Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-08-23
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to be raised by direct tax for the support Of the
national government. Our present state tax is u"
bout $4,000 only; SO we perceive that the loco
foco plan is to increase The direct tares of Vermont
TO nearly SEVEN TIMES what they now are !!
Again-lhe Iocos are sub-treasury men, and insist
that the national revenue must be paid in specie j;
hence they would draw annually from Vermont
to the national treasury 1901 ,948 in SPECIE which
is more than twice as much as all the specie in
the vaults of our banks OF this sum, all that
ever would be returned to Vermont is the amount
appropriated for publick works in the state, the
pay of her members of Congress- and the sula
ries Of the federal officers within her limits all
which would not average $4,000 year; thus
making dead annual loss to Vermont of $27l,-
600 in specie And finally, in order to prepare
the way for this blessed era Of direct taxaton,--
all for the benefit of the poor. mind you!-it is
proposed to knock the Tariff in the head, and
throw US back TO the condition in which we were
previous to The Tariff. There is no installing what
that condition was the value of labor aud pro-
duce was vastly less than now, and we had no
markets at all for wool, and but comparatively
small demand for butter, cheese, beef and pork
We think it would be fair to say that the reduc-
ton ia the value of the produce of Vermont would
lie a, least one hall; but we will put il at only one
third, and that, according TO the statistics of the
census of 1885, would he loss TO Vermont OF
TEN MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR,! This
is what is to come TO Vermont from the destrue
ton of the Tariff and from direct Taxation; these
are the fruits which locofocoisn would produce
this is the way they would bless the "poor' peo-
pie of VermoRt. 1t is madness for the locofocos
TO think that they can lioodwnk the people 10y
these Infamous schemes of Southern abstractioH-
lists. Il is part and parcel Of their raa to sustain
slavery, at the expense Of the treemea of ilie
North. X is no wonder that the Nulliliers of the
South are for crushing ihe Tariff aud adopting
direct taxation. First, because they would like IL
reduce the free laborer to level with the slave
second because they would like to stop the pros
porous condition OF the free states, by the las
census il is made clear sunlight, that the free
states, with free labor, are altogether more veal
thy and prosperous than the slave states, will
slave labor aud third, because in npporionnl
direct taxes among the st0ies, only three fjfhs o
the slaves are enumerated, see Art. Constitution
Sec. a. Ii is no wonder that the Representative
of the foreign interest and of The merchants an
millionaries in New York city goes for the sam
ihings first, because it subjects us to be supple
by British manufacturers; second, because
would vastly increase the business and profits c
the importers; and third, because the immens
demand for money to NEE! direct taxes would ca
able the wealthy 10 shave the people without mel
cy. We must, however, confess our utter astor
ishment 10 end man in Vermont a ocoft
co--so utterly blinded to the interests Of the pee
pie as TO favor these schemes of the natural en'
mics of lreemen.