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IIK ANALY/II , > . TIVI : will pay u
fairly remunerative price for a good es
say showing the occupations of the people
ple of Nebraska , Iowa , Illinois and Mis
souri.
The paper must show :
1. The number of persons occupied
in personal service.
2. The number of persons occupied
in professional service.
' , } . The number of persons occupied
in trade and transportation.
-1. The number of persons occupied
in agriculture , and the products of that
occupation , together with a classifica
tion as to how these products depend
for a market upon free exportation.
Is there any better way of encourag
ing largo exports than by permitting
free imports ?
To Canada we sell more agricultural
products than we buy from her.
Products liable to be imported from
foreign parts consist largely of wool ,
hemp , tobacco and a few other articles.
Taking the ratio of the farm values of
these products to the ratio of all other
products , we may arrive at the relative
benefits enjoyed by the few farmers
in whose interest it is alleged that pro
tection is instituted , as compared to
those farmers whoso markets depend on
exports.
5. Manufactures , mechanic arts and
mining , and the relative number exist
ing , of choice or necessity , with which
no import can come into competition ;
and also the relative number occupied
in arts of which a small part or a con
siderable part might be imported.
Tin : CONSERVATIVE doubts whether in
the four states of Illinois , Missouri ,
Iowa and Nebraska , there will bo found
three per cent of all those occupied in
gainful pursuits to whom any foreign
product can possibly become a competi
tor. But how many in the four states
will be found absolutely dependent
upon free exports from the United
States to foreign markets for their
profits ?
THE CONSERVATIVE would be pleased
to receive from some one of its friends
a complete analysis of the manufactures
of cities , separately tabulated. The
total number and sex of employes , the
wages paid and the value of the product
are desirable. Thus wo should have a
basis for sorting the specific manufac
tures which have been developed , in
spite of protective duties on iron , steel
and other materials which enter into
them and other manufactures which
have been artificially stimulated by
duties.
The manufacturing plants of Chicago ,
Grand Rapids and Indianapolis would
notably ridicule the fallacies which have
been promulgated in behalf of their
protection against the pauper labor of
Europe.
The Tariff Reform Club of Now York
and the Free Trade League of Boston
ought to bo able to help Tin : CONSER
VATIVE in the solution of these economic
problems.
" TllCSO m' ° th °
"SPANISH MIS-
oi'terrible words that
HUM- : AND oi'-
PUKSSION. " have been thun
dered into the ears , and have boon made
to arouse the sympathies and organize
great armies and navies in the United
States for the liberation of our "friends
and neighbors" in Cuba. General Shaf-
tcr , under the direction of the president ,
and with the unanimous approval of
the American people , has directed that
the government of Santiago and the
province which is believed to bear its
name , shall not be disturbed in the
orderly and lawful government which
has existed there for many years. The
courts will administer the laws as usual.
Private rights , says the president , shall
neither be disturbed nor invaded. Who
gave these laws , who created the courts ,
and who ordained protection to the people
ple of Cuba which the president directs
shall not be disturbed or changed ? Did
Spain or the courts do it , or was it Gar
cia and his brother brigands , who are
not allowed to enter Santiago for fear
they will overthrow existing laws , and
courts , and private rights ?
During the civil war the Confederate
states issued paper money and stamped
it good for all debts public and private.
The Confederate states also littered gold
coins from their mints in Georgia and
in Now Orleans. The notes of the
Confederacy are worthless. The gold
coins which they issued are worth their
weight in gold.
Stamping and certificating by a gov
ernment confer no value. The paper
currency of a dead government is worth
less. But the gold and silver coins of a
defunct empire or Confederacy are
worth their bullion value still , and that
is all they were ever worth.
We have received copies of THE CON
SERVATIVE , of which Hon. J. Sterling
Morton is editor and which will bo pub
lished weekly in the interest of the con
servation of all that is deemed desirable
hi the social , industrial and political life
of the United States. It is full of inter
esting matter , printed in attractive shape
and after being read will bo preserved
as many of the articles are of lasting
value , especially those relating to the
territory and state of Nebraska. Pub
lished by the Morton Printing Company
at Nebraska City at $1.50 per year.
Saline County Democrat.
The greenback never pretended bo tea
a dollar. It passed only as a promise to
pay a dollar. Its purchasing power de
clined when the probability of its pay
ment in gold diminished. And its pur
chasing power enhanced when the prob
ability of its redemption on a gold basis
increased.
TIIK oTiiKit AVAK Horace Greeleyl
ANDITSOIIJKCT. the famous editor
of The Now York Tribune , though an
ardent opponent of slavery , was a con
stant critic of Lincoln's policy , and in
deed opposed his renomiuation for the
presidency. His erratic editorials con
cerning the administration were a con
tinual source of anxiety to Lincoln.
EXECUTIVE MANSION ,
WASHINGTON.
AUGUST 22 , 18(52. (
HON. HORACE GREELEY ,
DEAR SIR : I have just read yours of
the 19th , addressed to myself through
The Now York Tribune. If there be in
it any statements or assumptions of fact
which I may know to be erroneous , I do
not , now and hero , controvert them. If
there bo in it any inferences which I
may believe to be falsely drawn , I do
not , now and here , argue against them.
If there be perceptible in it an impatient
and dictatorial tone , I waive it in defer
ence to an old friend whoso heart I have
always supposed to bo right.
As to the policy I "seem to bo pursu
ing , " as you say , I have not meant to
leave any one in doubt.
I would save the Union. I would
save it the shortest way under the Con
stitution. The sooner the national
authority can bo restored , the nearer
the Union will be "theUnion as it was. "
If there bo those who would not save
the Union unless they could at the same
time save slavery , I do not agree with
them. If there bo those who would not
save the Union unless they coiild at the
same time destroy slavery , I do not
agree with them. My paramount ob
ject in this struggle is to save the Union ,
and is not cither to save or destroy
slavery. If I could save the Union with
out freeing any slave I would do it ; and
if I could save it by freeing all the
slaves I would do it ; and if I could save
it by freeing some and leaving others
alone I would also do that. What I do
about slavery and the colored race , I do
because I believe it holns to snvn
Union ; and what I forbear , I forbear
because I do not believe it would help
to save the Union. I shall do less
whenever I shall believe what I am
doing hurts the cause , and I shall do
more whenever I shall believe doing
more will help the cause. I shall try
to correct errors when shown to be
errors , and I shall adopt now views so
fast as they shall appear to bo true views.
I have hero stated my purpose accord
ing to my view of official duty ; and I
intend no modification of my oft-ex
pressed personal wish that all men
every where could be free.
Yours ,
A. LINCOLN.
THE CONSERVATIVE , J. Sterling Mor
ton , editor , has made its appearance at
Nebraska City. It is neat and interest
ing , as might bo expected and that it
will bo combative as it grows older , need
not be in doubt. Fremont Herald.
