The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-07-05
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.

New York, JUNE 90, Is42.
Mr. Chad,oick-I perceive by your Journals that
the lenders Of the opposition deceving the
people into the belief OF their friendship for pro-
tective Tariff. From this, I infer, that your peo-
pie generally realize the importance OF this measure
of political economy and that the Loco Fcco lead
dare not make the issue and show the true col
ors Of the party.
say the true coLors Of The purity, Tor in every
other section of the county, and pecially at tho
seat Of Government, it is notorious that the
Wings alone maintain and support the doctrine OF
protection. Allow me TO call your attention 10 q
few facts which have transpired during the press
ent session Of Congress-
Ist. Early in the session, question arose as to
The proper reference Of the Tariff gu estion-tho
friends Of Protection wishing to refer il TO the Com
mittee on Manufactures, which Committee was
known 10 be favorable 10 Protection, while The
free trade interest desired its reference 10 the Com
mittoe of Ways and Means, known TO be an anti
Tariff Committee. On this question the Wings Of
the Northern and Western States all voted to refer
TO the Committee on Manufactures while the Loco
FocO members ucted against IL, The Wings, how
ever, carried the question
Cd The Committee on Manufactures for the pur-
pose of obtaining information as to the amount of
imposts the several agricultural and manu- featuring
interests needed to protect them from being de-
sroyed by foreign compe ttion asked of the House
permission to send for persons and papers This
was denied them The entire South, and the Loco
Foco members f. ON the North yotiag IN body
against IL. Thus they failed to obtain much valua
BILE information which they ought to have possess.
ed, particularly in relation to the cost of wool.
Sd. A motion wa made to allow the Committee
clerk ms mass Of facts AS be fore them which
it was necessary 10 arrange and incorporate into
their report. This refused by the House-he
Wings voting for 1t and all the Locos and the South
against it, and tins repor, was necessarily delayed
several weeks
4,h. The disposition of The Locos to have no
tariff was recently ovinced by their voting almost
in body in upor Of resolution to adjonyn on tie
1lM July
9Th. And soon after voting almost unanimously
against proposition to take up the 7arif6iH imme
diatey after the army bill should be disposed Of.
and
9th. When the House finally went into Commit
tee Of the Whole on the state Of the Union voting
against taking mp the Tariff biu
Sir,your people it they desire protective Tariff
must be wonderfully ere duous, if they expect to
obla in it by tho assistance of the Loco party in
Congress. No such thing-They fight it inch by
| inch, and if is defeated it will be through their
opposition to it. But why, it. will be asked, are
| the democratic members $50 called) opposed TO
| a measure which is obviously for the interest of
! their constituents at the North? | will tell you.-
1t is simply TO carry out their policy OF counting
the South. Every question Of political economy
which comes before Congress must first be subiec.
ted TO the ordeal of Southern Slavery II the meas
Northern Locos oppose il, and Oice
If the free States united and true to their
interests, We should do we'll enough. But the Los
cos prevent this union. Having their eyes to the
next Presidential Election and knowing they can't
succeed without the aid of the South, they fling
themselves into their arms and lend theselves to
the support of Southern institutions and Southern
principles, and abandon the intcrestsof the North
Your people are intelligent and Discriminating
| and they have only To look at the .fucts to show
them that the pretensions of the Locos to The
| principles oil protection are a hollow show On
the one hand, the Locos in Congress are throwing
every clog in the way of acting upon the Tariff
bills, as shown by the Journals Of the House, and
on the other, their Editors, home, are complain.
ing that Congress is doing nothing, and urging an
early adjournment. Their wish is, and their OBJ
ject, to have Congress adjourn without doing any
thing for protection, while in your State they are
wheedng the people with hollow pretences OF
friendship FOR protection. JEFFERSON.
!
! For the Caledonian