Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-12-04
NO. 40.
one Of the Fruits.

Ex-Governor Seymour, Of New York,
made great speoch before the Democratic
Stato Convention, At Albany, on the Sd Of
October, from which we take the following
tract, to show the ruihtrs effects Of tho
Radical policy on our shipping and manufac.
turing interests. After stating that the
amount Of alcohol used in tho United States
is about one bundled millions Of gallons
annually, which according to lav, should
yield revenue Of two hundred millions Of
dollars, the amount actually paid into the
Treasury is les tim .Gjty n,ilioni 'Hethen
asks the pertinent question, "who gets tho
one hundred rra City millousf" and I'M.
swcrs the iuterrogatory, 1y asserting that
this encrraous amount is divided in some
,way--sometimes fatty and sometimes cor
ruptly- between .hc officers Of the law and
the viclaters Of ito law" But 70 tho er.
tract: ht'..
Another measure is recied 10 restore
our credit and our honor. Give us back
our commerce. A few years since We werc
a great maritime power-our ships whitencd
every ocean. Where s-e they now = OE.
oial reports shcw that the carrying trade,
once source Of wealth and power, mas been
nearly lost. The ships which bear our PFC.
ducts abroad or bring tho immigrant TO our
shores sail under foreign 6ags. Our com.
merce was swept from thesea, not By South.
ern corsairs, but by Northern Congrossmsn.
Britain will pay for the few vessels burned
by privatcevs fitted cut in her ports, not
from a sense CT justice brt from = feeling
Of gratitude toward an administration that
has done so much to build up her power and
greatness. She has reaped all the fruits Of
our civil var She is now indeed tho mis-.
tross Of .ho see. We once stood in tho way
Of her ambition; wa built better and cheap.
or vessels. Our skill upon the seas v.s un-
rivallol; our uatazc artisans wero diving
h.y out cf her best ,narkets. Her looms
could not move unless ve gave her cotton.
All is nov changed. Our shipysrds are idle
American imports aud American exports
ere borne over tho ocean under British or
foreign flags, Our manufacturers call upon
Congress- to help them live against foreign
competition upon our soil. We pile up
tariffs to fence ont cheap products and then
load down labor with taxation unit! the bur.
dens Of our government ovartop the protec.
ton we give by dutica upon foreign imports,
andso a lsaden pail weighs upon our industry.
Beyond all this We have given Britain th..
for which she hos heretofore planned and
schsmad in vsin cotton producing colonies
Her India possessions, which we're Of doubt.
full value, are now made by Republicans
stupidity, the source Of enormous wealth
and the successful rivals of American in.
dustry. In FIVE years before the rebellion
the annual value Of the cotton sent from In.
dia was about SIT 100000. In the FIVE fol.
lowing the annual average was about sll3,.
100000. In 1865, it rose to nearly the sum
Of sl5o,000,oOo. More efiecttslly to foster
this branch of British industry, Congress
gives it a bonus in the markets of tho world
by putting an export duty on American cot
ton. While her production grows great,
ours falls off. Never in all her history has
she had such allies as the Republican party.
Her people can we'll afford to give marked
honors to those who have brought our
country upon the verge ofruir.