East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-10-18

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discussed among tho people. If you
do our party may suffer by 1t. As
you well know, there are great |
many people who think more of their
own selfish interests than they do of
their party's, and if they thought, on
account of tho policy Of our party,
they wore loosing few cents per
pound on their wool, they would bolt
The ticket The republican party can
not change It's present policy, as indi-
Gated last winter in their vote on the
tariff bill as it passed tho House, If
they expect to keep in the ascendency.
The capitalists Of the East say to us,
If YOU want the Republican party
kept in power you must pay for it, il
YOU want us to furnish tho money you
must by your legislation, furnish us
tho means TO get it, That is tho way
tho capitalists talk The increased
duty placed on wool in tho bill last
winter, was bind on the producers,
and some of the Republican papers,
before they understood our position
and object, began TO expose it. The
truth is, tho manufacturers and cap
italists have the control Of this country.
They have tho money and they can
pay and that is ,ehat yOu and 1 ,eOrk
for.
You ask the reason why we have
not sold our wool. 1t is a combina-
ton at tho East which has prevented
It's sale. The WOODEN manufacturers
association, of New England and vi
einity, dotorna;ned ~ lower tho price
OF domestic wool, and sent an agent
abroad and bought large amount of
foreign wool, which they imported,
and supplied tho market at less
price than they could buy domestics,
thinking by the means they could
force the producers to sell. and you
see the result. AS the tariff now
stands tho manufacturer has the
whole world for market in which to
buy his wool, and almost the sole con-
troll Of the market of the United
States to sell hls goods"
"This looks rather hard" says
+cecial, " for the producer, for, ac-
cording to your account the Western
wool-grower is completely in tho hands
of the manufacturers"
" Certainly" says John, "but you
must recollect they in turn become
our bankers, on whom we draw for
party purpose. If the bill which
passed the House had become law
the producer might, perhaps, have got
few cents more per pound for his
wool, but, as an offset to this the East
demanded the duty on every article Of
mans apparel from the wool hat that
covers his head % the socks that COW
or his feet, should be increased some
thirty per cent No duties on wool, a
prohibitory duty on wooden manufac-
turers, is their motto"
"But," says special, for moment
forgetting himself "why do you sus-
tain such a policy p
"Hush, hush,' says John, in a
whisper, and with frown, "don't
you understand, it pays"
Says special, Suppose these things
are brought out on tho stump, how
arc thoy to be answered ?"
Say they arc Copperhead lies, .
says John, "got up for the purpose OF
drawing the attention of the people
from the great issue before them"
But" says special, "our farmers
2@Poq tt ot4hidiEo tRGH q? GR5Fgat5 tff5bba
and some articles quadruple, what
they did before the war, and that il
costs everything they can get to pay
the expenses Of living. What shall l
say to them ? How shall L explain9"
"Don't attempt it," says john
When spoken to on the subject,
strike your best attitude, and with
your eyes turned upward, towards
heaven, exclaim in the most eloquent
and pathetic manner possible, "Lo,
the poor African" Fly your kite
high, inscribe on it the right Of suf-
frage for the negro, but not for the
Irishman. A living without labor for
the negro; hard labor, penury, and
want for the poor white no taxes on
Government bonds for the rich--the
rich to be made richer, the poor poor
er-and with a negro for its tail, you
will, by your eloquence, be able to
fix tho eyes of the people on this glo-
rious scene, and by forgetting every
thing else but the interest of their
party, keep them right until after
election, when all win be well, provid-
cd we are elected"
Thus discoursed these two worthless
on the great interest of the day
Both formerly Democrats, and firm
believers in the rights of the people
until the allurements of Office and the
love Of mammon led them astray into
the paths of unrighteousness. -