, 1866-03-09
THE COMING CONTEST.

fore another looms up to take its place, aYA
thus it is that the life of the nation, like rat
of the individual, is constant series ex-
elements. For thirty years an ''irrefessible
conflict" has been waged between pe North !
and the South, growing ont of me slavery
question. This great issue hsI finally been
settled by the arbitramenl of war, and
bencerorth it would seem nat there is moths
ing in the way of the INST perfect harmony
between these hithert warning sections. It
is true that the agitgiOn may Be temporarily
prolonged, growing out of the question of ne
gro suffrage, busthis is an issue that capnot
be kept open 6r any considerable length of
time. TIE great mass ofthose who have'hith
erto taken part in the slavery agitation have
beoh actuated by desire to secure for the
black man his natural rights, and this as>
oomplished, they are not willing to enter i1a
to new crusade, having for its object negro
equality. A great writer, treating on ethnoL
ogy, says that there is a natural jealousy be,
tween the races of man, and that there has neE-
eryet been found people willing to divide
authority and admit a different and distinct
race to an equal participation in the affairs
of government The history Of San Domin-
go, and of the Republic Of Liberia, shows
that this dictinctive feature Of human char
acter is quite as marked in the negro as in
the more elevated races. In San Domingo,
as also in Liberia, all political powers are res
served to the black race-the white man bes
ing excluded by inexorable laws from both
power and place. 1t is true that in Europe
an countries, where but few representatives
of the colored race are to be found, there is
no distinction on account of color, but this is
a concessio14o weakness rather than power,
and were the blacks in sufficient number to
cause even ripple on the face of the body
polite, the jealousy of race already referred
to, would at once demand their exclusion
from all participation in political affairs.
Crazy fanatics;of the Wendell, Phillips school,
in our country, may continue to agitate in
favor of extending the right of suffrage to
the African, but their efforts will come to
naught. The great principles that underlie
society and ause men to guard with jealous
care all that relates to their civil and politi,
cal rights, will surely and inevitably settle
this question as against the negro. Substan'
TALLY the abolition of slavery has settled the
negro question, and hereafter Sambo will ex.
ercise but little influence upon the politics
of the nation. There is another question the
agitatation of which has just been com.
menced that promises to be as bitter and re-
E11or1O,050 DUV"0eu INV FrVrVrt uuu
South. This time it is the East against the
West. The basis of the coming contest is
thus stated by cotemporary: The West is
agricultural and mineral-produces bread
and precious metals. The East is manufac-
turing-producing tools and implements.
Europe produces these latter better and
cheaper than New England. The West wonld
like to trade with Europe at cheap rates The
East says, no; we will supply you with man,
ufactured articles which high tariff will en-,
able US to sell to you at the West at a high
price, and we will take in pay SO much of your
bread as we want. This is the bone of conten,
tion, and while the West produces SO much
surplus grain she will continue to wish to
send some of it to Europe and get as
much merchandise for it as possible, and
the gold diggers, too do not object to low
prices for anything they want to purchase.
On this subject cotemporary says, from
the Pacific to the Alleghanies, from the
British possessions to go 3O', ere long there
will be watchWord raised that will wake
the echoes of the continent" Another CO..
temporary speaks strongly, too, on the ques>
tion, and looks on it in the light of heavy
taxation, thinking that there will be pow
erful rub on that account This is how he
talks:
The great civil battle to befought before many
years, will be between the Eastern States who
live and move and have their being by means of
Protective Tariff, on the one hand, and the
Western and Middle States, who have, to the
present time, been permitted to exist only be-
cause they we're willing to become " hewers of
wood and drawers of water" to their Eastern
" rulers" The late civil war between the North
and the South has entailed so heavy debt upon
the whole country, that in order to provide for
the payment of the interest and to carry on the
Government, it will be found that the East will
demand heavier burden TO be placed upon the
shoulders Of the toiling West, and when the
load becomes too grievOus to be borne, the West
will seek to throw it off, Then will come the
strife in Congress.
Senator Sprague, as representing the man.
ufacturing interests of New England, has al
ready moved in the Senate for committee
to revise the whole question of the tariff,
with view to still further protecting man
ufactures, and when his report comes up, the
war between the East and West will fairly
be inaupurated The Pacific States. in a