Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-08-14
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FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST IA, 1910
TIE PROTECTING POLICY.

lie must indeed be but careless observer of
the signs of the times, who has not perceived a
growing and settled hostility, on the part Of the
administration, to the protective system. This
hostility first manifested in hpyocritical profess
sions Of friendship for a "judicious" tariff They
were in favor of tariff; but it must be ''cqual'
that is, a mere revenue tariff, which, from the
very nature of things, can afford no adequate
protection. The sub-treasury was next proposed
as a substitute; and with this tub to amusc the
whale, the whole administration battery is OPEN
cd upon shat most unequal and inqutous sys-
tenn, high tariff" Mr.. Van Buren, congratu.
latcs bis partizans that "the young Sampson of
Democracy has scattered the high protective
tariff system to The four wimls Of hearen'-Mr.
Calhoun "rcjoces that the system Of protective
tariffs, SO pre-cminent in mischief is about to
expire, and gasping its last breath"-the Globe
proclams "settled opposition 10 The toriG''-thc
Burlington Sentinel lauds the sub-trcasury, "be-
cause it will lay the axe at the root of that most
unequal and iniquitious system Of a high tariff"
and Mr. Van Ness in his 4th of July speech
proclaimed uncquivocal opposition to all cgisla-
tive protection to American industry. The sub
treasury, he contcnded, by destroying com.
mcrce, and reducing prices, would afford Incl
dental protection enough to manufactures !!
This language you now find in the mouth of cv-
cry oficc-holdcr in the country, and those of the
administration leaders who cannot approve, arc
yet too far committed to party,to raise even pro-
test against this papablc attempt to sacrifice
the interests of the north To show the reader
that we do not speak without the book, we give
our authorities, which, it seems to us, must be
conclusive, to every candid mind. The follow
ing is from the Globe of the 9TH Feb last,
The South opposed Notification, and in this the
Globe supported the South. But did not the Editor
of the Globe direct the whole power of his press to
break down the lNIQU1TOUS TARIFF which pro-
voked the remedy proposed by South Carolina "a
wrong which would have JUSTIFIED the mos,
extreme remedy, if there had been no other redress
Before the Editor of the Gobelcf Kentucky, he help
cd to organize an opposition to MIR. GAYS sordid
scheme of electionecrng, co,ched on his American
system, and by preamble and resolutions, in which
the TARIFF WAS DENOUNCED, written and
presented by himself to public meeting held at the
seat of Government, contributed something to arouse
the OPPOSITION of the democracy Of the State Ia
n measure for which Mr.. Claws influence had there
commanded sort of universal acqucsccnce. On es-
tnc UlODc AT NaSIllnutOn us fGltOr tltcl-
ya'ed the Telegraph IN A SETTLED OPPOSITION
TO THE TARIFF. But he advocated reduction and
repeal not Modification. Upon this point, in rogarC
to this subject he split from Mr. CALHOUN and hi,
friends. 1t led to family quarrel anon. State Right:
men; and, like all family feuds it was the bttcrcs
while IT endured, and was accompanied with the mos
Incorporate expression of excited feelings. Happily
however, the heat passed of in a war of ephets .
which we had our full share, and something more.
We can JOIN THE NULLIFIERS CORDIALLY
in bringing up for public judgment the cold-boodot
and selfish authors of the CRIMINAL MEASURE
which robbed the South, and endangered the poac,
and prosperity of the Union and do not regret tina
they have chosen, among the first, to make exam
pie of the Editor of the National Intelligcncer, VIII,
has been, from the beginning, prominent agent il
every plot to make the weaker section Of the Union
prey to the stronger
1t was the deilvoranco of the proclamation from tn
strained force which MIR. WEBSTER $ and his organ
endeavored oimpart that prevented the catastrophe
which the AUTHORS OF THE TARIFF wer
willing should fall upon the country rather than tina
> their FAVORlTE system should SINK silently undc
the STROKE OF LEGlSLATION~Giobe, Feb. I
This is uncquivocal and coming as does from
as to the designs of the administrator. Blu
we have the declarations of the President him
self In reply to an invitation to attend barba
cue in Kentucky on the 18th inst. he informs
the committee that he had just signed the sub
treasury bill, and after gloryfying that measure
in suitable strain, he alludcs to the tariff il
the following brief but significant paragraph.
''Thc Sampson of Democracy burs, the cords which
were already bound around its limbs, and in the ccc
lion of Mr.. Jefferson indicated its principles, It's firm
ness and its power. web more drtfHiy contrivcd
composed of HIGH PROTECTIVE TARIFF,
| system of internal Improvements, and Natlona
Bank, was then twined around the sleeping giant il
the VAN hope of cctng him forever To the dominion
and will of the ambitious and grasplng few, and 20,
have seen how he has SCATTERED TIL WHOLE
TO THE WINDS when reused by the warning
voice oftho honest and intrepid Jackson. Martin Van
Buren,, JuIy4.
Mr. Calhoun was also invited to attend fes
tival at White Sulphur Springs, on the 10th, and
in his letter of the 9th june published in the
Globe he comes out in still louder strain of ex,
ultation:
"But this is not all that has been done Much still
| remains TO be added among them, rejoice To state
that the syttem of PROTECTIVE TARIFFS, SC
pre-cmncnt in mischief Is ABOUT TO EXPIRE
yes, that system which has done So much To diyd,
and district the country is GASPlNG, TRUST
IT'S LAST BREATH and with it, the connected
and kindred system of lawlefs expenditures on innu
merabe objects not authorized by the constitution.
Revive the protective tariff, and rear "
anew the mscalled American system, with all il.
wastofu and unconstitutional expenditures, discord
revolution, and the loss ofHberty ciHcertainiy tolor
There is escape for but by rerersing our course
going completely through with the work of reform
and then taking fresh start such rs the patriots
} 9S would take were they now alive and at the helm
j. {. Calhoun, June 81
And now, in humble imitation of its illustr
Gus leader, hear the Burlington Sentinel. Tha
paper OF the 24th July, in an article devoted tc
the Subtreasury enumcrates the following among
! other blessings that are to flow from it
1t will overthrow the whole splendid but most cor
rupt system ofextravagant expenditures by the Gen
: cral Government for unconstitutional objects know
as the internal Improvement system BECAUSE
nnWIdy The are at the root Of that most UNEQUAL an
Ubiquitous system Of u high TARIFF by scttin
the whole community zealously AT work to keep dow
the revenue to the actual wants of the Government a
minstored upon the most economical scale TIL
mass of the people have ever been against hgh take
and large expenditures. But the business comment,
The dnyfacturers the contractors on public work,
that whole great class who are constantly looking fo
, an opportunity to make something, who from the
beng congrcgatod masses and their superior actiylt
always exercise much greater influence than that
/. which they are numerically entitled have occupied III
ear of Congress- and the demands of the people hav