The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1840-01-21
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THE COALITION.
OF VIRGINIA.

Tho political ties conn Getting Mr. Van Buren, and
John G. Cahoun-severed at the time OF the ia
nous rupture in Jackson's first Cabnet-are again
cemented more strongly than ever. The Lion of
the South has gone in and mangered with the Fox
of the White House. Calhoun has come up boldly
to the support Of the President, after a conference
with him, when, no doubt, the terms of union
fully agreed upon. The fact that the President
said nothing in his late Message respecting Tariff
indicates too plainly be mistak en- that the south
notions relative to this subject to be adopt
ed by the Administration. Calhoun would never
have came 10 the rescue of tho President without
this agreement, and the additional engagement to
carry out the hard money schemc-to destroy the
banks, the good with the bad. Respecting the
Tariff, W ritter in the Boston Atlas remarks 'It
il nov we'll understood that Mr. Van Buren, in or
der to gain the support Of Mr. Calhoun, favors his
Anti American feeling of establishing horizontal
tarif-by fixing the same rate of duty on all goods
imported into the country, whether they come in
competition with the products of American indus.
try This is called the FREE TRADE pol.
icy,-but it is free only ono side. While all
other Governments under the sun, watch with an
eagle eye TO encourage the industry of their people,
and to prevent and the inhabitants of all other
ha'ioHs hoH uisturoinB theH iuooIS ana prosperity,
our Government proclams that it is not partial TO
American industry; that it must ruise by duties
some money to defray its expenses; but it will be
done without any reference TO the encouragement
of American skill and enterprise; that the duties
will be small and equal; that all Farmers, Me-
chancs and Manufacturers the whole world
may freely come TO our land with all kinds of goods
and wares, and supply wants, making
eli fnr tho tnrth a To
empty its surplus products into, thereby rendering
labor and Investments in any of the various pursuits
of life uncertain and dangerous. We call ourselves
enlightened freemeR, and yet there is not another
nation in the civilized world that would submit TO
be thus ground. The fact is, we si:a! be depen-
dent on Others forever, unless the people wake up
to their rights and place those in powe, who will
administer the Government with parental regard
for every branch of industry, and when
clo,he as well as feed ourselves, we shall be indie
pendent, and not till then.
No State in the Union more needs protective
Tariff than Vermont. Its abolition, even its
reduction to meet the demands of the south, would
take from the productive industry of the State not
far from ONE MILLION DOLLARS annually-at
least, one half of this would be taken from
the pockets of tho wool growers-whch, in effect,
"o"'H DS h'"iS W tho piospeIly VI the
State, or of individuals, than if this amount was
raised by direct taxation and expended among US.
And will the people ofVermont consent TO follow
Van Buren, and his party in measures to secure
southern votes--sanction his alliance with the Null
lifers-and thereby sacrifice their agricultural me-
chanical and manufacturing interests Is not the
price too great, when Van Buren, and the office
holders only are to receive the benefit? lie has
repeatedly pledged his support to the abominable
slave system of the South, and now bows in slavish
submission to the demands of a necessity created
by the existence Of slavery. Free trade or a low
tariff is demanded by the South because the labor
there is performed by men without pay. A pro-
tcctive Tariff is necessary the North because we
labor ourselves or pay for labor, and to continue
freemen we must have such tariff A member
Of Congress "a S. G. member) last year said it
would be better for the free States if their aborers
were slaves, and prophecied that the time was an
preaching when such would be the case. This
members name is Rhett, and he is one of the new
coalition, right hand man of Mr. Van Bmen's-
He is jealous for Free Trade, and, for ought we
know, it by Free Trade that he Is to make slaves
of the laborers of the north.