The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-02-21
A Leader.

Wehare ncitlier' time, space noriiElination
10 write Aadv. Col Calkins, of the Madi
son Capitol (Wis). has been living with The
loyal" req ublican party for the past three
years; he has denounced his old party aifiianss
in most patriotic and acceptable STYLE He is
aow in good standing with his party, and hence
what he says is sound as collar In his dali.
y Of the l6tA he gets off the following. which
we adopt as a leader. If republicans don't
like it We shall always regret that they can't
stand tho logic Of one Of their own people:
THE MONEY KIxG.-Money il King. "It
rules the camp, the court, the grove" The
ways it has Of getting and retaining power are
e numerous as human ingenuity can devise.
And its power is growing and spreading each
acquisition giving it strength to acquire more.
and its forces are multiplying in geometrical
progression. The present condition Of our ma
siOnal finances, and our financial system, afford
70 capital unboundcd facilities to obtain power
and increase. The fluctuations of prices are
he great opportunities of capitalists, and
where they are frequent they are easily and
srtifciAlly made, and the richest always profit
by them. few may go under when panic
RACES, but that only makes the balance trong-
or, by dividing the wealth and power among
= fewer number. When the currency is great.
~ inflated, gold high, money easy to borrow if
man is rich and can give security, when pri-
ses OF articles are up one day and down the
.s,cxt, this is the harvest of speculation; then
wealth increases and its power swells; then is
the blue day for labor, and the term Of its
bondage. AS long as our political and fuan.
cial systems are unsettled, will this harvest.
hume Of capital and this long day of trial for
labor continue. For till they are settled vii!
this very state Of things continue-greenbacks
aud fractional currency instead Of currency
st par-p.enty of this to loan to the rich, spec
'alation at food tide, capital rioting in its
strength, gold down one day and up the next,
immense fortunes made and lost in a day, but
all resulting in the concentration into fewer
and fewer hands, Of the wealth Of the coun
try, and labor struggling on poor pay and dou-
bic prices for everything that is necessity or
comfort Of life. and gradually yielding right
after right and power after power to Capital.
This is the secret of the uniform opposition
in New England to the speedy restoration Of
the government to its old terms of peace and
prosperity. There is the home Of capital. As
tong as reconstruction is defeated, and while
the country is asitated on that question, there
will be no serious effort h.ade to modify the
tariff by which manufacturing New England,
TeptSeeuleo ny CutuueTs dNu Uou.WODEetlA2
Pennsylvania, represented by Stevens, arc
amassing mountains Of wealth at the expense
of the agricultural interests OF the country.--
Why does it cost as much to transport bus..
81 Of wheat to New York as it is worth in AN,
western railroad depot? Because ,..s railroad,
charge this vastly increased freight in conse
qucncc Of being compelled to pay three time
as much as formerly at Thad Stevens iro,
foundry for every ounce of iron they censum
in constructing and operating their roads. N
wonder Tliad.' Stevens believes in agitatin
every other subject that eau be dreamed of ex
eept That OF reducing the f eight on iron an
destroying his monopoly of the business TIL
wonder, though, is, that bis course should b
admired by western farmer at an extra c,
pcnse TO him OF half dollar for every bush,
Vt wheat. For if Thad Stevens and the re:
would quit trying to keep the union assuude,
and reconstruct our tariffs and finances, " hea
would DO conveyed TO New York for thirt
cents . bushel instead Of eighty cents bushs
a. now.
This political aeitation is KEEP, up throuc
the power OF capital, which reaps rich retur,
from every fuctuatioa and chan e produced b
the unsettled condition Of affairs, All III
losses are those Of the poor; the gains ar
those Of the rich.