The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-08-16

Gratis hero in our midst, who profess TO be exclu.
sive friends of the poor and aborng classes DESIRE
TO see the independent-the Greemen Of the land
reduced TO vegetrblo Diet and to all the evils at
tendant upon the most squalid poverty AS they
have manifested so much sympathy for the oppres
sed Foreigners in the state OF Rhode Island, who
deprived Of the right of deciding the fate of the
institutions OF a country in which they were NOT
born ,and which they refused to adopt as their own
II say as they have manifested so much sympathy
for these daturbers Of the public peace and traitors
TO our common country, il was to be hoped thas
they would manifest little feeling in behalf OF the
aborins men of our own country. and no, be will
ing to see them brought TO an allowance of8 shil.
lings per week to supply all their wants. If they
| are DESTROYS of seeing wages reduced, that they
may purchase the product Of labor at lower rate,
| and thereby live themselves on the hard earnings
| Of the poor, let it BIO made known. Ifthis is their
doctrine, let thempio claim 1t upon this floor, and
will engage that this is the last Congress in
| which thoy wall ever make the proclamation And
it is confess, with great regret that L find the
gentleman from Georgia contending, as he does in
| his minority report, tina. wages should be reduo
ed that tho hardy and industrious laborer shall re,
coive but fifteen dollars month and board him
self. The wealth Of nation is in Its labor and
there BIO test Of the prosperity of PEG
| pie than the price which the laborer command
One argument, and in fact the great argument with
me in favor Of tariff is drawn from the encourage
mont it affords TO domestic industry. s
| wish to see the manufactures prosper wish
| to see investments which have been made IA this
branch Of national industry yielding fair return
| TO the onerptising citizens who have embarked
| their capital therein But confess that this Is
not the great object Of my desire. No, sir 4 desire
above all things to see the honest laborer, whose
only capital Is IN his snews, thrive and prosper
| wish to soc his labor rewarded that comforts
| and plenty may be seen around his habitation,
and thar be may have the means Of educating
his children, and Of training them up for useful.
ueGs.
Sir, there is an identity Of interest between the
manufacturer and agriculturaIist Agriculture and
manufactures not enemies to each other--they
are not rivals; but intimate frsnds.--
Viewed on large scale, they only different de
pariments Of the Same great system of national in
dustry and whatever tends to give prosperity to
tho one will g,vo prosperity to the other They
| both need the fostering care of the Gooernment.--
The case of wool and woolens 10 example Of
this. The wool growing interest, has become an
| important one in the country. The annual product
| may be safely estimated at GIG, 900 OO0 With
draw protection from this great iutorest, and tho
shock will he fot by Vermont, New York, PENN
sylvania, Virginia. Ohio, Tennessee Kentucky d
Indiana and in some degree by several other States;
! or, If you Withdraw from tho wooden manufacturer
| all protection, you destroy in great degree the
home market for the wool, and the influx OF wool.
ems would be such as TO destroy the wool growing
interest. This one example illustrates The princi,
pie as we'll as fifty. Let the present law, (compro-
mise) ii any law we have, 60 into operation, and
tho first effect would be felt by manufactures
Standing in the front rank they would receive the
first shock but The ravagos would soon extend, q
| the laborer, wonld finally haye to bear his full
share. / am fully convinced thar tho labor of the
country s the great thing to be protected aud as
more people are engaged In agriculture than in any
other calling agriculture has the greatest inter
est in the question. And if the gentleman fom
Indiana, MIR Kennedy cannot comprehend how
The great agricultural States of the West have On
interest in the success Of uiactures, he not
y cannot put two ideas together, but, il seems
to mo, is incapable of comprehending
lfyou should destroy manufactures, you would
at once dIivo the men engaged in those various
employments into agriculture, and, from being
sumers, they would become producers, and the
price of agricultural products would at once fall
This would reduce the price of labor and SO affect
constitutes the wealth OF the country. II has been
estimated by wiiiers political economy, that the
annual industry of the country will amount to one.
seventh eighth Of its entire wealth; so that, il
people should cease from labor altogether, they
would consume their entire substance
eight years. Ii this is of nations generally, it
is certainly true Of this country, where industry is
proverbial. If labor then, forms so large part of
our nat onal wealth, any policy which stimulates
industry add greatly to the wealth of the ma
ton; and tins principle is perfectly cumulative.
Tho benefit done is benefit done TO all
the same principle which prompts one to acton,<S
increases the reward his industry will move anoth
action with the like result and so the benefit
may be multiplied blythe number of laborers in the
land The same causes which stimulate industry
in calling, or in Que part Of the country, will
operate in another, that all WILL in the enk par
take Of the blessing. ha.st saseste e-,E
Hfr v,ntu ho. H. sh;- II.