The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-04-06


VIM. A. Bartlett, Massachusetts.
Gen. TALLMApGE then made very short speech,
expressive of his qualification at the honor done
him. The Home League when they convened in
never descend to political objects, and they would
uniformly repudate all base, political and party
purposes. The country was in an awful stae-la.
Dor depressed, commerce diminishing, and every
thing paraysed-the treasury empty, and the cur
rency extinct; and we are visited with every affic
ton under heaven, except subsection to foreign
power. 1t was time to stop party strife, and TO do
something for home industry. Therefore the Home
League would go on-nail the flag of the country
to its mast with this otto 8" Protection for the
labor Of your country, and reciprocity in COMMERCE,
commerce at all! (Cheers,) And mark with
disapprosaton that man who deserted the Home
League to run mad after a fiscal agent, or
him who was crazy for bank; or he who
was pnauc about sub-treasury We must put on
sufficiently heavy duties TO protect all Ineress,-then
we shall have revenue indeed; and restoration
of government of laws instead Of one of licen-
tiolsness. Then our land will not be spotted with
such unworthy legislators as now. The .quarrels
quarrelled with his payeow about the color of the
box he should keep his fruit in. Men are qualrcing
whether they shall have bank or sub-treasury, or
fiscal agent, or an excheqaer to keep the funds in,
and all the time they have no funds to put into any
thing daughter and cheers We must first go 10
work and get some funds to put where (cheers)
and system to produce such results we have right
to demand Of the National Councils, and to obtain
it is the object of the Home League Mr.. Tall.
madge concluded by stating that we must lay i'm
posts foreign goods sufficient for all the purposes
of revenue, and for the protection of Home Indus
try and this would dfuse life and health to all parts
of the country. He also referred 10 the low price
of labor in Europe, and TO one-third of foreign
trade being carried on In foreign bottoms; while
registered tonnage in foreign trade had not increased
| since 1915.
! Ga motion, the convention was then opened with
avery eloquent prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Choules
Ga motion OF Professor Fisher, committee Of
81, tnd ht,,,v
| bring it in order before the Convention. On mo-
| ton Of Mr.. Mapes, the central committee of the
| Home League was added to this committee, with
powers for the whole to select and name the &c nile
| men to serve on committees of the respective
| branches of trade and manufactures that would have
| to be reported on.
This was ioolishly opposed by man named simp-
son, but Mr. Mapes, In very sensible speech, show
ed the folly OF the opposer and of his remarks, and
| tie meeting voted Simpson down.
A committee, consisting Of MIR. Shaw, Mr.. CLARK,
Mr., Drlnker, and Mr. Schenck, was then appointed
to draft rules for the regulation OF the Convention.
During the morning, Mr. Joseph Blunt made a
speech about pretty much everything.
A gentleman from New Bedford made speech
about the whale fishery, and the connccio between
II and the Home League.
MIR. MARES said that it was perfectly idle TO be
getting up and clarifying themselves all day long;
they wanted facts, not general and desutory re-
marks. (Ths was cut at Mr.. Bunt.) The gen.
tleman from New Bedford has not told US what the
duty is on whale oil, or what duty would be ne
cessary for its protection. IL Statistics were very
necessary. If we confne ourselves to mere mat
time in talking, and do no better than Congress ha:
been doing. He wished each gentleman would
wind up his speech with set Of statistics and give
facts and figures. Reports come in but slowly t.
the Home League, and they were not yet prepared
TO address Congress in laconic shape as figure!
would enable them to do.
The New Bedford man replied that whale OF
wanted no protection. II would protect itself. Blu
that if nothing was done 10 relieve the country peo