The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1841-11-23
PEOPLES PRESS.
tuesday Morning, Nov. %, 1871.
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cheeifully insert in our columns this ,voor, tbo
proceedings of a wing convention which o.
sembled in Montpelier previous to the adjourn
ment of the Legislature, and earnestly CON-
mend them to the perusal of every reader
The resolutions which they present, in con-
nexion with those passed by the Legislature
with but three dissenting votes, published last
week. show that Vermont is fully alive to her
peculiar interests, and has assumed n true "a
trlouc and ~statesmanlike attitude in relation to
the policy of the country. How often have
we witnessed the attempts of loco politicians
to calm the apprehensions of the people by
i%attering them. that their agricultural abun-
dance elevated them above the sphere of the
general policy of the national govcrnnent.-
To a people who aspire to something moro
than the mere necessa7ies Of life. nothing is
more fallacious. Agriculture it is true forms
the basis of notional prosperity. But the men
who produce the raw material from the forest.
the mine or the cultivation of the soil. can
never prosper without the market afforded by
the operations of commerce and manufactures.
For tile productions of three fourths of the
Union, IN the present very reverse of free
trade in the world, this market can only be
found at home. Almost prohibitory duties
rePel us from the trade of every civilized ma.
ton Under these circumstances the policy
which suffers foreign rivalry in our own mar
Eafl IN raduno Tho nr,oo &c Al $780,. --I.I
agricultural produce, domestic manufactures.
and the labor of the a%rtizan, in the extent of
It's mischief to the wealth of a country, may as
justly be regarded a scourge as Attila or Tam
erlane of yore. whose ravages impoverished
kingdoms and empires. In a state so essen
tally agricultural rs ours, the value of whose
products depends wholly upon the home mar
ket, the principle of protection should be as
sacred as were the tutelar deities of antiquity.
Nor should the people of Vermont imagine
that they are Independent Of the influences Of
a deranged currency. BECAUSE their own is
sound and wholesome. The ten per cent ia
ken from the northern manufacturer in tho
exchanges of the west and south, eventually
falls with a heavy weight upon the price Of tho
raw material. This reduction enables .he
manufacturer TO continue his operations, and
the producer at last becomes the scapc-goat of
the accumulated misfortunes Of tho nation -
The farmers of the Union have the power, and
should have The intelligence to perceive their
true interests. How long they viii abide the
present state of things, which converts them
into slaves Of foreign capitalists how long
they will bear the iron yoke Of heartlcss poll
tlcIans, and be sold as cattle in the shambles.
to aggrandize a worthless throng of political
blacklegs, who are trading upon the hard earn
ings of the country how long they will bo
content with Il downward course, which will
leave them nothing but a desperate hope of
ekeing out 4 wretchcd existence amidst the
penury and wants of a robbed and plundcred
people, a bankrupt nation and a weak and
Powerless government, Heaven alone can de-
termine. Oh could VIC go lack to good old
lights Of experience could we return to tho
policy of those noble minded men, who for a
quarter of a century guided the helm CT state
with 4 patriotism unpolluted with a selfish am
down TO the reign of the iron hearted
Jackson, our progress in strength, opulence,
and moral and political greatness, would be far
more rapid than that of any people on the rec
ords of the world. No nation has richer re-
sources or more numerous clements of pros
perity than our own, and we want nothing for
their full Development but protection and a
sound currency. Around these two cardinal
the patriotism Of the country must raj
ly, until they are fully accomplished. And
they are. The cries for protection
grow louder from the North, the Middle and
the West. Vermont has spoken out with a
unanimity and power which rings through the
Union. Let the voice of this mighty nation
till it awake even the bulldogs eff party to
the magnitude and importance of the subject,
and to the alternative of acceding to the wish
of the nation, or losing their hopes of pre-.
ferment. If at last nothing can be accom-
'llshed, and factious demagogues shall still be
suffered to stalk triumphant over the PROSTATE
interests of the nation, we must take up the
nd lament of Cardinal Woelssy, and exclalm
n earnest, Farewell, a long farewell, to all
ny greatness"
COUNCIL OF CRNsoks. This BODY has al.
burned to meet at Burlington on the 9th Of
February next. Tho importance of the amend
nents already passed upon. and Of others in