Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-02-28
PROTECTION
TO AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE. AND
MANUFACTURES.
SPEECH OF MIR. sLADE, OF VT,
IN FAVOR OF A PROTECTIVE TARIFF.


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eFEECH OF MIR. SLADE, OF W.,
in FAVOR OF A PROTECTIVE TARIFF.
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lhe question being upon the proposition OF Mr..
Anterior, of New Hampshire, to amend the res.
o'u'Ioh Tor referring so much oil the President
message as related 10 the Tariff TO the COMMITTEE
ON Manufactures, by referring the same 10 the
Committee of Ways and Means
ME-. Slide rose and said, that lie felt urged by
peculiar considerations to address the House up-
on the question raised by the motion of the gen
llenIan from New HamushiIe Ii was proposed
to take away from the Committee on Manufactures
the consideration of n subject which had long
been regarded as appropriately belonging to it, and
to transfer il 10 another comniltee Placed os he
had been NV tine Spcaker ON the Committee on
manufacturers. ho ish il to he somewhat incum-
bcnt on him TO yindcate the claim of that COM
lniltec in kelnl of the manufacturing interests
to the confederation of that part Of the Presidents
,lnessa a feftrreil 10 in the resolution Besides this,
MI :. saif NJ represented constituency hnvnga
deep interest in tie question which had been drawn
into discussion, and who, of course look ed to him
TO defend that interest, whenever it should he
brought under consideration. He felt, also, under
high obligations from the fact that the Legsla.
lure OF the State which he in part represented
had, At their late session, pissed resolutions strong
Iy approving ofthe protective SYSTEM and instruc.
llllH Ire SENATORS ana requesting inc NrpfBSenM-
lives Of that State in The Congress of the United
States, to use all honorable means to sustain it, -
These resolutions, Mr. 5. said, lie held in his
hand and a5 they furnished an excellent sum-
mary Of the arguments in favor oi the protective
poliLy he desired to make them part OF his
speech and would therefore seud them TO the
Clerk, that they might he read.
The resolutions were here read by the Clerk, as
follows:
opo.,i h. IL. son.,, , Hon.. s p.o.,.,,i, IS
tho state of Vermont, as follows, TO wit:
:" Resolved That labor both mental and corporea, is not
wealth. ''''" VU' III" O"' "uO ''O''O VI
40 Resolved That it i. the duty Of Government all
times to protect anl encourage tne Industry Of our Gl,lFens ny
secure our home from the and disastrous ood
ngs of foreign competition
of our I and abor as soere5 and y@Iuae as The rh to the
soil itself and that is equally the duty Of our Government to
cpei as9ns and onc9achmenis upon the one as Tie other
T. Resolved, mat the dTmer ana manufacturer are alike
Yy Interested in such protection and That hc prosperity OF
all classes and occupations mainly dependent on the success
oil our agricultural Una maniicpr'ng interests. ~ Li,
% Resolved That the taut Lava nov existing are highly
act which to take effect in July noN vii be rendered still
more detective mencionl, ana unu T. ,- l., .....,
and o1r oGnes,ed to , ali honorable means
in their power procure tho passage ofOws which, while they
g"o nsn 51 Numerous d og n s uoT b
they shall raise revenue sufficient only The necessary
pens9 o. Goyeremcn aud shall have due regard to the part
protective es SUN preTenco to domestic aver foreign pro-
ducts in our own markets, and discriminate between
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the industry of every American citizen.
Resolved that his exceloncy the Governor be requested
and RePrssentatives in Congress-"
,r:,u NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
A., sdn W.. ~ noe.iu u'y '.'ns l'.o ou''-
.'c'u"s o. my own Juus.in' 10 inu e e !" s"S-
'a , .'io ino.eo''s po"oy sn"'u u :. VI IT,,
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yle,u -. 10 It WIN meary eouu WIZ In" om ."'S
a." I snn'', ~ '"u oo'' way
III" arh ~, ' h ,aIa w. ~ ,,,;I o ,r;s
Inns ,so,urIiv, and INV say ,,rnns, mnsessary
resulted iroI, Inc peculiar character of The motion
submitted by the gentleman from New Hampshire
Upon proposition to commit that part of the
the Committee en- Manufnclures-a direction
which thai subject has taken for more ,han t,yen.
" years-it is nroposed to change its accustomed
direction, and send it to the Committee of WAYS