Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1841-08-09
MONDAY, AUGUST 9, IsaI.
ELECTION, 9TH SEPTEMBER.
THE TARIFF QUESTION.
In gluncng over the lust Vermont Patriot
found the following staring in capitals.
KEEP IT BEFORE THE PEOPLE


found the following staring in capitals.
KEEP II BEFORE THE PEOPLE!
That The lederalists, While they would give TO
the State $4,000 from tie sale Of the public
lands, would TAX TIE PEOPLE, npon arli-
ces 10 consume in their families, MORE THAN
SIXTY THOUSAND!
Certainly this is specific, plain ard ineligible
sill it is mere Gssertioa,--nnd it strikes us that
to make it even plausible, the editor Of the Patr
OF will he obliged TO assume things MS flcts which
are not facts, and principles TO be true which
really false. But let us grant for moment,
What our neighbour seems 10 assume, that the tax
imposed by the new revenue bill upou foreign
products, will all iol upon The consumers. The
principal articles lowed upon by that bill are as
follows: silks, cotton, linen and wooden goods 30
per cent. OH their cost at the place ofiuportdlon;
wines, an additional duly Of 10 cts. per gallon lea,
cts. and four mills per pound s. aud coffee one
cent and eight mills per pound. These, it is TO he
observed, are all foreign products some oil them
unnecessary rs we can produce them ourselves,
the rest uXuries IN other wc r,ls are not common
y used, 10 any considerable extent, by the mss
OF the people To this, them it comes: shall we
''''"'S NIC TIC VI w tuC IlNDilb lhH'H,
amounting ut least to $500C0 n year equal TO
our whole state tax-and which may tighten the
burdens OF every tax payer, poor aud rich, or car
~ increased means of education 10 bless every
tini|y and shall we do ths--slalI we sacrifice
the common good, for The exclusive benefit of the
wine hihbers, the tea and coffee drinkers and fine
ladies who flaunt in French aces and French
sil- Sut.lt il tlp t.l ina, Dotrio,'s
ground and the Patriots answer ives. But
we differ from the Patriot. Like the Wings Of
olden time, we care very little about tax Oh tea
or on any other luXuries, and grea, deal about
right 1t is right 20 raise revenue by import du-
ties, for that is the very way pointed ont in the
Constitution and it is right to give the several
states the InIblic lands, for that is arcurdiug to the
contract which our revolutionary fathers made,
and bound u.s. their SOUS, TO execute. We 90,
then, for the right; and if men love wine, AMI
tea, and coffee, well enough TO pay small duty
upon these articles, let them drink them; or ;fthe
ludies will have fine French silk, Instead of ma
king their own silk, OF wearing other American
fabrics, let them my for it themselves, and not
require the farmer and mechanic, whose daughters
use lille of this foreign Euery, TO iOrego their
rights in order that foreign silks may be trife
cb.,,or 10 these consideration. coo ,,;u ,di
,Li If ito doo,s of ces.;,,, ,ro mn, ov,o,,o,,
NM, rho loC,.o uo,;cy :. r,, rou,.,,.os.r,,,,,
sisted, the old states will speedily lose their share
of The lands, and then he obliged TO pay these G.
noimous taxes according 10 the Patriots theory0
without the equivalent which The luuIs world of-
ford.
I'm, tlese were nor The uoo,s ,o which ~. in
tended narirulorlv 10 direct ,bc a,,enIion of our
readers For twelve ye,rs the lorooco lenders hove
hccn uloviny - hvnorri,;cnl and uerfdious y,,re
for dnring ,Lnt neriod ,hev Iove nroGesspd m IN,
chained their ground. Nav thev are ,be rvov,-
eJ enemies of the Tariff uolicv. I'm clDso leanno
with TIC Nu,liGers Of the South npd Win the de-
,.lored e,cu,ies ,,f rroo I,,,or md ~ Nor,Lc,,,
pirh,s and American Iutrrests Tiny .r,, cn ,h,
onc hopd ur.iny - financial system, which has
crushed The ,nillions o( Furone 70 the eor,b and
ON the other hund resisting ,Ia, American hnlirv
which w,s rsoJ h, rho R.r,,r,li.,r c,,,or, y, Ia
The rap-stono in the ,ep,nlc of National indeoen.
dencp md under which the uo,ion Inns made The
mos, randi progress to prosperi,v and strenub and
true glory. This il the nos;,;,n of ,be Iocornco
ln,hcrs in Ver,,ont Tbev ,ool, :, L,,dl,, -, hair
State Convention: their nr.sses IN His s.,,e hive
taken il, the lorofocos IN NV Io,nnsLire md
Maine loye taken it: their leaders IN Conrress
bnvu ,uken il and more than one of Them has an
that the tariff must be abandoned, us t,
,iirsct trr uDon IKE peoyle TO be raid in money is
The only Democrat, system II proposition. Inv lLe
way. which needs only 10 he stated TO be repndia-
ted by Vermon, it would draw lrnn. Two 10 three
bnndred thoosnul ,o,Inrs ,rnunllv from Ills stnte
four tflhs of il never 10 be returned, and leave our
great interests to perish As brief MS is the ex
truc, above from the Patriot. i, contains the doc
irine unon whic3 the opnoscrs Of The tariff and
the advocates of di,ect taxation rely. viz. this