancnity IN getting
solncbodyto tread On their coat-tails, and VIII
have abundant opportunity to kill oil the
Englslmcn they can. II they ache to fight
England, not from desire to free Ireland,
but from real desire to protect onr na-
tional honor" and to aid us borrowing their
own lansuuge) in the work Of ssjust self de
fence" they need not wait for war with
England. Indeed In nlrcady waiting for
three wears and eight months, during every
hour Of which our county and our govern
mcnt have bccn In very death struggle, not
only for NATIONAL honor, but fornational exist
encc, 1hcse five thousand 1ight,n. Fenians,
"spoiling for mil, ;" have shown themselves
s;nsularly blind to tue ample opportun71i.s s
before them Of gratifying this pretended de-
sirc! The utmost offence they can allese
against England, is that elr has Stood ncu-
trail, with leaning towards the rebels. Yet
II these i've thousand Fcnians are itching for
fight, though for four years while enjoying
the protection Of our Government they have
stood aloof from defending it, docs 1t not
look very much rs if the Fcnians also were
"ncutarl, with lcanings towards tic rebels ?''
The English owe no allegiance and no rrati-
tude 10 our Government, and have thc right
IN ,,c neutra1. The FenYans -ove hoth. vet