Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-08-09

bring down their prices 50 low as to pay tho du
ties aud then enter otr MARKERS on au equal foot
ing. Thus have prices actually been reduced and
at the same time the duties have been paid and that
rather by he foreign manufacturers than by The
consumers This is the fact, and it utterly demo-
shes oil the fiue rpun theories Of Southern Multi.
hers, British nonopolists, and American ocofo.
cos. Nor is this by any means all. BY building
up domestic manufactures, and adding coDse-
1uently TO the commerce Of the country vast
Number OF our population has been drawn from
agricultural pursuits to I've laborers, mechanics,
nachinists, ma uiacturers and merchants. in
word to become consumers instead of PRODUCERS
of beef pork, potatoes and grau,-tle customers
of the farmer, instead OF his compe tiors; and by
the same process an immense demand has been
made for the ruw material for manufactures, such
as cotton, wool, hemp, &r. Thus has been ere
aied demand for all the produce of the soil,
and for labor and this denond has tended 10 de-
velopa and bring into rcqusitton the immense re-
sources Of the country and increase The value OF
its products aud ef labor. Here, then, has been
n vast addition to the wealth Of the people, mfr
neIy above the aggregate amount OF all the du.
point Of fact, granting even that the has
paid the duties, it has been to him money-ma-
king business. W heu however, ii is found that
the consumer hus been almost entirely exempt
from the payment of the duties, this system of
ioaaii0n, If such it must be styled, has been en-.
phaticaily pleasant and profitable one. This
tGTGiion has put money in the PEOPLES pockets !;
covered our hill sides and valleys with millions n
cattle and sheep; snbdued millions of acres oil
forests to become smiling and fruitful fields; bnii
manufactures canns rail. oads, villages aud cit
les in word wNhm less ilan twenty years, UNI
der this sort OF TAXATION, tie population Of the M
lion has becu nearly doubled lis resources so de-
yeIoped, and its power firmly established. that
now it may snap It's Fingers at the whole world he.
side, with tie bold assurance that Jonathan is in
dependent, and big enough md stout enough TO
take good care Of himself lie has learn; how
to conquer Europe by-tardiion. These IRE the
fruits bf what the Vermont Patriot calls--iara-
tion! and it is To prevent such taxation that the
locuforo leaders would overturn the Tariff, adopt
direct fares aud pyoiraic manufactures, our com.
merce AMI our people Mt the feet of British mo-
,nopolists, who, 10 doubt, are MS ready pow, MS
ever, 10 manufacture for Us and sell to at their
prices, and at the same time exclude every bushcl
OF American grain or burrcl Of American flour
from her ports
We are ustohshe 10 see so much fOly--char-
ity itself will not permit us 10 call it blindness
at this late day this subject. 1t is indeed hard
ly possible to conceive that Northern man could,
on any consideration, permit himself 10 become so
completed. recreanI TO tie great interests of his
owl ,Ouniry, and so elealy identified with the
cuuary's worst enemies both ut home nnl abroad,
as aru ihc opponents of the Thrift system. But
so II il; AID he people are not left to guess the
unutn for course suicidal as this. The de-
sign is clear: it is an attempted coalition Of Nor
ihern locoiucoism with Southern Notification =
of Northern and Southern locotocos with South
crn ubsiractionists and inpracticahle Whgs-for
the purpose Of putting down on The one side Wing
administration, which goes for he Tariff, for n dis
irhuion of the public lands and for Il sound ma
tional currency-and building up on Tn, other side
II ocoioco administration, which goes ngains, all
these measures. 1t is the old locofoco game, 10
curry Southern lusor by sacrificing The interests Of
lie Free Staits. We see it thus re, called in the
debate in Congress for the past fortnight on the
revenue bill Wise OF Va upilcd with Pickcns of
South Carolina, in denouncing the bill because it
looked at protection Of American Interests; lu-
gersol of Pennsylvania, the would have been
Tory" OF Old, and Mcl<eon OF n. Y. city, went to
the extreme of opposition, and openly announced
iLcir favor to dre:t taxalioh Al disguise is
thrown off il is AN open aud palpale coalition,
and one that should alarm every who goes
for Projection to American Industry and Ameri-
can Interests Let the people of Vermont-above
all the Wings observation-disclosures themselves and
lace this coalition. We speak what we believe
when we say that this is no time for the people TO
sleep upon Their posts no time for divisions Il
bout nicr.-no time for confidence that all will be
well without m effort. Now, when the treasury
is pressed for revenue, this temporary bill has been
carried in the house by bare majority OF 0; bu,
this is lot the revision of the Tariff to which the
people have been looking and there is grea, dan.
gel tiui when Tia, question is presented, the di-
visions engcndered by particular interests, viii he
30 piled by the opponents of Protection, North
and South as 10 defeat all the good which is aim
ed At. BY all means, then, let Vermont maintain
her ground and speak in voice that shall carry
encouragement and confidence 10 the friends OF
Americans Industry. 1t is her highest interest," to
40 so; her stake is immense; the opportunity for
Vermont 30 act is COOL one, the issue is pre-
scented directly to the people The Iocofoco lead
ers have promulgated their ticket under the anti
tar 81 anner the W higs have reafirmed The Tar
if docrr'hes OF the Republican school, and in
Cor PAINE have presented a candidate for Gov
crnor " no has .ieen The undertaking advocate Of
and whose personal interests entirely depend
ent upon, those dnrirines. We appeal, ticn, to
the friends of The Tariff system, aud al, to
the wool growers, the agrcultursts, The nechan-
| les and the wolkgmen of Vermont--now to
sustain the principles which they hive cherished,