The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-07-20
"The Next Gre at Qaesiien."

"WHERE SHALL GOs"
| " To Mojor-General Dir:
"a good democrat of four years standing
is obliged to ask that question. The war
democracy, as an organization, is now out
i of business. The surrender of Lee ended
IT. vocation. Esa
In-.c is no great issue now for the dem
ocratic party but one-free trade. The
people of this country will no longer endure
the making of the colossal fortunes by the
manufacturers of the east and by the iron
and coal men of Pennsylvania The tariff
if not repealed, must be greatly modified
the great west will not submit to it with
willingness any longer. The agricultural
interest, the great interest of the country,
do not ask to be protected, nor do they
wish to protect any other interest. they
merely ask to be allowed to get what they
want in exchange for their product without
being obliged to put an enormous percent;
age of the price Into the pocket of the al
ready enriched manufacturer they want
liberty, that is, the liberty of selling for the
most they can get, and Of buying what they
want in the cheapest market they can lind.
"This Is the issue-and the issue on
which the democratic party will succeeds;
ard in that success will be removed the
only substantial ground of complaint the
south ever had aniz.a asg6 aH .gog
England this year shows an enormous
gain and great prosperity, and receives
duty on only six articles, and those are ar
ticles such as tea, tobacco, &c, which she
cannot manufacture. H8es n9aa iaraYedI
-o ''With great respect, 7.'l ts.t
I'5a9 "1our obedieut servant, .i0i
(Signed) H.g s"DUNoAN G. PELL."
We copy the above letter entire because it
expresses the gist of the nucleus, round which
the democratic party proposes, in the alb,
sencc of''any great issue"to gather-because
it marks out course of demagoguism that
the democratic party will undoubtedly en-
ter upon with the hope Of regaining thereby
the prestige and power it has lost through
the corruption and treason to the country
of its leaders. The great issue" hitherto
for the democratic party has been the
abolitionists of,he east. Popularity speak
ing the party has run that tissue into the
ground" or the issue has run the party
Into the ground" it makes no difference
which The party now proposes to take
'sthe enriched manufacturer of the east. .
in place of the abolitionist. The principles
of Free Trade and protection, or their phi
osophy in connection with the political
economy of the country, have very little to
do with the ''great issue" proposed. If the
the prejudices of the agricultural classes
can be excited against the manufacturers
Of the east" and sectional strife, hatred and
bitterness be stirred up, these manufacturers
or inventors of democratic issues will be
satisfied.
! Mr.. Pell of Rhode Island says the ''great
west will not submit to it tbe Tariff
any longer" All bosh Mr.. Pell, the
great west will take care of itself and the
country too without any advice from the
croakers of little Rhode Island. Mr. Pell
says ''the people of this country will no lon
ger endure the making Of colossal fortunes
| by the manufacturers Of the east" All
right Mr.. PelI, all that the people of this
country have to 10 in such case, is go to
| to work and make Colossal fortunes by
manufacturing in the west, or in the south.
There is no law against that. There is no
law combining manufactures to the east If
the manufacturers of the east" can make
such enormous profits" would it not be
the part of wisdom to induce the people Of
the west and the south, to initiate them.
and instead of all rushing into the raising
of wheat to send across the ocean for mar
net, to turn their attention to manufactures.
There is no reason why manufactures can
not be carried on as proftabIy at the west
as at the east Why endeavor to cultivate
this dog in-the manager spirit that refuses
to eat itself and snarls at those who would
eat. aas :ast
Mr.. Pell says, oracularly ''the agricultural
interest, the great interest of the country,
do not ask to be protected, nor do they
wish TO protect any other interest: they
merely ask to be allowed 70 get whr = hey
want in exchange 70 r their products ..nout
being obliged to put an enormous percent
age of the price into the pocket of the al
ready enriched manufacturer We have
frequently heard of going at things Pell-
nell; without rhyme or reason, but we new
er had better example than in the above,
that we call PeU-Mel with vengeance.
Farmers don't want to pay an enormous
percentage of their profits into the pockets
of the already enriched manufacturer" If
they had to send their wheat, corn, r; e,
oats, potatoes, &c, to Europe for marked,
what percentage of the price would 60 into
the pockets of transportation companies and
ship wners? Let this democratic system
OF Free Trade that looks so attractive in
theory, be once established and the prices
of labor would at once come down to the
level of prices in Europa penny day for
common laDorers. We would have to com
pete with the ill-paid labor of the old world
and that in only one branch of industry the
raising of wheat and corn. And it should
be borne in mind that the demand for
American breadstuffs in Europe, is limited,
they can raise nearly enough for their
wants; when we go beyond the supply of
that limited deficiency, as we should, if the
entire industry of the country should be
turned agricultural and we were forced there
by to depend entirely upon foreign mar
ket we should come in direct competition
with the farmers of Europe, when our prices
would come down to shilling busheT for
wheat and ten cents for corn.
AS it is at present, our farmers don't come
in competition with the grain growers in
Europe. We only export enough to supply |