Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-01-29
SECIlONAl.lAM.


sECTsONAIlsM.
The New York Tribune i. 50 thoroughly
sectional in i,s ideas of public policy, ths,
IL looks only 10 the interests Of one portion
o. The country and 1t labors diligently to
have all others subsidiary to il The Eas,
has IFS capital largely invested IN manniac-
turing, and It's aim is to advance that intc>
ress with tho-e Of ctcci .ors % capital The
Ws.t AID South are mainly agricultural,
and they stahd IN the relation Of debtors -
the E.st, with opposing interests 70 great
oxtsns. Ii must be admitted that in the
Legislation Of The country and in the shape
ing Of its public policy. the East have prof.
red At the cost OF thssWsst To build Up
the peculiar interests Of the East, the West
has ben forced to pay . heavy tribute
without corresponding advantages. The
zrituae, in its ADJ ocacy Of ultra measurssby
which the creditor classes profit largely,
overlooas or disregards this fact. 1t insists
thar every interest must yisld TO what i,
tcr1.s The protection Of American industry,
when ii. known that the interests Of the
protection policy inure to capital and not
TO Abr. What is termed protection 10 Ia
hor Il no protection at all II 10 The capt
ais, that rsaps the advantages Of high
tariff, AMI not tho operative. the cost Of
whose living is increased BY the fraud
known as protection TO American indus.
try
We ro,iced few days ago in the Tribune
fling at the debtor ela'ses. Il says, there
can be no dsm,goglsm more degrading OF
urlaat than that which seeks 10 array the
'E.sf against the West" To which the
. Boston Poss CURLY rspliss, lie il more
degrading dsinsgogism than = seek to
array ,ae East against tho South" We
could not more happily illustrate than IN
these sentiments tho sectional and avari
cious spiri, which controls the Tribune and
the creditor interests it represents. II 70
degrading dcmagosism. says that paper, for
tho debtor aud the agricultural clssses
whose interests it is TO have free market,
tor its products, selling whore they can get
tho highest prices and buying whore they
can purchase the cheapest, but 10 al r.gh,
for the creditor aud manu- facturing int
rests, 10 make the West and South hewe,
Of wood, aud drawers Of water. Who meekly
wear the yoke that tn, h stern tnskmsstev'
place upon them. The agricultural snt
debtor interests Of tho country have IT,,
political power 10 assert their rights in III,
policy that shall control in the administrs
ton Of the Government, and IL they 10 no
do il. they should yield without murmur I,
ths more favored sections that rule with
rod of iron, because they are accustomed e
submission To their will
Ir is not generally known that the Il oh
language il the oldest in Nnthwestern En-.
rope, except that OF the LsplAndcrs, and q
frw tribes Of the sxurcmc North, yet, NJ
old as il Is, aud reversed as il has been, it
is RAPIDLY dying out ash SPOKEN tongue. Il,
most scrupulous Il LEFTY, IN spite Of every
attempt made by soycrisns Ct England to
prevent its use. Indeed it seemed to flour
ish by persecution, every parent deemi up
1t religious duty TO have il taught his
children. But when the law ceased 10 pre-
vent ITS use, and the 81 BILE and other books
were plin,el IN the old Gaelic tongue, ths
Popular Interest, died out in = great meas
IRE, and oil indications show that in TWEEN
" years it will have passed out Of memo
~. We clip tho following paragraph from
an exchange, in this connection, Ms Of iu
tere,t TO the general reader az we'll - ID,
student Of ethnology
The Irish language is gradually ceas
ing to be used. According to the census
of Ireland. taken III 1851. it app, AIRED tina
in population of o. PA .27s as many a'
2Ss pc, cent. spoke lush, but ten year,
rap"qi-ntly decrease Of - per cent
had t,ken place siucc in March, 1861
when tho last census was taken, and the
total namber II inhsbitnn,s was 5.T9s 967
thr entire -peakine population amounted
Only 10 H. per cent. III the o,lo5,J.t
returned in 1851. n Sc ~ho could 10
sprs. lush numbered 1913 .275, aud tho re
mAtndcr proies-sd vernscuisr knowledge
Of both languages. But few educated per
sapS eou,i either read or wiitc lrirh Il
1851 mors than half the inhabitants o
the province of Connaueht could speal
thur nAtive language even still th
counties ot n.l~ay and Mayo Afford III
greatest number Of IRISH speaking REQ
pie. aud in 1851 as many ~ 1878,
thrrsin we're returned as unable to spsal
Ens'ish."
A LorBr jobber suegests that profitable
business could be . tablishsd, if Congress
would only demand the purchase Of pc, mti
by foreigners desiring to engage in trade 81
manufacture in this country. The hitch in
the French cable enterprise 10 in point.
STATE NEWS.
IL. 900 bushels Of corn stored at vii.
ton.
Waterloo is to have . street railway
this season.
-Muscatins has earned The nsms Of Tops
Worm City.
Since purchasing steam Ere engine
Ouumwa has had more 6rss than for /,
long time previous.
The lecture SEASON in this State hal
bean suehdei with unusually prontabl,
results to the Lecture Associations.
A child Vas born near Wyoming ,Jsns,
c,un'y, re.sntly, without any upper jaw
-Tns bridge At Csuacil Buffs, aeros,
the Missouri. will be one Of the finest in tn,
world.
rh, drams is being very libsrslly pat
ronix "A in the cities Of thi. State this sea
So.
AT ar.cen, caarivAri in Appaneos,
county. thu sereaaa,ns party was hand
som Is greeted WI \ numerous ro.tcn egg.
1t Is adthor.,st,ve'y denied that Nv
i-m,.es OF easy virtue have been dischArs
I'd from the Agricultural College
The Council Buffers have recent
tested a new steam FIRE engine. much