Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-01-15

The trick was at once seen through by
both my friend and myself, and the nexl
day over bottle of wine at the Monumen,
House, Beau told us he was hard up, hadn''
dollar. picked up an old hat at Gadsby's
hotel in Washington, clapped his cup in bis
pocket, and resolved that the hat should
carry him to Baltimore; and it did, >soit1
four dollars in the bargain. '..a.
Some startling Statements by q
Radical Senator.
Mr.. Sprague, of Rhode Island, rarely OBJ.
trudes himself upon the Senate but his
remarks Of Friday last on the repeal Of the
cotton tax were more weighty and worthy Of
consideration than nine tenths of the plat.
tudes which the dominant party in that body
prefer to inaict upon the country He in.
voked attention to the PROSTATE condition Of
American industry, and more especially Of
the great staple, cotton, now being destroyed
by the unwise legislation of Congress. Mr..
Sprague is, as all know, large manufactur-
er, and he is also large cotton planter. He
ought, therefore, to be master of his subject.
A statement from him, that the British
manufacturers were now able, by their skill
ed lobor and machinery, to produce from
the short, dry, and once despised staple of
India cotton to produce equal to that obtain
ed by us from the American staple, must
have been startling to hearers unwilling to
learn any other lesson than that Of an ihten.
sive hate. Mr.. Sprague told them that he
feared they had lost this great interest for
ever that the control Of the question had
passed from their hands. He even feared
the competition Of Indian cotton in Ameri-
can markets. AS for Sea Island cotton, he
believed that in two years it would only be
produced asa rare plant in some gentleman S
garden. At this day Egyptian cotton was
used in seven eighth Of the articles in which
Sea Island cotton was formerly employed.
The plantations Of the South were not worth
one twentieth part of what they were before
the war. After these statements MIR.
Spraguc might well assert that while En-
gland conquered territory for the purpose Of
producing cotton, the dominant party had
conquered territory merely to destroy it.
Such is the expose off practical man and
a representative of the industrial interest of
the country and of the floor of the Senate.
If it had been made in British House of
Commons, or had been delivered even o
few years ago in the American Senate, such
an appeal would have excited profound at
tention. But what is the destruction of a
great national industry the Radical party
immersed in schemes Of President making
Their cry is, perish commerce, perish man.
ufacturers, perish cotton, perish the poor
negro, who depends on this last industry for
his daily bread, rather than sacrifice one jot
Or title of the revenge by which this party
proposes to perpetuate its power. But
while these truths may fall on closed ears
in the Senate, they will not pass unheeded
by the great business and mercantile classes
Of the country. These, and all thinking and
patriotic men will inquire what party is re-
sponsiblc for this state of things, and they
will see that the expulsion of these bad men
from power is the first step towards relieving
the public distress. s.-National Mtelligencer.
Negro Rule.
Late intelligence from the West Indies
presents frightful picture of negro rule
in Hayti. The particulars concerning the
assassination of Montcz, are well calculated
to arrest the attention ofthe friendsof Chris
tian civilization in all parts Of the world
After starving him forfour days an ineffect-
ual attempt was made to complete the busi-
ness by poison. After this, Salnave, the
negro President Of the so called Republic,
ordered one Of his assassins to smother him
but this attempt also failed, and hewas6nal.
" stabbed, and his skull cut to pieces with
achisel. Hisbody wasdelivercd to hisfriends
bootless and hatless on boards and conveyed
to the cemetery, his friends insisting on
burying it without placing it in a coffin. In
toxicating liquors were freely distributed to
the people to induce them to cheer for Pres
ident Salnavc. The brother Of Montsz was
captured, and chained to the bloody bed Of
his murdered brother Leon. Montez's par
ents have been crazod by his assassination,
and have fed to Dominica for fear Of the
vengeance Of the negro President.
Now, as the Radicals insist upon African
ixing ten States Of this Union, Of putting
power in the hands Of the negro race, is il
not time for white men to pause and ponder
upon such facts as those presented with ref.
erence to negro rule in Hayti? What ha.
happened in thAt island win happen in thii
country. il The radical policy is carried oui
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