The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-01-11
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.

THE sPIRIT OF THE AGE
We last week endeavored TO convince our
readers that locofocoism throughout the Union
WAS openly and vociferously opposed 10 pro-
lection except in Vermont, where lurking
hostility among the leaders was hushed under
fear of the people, whe without distinction
of party have ever been its supporters. But
as if TO put cur moderation On this snbjec. to
The blush, Just as we had laid down our pen,
the Spirit Of The Age, leading loco paper
printed at Woodstock. comes to our perusai'
blowing against the tariff, such tempest OF
odious epithets and foaming reproaches' as Inc
editor deems adequate tounsettle the very cor
yer stones of the whole system of protection.
and oxpunge the last vstage from the statute
book. This recreant son of Vermont unblush-
ingly echoes the inanity and rancor of the
Globe, Amos Kendall and their kindred in n.
Hampshire and the south, talks as nonsensical-
" and flippantly as they, about lordly manu-
facturers, rich capitalists, monopilists, hawk
DdUhCIS anu SACiuSi'S N--N r.
tial legislation; considers all addition to the
tariff as an uncompensated enhancement OF
the price to the consumer, indorses over the
the doctrine of the South, that in laying
tariff for revenue, congress is prohibited from
discriminating in favor of domestic industry,
and even justifes the attempt recently made
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abolishing their committee We confess we
were utterly unprepared for such open avowals
of opposition to the tariff in Vermont. What
ever we may think of the destructive conse-
quences of his doctrines, we must give the
editor full credit for finally and fairly unmask-
ing battery, which has hitherto played upon
all the best interests of the state in suppressed
and smothered intonations. But the steps he
has taken very forcbly reminds US OF the
laundering attorney, who in the cross examin-
alton of the witness, is sure to press every
point of the testimony which makes against
his client. The national bankruptcy and ru-
in party will never succeed in Vermont when
It's odious features are fully developed.
The ExCnEoUER.-Ou latest account says,
there is but faint hope ola change of policy
in regard it. Thewhig senators so far have
gone even beyond the locos in denouncing it.
MIR. Huntington, of Connecticut fas found it
full Of dangers and imperfections. ''lf the
wings abandon it altogether, the locos will en-
dcaror TO make sub-treasury Of it and push
it through congress-" So says the correspon-
dent of the Express.
DEsTREssEs OF ENGLISH OPERATIVES. Hill, 7
Kendall, and the Globe man, illustrate their
opposition 10 protection by pointing us 10 the
distressed condition of English operatives
Th-sc men are not such silly DAVIS as to be
ignorant that the protective system has ena-
bled England TO garner up the wealth oil the
world, or to suppose that the operatives OF Low
ell would be impoverished by protection. The
operatives of England are beggars for want OF
protection, and the operatives of America are
fast becoming so for the same reason. The
primary source of distress in England is the
Corn Laws, made to aid the agriculturists.-
Do the farmers of America ask such laws for
their protcctionl When it comes TO be the
case, that Europe will supply America with
bread stuls and our farmers want protection,
the sky will fall and we shall catch larks
TAKE CoURAGEl-A triumph. The refer
cnce Of that part of the Presidents message
which relates TO the tariff, has at length been
made to the committee on manufactures by
majority of nine. Our correspondent OBJ
serves, that this majority did not embrace all
the friends of the protective policy, some of
them voting 10 carry the subject to the CON-
mittee of ways and means, while nearly if not
every one opposed TO protection, went for that
committee. The friends of protection are
well represented in the committee on manu-
features:
Mr. Saltonstall Of Mass, Chairman.
J. L. Tillinghast, of R l.
J. Z. Randolph. of n. ].
VIM. Slade, of Vt.
Ii. p. Hunt, of Y.
T. Henry. of Penn.
r. Ii. Habersham, of Geo
A.V. Brown, of Tenn.
P. c. Caldwell, of S. c..
he manufacturing interest, which includes
all DINERS, does not seek a higher protection