Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-06-01

n aimed Will Id bdi fbr rhtoiinenit, and we're
Immediately Abht oil TO pay for articles, for the
fabrication Of which we possessed all the means
within ourselves The consequences were what
we al remembered. Our produce remained rot
ting ia our hands No one could sell his real es-
tate TO pay his debts, for was willing to buy
that which yielded no return. The remedies for
the evils were obvious to ALL Great Britain must
I've induced to admit the products Of our farms
into her ports, to u fair competition with those of
her own, rs an equivalent for the privilege Of be-
ing permitted to send manufactures to VS.. Or the
latter must be gradually excluded from our ports,
by the imposition Of heavy duties, until we should
be able TO make them for ourselves. But the sui
lering states had no power over these matters.
The constitution had vested the entire control o.
yer foreign commerce in the legislature Of the I'M
ion. TO that body, then, grievances were pre-
sented and the tariff, rs is, was the result of their
long and deliberate investigation. 1t is distressing
TO find that our southern brethren look upon n
measure so necessary for us, rs pregnant with ia
tai effects to them and not warranted by the COM
pact which unites And it is still more afilic-
ting, that in one of the states counteracing meas
ures should he spoken OF, which breathe any thing
but that attachment TO the union aud to the public
good, for which she has ever heretofore been dis
tinguished.
The people of South Carolina do the greatest
injustice to their brshren Of the tariff states, the
believe that measure was adopted in spirit of
hostility or even OF indifference To their interests.
1t wAs advocated by The former upon the ground
of present necessity to them even il of partial
aud temporary Inconvenience to some, of ultimate
and paramount benefit 10 all. As far as we know
or believe the tariff has answered our expectations
of benefit to us. and, with willingness to be con-
WINGED Of our in relation TO its injurious ef-
fects upon southern brethren, if such is the
fact, we have been unable TO dicover any evidence
that it is so. On the contrary, il is believed that
their enbarrassments can be distinctly traced 10
other causes. But, under any other circumstan-
ces, South Carolina has every thing TO expect from
our justice and our affection for her: nothing
from her threats or our fears. believe That the
continuance OF the tariff is essential TO the pros
perity of the western states
The object of our system is TO procure home
MARKET as well for our provisions as for the raw
material, so abundany raised in the southern
states. Can there he doubt Of the superior adj
vantnges of one of this Description, to any that
foreign commerce could supply? The former
would he subec; to few asulties: the latter to be
constantly Interrupted bv NIL the causes which
change the policy of nations by their passions
supposed. II this is true as general principle, is
it not recommended TO our adoption, at the pres
ent moment, with peculiar forcef Has Europe
and particularly those countries with which our
southern brethren IRE DESTROYS TO keep up exten
siyo commercial intercourse, ever presented an
aspect more portentous of commotion, if not of
revolution? In such circumstances, does not prtl-
dence seem TO dictate the placing of our market
upon a footing as independent as possible to
look TO home for all that home can give?