Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-06-06
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10 the United States. during the terrible struggle
we have passed through. Nov. would 10 Heaven
bis mantle would fall on some great American
statesman to advocate the same theories OF trade
IN this Overtaxed land The true commercial
theory 10 this: Buy in the cheapest and sell 10
lhe dearest market" Dir. Morrill, and the pro
tectionists TO the contrary notwithstanding We
do this always in daily life-ve 20 many blocks
away from our homes 10 deal with a man who
sells cheap and gives good value for our money.
rather than pAtronze our next neighoor, who
gives less value. In the great community OF
naiiops the same thing should prevail. England
rever was commercially 20 prosperous as under
her Free Trade policy. Mr.. Gladstone, this
year, has a surplus Of twenty million dollars aud
~ yearly reducing taxation, aud yet ever reah
zing more revenue the lower the TAXATION. France
under her shrssd Emperor and his Free j rade
policy. taught BY the example OF England and
the argI ments OF Golden, this year has surplus,
and az that policy il better developed, no doubt
her commerce and finances will show better
aud better Our merchant navy IL al
most ruined-partly, no doubt, by the
privateers-but 1 think more especially
BY the high tariff prevailing and the avowed
policy Of the Republican party 10 live within
themselves, isolated from the rest Of mankind.
Under their theory (Chinese-like, lacking the
| high WALL avery man, woman, aud child IN
these States must pay tribute TO lew New
| England manufacturers whose whole interest ID
| TO squeeze as much as they can out OF the pOck-
cts OF the many Are they the whole United
Statesr Their number aud those they employ
are insignificant compared with the rest Of the
population. The virgin soil aud uncleared
forests of this country must for years 10 come be
| the legitimate industrial object OF our population
Il it right to the whole for the benefit Of the
few The U. 5. Treasury ID robbed too--for
out OF the customs alone they must look Tor gold
| to pay the interest on the national debt, and Il
the duties are so high that importers are power
less, they abandon importing tor some other pur
suit. aud our shipping may lie Idle am glad
to see that the Board Of Trade OF Detroit thi'
week are going to have international confer
| ence on trade matters aud reciproclty-the board
last winter memofalized the legislature not IL
repeal that treaty with Canada. but one sapeni
member II forget his nance observed that DE
tfot was not Michigan Probably he deals IN
logs. for he certainly must be wooden headed
The exchange OF commodities with Canada be
| tore the amounted To City millions OF dollars
| annually-thus giving employ ment 10 railways
canals aud ships, besides paying probably twenty
| per cent profit all round Is IL good policy
| TO destroy this trade l. Great Britain Obliged
to buy Ter breadstuffs here The Baltic aud
| Black Sea ports. besides Canada, parts OF Ger
many, Australia, &c, are open to her II We &c
mand her cash only. aud refuse to buy her pro
| ductious. 1t IL our interest To trade with her u
she will sell cheaper than We can manufacture
leaving our population at liberty To raise the raw
| materials The obsolete theory of protection l.
now being given up IN all civilized countries bu
this: aud IL want Go take rank ia the future n,
one Of the foremost nations on earth, We mus
| give up the absurdly too. Free traders have nc
| objection to small tariff for revenue purposes
| Tor, IN fact the lower the tariff generally, TO,
| higher the revenue, England's commercial
| policy shows, and common sense would
naturally dctate-the contrary kllls the goose
that lays The golden eggs. The war of tariffs is
looming in the future, aud hope the great Dem
ocratc party will earnestly take It up and rescue
this country from financial disaster, and them
selves ride into power. FRkk TRADE.
wendell Phiiiips on Negro Suffrage.
At the Annual Meeting of the New England
Anti Slavery Convention, ON Wednesday. Wen
dell Phillips took the stand, and said
| That the real topic for discussion was imme
date suffrage Tor the negro. Dir. Maynard, o
Tennessee, was right. There was no time tc
agitate this question Discussion before the people
would not secure coored suffrage for twenty INV,
| years. The right must bc conceded at once Il
| secure the Nation from serious trouble and per
haps disaster. The condition OF every black mar
was to day no better than in 1893, and he did moi
see how any man could say slavery was abol
ished and give up his efforts in the anti -slavery
| cause. Ii would be a year before even the tech
meal abolition OF slavery would take place The
| condition Of the negro at the South was in q
state of remark able uncertainty. No man could
say whether he could own property, protect his
| wife, testify III "A court. or exercise any other
natural right. The white men OF each State
claimed the privilege to regulate all this, and the
Tennessee Legislature had just enacted a law
concerning free coored people. Do they enact
laws regarding free white people1 All that con
Germs the colored people is To be regulated by the
whites. and what will the whites do when their
States are reconstructed without negro franchise
| They would unite with the old Democratic party
in the last Congress OF Johnson's Presidency
aud show the friends of liberty who it is that has
really been whipped in this last hour of the war
| The black race would be kept practically in the
condition of serfs. bound to the soil. The ad
mission of single State without negro suffrage,
would settle the whole question. and slavery
would exist in reality but not in name
After this was settled the next question forced
into Congress would be the acceptance OF the
Southern debt And if this was done success
fully, he would argue for the reputation of the
whole 10 the last hour of his life Deprive the
South of negro suffrage aud every drop of blood
has been spilled. and every dollar of treasure
expended in vain. Already bad threats been
made that reconstruction would be put through
next winter on an anti negro basis in spite OF
all opposition. 1t would be the great question
of the Congressional session. This spring Mr.
Sumner said TO Mr. Lincoln. Louisiana must be
reconstructed on the basis of the Declaration OF
Independence Mr. Lincoln hesitated and did
! not reply. when Mr.. Sumner said, Sir, il you
reconstruct II on any other basis, count me AS an
! opponent" That was the position for every
friend OF permanent Union and of permanent
freedom to take, and stand by it firmly Far
better that Grant had surrendered to Lee than the
President should surrender 10 North Carolina or
Louisiana. and make useless all the sufferings
and losses ard sacrifices OF this fearful struggle
Among those present in the ball were W Whit
inc GrisSould, George Thompson. aDd Amasa
Walker
The Secret Testimony.