The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-03-29

s'uiouS'J niaue 10 make Inc people DeHe'c 'ho'
every addition 10 the tariff, is bounty to the
manufacturer, to be paid by the people at Target
Why warn the people against the schemes of
idle, lazy and cold blooded vilians, ,cho get Mn
tariff meetings to groD fat upon your s,oeat and
that of your ciildrenp Why was it, that at the
commenc :ment Of the present session of Con.
Presidents message relating TO discriminating
duties, was made test on the question of pro-
teciion, with very few exceptions, and those
chiefly confined TO Pennsylvania, every loco
in Congress voted against reference to the
Committee on Manufactures, while Northern
wings arrayed themselves in solid phaanx in
favor Of III Why is it that Calhoun, Benton.
Wright, Anterior, et i'd omne genus, sworn
foes 10 protection, are regarded as the oraces
of the party. aud their ani-tarff speeches trans
fcrred to the columns of the loco press; while
those Of Clay. Hudson, Marshall. SIade and
others, are carefully excluded Why was it
that when The following resolution was intro
duced at The last session ofthe Massachusetts
Legis lalure. out OIL locos, all but voted q.
g1inst it, Resolved, that tre regard it as the
Imperative duty Of Congress to encourage do.
nestle industry By The assessment of specific
and discriminating duties Why was it that
at the last loco convention assembled in this
state, the following resolution was introduced,
and as the report OF the proceedings show, af-
ter being repeatedly and ably discussed by
Messrs. Dillingham;, Barber. Spalding, Farr
solved that the true principle Of. the Federal
Government is &c confne its action TO the OBJ
jects specifically enumerated in the Constitution,
tearing industry 10 take care Of itself A
resolution which is the very quintessence of
| free trade, and would number US among the
most impoverished, weak and degraded nations
in the civilized world. How is ii that with rare
exceptions, there is not, and has not been,
loco paper in the Union which advo Gates any
projection adequate to the grand object which
is sought Why is it that, 10 give JUNCTION 10
their SCOTS and jeers against the tariff, which
the editors, with single exception, daie not
openly condemn, the columns of the Vermont
Patriot, North Star. Burlington Sentinel and
Spirit of the Age, are filed with the rawlings
of the Globe, Kendalps Exposition. Evening
Post and Albany Argus, the srorn ihralls Of
free trade and the party TO which they belongl
| If We look into the proceedings of Congress or
peruse the columns of the loco press, not n dav
passes which does not furnish ampc proof, that
locofocosm is the deadl:est enemy which pro
lection has TO encounter.
| The following extract from the Spirit Of the
Age, which is regarded as the best exposition
of ocorocoism in the state, will suffice for the
present:
| Laborers of Vermont-ofthe North - hear,
we bcseech you TO hear one moment, These
schemes of protection that arc Matching on all
hands, are for your ruiu They are schemes
which will rob you of ALL your LABOR
| They are schemes that tciH compel you 10 ,cork
for no more than you get nor. and pay double
| for all you buy. They arc schemes devised by
WeH ~ HUc upon your t10OT-tO CoMPet y1HT
hands TO fNMeir mouths. They are The schemes
Of idle, lazy, selfish, cold 6looded pi1iians, to
speculate upon your labor 10 gro,o fat upon
your srrsat and that Of your children. You
men of Vermont who live BY your daily Ia
bor WHO PRODUCE NOTHING, THE
PRICE OFWHICll CAN BE RAISED, look
out! These sly and crafty creatures are geitpg
up NEE iings all over the State, TO petition Con.
gress TO pass laws 10 protect you with the pro-
lection we have described TO YOU. Look out
for theml They will show their petitions TO
you. aud talk aud wheed!e and cajole you for
your names, to 60 along with theirs. Don't
touch one of their petitions! Ifyou do any
thing about it, petition the other way. If you
can't write, put your mark upon protest a
gainst all their vile schemes for your ruin AL
This hurry. turly is for their benefit, not yours.
They want nothing Of you, but your labor, and
they seek 10 ROB you of that. Look out
before it is loo late!