The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-07-26
THE DEMONSTRATION CON-
PLETE.

To 20 any further in adtucing facts az.
ar .uments to prove that locofocoism at :.
times. and in every State in the Union for :.
years pas, has been opposed 10 protection: T.
now ntire,y useless. The demons'r1ti1n p
complete. The mask has been unavoIdal'
removed, and nothing is left To screen hy!-
critical lncoGocoism fro the charge OF IN,
served and unmitigated hostility TO por,T,
which alone can rescue the country ir'm III
in Vermont are loudly demanding. A. even
intelligent man his anticipated, tie atIenF'
which have been necessarily made 10 del'1
the pro- ress of the tariff by every clog whc7
hey could possibly hang upon it, have finals
ended in dead vote against i, with one Sc
itary exception, of every loco member OF & q
Ho ,se They resisted tlepassage Of the d
with an unanim;;y, obs;inacy and doggy
perseverance, unexampled upon any q. &
subject Anti tariff is indeed an article 4
the political faith of the party in gene
VII ch the leaders will never reInqri'h ".
they hope Ghrpnlitical supremacy. The scr
ern phalanx ever powerful. ardent AMI L
is tire very basis Of ih=ir political srTensi
Sanding here. and drawing their life Urea
from tie polluted atmosphere Of sonthern
huehce for ten wearisome years their delt
policy has swayed through the Union, "Ihf'
ing its prosperity, and giving curren y 10 t,'
trines OF the most DISASTROUS characle..
In the progress ofIhe discussion, snms l';
members declared every kind Of p-otecii7-
WHITTIER d ect or incidental, as uhconsu'-
tinnal, some that it was a system Of rob5r
and punder, and many agreed that ee trad
and direct cation were methods OF raising
revenue infinitely preferable TO a system
duties upon foreign importations. Every 4
mendment proposed BY locofoco was d.
sigurd 10 diminish, rather than enhance pr
tectiye duties. On the article Of unmenuis'
tured wool especially, (says letter wrl's-
several locofoco members rose in su>ce>sloI
and each proposed amendments reducing th
duty, which The wings promptly vo'ed down
Through the indomitable and perseyerns
efforts of our own delegation in Con2res''
headed by Mesas. Everett. and Slade, no art
Gle in the bill now stands upon better ioou'-
than wool A specific duty ofthree cents o.
the pound, in addition to the 80 per cent I'd
ralOr EN-, at which it stord when first in'ro
duced into the House has been adopted The
pr.ce of wool coming in, duty free, has os'a
reduced from ST. cents, the quality in terms
is to be course, and more effectually Iopfs'
vert frauds, the amount of duty on all ba''
is 10 be that of the finest in the package.
And now we call upon the people OF VI
to decide who are the friends of protection
You now have the unvarnished facts before
you. Itisno hear say or inferential evidence.
There is no chance for Misrepresentation ana
distorted constructions. The testimony +"
that of simple facts, taken from the record
IF con- ressional proceedings. You nov
nave the figures and the names, and you
know the political complexion of the mem
,ers, and you now see in the full glare o.
complete demonstration, that in favor of
ill which, for the purpose ofprotection TO
III the great interests of the country, all a
rec to be excellent, and all that could be
gished by the most ardent friends Of do
nestle industry, the vote of but single To-
ofoco member is recorded. Thus has the
ypocritical farce of locofocoism in favof
f protective tariff been played tothe emo
$ filmy DISCUSSES have been torn from l'
ameliop frame. Its loud and repeated de-
unciations Of the wings have been rc'''