Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1841-09-28
SORER TuOUGuTS.

those alone who soeed 10 the pisd did reap ria
wh,ri,cind it would be well Bot the mischief is that
the blindness ofbgotry, the madness Of ambition, and
the misc slcustion OF diplomacy, seek their victims
principally among the innocen, and unofending The
cottage is TO suffer for every Of the court, tho
cabinet, or the camp"
The sbote remark by a profound observer Of tho
fraites and follles OF manklnd is peculiarly applicable
to the present condition OF our own country. Every
error in legislation, committed at Washington, is son
sbly felt In the remo,est cottage Of Michigan or Mis-
sour, although hardly petcepble in It's effects to this
occupants OF Walnutstreet or Bond street palace.
Every blundcr in finance the par, of Government,
makes the poor poorer although /, may swell Tho
riches Of the millionaire aud the money lender.
Thus II happens that every obstacle interposGI bv
| any branch of the government 10 settlement Of tho
long ve1ed currency question, although it may not ma.
erally affect the income of the rich planter the
tired MERCHANT, yet sets up almost nsuperabe bar
rer to the of moderate means, and the poor men,
preventing them from lettering their condition. and
shutting out to them all hopes of acquiring ndcpen-
deLce.
Not less TO be lamenej, also, those Of Ia
gslaton, by which native industry is neglected while
that of foreign countries is encouraged 1t is true, that
as in the above mentioned the rich aud ndepen-
dent experience no sensible evil from such errors
| He who has income OF $4,000 or $1,000 per
annum IS mol materially Affected by the dimlnuton OF
his revenue to the amount OF two thousand dol
lars But to the OF moderate means such errors
work great injury, and often times total destruction
Take. for instance, the Of nail nufaciuret who
employs all his capital In his business and who gives
employment 10 hundred wurkmen. SO long AZ
foreign nails kept out OF the market by heavy du
~, he prospers; his workmen receive high wages, and
the farmers OF the vicinity obtain good prices for their
produce. But let abstractlonsts obtain the as
cendancy in the national councils and repeal the duty
on foreign nails and Immediately all this is reversed.
Our manufacturer stops his works his worknen are,
Of COURSE thrown out of employment, and the farmers
OF the vicinity no longet have profitable market for
their produce And when consider that govern
men, measure which produces disastrous effects
Ubiquitous it were IN other words that every man
uisctHrlng community throughout the country il ar
eced IN similar manner can form some i1st Oh
tho multl,udes Of industrious, aud hard working per
sons who reduced 10 comparative begQary by ibe
operation And yet the authors Of these evils do moi
suffer The Pres 81 the United States who veto.
bill intended for the relief Of his fellow cls- s,
receives his $4,000 per annuu although h,. may b,
destitute, The membets Of Cansfes. who enac, ar
erroneous .ill fecel,e their eight dollars pc
day, although that very measure may have consigned
thousands Of their constituents to bankruptcy In
, word, for hs of their ruisrs ne pcobie aiuay
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