The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1841-08-27
LoCOEOCO FRIENDSHIP OF TIE
POOR.

The Watchman had furious article last week
upon this suhjact, in which ii is said;
last wear the locofocos were rahid for the sub
treasury and hard money currency, The ineyila .
bic consequence of which would he To reduce The
wages of The laborer here, us such policy ever
has done elsewhere"
Pray, il the inevitable consequence Of the sub
treasury were the reduction Of the wages Of labor,
what has caused decrease of the wages Of labor
since the wings came into power? The Admins
tralion will not give the laborers on the public
works 50 much per day by twenty-five cents rs
they received under Mr. Van Bnren's Adninisrra-
tion and compel them to labor two hours more!
What, too, has caused the great and unparael-
ell decrease in the products of the frmcr since the
elecon Of General Ilarrison' Wool, butter,
cheese, sc. have fallen more than one third, and
some Of these articles one h,f! Why is this Is
i, owing to the sub ireasury'
Further, says the JVaichman:
"Iast wear, ion. they were against the Land
Till, viii h would give Vermont from $50 900 Ia
500 900 PER vear,-money 'hh ilhi go 10 edu
cate The children Of the poor, or to reduce The aA-
cs Of the paop'e."
VIVA, silly hnnburgery is this This year has
shown, TINT all the democrats have said about the
inpo'iy Of distributing the proceeds Of the sales Of
the Public Lands, WINS correct. Taking this sun
fon the Treasury creates def,t-.and how j. l.
Ia he made np' The wings say how; by thu, in
f,nous tax on tea and coffee! The farmers or hi.
State cannot Clil 10 see this matter in It's true i.h
They receive their Z so 900, aud ply, to make tip
the deficit in the treasury, an additional tax Of al
lens thirty per cent. on the articles Of tea, coffee,
sugar, nlnasses and si.t. That we are correct IL
this Insertion they can know; because the III lay
ing ,his additional duty has nlreadv passed thu
I'ons,. Now, here ia II statement Of this matter
VIII n i. Inc choile Of the farmers of this State :
to allow the proceeds Of the sales Of the Pubic
Lands to go to the T. S. Treasury to meet It's la-
bii'.s. and pay the cd duty on ten, coffee, salt
md sugar, or TO receive their of $50 900, aud to
make up the defci, by paving the additional tax
on tea, coffee, &c. The democratic party think
the frs, proposition the best aud The lederas,s the
latter.
The p,oie can judge for themselves. The poo
pc can alan see ut glance that Gen. Wallon's
erea, hobby, the Lard Eli, is the series. Old
beast that ever fool mounted. II gives $50 ,OCO
IN the peop'e Of Vermont, and TITLES u hundred
thousand to supply its place. Tina, is all there is
oft.
Still further, says the Haichman:
"But these were but the beginnings IF their
kindness 10 the poor: now, ihev gn also for the
destrurion Of tn, Tariff and with il, the des'ruc-
tion Of domestic manufactures, the ruin Of the
market. Of the farmers for wool, beef. pork. but
Ter and cheese mud the pros,ra,ion of every branch
Of Domesti: Industry"
II we did not all know what opinion the old d.
eralisls entertain Of The people, we might think it
strange tina, such vcrbiags ,his should appear in
n pubic print. The destruction Of domestic
manufactures! Now, Gen. WALTON knows that
hi. splendid Tariff that he talks about, which fol-
lows on the heels of his beautiful Land Bill, allnws
what has never been hrfnre, coarse foreign wool
j. nm exclusively wing measure, and one that the
democrats have opposed with all their power. for
the express reason that it won'd be destructive to
dumesi, manufactures, and prove "the ruin Of
the markets for the f.imers WOOL" M il wi !. a.
sire the sun shines in Heaven Ship after ship
his already left our hnbors To brn- in l,i- rareisn
wool. to compete with the wool Of our f,rner.;
and let them saw what they have 10 expect from
en"h Tanf as This, except the inter pios'raion
Of ilrir wool growing interests. Thee /. no mis-.
ilking this matter Cor moment, un'p.. orr ftr-
ners nre wi fu'ly blind. The yea, spectators.
Ike Col. Pain-. are projected, While III. wool
gtnwer il LEFT completely uHd hopeIes.ly urp-o-
terird
Cu:, the ruin Of beef, porx, butter aud cheese!