Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1842-08-08
The Compromise Act.

"Clay, the author Of the Compromise Act of
1888. '-Vt Patriot
Does the Patriot really mean to deceive the reo-
pie or does it know no better? Mr.. Clay was the
author, not of the compromise act but of the on
ly tolerabe features in it. The committee of
Ways and Means had reported in favor Of rcdu
cling duties taking wool as exaHiple,) to 35 per
cent in 1888, and TO Is in 1885. 1t was propo-
son involving utter AMI instant ruin TO the coun
try and what did Mr. Clay? Simply this-he
begged for years grace, and gotit he could
not save the country from the axe oflocolocoism,
but he got reprieve. But granting that Mr..
Clay sustained that act, and would have sustained
it without his fundamentally tchoSe vofeS was it
passed? BY LOCOFOCO VOTES. Last week
we stated that the Iocos bad GO majority in that
Congress Vhe 22d,) as indicated by the election OF
Speaker. We mstook the session Of Dec. '33 for
tina, of March '33,-their ma GRITTY was still arg-
er, according to the vote for Speaker Stevenson
of Va. had % votes--J. B. Sutherland of Pa. "a
total 1872; all other candidates received IS, lea
wing ocofoco majority of 1O9. We have no
doubt, however, that Sutherland OF Pa. received
part Of the Wing votes, particularly in his own
state. At any rate, that Congress was locoioco
beyond all question: how large was the majority
we cannot say precisely, ms we have not list OF
members with their politics designated. We have
enough designated, nevertheless 10 show that
The iocofoco majority varied little from CO. Let us,
however turn TO the ayes and noes and give the
votes in the House by States.
.4yes- Maine, New Hampshire, Maryland, Vir-
gna, North Carolina, South Carolina Georgia,
Kentucky, Ohio Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama,
Mississippi Every one of these were locofoco
states in 1882, all having voted for Jackson, save
South Carolina which voted for Floyd.
Noes Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecli-
cut Vermont, Delaware, New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Missouri. The five first were
Wing states; New Jersey had Wing representa-
lives, and the other three voted for Jackson in 80
We see that every Hhig state voted against the
BILL that 10 out of II ocoioco states voted for it
and seciionGliy it is perfectly clear that the bill
was carried by union Of ten slave states with the
"dough-iaces' Of Maine, New Hampshire, and
Ohio.
The vote for the bill was ll9-againsl it IS
majority "a. change of Is votes would have
defeated the bill and it toolld haze been defeated
and every other attempt TO destroy the Tariff would
have been defeated had it not been for the tE5- 10
COFOCOS OF THE FREE STATES. From
Maine there were locofoco votes for the bill N
Hampshire 4 New York 6; Pennsylvania a and
Indiana 2 -makng 22-beng more than the mum.
her required 10 defeat that bill or any other like
II. There were others; have confined our
selves to these, because enough for the purpose.
Now, let The Patriot persist in charging the ac
Of 1888 to Mr.. Clay, if he pIeases TO do in the
face of these facts. We assert what we have pro-
unh tI,n,I uin,I
gainst the voice Of the Wing slaes-and carried
too BY Northern ocofoco dough (uces, who sac
rifced the people for mess of potage. THAI
act, reducing duties 10 20 per cent on the Both o.
June last-lhe very act under which the countr,
is now suffering was LOCOFOCO ACT