iDcuotci to politics, literature, Agriculture, Sricucc, iJIoralitu, aub eueral intelligence.
VOL 18.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. NOVEMBER ii, 1858.
NO. 47.
Published by Theodore Schoch,
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The End of a "Woman's Caprices.
A LOVE STORY.
lMn nr n,rnr sr Kwl-wnrrl nnrnr n '
ungraceful, nevor.o disagreeable as when
they arc making love. A friend a lux-
they
ury, ' husband ditto, I eupposc; but that
intermittent class of human being.- de
nominated 'lovers' are terrible bores. It
does very well for women to blush and
dook fiu-tercd now und then, when occa
sion makes it desirable, but to see a mau
with his face as red as a ripe cherry, and
a real parcel of strong-minded ness, self
reliance and ma-culine dignity, done up
in broadcloth and atarebed liuen, quaking
from the toe of bis boot to the top of his
fchirt collar, his mouth awry, and bis
tonguo twisted into convulsions, if the
vain attempt to say something sweet 0
gracious!"
So Baid saucy Sophie Ljnn aloud to
herself, as she was swinging backwards
and forwards belore the window, half
burricd in the cushions of a luxuriant
arm-chair, and playing with a delicate i
vory fan which lay upon her lap.
'It ali-o seems so etrauge, not to say
tiresomo" sho continued, with a running
musical laugh, "after one has waltzed and
eung, quoted poetry and talked condense
'with anybody till one "h puzzled to know
'which one of the two is most heartless,
one's s-elf, or one's companion, to hear
liim come down plump on the subject of
matrimony, as though that were tho le
gitimate result of every tueh insipid ac
quaintance. For my part I never bad a
'lover (here Sophia pattered her fan aud
looked pleased lor she bad more than one)
'that I wusu't sick after he proposed.
There was Gapt. Morris I thought him
the handsomest man in the whole circle
of my acquaintance, until be went on his
knees to me and wore he should dio if I
didn't take pity on him. Somehow he
always looked Jiko a fright to me after
wards. Then thcre was Dr. Wilkins
he was really agreeable, and people said
very learned. I was delighted with him
for a time; but he spoiled it all with that
offer of his what long winded adjectives!
and how the poor fellow blushed, puffed
and perspired! He calls me an adorable
creature, and bic-coughed in the middle
of 'adorable.' Horrors! I have hated
him ever since. Theu there was a "
Here Sophia started. She heard the
door bell ring. With a nervous spring
she stood before ber mirror smoothing
down her hair with a taste truly comical.
"It won't do to seem interesting," she
aaid, as she took a finishing survey of her
person in the glass, and shook out with
her plump jewelled finger, the folds of
ber airy muslin dress.
The moment afterwards, when a ser
vant entered to announce Mr. Harry
Ainslce. she was back to her old seat by
the window, rocking aud playing with her
fan, apparently as unconcerned and list- i
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less 13 though that uame had not sent a vvei ms uiusbuu uguuy
quicker thrill to her heart, or the betray UP0D hU brcast as U to keeP bis hcart from
iog crimson all over her pretty face - bursting with uprising indiguation bis
"Tell him I will be down presently," she compressed lips, and his dark eyes flash
gEj(j ing. Sophie, cruel Sophie! You added
The girl disappeared and Sophie flung ' c dr0P t0 much to your cruel sarcasm,
open tho window, that the cool fresh air Y" trespassed upon his forbearance
might fan away the extra ro.-iness from ' one lttlo step further than you would
her complexion. Then she went again to , da" had you known bis proud
tho mirror, and after composing her aod sensitive nature,
bright, eager, happy faco into an cxprcs- ; Not till he bad gone gone without a
flion of demureness, descended to the par- single word of expostulation, leaving only
lor. A smile broke over her features, and a grave "good-bye," and tho memory of
she rcachod out both hands to the guest; ' bis pale face to plead for him did the
but as if suddenly recollecting herself, she thoughtless girl wake to a realization of
drew tbern back again, and with a for- what she bad done. Then a quick, tcr
mal bow of recognition, ishe passed him rible fear shot through ber heart, and
and seated herself in a further corner of she would have given every curl of her
the room. j brown head to have had him beside her
It was very evident that something was ODe short moment longer,
wrong with Sophie; that she bad made up "Pshaw! what am I afraid of! He
ber taind cither not to be pleased, or not will back within twenty-four hours, and
to pleate. Could it be that she had fore- j as importunate as ever," sho muttered to
aeen what was coming! that a presenti- J herself as the street door closed after him:
ment of that visit andits result had die- ' yet a sigh that was half a .sob, followed
tated the merry ppeecbes in her chamber! the words, and couldllarry have seen tho
t t.. ; mrr 9 hf linur lmd not beautiful nair of eves that watched him
lapted before Harry Ainslee's hand and j
fartnnfl fwhieh latter bv the way was
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nothing wonderful,) were in the same
place where Cspt. Morris' and Dr. Wil
kin's had been before tbem.
"The first man that I ever heard say
auoh things without making a fool of him
self," muttered Sophie einphatioally from
behind her fan, as sho sat blushing and
iArttlrr rrrntifipd rnf. without Acivninrr
CtlUVUM! , J .. . 13 B (
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... ran v tn thr pal niu. strnnriit.-iorwaru
speech in which her lover had risked his
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all of hope.
"He ought to do pensnco for tbe pret
ty wsy ho managed his tongue. He's al
together too calm to suit ice." And So
phie shook her curly head meaningly,
holding her fan before her for a screen
did she forget what she had been saying.
"I wonder if I could snore the way Uncle
Jones used to in Church!" she soliloquiz
ed. "Wouldn't it bo fun! and wouldn't
it plague Harry if he thought I bad been
leep while ho was talking?"
, isiSepiie's blue yea danced with sup-
pressed merriment as she gave two or
three heavy breathings, and followed them
up with a nasal explosion worthy of an
orthodox deacon. It was well douc the
atrically done and poor Harry sprang
bolt upright surpassed, mortified, cha
grinncd. Human nature could stand it
no longer, aud Sophie gave vent to her
mirth in a burst of triumphant laughter."
"Y-o-u little witch you mischief
you spirit of evill" exclaimed the relieved
Harry, as ho sprang to her side and
caught her by the arm with a grip- that
made her scream. "You deserfe a sha
king for your behavior!" Then lowering
his voice, he added gravely:
''Will you never have done tormenting
"e! If yOU love me, Can yOU fcOt be gen
crous enoru& to mo so aod, if J00!0
D0i' ani DOt at lcaSt WOrtb f a Candld
refusal?"
I Words sprang to Sophie's lips that
would have done credit to her womanly
' nature, and made ber lover's heart bound
with rapture, for the whole depths of her
being were stirred and drawn towards
him as they never had been towards any
man.
But she could not quite give up her
railery then. She would go one step fur
ther from him ere she laid her hand in
his snd told he was dearer than all the
world besivTe. So she checked tho ten
der response that trembled on her tonguo
and flinging off his grasp, with a mock
ing gesture and a ringing laugh, danced
across the room to the piano.
She seated herself, she ran her fingers
gracefully over the keys, and broke out
in a wild, brilliant, defiant song, that
made her listener's cars tinrxle as he stood
watching her, and choking back the in
dignant words that came crowding to his
lips for utterance.
"Sophie, listen to me!" he said at length
as she paued from sheer exhaustion
Is it generous is it just, to trifle with
me sol to turn into ridicule the emotion
of a heart that offers to you the most rev
erent affectiousl
"I have loved you, because beneath
this volatile surfaco character of yours, I
thought 1 saw truthfulness aud simplicity,
purity of soul, and a warm current of
tender, womanly feelings, that would
bathe with blessings the whole life of
him whose hand was so fortunate as to
touch its eccrct springs. You are an
heiress, and I only a poor student; but if
that is the reason why you treat my suit
so scornfully, you are less the noble wo
man than I thought you."
Sophie's head was averted, and a sus
picious moisture glistened in her eyes as
Harry ceased speaking. Ah! why is it
that we sometimes hold our highest hap
piness so lightly carrying it carelessly
in our hands as though it were but dross,
staking it all upon an idle caprioo!
When she turned her countenance to
wards him again, the same mocking light
was in her eyes, the same coquettish smile
breathed from her red lips.
"Speakiug of heiresses," said Sophie,
"there is II Jen Myrtle, whose father is
worth twice as much as mine. Perhaps
you had better tranfer your attention to
ber, Mr. Ainslee. The difference in our
dowries would no doubt be quite an in
ducement, and possibly she might consid
er your case more seriously than I have
douc."
"Liko an insulted prince, Harry Ains
lce stood up before her the hot, fiery, io-
J'gnaut blood dahed in a fierce torrent
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so eagerly as be went down the long street
or the bright face that leaued away out
through the parted blinds, with such a
wistful look, as he disappeared, it might
have been his turn to triumph.
In spite of Sophie's prophecy, twenty
four hours did not bring back Harry,
Days matured into weeks, and still ho
did not come, nor in all that time did sho
a ii. t i .l:i-
see mm. adu how &ue uuguu iu iuiuu.
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I t n mnrtrr firm noton nnnnr
uuiotu uunu """"J'i
t;nlr Tn fact sho did as almost anv
heroine would have done under the cir
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cumstances grew pale and interesting.
Marianna began to .suggest the delicacies
to tempt Sophie's palate. "The poor
dear child was getfiug so thin." In vain
Sophie protested that she had no appe
tite. In vain papa brought dainty gifts and
piled up costly dresses before bis pet. -A
faint smile, or abstracted "thank you,"
was the only recompense. If sister Kate
.suggested that Harry's absence was in a
ny manner connected with her allored
demeanor, Sophie wfuld toss her ringlet
ed head with an air of supreme indiffer
ence, and go away and cry over it, hours
at a time. Everybody thought something
was tho matter with Sophie. Sophie a
mong the rest.
Her suspenec and penitence became in
supportable at last. Sister Kate who had
come so near tho solution of the true mys
tery, Bhould know all so said Sophie.
Perhaps she could advise me what to do,
for to give Harry up forever seemed ev
ery day more of an impossibility.
"Will you como into the garden with
mo, Kate!" she asked, in a trembling
voice, of ber sister one day, about a month
after ber trouble with Harry, I have
something of importance to tell you."
''Go away, darling, and I will bo with
you in a few moments," replied Kate,
casting a searching glance at Sophie's
flushed cheeks and swollen eyes.
Running swiftly along the garden paths
as if from fear of pursuit, Sophie turned
aside into her favorito arbor, and flinging
herself down on a low seat, hurried her
head among the cool vines, and gave her
self up to a paroxysm of passionate grief.
Soon she heard steps approaching, and
an arm was twined tenderly about her
waist, and a warm hand was laid caress
ingly on her drooped head.
"0, Kate, Kate!" she cried in the ago
ny of her repentenco, "I am perfectly
wretched. You don't know why, though
you have come very near guessing two or
three times., Harry and I"
Here a convulsivo sob interrupted her,
and the hands upon her head passed over
her disordered curls with a gentle smooth-
ing
motion.
Harry and I" another sob "quar
relled two or three weeks ago. I was
willful and rude, just as it was natural
for me to be, and he got angry. I don't
think he is goiug to forgive, for be hasn't
been here since. -
"Sophie felt herself drawn in a tighter
embrace and was sure Kate pitied ber.
"I would not have owned it to anybody
if tt had not been justas it is," she contin
ued rubbing ber little white hands into
her eyes; "but I think I lore him almost
as I do you and father and mother."
A kiss dropped on Sophie's glossy head,
and tighter was she held. She wonder
ed that Kate was so silent, but stillkept
her face hidden in the vines.
"He asked me to be his wife," she con
tinued "asked me as nobody else ever did
in such a manly way, that he made me
feel as though I ought to have been the
one to plead instead of him. I could not
bear that, and I answered him as I should
not. lie thought it was because he was
poor and I was rich; and all the time I
was thinking I'd rather live in a cottage
with him than in the grandest palace in
the world with any other man, only I was
too proud to tell him so to his face.
What can I do! Tell me, Kate, you are
much better than I am, and you never
get into trouble. I am sure I shall die
if you don't." And poor Sophie wept a
new. "Look up, dear, and I'll tell you."
Sophie did look up, with a start, and
the next moment, with a little scream,
leaped into the arms not of sister Kate;
but Harry Ainslee!
Sophie declares to this day that she
baa never forgiven either of them, though
she has been Mrs. Ainsleo nearly two
years.
Hams A Good Pickel.
Having recently tried, proved and ap
proved tho excellent qualiity of a ham
obtained of Haight and Emens, 226
Eront street, in this city, we eolicitated
from them the best directions for pickling
hams, and they have consented to give
their method to tho readers of the Agri
culturist though the process has hitherto
been a private matter.
For 100 lbs. op Hams. Pack them
in a barrel or cask, and pour water, c
nough to cover them. Pour off the water,
and add good rock, or Turk's Island salt
enough to make a brine that will ju9t
float potatoes. Two or three kiuds of
potatoes should bo dropped in, as some
varieties aro much heavier (of greater
specific gravity) than others; about the
average weight is desirable. The brine
for tbe hundred pounds thus prepared,
add one pint of good molasses, and six to
seven ounces of saltpeter, using the laige
clear crystals, as being the purest. Make
and" use the pickle cold. Then pour the
liquid back upon tbe hams, and let them
staud six weeks, when they will be ready
for smoking, though they may stand as
much longer as may be desired, as thoy
will in the first six weeks take up all the
salt that they will absorb. When re
moved finally for smoking, that they
should be thrown into fresh water and
stand 24 hour.
Take ndtice that the position of tho
hams in the barrel should bc changed
onoo in 10 or 12 days, to let them lie up
on each other at new points, and allow
tho brine to come iu contact with the
parts which had previously lain together.
This is an important hint in pickling
hams, whatever kind of pickle may be
used.
An editor. down South, reportsxhimself
son struck, but is recovering, though 'tbo
blow was a I I pounder.
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A lady out 'West -"'brags' tlfaf none" of
her relations iwero eversent tb the State
Prison or Congress. w-i t
KENNETH EAYNEE.
. me irauiv. anu mamy xeuer, aaureaseu
to a committee of the People's party, in
Wilmington, which we give'below, will
jbo read with general interest. Mr. Hay-
. nor linn l n in.'A J Z ..I
uci uua long uccupieu a prominent post-
'tlrtr. ; U r ii. i i.:..
, iu iuu pumus, oi cue uuuuuy, auu uia
( opinions, as those of a conservative south-.oials,
(ern mai, are lull ot signihcauce. It will are lavisued by millions of acres, in butl- the lan-juae of Mr. Calhoun in 1816 )
(be seen that, on the two great questions ding up mammoth corporations and en- the northern manufacturer, in consequence
of tho day the tariff and the Kansas richiog millionaire speculators, merely to of ihc avoidance of the (lasers and ex
outrage ho occupies the same ground J gratify party advocates in Congress, and pen-c of transhipment between this and
that is held by national men in the north; "to enable them to re-establish their wau- other countries, both of the raw Hiaferial
(and it is very cortain that tho views he ing political fortuues at home; aud whilst and the manufactured goods would soon
expresses aro shared by a party already this wasteful extravagance is sanctioned be able to pay to the southern producers
uuu wuuomuujf giuwiug, ui iue
south
Raleigh, N. C, October 26, 1858.
Gentlemen : I have received your com
plimentary communication of the21stinst.
expressing the "earnest desire of the peo-j maintaining a navy commensurate with ; quality and cost of which is changed, by
pie's party of your city that I may visit the growth of our commerce,an nppropri- i the application of another and different
and address them upon the political top-ation of a few hundred thousands to build ; species of labor.
ics of the day," &c &o. a sloop.of-war'is higgled over for months ! It u to bc b d that he g
Allow me, gentlemen, in the first place JwhiUt millions are voted m as many of Pennsylvania, which has lately achie
to express my grateful appreciation of the hours in jobs and contracts for party , ved such a viclory over those who have
kind and flattering terms of your invita-1 friends, lhe army entirely too small for i tr5ffle( w;th her interests win bc truo (o
tion; and, in the secoud place, my unaf-j our frontier defeuces, is neglected, instead herself in re-ard to this quetion Per
fected regret that a pressure of business,! of being cherished with pride, as it , should j Laps no other Statc faag Buff;rcd'0 much
which I cannot and ought not to neglect, j be. An appropriation for an additional from tbo vaciHatil)fr poU of tbe overn.
must deprive mo of the pleasure of meet-, regiment is bitterly opposed, whilst bun- j n,ent on tbis sabject of the tariff Ilun-ing,-
conferring with, and publicly announ-: dreds of thousands are voted to pay an 1 drcds of her forces have been silenced -
UUS UV co iu iuu i uupiu a puity mi
f your State, who aro now struggling so ;
manfully with the hosts of Locofoco cor-;
ruption and misrule. I deeply regret ,
tuat 1 cannot oe wun you to witness your
(ardor and enthusiasm (ot which 1 havejvontes who bave sites to sell, party con-
been informed) iu the contest you aro now
waging, and to rejoice with you over the
victory wnica i nave laitn to oeiicve a
waits you on the night of the 2d Novem
ber next.
There aro no people in the broad Union
who have stronger inducements to resist
tyranny nono whose efforts Bhould be
strengthened by more heart-stirring as
sociations than the people of Delaware
No portion of our territory, of equal area f
contributed so many and heroic men in
our revolutionary struggle nono whose
early history is adoroed by so many il
lustrious names none that has continued
to furnish our country's service more men
of might both in councilfcand in action.
Inspired by reflections such as these
situated as you are on the border between
the north and the south. Where the
waves of .-sectional strifo must expand
themselves in their progress hither and
thither how can you fail toconauer with
j the glorious examples lately set you in
.Pennsylvania and the States of the north
west, in which locofocoism has been made
so ignobly to ;cbite the dust," in the
two months.
Although I cannot be with you in per
son, vet I assure you that I entirely coq-
cur with you, and heartily sympathise
with you in tho conflict in which you are
engaged. Yours is the cause of constitu
tional liberty against a heartless despo
tism; of freedom of opinon against a ruth
less proscripsion; of economy in public
expenditures against profligate extrava
gance; of honest and accountability in pub
lie functionaries, against tho prostitution
of official patronage for party ends; of the
protection and thrift of American labor
and American enterprise, against monop
ly of our market by foreign countries ; of
the employment and relief of suffering
labororp, who are dependent on their toil,
against tbe heartless cruelty which laughs
at their calamities; of tho precious metals
in our country, as the basis of a sound
and stable currency, against tho ruinous
fluctuations caused by their exportation
in paying off free trade balances ; of the
fostering of commerce, in the improve
ment of rivers and harbors, against the
unfeeling sacrifice of thousands of lives
and millions of products; of the groat
principle of representative government
underlying our institutions, that tho peo
ple of oach Stato have the right to frame
their domestic institutions to suit them
selves against the wicked attempt, first by
force and then by bribery, to compel tho
people of Kansas to receive a constitution
rcpugnantto their feelings; ofpeace and bar
mony between the diffcreut sections of jhe
Union, against the continued and system
atic agitation of the question of slavery,
merely to subserve party purposes; of the
maintenance and support of the Union a-
gainst sectional strife aud discord, which
are encournced and fostered with an cyo:f tuc precious metals (a result inevitable
to the perpetuation of power.
I have by no means exhausted the cat-
i alogue of sins that lie at this door of the
i Buchanan administration and the faction
that sustains it.
rtacn T nnt f?rl t? n .
'ted the issues involved in tho pending
fitrmrirP? T-Tnw nnn nnr fit p minilftd nnd
candid man, if free from party influence,
1 pretend to deny it ! What man is allow-
!ed tohold the most insiiMiifieant xmblio
!mn1nvmnf. tvl.o rfnmaln ,,tinn U
' frill 1 1 r r n n rr r r tit r nvAmnhtn tml V t tkn I
Lium ui uuy uuuuiu, ui u ui u i Li u iwU uy tun
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sanhedrim at Washington, as a tot ofi"u" ;v
'partizan orthodoxy! Whose character our capita and labor in one industna
'is secure against the ribald and vitupera-, pursuit on ly , there ccrta.nly is a project
'tive abuse of tho editorial slander mong-.0 our finally reaching productiou beyond
I ., r it ii . v. fU the remunerative point. ) hen this is
era in the pay of the powers that bc in t , , . . .
i c , i f ,i i: ? tho case, we shall be tho less ablo to buy
.Who can deny that our expenditures have
reached eighty odd millions of dollars a mony oi interests in me uimhuuiiuu o . 0f agitating the questiou of slavery tor
year! If this enormous sum wero expen- capital and labor among various industri- ! party purposes, thoy will endeavor to
dod in proriding for tho common defence 1 pursuits, wo should obtain better prices ( 8tnother their mortification by the u?e of
and-promoting the general welfare of our for our farm product--; and thus bo tho j har(j worU3 &nU abusive epithets. Uav
wbple country, wo might be willing to better able to pay the manufacturer and , jng atejy eeo on a v;3;t to peDUQjlva.
submit without murmuring. , But official mechanic for their labor. But, as a Dia jt ap;ords mo pleasure to say that I
documents prove that millions aro civen southern man, I take stronger ground not u)oet the first man who claimed
'away in jobs arid contracts, to regard
'party favorites" 'Vast sums are' expand-
led iiHbo''tran.porg of (
! voters in the public work yards, to control '
lua rcsuti oi tocai elections. Immense
amounts arc squandered in supporting a
set of lazy drones and claucrous parti-
zans in the custom houses; where tho a-
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iuuuui umu luio me treasury is not a
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nixau ui huui la pmu iu wieae grei-uy om- ,
doing nothiug. The publje lands
u-uuui ageu iui ouuu ucimiuu.s purpo-
aua uy mo party in power, oDjecis oi par-
amount importance, involving national '
safety and national honor, aro scouted
and uefflected. Instead of providing and '
ju.l ,au i-iiuj iu. uuuo uiuu
are not worth opening. Our fortifications
are left incomplete and togo to ruin,
whilst millions are voted to build marblo
;paiaces ior custom nouses, 10 nenent 10-
(tractors who wish to do the work, and
sinecure officials who have nothing to do.
Not a dollar can bo obtained for the im
provement of harbors and rivers, involv
ing so much not only of commercial
property but of human life, whilst
the most exorbitant sums are paid to par
tisan contractors for carrying tbe maila
on these very rivers, whose profits amount
to tens and hundreds of thousands, on
nominal engagements with which they do
not comply.
The utter prostitution of the functions
of government both executive and lejris
lative by the party in power, seems at
last to have excited the indignation of the
people.. The late elections fchow that the
people in their might, without respect to
old party affiliations are determined to invested in some particular branch of bus
rebuke such barefaced contempt of popu- i iness, with fixtures, complete, laborers at
lar right, and disregard of the public ""ork, routine established, skill acquired,
good. financial embarrassments surmounted
lam wellawnro that, in addition to ' Jr hfafTe Prb.ab,7 thef crisi,s. ff
.,. ., . ,. ' , . tueir late. lhe imposition of a slight
this thorp vrnrfl t.ven rthor nnfpnt nniisoa . . . V k"cu
at work in producing tbe result exhibited
nv JL,- ,.,7.,; u n in-." i
ifl(jtjin-tno late elections.
ject of protection to Americau labor aud
enterprise, and the Kansas embroglio. I
am pleased to pee the people of Pennsyl
vania and of the northwest awakeniug to
a sense of their own and their country'
interests, as involved in protection to A
merican labor and capital whilet I do
not regard protection as a. northern ques
tion, or as in any sonso a sectional ques
tion. For I have long felt convinced that
protection is as necessary to the prosper
ity and well being of the south, as of tho
north. Mind you, I do not say "protec
tion to northorn manufacturers ;" that is
tbe language in which adroit politicians
and stump orators stato the proposition.
I mean protection to every branch of la
bor and industry whether of the field,
the pasture or the workshop whether of
the plow, loom, or the anvil. What I
mean is, that our polioy should be so
shaped as to ultimately secure to Ameri
can capital and Americau labor every
branch of operative industry, necessary
towards tbe preparation of every article
for human consumption, from the crudest
condition of the raw materials, till it has
reached its last stago of adaptability to
t r . t
human use. Uf course I refer to what!
only is jiracticablc under our natural capa
bilities of climate, &c.
As an American citizen, I am in favor
of protection, because protection will, in
the end, make us independent of foreign
nations for those articles indispensable to
our national safety and defence; because
the more employment wc give to labor in
its diversified pursuits, tho more wc en
hacce the national wealth and resources
and the means ot human happiness; and
because, further, any system which tends
to prevent the constant and regular efflux
in adiustiui; international balances ot
trade) must secure to us a more stable
basis for our currency, and, in a measure
Pvont tho fluctuations and derange-
I UlPUtS of OUT banking System. AS bOUtl-
ern mani a in fvor ( Potion, eJ
u-U8Bi " iu i .
laDor as f eoP- anu natural aa vantages
8reater there is nothing wanting but tern
Porary 8UPPort from the government to
. manufacturing enterprise in its infancy to
enable the south to manufacture for her-
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' 1f W,iuwlio litt HinnnnAiintrnftnnrif nil
U1 iui-, wuuiuu, u v.u0au.5 . u-
than this. If it be, as asserted by many
foutnern men, luiii-iuw-uaiuiai pursuit, oi
tbe sootbis-rarrculturp andccanufactur-
ing industry that of the north, etill I would
prefer tradioi? with mv nnrfhnm n,,.,
men. rather than with foreigners and
would willingly protect them in their pe-
culiar pursuits, until they were at least
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able to compete with foreign Csnital and
jaoor in our own markets. After beintr
thu, "placed bevond contingency fto uso
ii. - . a . '
oetier price ior uis raw material and to
sell nun manulaeturcd fabrics cheaper in
return. This has been the experience of
the past in regard to cotton. The same
priucinle annlv to cverv othnrnrilnU f,
ttiousands of acres of her coal-beds have
! been abandoned; and thousands of her la-
borers are now fteekio employment for
i brcadf and cannot findit Her reat in-
Uerests of irou and coal need
protection,
i an(j ouobt i0 bav0 jt
Sbe should not.
I however, ungenerously demand protection
for her interosts alone; but in the spirit of
an enlarged and patriotic liberality, let
her take tho lead in securing protection
to all the great interests of tbo wholo
country north, south, east and west.
By protection, I do not mean an addi
tional duty of a smaller cent on coal and
iron for the benefit of Pennsylvania on
cottons and woolens for tho benefit of
New England on sugar and molasses for
the benefit of Louisiana, &c, &c. Tins'
would, in effect, bo "a tariff for the ben
efit of capitalists," sure enough. It would
probably be just such a tariff as would
most please the large manufacturers of
the north and the wealthy sugar planters
'of the south. Having their capital already
duty on articles coming in competition
iu augmeiu luuir proms in a similar ra
tio. The? can set alons without anv ad-
additional duty. But how will this ben
efit tho hundreds of smaller operators,
who have perhaps been compelled to a
bandon their forges, mines, and, work
shops ! Their fixtures aro out of order,
their hands have been discharged, their
routine is disarranged, their credit has
been impaired. The slightly augmented
duty will not afford profit enough to ena
ble them to commence operations anew,
consequently they derive no benefit from
it. The laborer derives no benefit, be
cause their is no competition to increase
the demand for his labor, and thereby to
enhance his wages. If the email opera
tors and those who have been compelled
to suspend business, derive no benefit from
small increase of duty, how much more
does it apply to those who have to em
bark in business from the start! Con
sequently, tbe south, in order to succeed
iu manufacturing, needs protection more
than any other section of the country.
A small increase of duty, whilst it bene
fits to that extent the largo and well cs-
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tho same extent renders the incipient man-
. f x, .L , ,,r .
, iiiaciurcrs oi iuq souiu teas aoie to com
pete for the frade in their own markets,
j 13ut the chief blessing of protection
) looking at it in its moral and social as
well as its financial results is not so
i much in (he benefits accruing to capital
; as those accruing to labor; whilst, at the
'same time, it creatos a mutual depend-
ence, and harmonizes the relations be
tween the two. In its distribution of la-
j bor, ttputsevery body to work; it creates
1 demand for a vanet' of talent; it feeds
j the hungry; clothes the poor; as compc-
. tition is stimulated, it enhances the wages
!of labor, and thus affords to tbe frugal
and industrious the means of providing a
pittance for their wives and children after
they are gone.
If the friends of protcclion intend ma
king a stand for an increase of duties, It b
then, take bold and manly ground in fa-
yoro, U& pi lllCipia 01 protection. UCi
them stop tho silly palaver about incitlm
led protection, and fight tbe battle upon
the merits of their cause. Let them con
tend for full and ample protection to all
industrial pursuits alike, in proportion -to
their value and importance, aud the a
mount of capital and labor invested in the
same.
Of course, tho locofoco presses and or
ators all over the south will proclaimtho'
late victories ot the People s party as ao-
dition triumphs. True to their vocation
the'triumpk of the Peoples party in that
Sate a3 an anti slavery or anti-r-outfaern
Tict0ry. So'far from it, those wttn whom