Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-10-18
THE PEACE TARIFF or ,s4s.
Republican Testimony That u Was .
BensAcsnt Measure.

specify date and occasion VIII mention
among them Horace ureeiey and The new
York Tribune. The Indianapolis Journal
The Bankers magazine, Helpers lmpend-
ing Crisis, Henry .. Lane hugh MeCni,
ioch, Abraham Lincoln, jamie GARFIELD
and James q. Blaine Indeed, | might
include every standard worn Issued De-
tween 1850 and 1850, and every of1-
cial report and state paper. except
perhaps, the message OF buchanan
IN december, 1901. me pound mes OF
The New YORK Tribune Tor Ioo0 are Oetore
me. From nrst issue 10 last there Is tre-
quent mention OF tne prosperous eohoi-
fiQn OF the. country. Vn the -4iE ., oc-
toDer The tribune unoer the hrading,
Bonds and Bugaooo. printed ''reeiey
editorial boasting OF the country pros
perfty and the strength OF puollc vredlt.
citing the TACT that per cent hiteo
States ponds were ~ a nanuSoiso pre-
MUM. On the 2oth there Is an editorial
Item on the greatness ana prosperity
ana ineVitaoie ruture grahocMr M ana growth
OF tne country On Inc % tnere Is an
otner article Doastlng OF tne county
prosperity, on NovemDer l4 Inc 1T.
pune announces large surplus OF goio
on hand and favorable condition OF
traae; n november ~ ureeiey says:
Inc country was never SO nch Snu
strong as IL Is now: 1uii OF cattle, Iull OF
gram and swine, tun OF everything. our
exports are large beyond precedent, specie
mas ceased 10 now Irom US ana Will soon
now towards us. our mlnes' our neros'
our FARMS our isctorles' are al oolng
"eH =,
All tnat autumn nenry .: Lane mao
Deen stumpihg lnulana, declaring tnat inc
prosperity ana progress OF tne lree states'
tne improvement OF tne laDorers conol-
tion ana tne genera ADVANCE In education
ana other gooo things exceeded anytnmg
known elsewhere at any tlme IN the MS
tory OF the world. Helper mad just puo-
nshed MS Impending Crlsls, whlch Is a
long and norid boast OF the prosperity OF
the Tree states. but little later the cen
sus showed tnaG the south ZOO nau Shared,
TO considerable extent, IN the general
advance, and James u; Blaine handsomely
admits that fact IN his history, vol. l.
page Slo, as follows;
1.-The south was enjoying exceptional
prosperity. Inc advance OF the slave
states in wealth was more rapid than at
any period OF their history Their staple
products commanded high prices, and
were continually growing In amount to
meet the demands OF o market which rep
resented the wants OF tho civilized world.
In the decade between 1850 and 1860 the
wealth OF the south had increased three
Thousand millions or dollars, ana this not
from an over valuation of slaves, but
from increased cultivation OF land, the
extension of railways and all the arts and
appliances of vast agricultural enterprises.
Georgia alone had increased in wealth over
three hundred millions OF dollars, no small
proportion OF which was from commercial
and manufacturing ventures that mao
proved extremely profitable There never
was a community on the face OF the globe
whose condition so little justified revolu'
tion as that OF the southin I66O. Indeed
1t was O sense OF strength born Of excep-
tlonal prosperity, which LED them 70 theil
rash adventure of war.
The Bankers Magazine O. lSOo is
first class witness to the abundance O
silver change was atioat IN excessive
quantities. The hles of The lndianapoiii
journal bear frequent witness 70 th'
prosperous condition of the country
Hugh McCulioch, In MS report on tn,
- '-rJ - s,r,fe-SS - .-..s ~
Abraham Lincoln cheered the patrioti
with statement OF the facts that tn
country was ricn ana strong, ana Tn
financial authorities agreed that the ioya
states contained an immense surplus o
coin.
NOW mark what followed. North am
south TINS people put Iortn such strengtn
made such an exhi6ition OF resources, a .;
was never equaied IN the world. Iai,
about % TINS country oemg poor OF weal
In iSoo!
why there never was such lavish apun
dance OF al necessarleS ON call. arm
and munitions OF war there were not, 0
course, ior we nad peen long az peace, Du
we clothed ana provisloned tweive nun
dred thousand men, ana dld IL OUT OF ou
surplus Detore the pressure Degan TO o
1eit by those at nome. why. Just tnin
OF 1t, prices did not even rise I'LL the 1I IouI
teenth month OF the war In June, 1867
the cost OF living IN inalana was as low
In april 1851. weak! why we 'ache
with strength, ana were .'spoiling 1or
nght: as Mr. Blame says IN other WORDS
Foor! why we were SO rlch IN gram an
goods that we dld not 1eei our losses u u
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