The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-03-29
PEOPLES PRESS.
Tuesday Morning, Nj arch %, 1912
TARIFF MEETING.

We do not recollect ever 10 have seen q
more numerous or respectable convention of
the citizens of Addison countY, assembled TO
consult about public affairs, than the Tariff
meeting CT the oath. Tire largo town room
was literally cram.ned with the best population
of the county. Not only the bone and sinew
OF the agricultural interest, but men of every
class and calling como forward 10 coun,enance
the object of the meeting, and raise commin-
gled voice in favor of protection 10 American
industry. In the pursuit of this great object
the din of party seems 10 be in some measure
hushed in old Addison, and men who have
heretofore fougln on both sides Of the political
field gave in their hearty adhesion 10 the only
policy witch can save the country in this hour
Of peril and dependency. Not in single In
saD:e did there seem to be shrinking rway
from from full and unqualified demand upon
The national leg ,sla,ure for Il complete protcc-
lion 10 oil The great interests Of the country
agains; the rapacity Of foreign caPitali sis, and
the hostility of foreign Legislation. The speak
ers grasped the great principles Of National
policy which should be adopted with holiness
and determination equal to the emergency,and
without any disposition to compromise between
half way measures. aud full and ample provis.
ion to restore The currency, and defend the ma
iional industry against The British party, and
their free trade abeItors. Ii was fully Demon
s,raled that the battles of the revolution were
fought to emancipaie the natl on from the de.
prudence upon Great Britain, which our own
absurd policy for few years past has imposed
OIL ourselves. II was further made evident that It
was the want of means to defend the people
from the impovcrishing effects of unrcstrained
importations from England after The close Of
the revolutionary struggle, thai lead 10 the a.
dop:ion of the constitutions: and that in the
course of our subsequent history, whenever the
Protective policy has prevailed, The ration has
been crowned with peace, prosperity and a.
dundance. The memorial TO congress we
trust when united with the swelling shout for
protection which comes from the North, the
middle, and the mighty West, and even fro m
the cotton growing South, will awake congress
10 subject which they vii! now see, the whole
nation regard as the chief object of the session.
Fourteen weeks have already been passed, and
no efficient progress has been made towards The
settlement of this great question. Why this
reluctance TO approach it ? 1t i'll becomes the
representatives of frcemen 10 incur the re-
proach of cold Indifference 10 the wants of
their constituents. Doubtless there will be q
Tremendous conflict. But if it must come, the
sooner the better. Let no man shrink from
doing his duty, when the war is commenced.
Let no northern wing bulge single inch be-
fore the now broken phalanx of southern slave.
holders, backed by their doefaced allies at the
Forth, fully realizing that the issue is between
bankruptcy and ruin on the one hand, and pros.
perity and independence on the other.
PROTECTION AND LOCOFOCOISM.
lfprotcction is not and cannot be a CUES.
ton upon ,rlich the parties are dirided,' as now
claimed by the locos, how is it, that when our
miserable condition is urged as an argument
tor higher duties, the imitation Of the cu~ren.
cy, which locofocoism has itself blown I'D, is
pointed out by ihcm with.so much eogerness,
as a kind of Pandora's Box, from whence have
proceeded al! the evils of The timcs-the dis
truciion of commerce. the depression ofagricul-
ture, the abandonment OF manufactures, and
the want Of specie 10 sustain the monetary af.
fairs Of the country! How comes it that 'high
tariff, high tariff is constantly proceeding with
curl of derision from loco lips, as if this was
sufficient 10 disgust the people with tariff
which should afford efficient protection TO the
interests of the country, and at the same time
disparage the tariff of 1928, which, if contn
ued, would have made US at this moment the
most prosperous nation on earth? Why are the
friends ofprotec,ion charged with wishing TO
grant monopoly TO manufactures, at The cx.
pcnsc Of all other Interests; and. endeavors as