Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-07-06

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She want 60 South Carolina and aAid,
sfYen n1nf slsvrs, re want . nasigation
~ help - ard Ne will help yoa al
Iow = aaajasity o9 Congress 10 pass . nay-
igasion aes, and Ne will join you Ia ex.
soniing he siaYs srade from ROO TO
1868.
The baxgain vas eOnsnHs mated. Tbs
slass Trade sas extended until 1903, and
Nsw England carried II il.
Navigation and Fishing Baanty Aaas
werc passed. BIZ tbs latter Nsw England
has obsainsa avsg Sla,0OO, 900 from the
Federal Treasury and d naraery for her
saaanen. BY sha farmer abs sscarsd shs ear
ryiag trade al the Siavs States, and the
proGls OF thai trade have been the great
source of hes wealth Ia shipping, manu.
f~acturrs and comaseEea.
To shnw ths value OF this monopoly,
one instance will safasss
Tbs cotton erep tor 1850 was 2,0T0,-
900 lbs At one cent per pound, shs
freight would saoaas S2l.0lO, 900 for
. transportation Of the crop, and gen.
orally II requires several
The next important appearances Of New
England waa ~ . pakFset and statesman,
urging o tariff Tor revenae and the pro-
tscsion OF 4merseaa industry, {. q, seek
ing % build up her manufactures 1t 9th
Or peoples expense.
The States raise their revenues by a
direct tax, and abtain . sum which, in
the aggregate, much exeesda the Federal
income from duties on Imports.
Capital, and especially New England
capital, has sought to make this mode Of
raising . reseaas ~abnaxisas 10 pahlis
sentiment, as costly aud oppressive, The
ohjsction II interested, and neither bon
est nor Substantial
Direct taxation saxas fer onoss sels and
net for anothes-it taxes The surplus of
labor and not It's necessities shat q
ma has rather than what q man wants /;
it operates prOportionassly equitably on
the rich and Toor alike.
A tariff for geyenue and protection ie
not so. Is taxes all alike, 0 ixed rate,
for the n~Scessarias Of life, whether they
be rich OF poor. That which the poor
man has ia common With the rich, |. e.,
his daily wants, IL taxes. That which
the rich man bas, and the poor man has
not-houses lands, money, the thousand
other species of property which constitute
wealth, itpasses By. Amore oppressive,
ineQuitAbls system Of taxation was never
devised. This clause vas the result of
another eomprofniss-the apporlionment
By which three ffths Of the slaves are in-
eluded in an estimate Oh The population
10 be represented in Congress.
The South urged that from Der inferi-
or white population she would Ia Congress
be wholly al ths marcy Of The North, end
become a mere oyerseeF for her, unless,
bur black population was represented in
Congress.
New Englend urged that the Revolu.
tionary var had driven her commerce
from the seas and her capital into manu-
features, that to leave the latter alone to
compete with Great Britain would be
their destruction. She elaimed a right
TO the temporary protection Of the gener-
al Government, until such time dc her
manufactures should be able to take care
OF themselves, or tbs money Invested in
them safely withdrawn and usefully en-
ploYed in other business.
II is a good many years since theu.-
We do not see that she is withdrawing
other business. Her Investments in man
ufaGtures and manufacturing stock Ia
crease. EisE factories multiply. Aiassa-
cknsstts and Connecticut are one big
waFkshop, corporations are forrAed every
year, and new works are erected. She
has become very rich and very grand !;
yet With all that, shs cannot dispense
With the tariff, aud is always for marking
the duties mp = peg higher.
Up 10 1860 the amount Of customs col.
leesed in seventy years vas 81, loo, 000,-
600.
Whatever the duty. By at least Ms
much was the price Of domestic goods
raised. These, in quantity and value,
exceeded at least By four times those i'm
ported, which, adding all together, makes
the little aum Of S. SOC, 000, 00o-tha 10 cost
10 the country in seventy years of New
England manufactures. Nor il this ALL
We ought to add the enhanced priee OF
ali goods excluded from import by pro-
hibitive duties. We havs no data al
hand By whieh to estimate the 6gures,
bot the amount 10 doubtless very large.
Little ysek Homer sal In 4 corner
ESllsx bis Christmas pie;
he put in bits thumb, ard pulled aut = plum,
And SAI4-Ehat . bully 0oy sua T.
tAacisnt Pseml
Ia the spring of 1861, towards the
close Of the Session. a motion vas made
to reconsider the Crittenden Resolutions.
A Seuasor from New England opposed il,
saying-aWe have NOR important bus.
meas on hand. We have q tariff 10
pass" lie was right. The tariff was
much more important business to him
and hia constituents, than The paei6ca-
tior Of the country. And they proceed
ed to pass their tariff, protecting wooden
screws, and Yankee notions ;~and now
there are no more pedlars in New Eng
land, They are ell manufacturers and
capitalists. Bat whose pockess have
besn drained TO effect iE2 The pockets
Of the producers, the CONSUMERS, The la
borer.
Yes, New Eugland Is very riehl over.
lowing. She seems TO have . sort Of
magnetic affinity to gain. The various
influences OF Government appear Der viii
ling subsidies; and she is, as proved, in.
tolerant, d~omineering, INSCRIPTIONS AZ
she Is rich. She has always been a
triokstsr In traffic, apan 10 mp market
that promised a profit; bat adroit enough
TO aunoias her most snTdid transactions
With the savor OF some virtues.
When she s0hbed the Indians Of theiv
lands, and sold her eapsiyes rs slaves In
a foreign country, IL was for religions
SAKE. She mist rid the land of il
heatbsns.
Whsn she opened the African slave
trade 1t was TO bring benisbsed Africa
within aftha sound Of the church going
bell.n
The fishing bounties, the unyigatior
laws, she tariffs, have all been for "fhs
! protection Of Anerican industry aTh'
good of ne eoaDtry.1 WhasA sweel