Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-08-25

tliiy. tau Ni1. al eull ct iug to- proiucia of
on IN ustry n all the taxation AL restraints
81 f1r, 10 powers without olToT, on our part.
tecoupieraci their prohibitions and burdens
liy sNiaklc couuiortaiiR. lcgjslai,oai The
qirsiia,, cannot bc.ourh not 10 hc. ono ofprin-
I ciplc, Lui one ofmcssnrU anil degree. lalopi
that Of tho compromise act. no, because that
act isilrIepeal1hlc, but because II mo, with
The sanction of the nation. Stability; with
moderate and certain protection, is far more
important than Instability, tho necessary con-
sequence OF HIGH protection. But The pro-
iection Of Che compromise act will be adequate
in most, II no, as to all interests. The TWEEN
~ per cent. which ii STIMULATES. cash duties,
home valuations, and the lisa Of free articles
inserted in tie act for tho particular advani-
age of the manufacturer will ensure, ! trust,
sufficient protection. All together, they will
| amount 10 not less than ihiily per cent.--a
+ greater extent Of protection Than was secured
I prior 10 the act of lelS, which no one stands
up TO defend Now the valuation OF foreign
goods is made not by the American authority.
except in suspected cases, but by foreigners.
I and abroad They assess the value, and We
the duty; but. as t1c duty depends, in most
cases, upon the value, it is manifest that those
1 who assess the value. fix the duty The home
valuation will give our Government what it
rightfully possesses, both the power to ascer-
tain the true value OF the thing which II taxes,
as well as the amour, of that tax.
| 4th That strict and wise economy, ipe,
the disbursement Of tho public moneS, DJi
steadily enforced and that, TO that end, all
useless establishments. all unnecessary offices
and places, foreign and domestic, and all ex-
! travagance, either IN the collection or expeu-
diture OF the public revenue, be abolished and
! repressed
have no time TO dwell on details, in the
application Of this principle. will say that
pruning knife. long, broad, and sharp, should
be applied to every department ofGoyernment.
/ There is abundant scope for honest and skill
full surgery The annual expenditure may,
! in reasonable time, be brought down from its
present amount Of about forty millions TO near
one third of that sum
9Th The several states have made such
great and gratifying progress in their respec-
tive systems of internal improvement and
have been so much aided by the distribution
under the dcposiie act,that, in future, the erec-
J ton Of new roads and canals should be left to
them with such farther aid only from the Gen.
eral Government as they would derive from
the payment Of the last installment under that
act, from an absolute REIMBURSEMENT of the
right of Congress to call upon them to refund
the previous instruments, and from their equal
and just quotas, TO be received by future
uisti'hboh VI pTOSCtuS IOui tuD
sales ofthe public lands,
| And 9th. Thu, the right to slave property,
being guaranteed by the Constitution, and reg
ulated as one Of the comprom's es incorporated
in that instrument by our ancestors, should be
left where the Constitution has placed it, I'M
disturbed and unapi,ated BY Congress.
These, fellow ci,iZens, are views both Of
the structure Of the Government and of its
Administration which appear TO me worthy of
commanding the grave attention ofthe Public
and its new servants. Although, | repeat,
nave neither authority nor purpose to commit
any body else, believe most,i not all of them,
are entertained by tho political friends with
whom have acted. Whether the salutary
reforms which they include will be effected
or considered, depends upon the issue Of that
great struggle which is now going on through
out all this country. This contest has had no
parallel since the period of the Revolution
In both instances there is similarity of OBJ
ject. That was 10 achieve this is TO preserve
; the liberties Of tho country. Let us catch the
spirit which animated, and initiate the virtues
which adorned our noble ancestors. Their
devotion, their cons,ancv, their untlring ac-
tivity, their perseverance, their indomitable res
oution, their sacrifices, their valor If they
fought for liberty or death, in the memorable
language of one the most illustrious of them,
that the prize now at hazard is liberty or slave
ry. We should be encouraged by the fact
, that the contest, 10 the success of which they
solemnly pledged their fortunes, their lives
and their sacred honor, was far more unequal
( than that in which we are engaged. But, on
, the other hand, let no cautiously guard against
too much confidence. History and expert
ence prove tina, more has been lost by seicon-
: iidence and contempt Of enemies, than won by
skill and courage. Our opponents are power
fnl in numbers and in organization, active, in
sduous, possessed OF ample means and wholly
Inscriptions in the use of them. They count
upon success by the use OF two words, Democ-
racy and edoralism-Dcmocracy which, in
violation of all truth they appropriate TO them
, selves, and Federalism which, in violation Of
all justice they apply TO us. And allow me
10 conlure you not TO suffer yourselves to be
, diverted, deceived or discouraged by the false
rumors which will be indus,riousy circulated,
between the present time and the period Of
I election, by our opponents. They will put
0 them forth in every variety, and without num-
Der, in the most imposing forms, certified and
sworn 10 by conspicuous names. They will
brag, they will boast they will threaten
Regardless of all their acts, let us keep stead
, lily and faithfully and learlessly at work.
Blu, il the Opposition perform its whole du-
ty; il every member OF il act as in the ceebra-
ted battle of Lord Nclson.as if the ewes of the
; whole nation were fixed on him, and as if on
!, his sole exeriions depended the issue of the
! day, sincerely believe that at least twenty OF
the States of the Union will unite in the glOri-
= GUS work Of the salvation OF the Constitution
u and the redemption of the country.
! Friends aud fellow citizens, | have detain.