The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-03

bu, is such an one on the part of the Exec
utive as should subject him TO impeachment.
What the President of the United States
charged with the execution Of the laws, to
suffer them to be trampled iD the dust by a.
gents over whom he has a perfect control,
and the whole policy of the country disre-
garded. This is worse than even the ty-
rannical veto power. and with it utterly a.
bolishes the Legislature. The one prohibits
the enactment Of laws, and the other pre-
vents their execution. Let the people see
to this, and if they find they have tyrant
at the head of the government who will not
carry out what the people have decreed, let
the power he abuses be wrested from him,
and placed in the hands of more faithful
servant.
These observations are equally applicable
to the remarks Of our correspondent on the
subject of dirty wool. He seems to be
roaming about entirely i'll the dark in search
of some construction to be given to the law
on this subject. A genuine protective ad-
ministraiion would give the most favorable
construction TO the word "NATURAL," which
in its connexion with the subject matter it
would admit. But with President who
openly announces his opposition 10 protec-
ton and is currying favor with its ene-
mics, VIC acknowledge the wool grower is
no more safe than if no tariff had been en-
acted.
Suppose then, what the people have a
right 10 expect, that the tariff is as fairly
carried out by the executive as il was fra
med by Congress, will it constitute a sufi
cient protection to the American wool grow.
err? Upon European fine woods no one
doubts that it is fully adequate. But upon
South American woods it is less certain
Of this wool there are two kinds. First the
native, which is long and vastly coarser
than our coarsest native wool. And second,
the finer from cross with merino bucks,
the fleeces of which are said 10 be little
better than equal TO our native, and when
again crossed upon par with our hall
blooded merino, and probably as whole
clip about equally divided in quality be.
twee our coarsest native and one.ouarteI
blooded merino. The value of the whole
stock is, however, vastly diminished by the
burrs which abound in the extensive praries
where they ramble, rendering it difficult
and expensive to staple. Besides, notwith.
standing the mighty alarm raised upon the
subject, this wool is not likely essentially to
improve in quality. With the introduction
of foreign sheep, will be the spread of the
scab and foot-rot, which among the i'm
mense fiocks of Buenos Ayres would be in.
calculably destructive and depreciate the
quality and price. This Mr.. J. himself has
admitted TO US. In confirmation Of these
statements in relation 10 this wool, we have
recently been informed by gentleman who
examined vast lots of imported wool last
season in the city of New York, that he
found but one lot Of Buenos Ayres WOO!
which equalled our half blooded, and this in
the dirt could not be bought less than %
cents per pound, and washed as clean as
ours. would probably cost from 80 to 81
cents.
Taking the South American wool, how.
ever, as it is, no Intelligent man contends
that the coarsest kind resembling long hair,
can compete with any portion of our wool,
because il can only De worked into such
coarse stuffs as would not be manufactured
at all in our country out of any of our wool.
The only effect Of prohibiting its imporla-
ton would be not 10 add 10 the price of A.
merican wool, but to annihIate the manu-.
facture itself. And in this connection we
would observe that probably nine-lenths Of
the foreign wool from all quarters is wool
OF a description 10 be used only IN the fabri-
cation of the coarsest articles.
1t is, however, not 10 be denied, tina, since
the people have become so impoverished as
to be forced to wear the cloth hitherto inten.
ded for the negroes, the second grade of
mixed South American wool does in some
degree compete with our coarser qualities,
being. consumed in the manufacture of the
cheapest kinds o. salinets and negro cloths.
Hence it was the grea; object Of the franz
ers ofthe tariff TO interpose checks against
the introduction OF this kind of wool.
Whenever we shall have an administra-
tion which will faithfully execute the law,
this object will be so far accomplished as to
subject this kind Of wool TO the highett rate
of duties, /. O., 10 80 per cent. advalorem,
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