The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-11-30


written thus TO his friend in Baltimore. So
states The Baltimore Patriot, from which we
copy. and in doing so, quest the earnes. at.
lrniion of The public 10 what is said. The reg
ular session OF Congress is close upon us, and
that ii vii! be an important session there Gun
be no question. 1t is high time TINT squabbles
about men SHOULD cease, tha, the people may
revive the recollection that We have country
10 take care of.--1roy Wig.
Ertrdct Of a teller from distinguished Mem
Der Of Congress to his friend IN Baltimore,
! dated NOressber 2, ls4l.
1--WE shall have stirring times this winter in
Congress. and no one can now tell what aspect
/ political affairs will assume before another
spring puts forth lis flowers. By The blessing
of God mean TO stand By my country aad her
true interests. in any emergency. with manly
! forillude, let those turn aside 10 do reverence
| 10 individual chiefans who please. The tariff
question is one which will cause great trouble,
but for my life | cannot see the wisdom, parr
oiism or constitutional injunction or inhibition
which requires lie people of the United Staies
10 admit the productions Of all The world, free
of protective restrictions of any sort, into her
markets, while all the world burdens her with
excessive, protective and discriminating duties
of her productions, crude or manufactured.
"The true interest of America is 10 have
! free trade but that is not free trade which
burdens with duties, excessive and inordina,e.
all we have 10 sell abroad, and receives into
our market foreign produce free, or nearly so.
This is vassalage, not freedom and, as love
freedom. mean 10 resist it. If England and
frarce expect 10 have The privilege of selling
their woollens and cottons. silks. &c, In this
country al the moderate duly of twenty per
cent. or less, they must allow us 10 sell in their
market, our flour, tobacco, &C., al the same
or similar rate, or the first principles Of nature
must require US 10 exclude their productions. or
| so tax them as 10 raise Up. by the protection,
producers OF those articles among ourselves,
with whom we can exchange upon equal terms
one kind of product foI another
"lf our tariff is not arranged upon such a
principle this, all attempts al n restoration
of the currency will be worse than idle. Whilc
we purchase from abroad more than can
pay for because they will moi take in payment
what we have 10 sell-and that. too. hat their
people want vastly more than we do their rnnn.
ufaciures-wc shall of course be in debt our
actual money will 20 as fast as we can collect
ii ard our paper. no matter by whom issued,
state OF federal government, or individual, will
deprecIatc. Give US wise system Of CON-
mercial regulation give us justice and fair
play in our dealings with foreign nations, and we
shall very soon have an abundant currency. and
all the cnnvenicnces of sound convertible
paper can be applied 10 the community in any
oac Of dozen different WAYS"
EFFECT OF EXPERIMENTS UPON THE CURRENCY
! When General Jackson came into power the
notes Of the Nati'nal Bank passed in every part
of The Uu ted States, and even 10 Europe and
Asia, at par and exchanges between tie North
and South seldom varied Ia exceed one half per
cent The old hero said or was cajoled IL sign
tl.at the ponr MN robbed BY this oppressive
rate of exchange, and accordingly he and his
friends adopted measures, as they said for RENE
dying the evil. The effect of their experiments
we've, as every business man knows, The total
arrangement and utter destruction Of the curren.
cy and prosperity Of the couniry. Upon the az
cessnn Of the wings g power, and soon alter The
assembling of Co gress, several mcasu es were
brol-hr forward havi g for lher obec, the
rtstration OF the currency and tie equal zing of
the exchanges. The late Of these measures is
TOO well known 10 be repeated here. IL is suf-
i,nt for present purpose that they were defeated
but not by wings. The great and Patriotic whs
party Of The Union had no agency in their defeat
and should oil course bear ne part of the blame
attached 10 it.
BY the veros placed by the President upon the
bills intended By Congress, 10 prov lie a Gu reney
for the naiion, the people left prerise where
they were on tn. destruction OF the late U. S.
Bank, and although claiming Il he civilized peo-
pie, destitute OF one of The principle attributes
OF all civilized Nations OF the present day. e.
equal and Uniform paper currency. Tie exchan-
geS. which we were told by certain wise heads
would regulate themselves. are daily becoming
worst and worse; bank after bank is becoming
insrlvent, aad business men of every description
are anticipating panic in 1872 of almost equal
magnitude and extent with that which desolated
the conn,ry in 1897.
/ Mr. TYLER promised in his las; veto meSsa,e,
10 propose in December snme an for Fiscal
Ag' nj. What that pan will be, has not YET
lrdnSpired. Whatever it may be we trust for
the sake OF the country, that II will receive the
| approharInn OF Congress, unless il should he 20
: paipably absurd 10 bring the nation int" Cum
/ tempt hy i,s adoption For the co.. n ny evidently
needs something Of the SORT and if a measure
approved by eminent statesmen cannot be con
sumated, there Is no alternative but 10 take up
will, the offspring Of the brains of those WIN are
neither statesmen nor financiers. Troy Whig.
The Baltimore American has the following
paragraph:
Mr.. Clay-The rumor OF The intended resig-
nation Of this distinguished statesman is prnbaby
urfounded We have seen letter from Mr..
Clay 10 gentleman OF this city, of the date of
the I1th OF November, in which no ailusion is
made TO the writer's i'll health or TO any intended
resignation Of bis seat in the U. s. Senate. II