The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-10-29

:, We are indebted to the Saxons
y the United States for the magnet
r r telegraph, for the sewing machin
for the reaper and mower, as well :
for innumerable inventions and in
provements in labor-saving machir
T. cry and implements.
It There is no authentic record {
j. any Saxon government ever repud
: ating its obligations, whether mil
It tary, civil, religious or pecuniary.
Agriculture, commerce and nav
l. CATION are leading industrial traits i
o the Saxon character. Mechanic:
e farmers, merchants and sailors deve
e op this great continent and form
n majority of this republic; the leadin
: AMI most prominent in each and a
e of these pursuits are Saxons.
T From the earliest accounts we hav
of the Saxons until the present houl
they have been agriculturfsts an
/ navigators. These avocations seer
g to be their missions, and it is from
this race that we are to expect tn
full development of our industria
resources. 1t is no difference wher
the Saxon is born, whether in Ger
many, England, Scotland or America
t he is the same ploddipg, industriou
Saxon-like the ShOrthorn, whethe
born in England, Scotland, Ken
lucky, New York or Ohio, he is /,
Shorthorn still, and one cannot max,
a Devon of him.
How are our industrial recourcel
to be developed? Is it the duty o
the Government to recognize, en-
courage and protect industry, ant
aid in the development of our resour
ces, or not? A very learned states
man remarked once that $50 long as
agriculture was fostered and pro
tected, the form of government WAS :
secondary affair" In this country the
Government is in the hands Of the
people, and, it is, perhaps, not toe
much to say that the agricultural
portion of community in the United
states cast majority of the votes
Ii so, then the destiny fthe country
is in the hands of the agriculturists
Why then do they not exercise the
power which is within their grasp,
and foster, encourage and protect
their own interests ? Simply because
they are alienated from their true
interests and blinded by political
partisanship. The parties here
strongly remind me of the historic
parties in BERNE, in Switzerland
The BEAR is the city emblem, and the
term BEENE means BEARS. Now, al
the gates of this city of Berne were
several bears in confinement and reg
ularly fed and watched at the expense
of the city. The people were taught
to regard these bears as the guard
ians and protectors of the city. One
night, however, the bears escaped
from confinement, and sought 8
retreat il, the dense forest, fhe Cit
ran bowling from one end of the city
to the other they counted their
beads, said their Ave INarias and
Pater noSferS, and made their wills,
and prepared for the end of the
world. Quiet was restored only after
a large posse of citizens tracked the
bears to their lar, captured and re-
placed them in confinement. { So il
is with the agricultural community
it is keeping and feeding two very
huge bears in existence, in the shape
of political parties, which parties
take no cognizance, in practical
form, of the industrial interests.
The Democrats very confidently
assert that the Republicans are driv-
ing the ship of State recklessly and
heedlessly on to beach of breakers,
when and where all will 60 to ruin.
The Republicans, on the other hand,
are equally confident that, if the
Democrats attain the reins of Gov
ernment, they will speedily ruin
everything. After fonr years of the
most intense war the world ever wit
messed, a war in which every possible
engine of speedy destruction was
brought into active operation; four
years during which fire and sword
we're sweeping throughout the length
and breadth OF the land and yet the
country ts many, many. removes
from actual destruction Every day
it is recovering from its losses in life
and property destroyed.
The wool growers asked of these
political parties a recognition and
protection of their interest, and l,
for one, was not disappointed in the
result. They received protection in
form and not in substance The act
of Congress enacting tariff on woods
reads smoothly, and is, apparently,
all that the friends ofprotectlon could
desire. Well, suppose we examine
the act for a moment. 1t makes
three classes of woods. The first
class consists of clothing woods,
enumerated and specified the sec
ond class consists of combing woods.
In this class the law recognizes none
of the woods in the world as combing
woods except the pure bred English,
Leicester, Cotswold, Lincoln and
Down woods. The German Marsh
sheep, the Russian, the -Wallachlan
and others are just as good, in every
sense, as the English breeds, but are
not enumerated In the law. Hence,
millions of pounds of these continen
tai comning woods are being imported,
ans swering the same purpose, and
used in the manufacture of the very
same goods that the English comb
ing wools are used, whilst a nominal
duty, at most, is exacted from them.
The custom house officers are hon
estly discharging their duty, when
these woods are admitted at nominal
rates, because they are not specified
in the laws! Then the third class
caps the climax, IN the shape of pro
lection, for it admits everything, not
enumerated in the first and second
class, as carpet wools! The act spec
ifies clothing woods as Merino wools;
it names the breeds of sheep which
produces the recognized combing
woods, but it fails to give the name
of single breed of sheep which pro-
duces the CARPET wooLs. II one will
examine the custom house statements
he cannot fail to be impressed with
the, idea that all at once We have
ceased to manufacture anything out
of wool except carpets! Millions
upon millions Of pounds of wool are