The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-09-02
What we said first and
what we say last.

AT the commencement of the campaign which,
closes on Tuesday, we quoted the following rcso-
luton passed by the last Legislature as embedding
our views on the tariff question:
"Resoirrd, That our Senators in Congress he ms trct
c and Representatives requested 50 use al h0nora-
BILE means in their power to proclrche passage OF laws
which, while they shall guard against the numerous, frauds
and cvnso pratlicedupon us by foreigners and foreign
agents. aud while they shall raise revenue sufficient only
Tor the necessary expenses Of government and shall have
due regard to the particular interest Of every section
OF the counry,-muy give, by protective duties, prefer
to domestic over foreign products In our own mar
kes, md may those articles which
we can and those which we cannot produce at homens To
give inst, sure and sntnry encouragement To the indus
try Of every American ciztn.'
We stated that the principles Of the resolution
were corrective say so now. We have adyOca-
ted them all along and for doing so have been nc
custd Of (ayoring "Gce lradc!" The tariff prn-
ciple of the Resolution is the true onc--.4 tariff
for Rcreaue nui incidental protection But u
tariff for protection per Sc we have opposed, and
all the extracts our contemporaries have made from
our papc- are made from articles in which we OPP
posed tariff for protection per Sc.
The Mercury has copied every sentence it
could find in the .qgc that contained "prOitction,
or "procctiye system" and disconncclng them
from their position in the articles from which they
were taken, has proved that we are opposed to
iavU, very much rs the fellow proved by the
Bible that there is no God" by emitting 'rho
fool says in his heart"
II should be remarked here, that we kept the
Resolution we have quoted standing in our pa
per for weeks, declaring over and over again that
we believed il contained the true principle, and
yet the wing papers have the mcanness 10 accuse
Us for the purpose of affecting the election Ofbcing
in favor of "frce trade :" DO let us state what Is
understood by free trade'--opcning our ports TO all
the world--nnd supporting the Government by a
direct tax on the people! There! ifany man wishes
to state that we have advocated the adoption Of
any such policy as that--why let him, but any
man who docs 10 it, is a knave or fool.
Hear what the Boston .4iiaS said in June II,
1912
"Wc are in favor of raising money for rcrenmc
clone, and in so doing we are for discriminating
in such manner as 10 protect our "domcstc III
dusiry."
Now pray show us how this principle.
and that contained in the Resolution Of our
last Legislature vary from each other' This
is the true gIound, the ground the democrats have
always advocated The ground we have always ad-
vocalcd in opposition 10 the tariff system per sc,or
the "protcclivc system as some call it. The
democrats 20 for Revenue first and incidental
protection, and the wings for protection first and
incidental Revenue. The las, is the ''proicciire
SYSTEM which any man of sense must oppose
The attempts to establish this system by the
manufacturers has brough, about all the DIFF
ference OF opinion on The subject. II is this sys-
tenn that the wing delegation from Vermont sup
ports. The system protects their lord and master
Col Paine FIRST and then lets the Government and
the wool-grower come in for VIVA, is leit. Who
soeveI is in favor Of that let him vote the wing
ticket