The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1842-10-07

ether we shall be dlsgmced at home, aud sill
more ahrond. Without it, we descend fom our
lofty elevation, aud larHi,h that high character
which il Is our duty to maintain at every sacr-
fee
But the worst has not yet arrived. If Congress
should adjourn without passing any revenue hill
after paving already appropriated twenty four nil
lions Of dollars, in what condition will The GoNcrn-
nent itself be placed 1t will be destitute Of Tho
means 10 meet YOUR own appropriations; and II
may not even be able to keep your navy iloat, or
/ to pav the officers and soldiers Of your army. We
shall leave behind us n bankrupt treasury, and
shall return home to meet n ruined people. With
wlint Joy such disastrous events would he nailed
hy the enemies Of our free institutions throughout
the world whilst the friends Of freedom in every
| land, who have been looking to OuI example a.
/ their star Of hone amidst the gloom Of deSpoli'm,
would receive the dismal Intelligence with The
most melancholy lorehrdirgS!
Without nd,erlins further to the condition in
which We should leave the treasury and the Gov
! eminent Of our country, let rs take haSiN glance
at The Consequences to cns,eS of our hest and
most useful citizens. It ycu pass 10 I'LL, you Wl
ruin rcty large portion oIall ,hc mechanics aud
artisans throughout the country. These arc notIn
he counted hy hundreds or hy thousands. tat hy
hundreds Of thousands; and for intelligence and
]
Other class in the community. They earn Their
daily bread by the sweat of their face, land arc lus,-
| ~ entitled To our sympathy and kindness. tndrr
/ the CnurW twenty per cent nd va!nrcm dUiy ct
/ the compromise law, they must abandon Their hnsI-
/ ness or he deprived Of employment, have been
| Informed from numerous and authentic sources,
tia, sore distress already prevails umcug them,
especially IN oUr large Atlantic rII"s and hat lhc.r
prospects for tho next winter are terrible. lhn
price Of mechanical labor is m"ch cheaper N lu-
rope than in his county; and therefore, if You in.
pose no higher rate of duty upon III" made up or-
lirr, than upon the mrtergl If which it j. CON-
pc<rd YOU must dr>''or their business. Impose
The sane rate Of du,y upon lorrrn cloth and Upon
ready made cloHn.-uron foreign leather oUd
upon hros and ,hrcs-anh your 'ri'ors and slrc.
makers have M Incidental protection Whnlc,cr--
Ard why EecuuS" notwithstanding your duty
their tabor comes into cu,nl urd Gurrt cen pnioN
with the pnuprr labor Of foreign countries, ard We
shall be .urprd wuh ready -ulndr r,u'hirg aud
with boots and shoes from abroad, nj lower prices
than Ihry can by pnsShny be afforded at hunc,
might greatly extend This list Of uorhuuicS, Ey
ud,rr,iug to halrrIS. suddrls, and other uuie-.
men; but iolhrar Whatever. then, ra, h, ,orr
dul, upon the articles which these nrrhoDics wort,
mp, YOU rnu, Discriminate by imposing higher
duty upon the article when prepared for use by thu
!on isn mc,h@nl'. or yon must deprive orr c"n
mechanics If employment, Such jrsu would
hr deprecated 10y every Senator upon This Guor -
The present I'LL makes The necessary dIrrimila-
ten,
,lmll no, now dwell upon the distress which
would be produce, throughout my own State, IL
moug The lnhnrlng "'asscs who have hitherto found
cmpoymtal AZ uur Numerous furnaces and inIgcS,
and in our cooi.mIn"s, lruM their habits Of lllr
they are in Il great degree unGicd for other en-
ployncn',; and even If this were the case, there
u no demand for their nhcr in any other pursuit.
Ny heart sckonS at III" prosprc, cIuSery aud dis-
trrSs which will visit Them and their families
throughout the approaching winicr,ir no bill should
pass. Bot have heretofore udvc'lcd 10 lh- sab
rr mere Mt large, and shall not further pursgp i,
nj the present.
have tins hus'ily skclchrl one side Of The PIC.
turr, and now let me hasten In the other. admit,
mos, rhccruy thn the bill Is eXlrnynrant IN he
pro'nrron which it affords and IN some instances,
!, altogether prchihiiory. Il j., n bin Of which do
not approve, aud for which would not vote ,wcr"
il not lnr the present unparalleled condition Of Tho
existing law, the treasury and The cUuniry. had
earnest, hoprd i, might be modified and amended
hy the Senate in such manner rs TO render It
more ar,cp'al" hut in This have been utterly dis
appointed. No reduction oG duties whr'c'eT has
hrrn made upon pny oflhr protected articles. Vlh
the rNccp'lrn ct rnn- an article ~ Which Tenn
S,hHul Is deeply in'ercS'rd--aud cu" per cent.
square rard on cotton huggng. b" duties upon
hammered, roi,rd and pig iron hn," been reduced
considerably below the standard oIIhr net 1872;
hui Of his do mot complain ! 90 not drS'ir that
any manufacture oF frnnS wanna should he Pc
'rr,rd us p-ohihjrrry duty. All | ask j. that
such Incidental protection may he ntur'rd ~ Wit
rurh'r the uauulrlurcr io 1--we. as, 10 mere
r,t outstanding, tho animal ,r'rp CI i.ru and M.
manufactures alone. Produced in that State. rs
been e., iur,ci. rs these who understand the sub.
rrri. nj u,ufe thrn twenty one millions Of dollars
~ errnlrr amount than The whole Nnur &C cotton
produced in rny ;ra'r cf 'lHs Irlrn No Senator
,an suppose tia, would patient, witness its sac
r..-c of such vast interest IL ny naji," State.
The duiy IN iron IN bar. j. 80 FAR l,ou beng nro.