The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-10-25

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iion of this stale 10 DO no act which she may
consiituionally omi; 10 do, To corntenancr
the institution Of slavery. The common
wealth Of Massachusetts has recently passed
such law, and the example is believed to
be worthy Of imi,aiion. 1.-THE passing Of the
statute proposed shall Incidentally tend to
proven, The rccapture of fugitive slaves, may
! we not well ezcuim in Us defence, IN the
language OF the sage Of MouiiceIo-' sha.!
distressed humanity hud 10 asvldm T.
There arc strong reasons for anticipating
| hat an aitemp, will soon be made TO aunex
the Republic of Texas to the United States.
as well for the purpose Of rrearing perpe'-
ual market tor slaves. as, from that large
territory, TO carve out slave states enough
In give preponderancy in The Union 10 lhs
slave power. Ii such an attempt shall sue
coed, then woe betides our unhappy country.
Who then can hope that The wrath OF Heav-
en- can be longer restrainedl
have spoken perhaps too freely upon
this exciting subject bat at the capitol Of
Vermont, unlike that at Washington there
is liberty Of speech upon all public topics.
In our expenditures the utmost economy
that Is consistent with the maintaining and
promotion of the public interests, shoold be
constantly Praciised. The just medium be-
tween parsimony and e8traragance,in public
Transactions, ii is not always easy to discoy-
er, and it is to be found only by the good
sense of those who make The laws and this
was one reason why our Constitution de-
clares TIN, Tie House of Representatives,
which Originates oil appropriation bills.
shall consist Of men most noted for wisdom.
as well as virtue. In This state, where ihs
only permanent source OF revenue is direct
taxation, ProfusenesS Of the prople's mon,v
should be carefully avoided.
1t nprcars by the Report Of the Auditor
in the Treasury, that the State School Fund
amounts to s200.23i g5, and that of ihis
sum sl73,l54 is due 10 the fund from tho
state, and the remaining 926 $50 95 is duo
from individuals on loans. In one view.
the stale is 10 debt in the first sum /; and in
another view, it is a creditor in the last sum.
The Auditor of Accounts has given ve:y
cogent reason, why the debt OF the state To
tho fund ought TO be cancelled and ifthos1
reasons appear 10 the General Assembly, as
they do TO me, convincing and nanswernblc.
the debt will, as the fund is under the con-
troll Of The state. be cancelled.
That Tariff Of dcies upon importariors.
sufficient 10 supply oil the reasonable wants
Of the National Government. and shaped
with substantive and bona fde intention To
give adequate protection to home industry,
is absolutely necessary for the true inderen.
dence and prosperity Of the country, is be-
iieveJ TO be fundamental political truth,
which ought on ali suitable occasions to be
proclaimed. Ii is a doctrine. 100, which
should be put forth in no ambiguous terms,
but ought distinctly 10 embrace The idea of
protection for The sake Of protection. that
thus there may be but two sides of the ques.
lion, and no cover for hypocrisy on eI-
iher.
The last Congress found tina, the sliding
scale Of The Compromise Act had descend>
ed so low TINT the revenue was not sufficient
to support the Government TINT the low
rate of duties had caused excessive iInpor.
iaiions of foreign goods. and consequently
immense iEdebte mess and large rernittan.
ces of specis abroad, while at home the 70.
suits were, great injury to our manufacturers.
as well rs those who furnish materials, labor
and substance, and almost universal de-
preston OF the business Of the country. In
this state of things, the majority of that
Congress undertook 10 enact new. nnd il
is hoped beirsr Tariff; and after the strong
opposition Of the gTcat body Of he minority.
and with The reluctant votes Of a small mum.
Der Of that minority, the presen; Tariff was
passed. Although it is but about year
since lis passage, lis operations has alrcedy
beca most beneficial. Business is now un-
commonly active in the commercial cities
the important manufactures are 10 lively
operation the demand for the great staple
Of our stare is revived and the price las
somewhat increased /; and ii is brlieved that
If TIE present Tariff can survive The attacks
offs opponents in the mex, Cungress,the hu-
siness ofibe country will be 10 permanent
state of prosperity. and, consequently o.e
agricultural productions in good demand.
II. as has been alleged. it shall turn out
that the protection afforded TO every interest,
except that which is peculiarly our own, is
TOO high, while the protection 10 that is in.
adequate. it is SURELY conso!atory 10 reflect,
that the portion of the people, from whom
this complaint arises, may control the ma
jority in the next Congress and may add.
reasonable 10 expect. that thai majority will
:aise the duty 90 wool TO the necessary
point. The correctness ofihis expectation.
however. time will determine.
Ii should be remembered that the present
Tariff was not secured without great sacri
fee. The overweening opinions of the Pres
ident. and the opposition of the minority in
Congress. compelled the postponemeni, and
perhaps the final loss, ofthe distribution Of
the proceeds Of the sales Of the public lands
among the several states, 10 which they hive
a just right. This was done. least the wani
OF sufficient revenue should oblige Congress
to pass a Tariff highly protective; thus iu-
1icting upon the states double injury
the loss Of their portion of money accLDing
from the sales of The public lands, and the
risk of having the presert Tariff demolished
or impaired. While we have yielded to the