American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-02-09

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> ingmen.' That will he its effect iii
becomes a law; it viii s.il turtle
raise prices. add greatly 10 the eos
OF home production, thereby pntirel,
disable rs from trading with the res
Of the world, and make the country
poorer and poorer all the ,.me.
Every Southern vote that can bt
kept ont Of Congress is vote in the
| interests Of the manufacturing mon,
opolistS, the operations of which. as
described by the Post. literally drive
the people Of the West to the wall.
1t grindS still further in the dust the
/ PROSTATE industry of the South. 1t
clips the wings of commerce, which
has already falle off a million or two
Of tons. 1t takes bread from the
mouths of the poor. Meantime colos-
SaitortuneS are rising mountains high
in the Eastern cities. The rise, in
deed, like mountain peaks above
the low table land" Of crippled means,
of poverty and distress, that expands
far and wide at their base.
The West, through some of It's Sen
ators, is now protesting, with great
carnoStneSS, against not simply
continuance of the present tariff.
which has operated as we have de-
cribcd, but against the passage of
bill vastly enidrging the grinding eX-
actions of the former upon the masses.
In view of the Stupendous excrtions
of the millionaire manufacturers and
affiliated interests here to procure the
passage of that measure those Sena-
tors in their hearts cannot but feel
that all is in 50 great danger that
they could now wish to be reinforced
in Congress by votes from the ex-
cluded Southern States.
Referring to this subject in autumn
last, says the National IteIligenc0',
in the connection of the prospect of
,,,o.iaor+;,1 ,otoaf ha n,.,a,.;..,'
>'''''> ','.' Wv ~ '''o i'i'''Io"s
measure, which we then felt assured I
would pass, and Of the game of the
lestructiycs to impeach the Prcsi- |
lent, and thus get rid Of that "obsta-
'Ic,' We wrote as follows:
We are greatly surprised that the I
lhifago Tribune should exhibit SO 7
much / S. Of sagaeity than its Radi- +
al contemporary, the Hcpublic4n.
ogether with many other Radical +
presses, as to sustain the movement
If the most conspicuous of the hare
)lained leaders in Congress in de
Audi, " JohnSon'S head
through the impeachment process.
That press sigHaliZcd itself as the
OF the agricultural
Northwest, twin sister Of the South .
n resource and interest, III its hGstil-
tT TO the HeW protective tariff bill, F.,
h" consideration ul which was post
'onen irom the last session to the
Dmlng one. Il exhibited a spirit
iosely bordering upon a menace Of
ccesSion, II the rapaciouS measure )
Il the interest Of mammoth Eastern 5
manufacturing monOplleS should be ,
doptcd. 1t laid bare the selfish mo
IVES OF the class interests that were ,
u>hIug the bill by more or less I'M
uc>tIOncd acts of an obliviOus pOlit-
'aI dlabolIsm. 1t showed a knOwl- {
dye Of the character of the measure, +
general and in detail. that was !
assessed by few, even including po-
teal economists. tinancirIS, and pro
themselves. Ithad. as the G
otIye power OF its powerful argu-
cltS and fierce drnunciationS, the \
lperiIled interest ofthepoo, l. of the ;,
est who would he still further borne "
own by the weight Of taxes and en- ;
mced prices, if the odious measure y
ere to pass. To give edge to its c,
'StlIlty to the contemplated rapaCity ~
the class interests upon the aori- .
ItUallsts Of the interior and OF all =
e cOSntrN, it had the plea of the al
evlOus etteCtual opposition OF Mr.. in
iaddeus Stevens and his party to k
assures in Congress that, by cheap II
ing the carrying trade between the =
ltre Of the continent and the At 1t
ltic marts, would materially aid in d
ing some return to the husband pl