Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-03-07

cent. los we believe it will boz for the value OF
every pound oil foreign cheese which is added to
the revenue, the American dairy man loses mar
ket for five pounds of American cheese---und That,
we take It. is little better than loosing the cheese
itself
1t has been our object this week to show that
the doctrine of incidental protection is little, II A.
ny, better than none at all aud that the consruc-
ton of the constitution, which confines the pow
er of Congress to such limits, is the same thing
practically as The utter denial of constitutional
power. We have already quoted pretty largely
from the Patriot, but we are to give that piper
particular attention Oh this subject it will be prop
er for us TO add more and urequivocn proof OF its
position in The ranks of DIRECTORS to the constitu-
tionul power Of Congress to pass protective tar
iff In the following extract from the Patriot Of
Feb. 5, it will be noticed that our neighbor not
only declares that Il tariff limited 10 The purposes Of
Yeuenue-and leaving projection AS AMERE INCL
DENT" Advances" toward the correct standard
and dpprorimaies " to the democratic doctrine"-
1--WE wonder what the correct standard and demo-
outic doctrine can be, ifworse than this, but re-
iterates the usual ant-tarif slang against the Land
Distribution act:
"There are, doubtless, much Of prejudice and
error existing upon this Tariff subject; and we
have been reloced, during the last few months, 10
witness The Advances made by our federal oppo-
ucns, to,curd The correct standard. In the resoIu-
tons adopted by the Legislature, ut its last SEES.
sion, The Tariff is imted 10 The purposes Of revenue
and the tcdnis Of the government tedpng protection
as a mere incident. Formerly when Mr.. Cay's
"Amercan System" was their pole star, protec-
Il Al.
idcident-we think it q pity that they had not
thought Of this before abstractirg from the Trens
urv tho amount of the avails of the sales oil the
public lands. But better late than never. IL is
era Thing that there is an approximation 10 The demo-
crntc doctrine-a recognition of the pNnciple that
we want no more taxes than are necessary to de-
fray accruing expenses and that we have no de-
sire TO be taxed to raise surplus 10 be distributed
TO the States. How changed ~
As to the allegations about the resolutions Of
the last legislature, we have only to say that they
do not adopt the doctrine Of incd entail protection
but on the contrary affirm the duty Of protection
in the strongest terms-and that by protective ana
discriminating dulles. 1t is true that in the last
resolution they ask only for the raising of an n.
mount OF revenue necessary for the government
and on this our neignbor hangs Ills bold and TN,
founded assertion. What then? The Patriot
nrd the Age, and the North Star can none o
them be so stu,tiied not to see that,this can il
no measure be an adoption of the doctrine of in
cidentasm,-we coined that,-in defiance of til,
express declarations in favor of protective duties
nor can it interfere with protection. If there il
danger of too much revenue, Congress has only
to raise the duty so high, on articles needing pro
lection, to prevent importation entirely OF, ior
instance, levy protecting duties" We really
trust that after strongly insisting that L" high du
tes" ard "protective duties" diminish revenue
the Patriot will see no sort of difficulty in thi:
matter. Let our readers consult the resolutions
themselves embraced in that part of Mr.. Sladei
speech which was published in our last.