Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-12

ufactussrs have convinced US that they have
been protected about long enough. In pre-
senting this resolution to the public. the
people have given to ous representatives .
full expression Of their views upon the sub
Ject Of what they want Of them. We send
them to the Legislative halls 10 act for our
interests and not to truckle to New England
interests. They have been singing "pro-
ion," the syren song Of a party that has
payel on the "harp Of . thousand strings''
every variety of opposite and discosdant
music that could be we'll presented to the
peoples ears And yet with all their inf
mite changes of tone as well ~ Of principle,
one dull low murmur has been ever
present - the practical ear. Party,
party, partyi Oh, potent party, in thee
we live and move and have cur being
'.Tear down that Raunt,ng dsg'' was The
poets song in the Tribune, and the ssnti-
ment was spread throughout the vast range
or it's subscribers, reaching cvea TO our city
to be re-cchoed by tne exceedingly loyal
organ of the "God and humanity party"
here, yet how faint now are its bugle notes.
The war came-the Union must b. pre>
served. was now the battle cry Of men TO
whom the Union had been q mockery, and
the Constitution an obsolete pi &C Of parch-
ment. The National Banks are safeguard
to the naton-he who disbelcves in them
and would stand by the old State Banks. is
disloyal. Now, it 10 discovered that the
National Banks are making a profit out OF
the people they must be done away with
snd only government grsenbacks be used
to supply their place BY turning the United
States treasury into vast bank Of issue
The man who opposes the President is dis
loyal, u traitor who should be sent 10 Fort
Lafayette, was their watchward. Now the
man who defends the President in taking
identicaly the same measures for restoring
the Union is n dangerous copperhead. Ver>
lily if the leaders were Judged by the words
Of their own mouth the doors Of Fortress
Monroe would open Tor moro than one Of
then, and that QUICKLY. Tho industry Of
the country must be projected. is now the
cry, and tax upon tax is heaped upon every
production that in its plenty sni cheapness
is needed by the working man o. cloth
ing, dreadstutfs, timber, iron, OIL all that
can benefit him. all that is IN absolute ne
cessty 10 him, for covering. food or dwell
ling. taNes are heapei on taxes, and in very
nockery of language he is protected against
his income but not against his expenses.
Sale after sale Of the means and sppli>
auces for illicit dis.illing, by the United
States Marshal, attest the success Of pro-
lection as applied to whiskey, oy the in>
creased number Of "enterprising citizcns'
tempted to embark Ia that lucrative indus
try, by the high bountes that stimulate
thcm 10 production. Mr. is their generous
regard for the people confined to this conn>
try. Rather than that the people of other
countries should not share in the benefits Of
protection afforded hy this favored land, .
bounty is offered to the producers Of colt on
in Egypt India, etc, Of three cents = pound
in the unoilsnsive, ,delicately indirect ioethod
Of a tax upon the cotton grown by the
Southern States.
when n man is down, kick him for falling,
Presump:ious poveri, isqu,s appalling"
and if the misery aud want Of capital in the
South could benefit the North, there might
be some seeming show Of reason Or OF brute
instinct for such statesmansllip. but tho
South needs protection, and il is thus We
offer i; to her. The country needs protec-
ton, and the dear people must be protected,
but capital, not labor, seeks protection by
heavy tariffs and the chasm between tax
payer and bondholder is widened daily by
those whose bounden duty it is to study the
welfare of the people and not the interests
Of class.
The burncns now borne by the North, in
the uneasy and unsettled condition Of the
public mind created by The dark shadows Of
coming political events, and the certainty
Of the future caused b. the utter absence Of
Statesmanship in Congressional measures,
too plainly foreshow their evil consequences
in the stagnant condition Of husircss, in
the waning commerce carried on for the
most part in foreign bottoms, aud in the in
itial opposition of the West, to be used ~
mere mediums for the purpose Of putting
money in the pockets Of Eastern men. The
hypocritical regard Of the Republican party
for the workingman is shown in the p,otec
ton Of the sheep BY the wolf, sod the pro-
lection they afford him ia the continued inn
post Of taxes to enrich the bondholdse q
his expense. We have il here It home, ~
shown in the efforts Of vur loyal morning
cotsmporary 70 countsract tho efforts Of the
working men to establish . reading room.
BY their faults shall they b knowr-read
the speeches of their leading msn-point
out. if you can, single word Of kindly syms
pathy for fallen and suffering foe and ask
yourselves, citizens Of the United States, il
these men desire the prosperity Of the coun
try, or know how TO restore II, and II these
men can or win give protection to Industry,
by leaving it Tree and untsaanslsd in its Of
forts to secure Independence. Ponder for I
while on the workings Of thess things end
you viii perceive tho true meaning Of Re-
publican Protection to Ne iodustsy Of ths
country. Even the nsnufaetsssrs ore
groaning under the weight Of ths Psctsctior
afforded to them. 1t 10 high time that I
healthy public sentiment should hold thss,
men to . strict accountability in theil
guidance Of the Ship Of State. wha
We want is men aud legislators, and no
thoss.who play the puppet to Rsdieal Pur,
tanism.
OvR IsrrREsrs.-It is always veil Tor en-
people to look 10 their own interests. Thl
radical members Of The Rspvbliean party ia
this city have elected men 10 o6aes Who, +
norjng every interest of their constitusnts