The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-08-27
MATTERS FOR WOOL GROWERS, AMI
THE FREEMEN OF THE NORTH.

lis certain that whenever tho question OF the
arrangement OF the Tariff, consequent upon the
cxpiration of the compromise act, shah come up
for consd Grafton, aud that period cannot be long
Jeferred-a most esperate effort Will be made 10
abolish entirely the whole system OF protection
10 American industry, and to impose uniform al
paloren, duty upon all articles of import OF what
ever description. This, it is true, will be de-
parture from the Uniform practices OF our govern
ment from its very first esablishment,-the policy
of levying duties upon foreign goods, IN such
wav as to afford en- enlargement and protection TO
home industry having been introduced by the very |
first tariff which Congress ever pass
ed and having been regularly continued from that
time 10 this. But, however great may be this rev.
outon In the policy and practice of our govern
ment howeve, contrary to the usages of all other
nations however inconsistent with the true theory
of political economy and hover contrary to our
own experience in this matter, the cotton growing
interest of the South, which 20 claim sort OF
divine right to control all legislation, and to
regulate our entire Of policy, is determined
insist upon 1t.
However hnmbng it any be to pIde, it is
in vain to deny that the Compromise Tariff Act
amounted to little less than entire victory on
the part of the Nufers. As such they have ever
regarded it us such they are determined 10 follow
itup and ahey claim the total abandonment
of the principle of protection, and n uniform rate
OF duty upon all imports from abroad as the natu-
raj consequences of that law. They are deerm-
med to carry this point, if in no ether way at least
by means of the same of threats by which they
succeeded in Fl Tightening into the compromise,
as witness the following sentence from late
speech on the subject of the Tariff addressed TO his
constituents by the notorious Robert BarnaoeU RheH
of South Carolina.
But let us suppose the worst that the South IS
divided aud paraIy zed--and that the Wing and
Democratic parties both join, as they have hereto
fore done, in imposing upon you dlscfImi ,,
Tariff for the beneffof manufacturers WIN you
submit? If you do, the question IS sealed up TO
YOU and your posterlty forever. The prncip'e viii
have passed into the Constituiion-and to the Gen
eral Government belongs the power of regulating
the industry, and controlling the productonssof me
whole Union-a bitter laughing mockery, to point
the slow unmovng finger OF scorn to your iatal DC
feat at last Will you submit see your answers
in your kndling countenances hear 1t IN the
echo from the past, still beating on the public ear
We will not submit. The alternatives are before
them, direct taxation, or au equal al rotOrem duty
There is yet another alternative, which we Will
leave it to them to present-THE SWORD. Cnoose
We for we too weak in the councils OF the
ConfeGeracy to choose, but we are not too weak,to
do all that man can do, In maintaining the very
worst of these alternatives.
But Mr. Robert BarnaoeH RheH hopes to accom-
plish this favorite object without any actual fight
ing. The means upon which he appears to rely
for controlling the policy of the General Govern
Enent upon the subject of the Tariff, are, LIST, the
union of the South and I'd, the cooperation Of Mr.
Pan Karen and the NIrtherH Loco tOeOS. Speak
ing of the existing relations between the Calhoun
lists & the Fan Buremites, after setting forth in the
most glowing colors, the outrageous wickedness of
the Proclamation and the Force Bill Mr.. RheH pro-
ceeds
The Tariff divided us the Tariff can fill mp the
Uulf he w rs or
Within the last two years, under the remarkaoIe
who presdes over the destines of the Conted,
eracy with grace and dignity worthy his exalted
station, they have undoubtedly, in all the grea
questions which have arisen, been true to the Prn-
eples Of the Republican party and no 1t Were nnst
they have taken throughout all the Northern State
in defence Of our peculiar institutions In the Mes
sages of the President Of the United States-n th
Address of the Democratic members of Congress
in the great measure of an Independent Ireasur.
and in the Report Of the Committee of Way!
and Means the state of the fnances,-l hav
every thing to approve and the records o
Congress will show whether have given to tn
Administration cold and reluctant support
Frankly, freely, cordially, in the van, have sus
tanned with all my abilities almost every leadln
measure it has proposed
Upon the whole, Mr. Rhett is well Statistic
with the appearance of things, that he conclude
his Grafton in the following terms
But let us turn our faces from dark plospec
We will rely on the union of the South, and w"
summon every true heart within her borders to tn
rescue. We will rely on the Democratic party
the North, and will place ourselves on their prime
pies, and, by their potency, demaud their aid
Not content with the concessions which Mr. Va
Buren, has already made, not content with his poe
spirited avowal that he is northern man aoiM soiit
principles, anxious to be employed as tool ft
the accomplishment of southern purposes, his pa
irons at the south take one further step, an
insist upon it, that preliminary to.his eclectic
he shall avow his unequivoca hostility to norther
industry, and his perfect readiness to sacrifice tn
interests of the free laborers OF the north to the
valce and rapacity of southern slave holders 4!
This, to be sure, is bold and broad request
But oven this is a sacrifice which Van Buren, an
his mnons at the north will not hesitate to gran
Anv opa who will exomne fhe northern Loco Foe