Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-03-16
NEW ENGLAND.
The Cabinet a0d COngress-POwer OF
the Glass Interesfs-New England
JubiIant and the West Deeply Chag-
Rined.

JuDhiRnt and the West Deeply Cnaf
Fined.
From the National InteIIigeneer. March II.
Some Of the better portion of the Re
publican press of the West, as tn
Chicago Tribune, oppose with yigor tn
form Of prohibitory tariff legislation
which has its results in the fact of
PROSTATE commerce, and shipping inter
est so depressed that this day there arr
more vessels at New York bearing tn,
British flag than Of the stars and stripes
The tariff is so prohibitory for In,
greedy purposes OF extraordinary gain
by the class monopolists of the East
that it has been found necessary to re,
sort TO the unexampled step in our his
tory Of putting enormous duties upor
what goes habitually into the uses o
the laboring classes, as tea, coffee, sugar
and salt. From the duties on those ar
ticles OF common necessity most Of the
revenues are derived. The fact is an
inefable disgrace to our national policy
or legislation.
A few days since the copper interest
got that protection which must diminish
revenues and increase the costs Of articles
| in copper. Just in the ratio that they
are relieved by laying heavy imposts up
on them will taxation upon the poor be
augmented, as well as the costs of the ar
ticles themselves. -. $780,,
In view of the prospective holding o.
the Treasury seals by Mr.. Stewart, a
great panic sprung up among the prohi-
bitionists, or protectionists. TheJouTnai
OF Commerce gives some idea of the ex-
element:
"Says a copperite, viii he strike a
death blow at our interests p viii he
close my foundry P says the wealthy
iron and steel worker while from Sagi-
nav and Syracuse, and from those who
feel interested in the little islands on our
Southern cost, comes up cry of horror
at the expectation of Turks Island com .
ing to this country as salt ballast for mer-
chant ships.''
Says the Chicago Tribune:
"The Syracuse Salt Company sell
their salt for seventy cents barrel less
in New York than they do in Buffalo and
further west. There is an enormous tariff
on salt. On the Both Of January cargo
Of 6l01a tons Of salt was delivered at
New York. The cost, including freight,
was Sl,9l0 SO. The duty on this salt
was 1888 70, or equal to l75 per cent.
That duty is not considered high enough,
and the Onondaga Salt Works have bill
before Congress TO increase it.
Gwen at this heavy rate foreign salt is
largely imported, and the Syracuse works
have to sell 10 New York at the prices Of
the foreign article. In the absence Of
foreign salt they would demand the high>
est prices in New York. To prevent
foreign salt being brought to the West
they have had the tolls on the Erie canal
so arranged as to levy prohibitory rate
on foreign salt.
western members of Congress who
sustain the present duty on salt compel
their constituents to pay at Syracuse from
thirty to fifty per cent. more for salt to
come West than the same company sell
their salt for, freight included, in New
York. To vote to add to that duty is tC
vote to add 10 the extortion already prae'
ticed on the people of the West. Twenty
millions of people are subjected to tax
of over two hundred per cent. on salt te
protect a company which has divided
two millions OF profits in seven years
upon a paid~up capital of one hundred
and sixty thousand dollars
i The Cincinnati Enquirer refers to this
| grave subject as follows:
"In the arrangement of the standing
committees of the United States Senate
we notice that the following chairman
ships were given to New England
Foreign Relations-Sumner, of Mas
sachusetts.
Military Affairs Wilson, of Masss
chusetts.
Appropriations-Fss of Maine
Pensions Edmunds, of Vermont.
district of Columbia = Hamlin, Q
Maine.
Public Buildiugs-MOrrill. of Yer
mont.
Auditing Committee Of Contingen
Expenses-Cragin, of New Hampshire.
Printing Anthony, of Rhode Island
Thus we see, that of the twelve Ne'
England Senators, eight of them ar
made chairmen of important committee
such as the foreign relations, militar
affairs, appropriations and pensions.
thus appears that New England, whlc
has only the population of Pennsylvania
is now running the Senate Of the Unite
States. 1t has been so ever since tn
Republican party came into power, an
will be so long as it IS retained IN
New England is the head and the Yves
the tail Of the organization
Now, in view of facts like the aboV
we ask how are the burdens impose
upon agriculture as q leading interes
and of labor generally, ever to be life
| while the vast power OF the Secretary
| the Treasury, and the Speaker Of Il
House, through his appointment OF con
| mittees, are vested in Eastern men, vi
J act for the class>interest OF the Eastel
f monopolists ?
| The Speaker of the House is fro
Fl. Maine, and was a Pennsylvania
r birth. The Secretary Of the Treasu
is from the seat of the manufacturing
/ terest in the East and so also IS t
n United States Attorney General. L
J, weight of cabinet power and intiuen'
d go far as men are concerned, commend
e near the Pennsylvania line, and procee
o northeast to find five Of the seven mel
r, hers. None are selected south of Mas
d and Dixon's line, and west OF the M
u sissippi, even unto the golden real
S. upon the Pacific slope.
Is Correspondence of the New York Herald
4 WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE excl
y ment about the cabinet has at leng
- subsidized. The agony as it has be
called is over. Stewart and the act
-, 1889 are forgotten, and the politicit
have settled down to feeling OF more
less satisfaction with the complexion
!e the cabinet. The New England men
- in ecstacies. The Western men
vi chagrined. California is altogether
y appointed, and swears roundly agai
;; the especial favor extended to pure
~ undefled YankeedOm.
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re, Meeting of the Me MInnvIile Bsr.
IS, At meeting of the kcMinnville
an held few days ago, the following res
as tons offered by Col T. B. Murry '
unanimously adopted
ed Resolved, That the members Of the
h of McMicnville recommend to the 10
G.. bers of the Bar and the people, irres
.,s tive Of party, for the 9Th Judicial oir'
u.s. to hold a convention at Manchester on
es~ second Monday in April, to nominal
ler candidate or Judge for said circuit.
lk- Resolved, That the Hon. W. P: HiC
18th son is the first choice of the McMinn'
ing Bar for Judge of the Sth Judicial cir