Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-06-24
CHARACTERISTIC HONESTY.

CHARACTERISTIC HONESTY.
We published a few weeks ago an extract
from the minority report of the committee
on Manufactures, to show tina! the Tories in
Congress, as every where else, were in favor
of reducing the wages Of labor" The
Sentinel, with characteristic honesty, seized
upon this extract from the minority report,
declared that it was submitted by Wing,
and then went on to insinuate that the Wings
were the true "lom ,rages," anti-tarfl, "free
trade" party!! Does our neighbor think he
can deceive intelligent men by such bare
faced Misrepresentation Who arc the
members who made the minority report, Mr.
Sentinel Will you inform your readers
Do you know yourself7 If not we will in
form you. They are Cdld,ceH of South
Carolina, an anti-Tarif' Loco Foco of the
worst stamp; Brown, another Loco Foco of
the same stamp, from Tennessee, and Ha-
bershdm of Georgia, an anti-Tarifl man, who
claims to be Wing. We, however, class
him with the Tories, for we will sustain no
man, whatever may be his claims, who OPP
poses the doctrine of protection. This is the
test question with us. If the Sentinel will
/, take the same ground, and refuse to sustain
any man or any party, who oppose pro-
e tectivo tariff, we will admit its honesty, in
S protesting friendship for a Tariff. But while
that consistent and cerdciou print is doing
all in its power to put down the Wings, who
arc and ever have been the only true friends
of protection, and to elevate the Tories who
E are the deadiest enemies of the cause, every
, honest, right minded man, must consider its
professions deceptive, insincere, and hypo-
= critical We ask the attention of the true
:, friends Of protection to the following extrac,
E from the Watchman
\ DOUBLE DEALING EXPOSED.
Who wouM sacrifice the Wool Grouers?
The Vermont locofoco State Convention re-
solved that the Wings are for protecting manu-.
J. features by sacrificing the wool-grower Now
be it known, that the boot is on the other leg
The locotoco minority of the committee on Man
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nessee, locofocos, and IIabersham of Geo, al
anti tariff Whig) have made report, whcl
is now before us They are opposed to pro
tectivc tarif-a revenue tariff only will sui
:. them; neverthe less they are forced to ADM
that manufactures should not be entirely aban
IL doned, and so they propose to benefit manutac
Ie lures by reducing The duiy The raw MATERIAL!
., They propose to strike out the very best part
II Mr. Satonstall's duty on acOol (the cents spe
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Il then have the hardihood to say, that the reduce
duty will give protection enough to the ra,
no'erdt We quote from the report:
u "Thc duty on irooi by the proposed tSaltonsall
bill is % per cent. ad vnorom, and cents per II
Strike of The cents, and you add to the profits
n the wool factory in Duchess county, above reerre
to, $1,000, or per cent. on the capital, and s eay
% per cent ad yalorem, as protection 10 the WOO
grower"
They further reduce the duty on pig iron an
A. leather, avowedly for the benefit of blacksmith
and shoe makers,-of course at the expense Q
y iron.mongers and taHners,-and then add:
X, "Reduce the dufyOu ALL OTHER RAW MATE
r. RAILS used in manufactures to rereHus dufy an
you relere all other branches Of manu- scturc."
~ Sill again they say:
CT. ST, then, the manufactures of wool, iron, an
49, leather, really in the distressed condition in whc
80 they represented TO be- may without destroy
he ing the factories, give them essential relief by reil
cing the duty on The material, by subjectng it
IS moderate duty only instead OF duty Of exclusion
on rs in the three cases have namei."
l.. Such is the locooco mode OF protecting mar
'o ufactures EXCEPT cotonS: here they transfer II
he burden to the aborers in the factories. We sha
D. quote more fully ere long in the mean tin
: read this
~ "But it will be said, if this is really the of Il
e- raw material of the cotton manufacturer, then Il
~ relief to be afforded 10 him must be by other
''' than by reducing the duty the material. III
ri. other mode which presents itself is, BY REDU(
TION IN THE PRICE OF LABOR. The nece
mt sy for this we leave entirely the decision of Il
ito manufacturers themselves and those whom tn,
Nv employ. They know best what tate of wages tn,
nj can afford TO pay ont of their profs and we, d
80 consumers, only ask, that if they pay wages thr
81 times as high pnld in England on the co
riff tnent TOR the same services they Will pay out
their own pockets and not abstract it from US
n way of high protection"
nd Here, then, we present our readers with
&C. rect, conclusive and ncon'rovertible proof, tn
), it is the organs OF the locotocos in Congress,
w. any body, who are for sacrificing the farmer
r,) wool-growers and laborers
,w Oh, how rery, rery honest-or how ignorar
wv were the locofoco resolution makers. Let the
u consult their lealers in Congress before tn,
Ie- undertake to manufacture charges Of This XII
bc against the Wings.
n e Corection.-We unintentionalIy omi
he tied, last week, to -rectify an error, whi'
n was pointed out to us, in an article we copit
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