, 1870-04-22

I will here remark that for two or three
years after tho wn1 there Was tar OF per
cent on tho gross value Of manufactured
goods, which has been abolished.
During the above three year8 the bales
o. GOODS maze maze Fe-.--.'.'.........s ss.5t5
aggregate wagrs paid ................ 6eaasa is
Average per loom per day, yis.. ..... 1880
Average number OF hands employed. S.S
Yards mannfactuFed.-..- $685., ,9le
Me.Ea1 oI Gools. s..................-.-.- e,e5l,666
l think this is the most complete infor1na-
ton ever placed before the British or Ameri-
can public regarding tho profits Of cotton uaAn-
ufacruring in the United States.
In the face Of facts Like these, Congress con-
times to pass laws that enable manufacturers
to rob and steal from the earnings Of the poor.
| Al tariffs on cottons and woollena should bo
at oDec removed. Common sense and common
honesty alike demand that this should be done
without further delay.
where, got my figures; stand ready to prove
them correct before the Committee Of Wars
and Means, and I dare the tariff men in Con-
G1ess to give me the chance to do it.
THIS property was purchased from the city
Of Augusta in 1858, for $4,000, one-tonth OF
tho purchase money to be paid annually, with
interest 1t per cent semi-annually-
Sixty thousand dollars was paid in as COM
mcrcial capital. The original stockholders
we're never called upon for another dollar.
Dividends were regularly pail,. large additions
were made to the buildings, aud there WAS
they increased the capital stock s30D,0o1 out
OF the surplus earnings, and to-day the pat
sC00, GOO.
ANY man who votes to protect such profits
by tarN is deliberate knaye, and any Ameri-
can citizen who submits to such tariff quietly
Is fool, and almost unfit to bo freeman.
Hon c. !. wALKER-
At tho close OF Mr.. Stewards address, which
was most enincntly characteristic Of the
manner in which that gentleman, proceeds in
THO advocacy OF any measure in which he takes
deep interest, and believes himself wholly
right, and which was heartily applauded, Hon.
G. !, Walker Was introduced, but, owing to the
1ateness Of the hour, said ho would not detain
u.c assembly with any extended remarks. Ills
llfc Lad been too busy In another sphere to al
low Of his becoming familiar with the statisti-
cal array Of figures and facts connected with
tLese. He had, nevertheless, carly become i'm
bued With certain principles, first inculcated
and strengthened by the pe1usal Of work By
the late President Wayfand upon political
to bis OVID mind the true foundation Of al dis
ctission and practice in the subject under con-
slderation- He w1s firm believer in freedom
lin religious freedom, in personal freedom,
in political freedom, and AZ firm believer in
commercial freedom. His theory was that to
the utmost possible extent the government
shall let the people alone, and 80 far as it does
thls, and leaves the people free. just to that
extent will tho people be tree and prosperous
In more ancient times monopoles and fa-
voritisms were the rule. and the few ware
protected at tho expense Of tho many, but
these things are to great extent no longer SO.
The great men Of later and the present ages
have settled down on tic principles thnt com
mcrcial and political freedom shall prevail. It
is coming to be established that people should
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cheapest and sell where they can sell the dear
est. Other and older nations arc giving atten-
tion to these principles, and ours. Which hss
taught them perhaps something Of personal
AMI political freedom, should not hesitate to
learn from them in this respect.
He said the doctrine Of protection rests on
the principle that so far as possible We shall
produce everything within ourselves, and by
bounties and suloluments encourage those
things that cannot succeed without it. Now,
if this WIS true between nations, it was trua
between States, communities, and individuals.
II it Was true as between Great britain and
the United States, it was trne as between Mich
lgan and Ohio, between Detroit and Green
field. Why then should net Detroit raise her
own eggs, and have nothing to do with eggs
eenfs eeo ps1 aoaea p @ @p1nf ta @ e road Ss
cost more to raise them here, but then it would
bc IN encouragement to have productions and
domestic industries, and therefore ought to DO
done. Laughter.
ton with happy effect, and Closed with an cx-
preston Of the opinion that tho time will soon
be when the people will ask no bornties nor
allow them to nonopolists. All they will ask
and al they will require is to be allowed to
what tcrms, they please. He referred to the
exploded idea not long ago prevailing, that the
people must not DO allowed to build railroads,
tut TINT government must point out where