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April 26, 1866
The Daily Phoenix
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
Horace Greeley praises A. H. H. Stuart's election as a protectionist representative from Virginia's Staunton district, urging the state to adopt protective tariffs, develop its industries and resources, and reject free trade to become the richest in the Union.
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A. H. H. Stuart, Esq.—Virginia.
Greeley is well pleased to learn that Mr. Stuart is a protectionist. "The war," he exclaims, "has left statesmen in Virginia," and "one of them" is "fully elected to represent the Staunton district in Congress." Then, make your radical friends admit him to his seat. Greeley adds:
"Old State! throw off your dependence on New England as well as Old England. Quit buying of both and go to making! There are the germs of greater Lowells than Lowell in your Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Petersburg. Protect your industry by protecting that of all the States; give a guarantee through politics that this protection shall be permanent; and more money will be sent to you to develop your coal, iron, copper, gold and petroleum, and to set your falling waters to work, than your wildest dreams ever hoped for. You can make yourself the richest State in the American Union by protection. If you will only make war on free trade as you made war on free labor, you will in a quarter of a century have earned and won the re-baptism of your name, the Old Dominion, and be known in American politics, arts, commerce and wealth as the New Dominion. You have but to seize your destiny."
Greeley is well pleased to learn that Mr. Stuart is a protectionist. "The war," he exclaims, "has left statesmen in Virginia," and "one of them" is "fully elected to represent the Staunton district in Congress." Then, make your radical friends admit him to his seat. Greeley adds:
"Old State! throw off your dependence on New England as well as Old England. Quit buying of both and go to making! There are the germs of greater Lowells than Lowell in your Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Petersburg. Protect your industry by protecting that of all the States; give a guarantee through politics that this protection shall be permanent; and more money will be sent to you to develop your coal, iron, copper, gold and petroleum, and to set your falling waters to work, than your wildest dreams ever hoped for. You can make yourself the richest State in the American Union by protection. If you will only make war on free trade as you made war on free labor, you will in a quarter of a century have earned and won the re-baptism of your name, the Old Dominion, and be known in American politics, arts, commerce and wealth as the New Dominion. You have but to seize your destiny."
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Fortune Reversal
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Protectionism
Virginia Politics
Stuart Election
Economic Development
Free Trade Critique
What entities or persons were involved?
A. H. H. Stuart
Greeley
Where did it happen?
Virginia
Story Details
Key Persons
A. H. H. Stuart
Greeley
Location
Virginia
Story Details
Greeley praises Stuart's election as a protectionist and exhorts Virginia to embrace protectionism, develop its industries and natural resources, and reject free trade to achieve economic prosperity and become the New Dominion.