The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-08-08
yu,c POLICY AND LocoFocoIsM.

wuIG POLICY AND LOCOFOCOISM.
oo Tariff is fast fulfilling its Legitimate aud benef-
1o.,iov; deserted workshops are again filled with
,aov workmen, and numberess iactores' that nave
49, stood enuntless, nre now in active operation lana
,.aomug rs they should be permanent consumers oil
=, Gamers produce. Wool is slowly but steadily
.,iD, from that point of extreme depression TO
shich !, has been reduced by the suicidal policy Of
e.,,ode & general enterprise slenced and benumbed
-, corepn competition, is again revivihed as Amerl-
~ ,oan.try begins to feel that protection, to which
Ala nary nature of things it is entitled. Every day
IA. c,orying proortha those great principles Of the
s,o",,ye policy urged and adopted by the Wings,
20 nnrdcd in intrinsic truth and form the sheet ar
,ho, Of our national prosperity. The people of the
Ied States are becoming convinced that this policy
Lana alI save us from state Of absolute CONNER
,,, yossalage to England, nation literally enough
h,,od NV the locos but in fact indebted to that par
., FIR some of the most precious elements of her
commercial prosperity, What constitutes the leading
,,btion of civilized nations at the present day Not
oorcpcst as formerly; for men have learned at last
h,, more can be made in the long run by trading
,b their noghbors, than by robbing them, and hence
s,D0riOJIu IN inc pNNCtluI h'pu's''oh VI
,yooI,h forms prominent object in modern national
oodooyor Our rival, England, understands well how
"a attain this supcrorty her first object and she oc-
,oa with wisdom we shall do well 10 initiate was 10
,,o,cct and develope her own industry, by closing
cyery nossible avenue to foreign competition. This
nolcy if steadily pursued ensures TO any nation COM
no,ency and wealth; but England stopped not here,
,bo determined to manufacture for the world. This
w,s master stroke Of policy and its effects
seen in the enormous wealth her.ciiizens have heaped
,oro,bcr. con,rasted with the naked policy that OBJ
tans in every nation upon which she has brought the
po'cy fully TO hear Shall become dupes Of this
policy? Shall VIC give up those means for the acqui-
slon of national wealth that God has given us, means
such ms no nation under heaven possesses in such
profson as we do ouscvesto the grnspng, ayaricous
nav of England We must if the free trade theory
is adopted By our rulers, we must if locoiocosm
comes again into power. The last London papers,
with an awkward sincerity, that brings blush to
O checks of their free trade contemporaries in this
country, plainly avow, while commenting upon the
commercial relations they imagine should subsist
between the United States and England that Gar as
commerce is concerned are to be considered sim
ply in the light Of colonies, and like other colonies
should buy our manufactured goods of the mother
country and pay therefor in the products of our agr-
culture, This tells beyond all controversy or mis-
take the policy Grent Britain would be glad to pursue
towards us, and in view of the facts as they exist is
hpossbIe that any purity in this country support
such system Can ask our farmers TO cart their
heavy predictions three thousand miles, ut enormous
waste and expense subject when they reach their pre-
caiious market to hostile duties of 200 per cent, and
there exchange them for manufactures no cheaper
than can be had at home? Is it possible that the
United Staes increasing in population at the rate of
100000 per annum, and which, at the present rutio
oTncrease, will, in the life of many now living con-
tain at least fifty millions ofinhabitants must look a.
broad for its manufactured goods suffer its own indus
Try and resources to remain undeveoped, and pay
rival for furnishing US those very commodities that
might be better and more chearly produced on this
side the Atlantic So say our locofoco friends; they
infect TO deny here in Vermont to be sure, but tho
effort will be unavaing, the bait won't take.