Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-06-09


our capital and our skill to the state of things
he II what il will. Cool us, warm US, freeze us
scorch us,--do what you please, but let US
know what you intend 10 do, and stick 70 Il =
daughter and applause.) Now am Of op'n-
ION that f there is any policy capable OF com
bining the north and seuth, and east and west
stamp that with permanence Tor twenty years
and il would be better and better every year,
and the country would be more prosperous
than IL has been for years past.
We close by copying the following remarks
on the Speech from the New York Tribune.
MIR. wEBsTER's SPEECH.
Able and coge,t as Mr. Webster's Speech at Bal.
timore cerlainly is-luminous and just as are many
Of its views, and valuable os is the information
therein presented--we must dissent entirely from
lis tenor and evident purpose. Mr. Webster argues
against his own facts. lie shows clearly that we
have blundercd or been duped in our Reciprocity
Treaties, so caled--that we have lost by them and
damaged our Navigation interest very seriously
aud then he undertakes TO persuade us 10 involve
ourselves far seriously after tho same fashion.
II is as though Joker should say 70 a smpleton,
"My clever fellow, you have put your hand IN the
lion cage and had couple of fingers bitten off
suppose you now try the experiment OF putting
ysur head in shouldn't wonder IL you made a
good spec of IT, II strikes that the experiment.
err, IL not too great a simpeton, would answer, "No
thank We, sir; have got enough Of that--lm
perfectly satisfied"
What do we can, Of England What are we to
goiR by what Mr. Webster calls "an arrangement
with her '--that is Diplomatic and Cabinet under
standing, 10 be ratified by Congress and Parliament
that will reduce our duties much IL they will
so much The answer is, substantially, fhat we
shall sell more grain and other agricultural staples
10 Great Britain, and buy more manufactures in re-
turn, thereby enlargng our Foreign trade, But at
what expense must this be done we are to
send our grain 5000 miles farther than we now do
to exchange il for goods Ii must cost great deal
more TO effect the exchange tlian now and for
whose benefit The merchant may make little
more than now, (thnugh this is doubtful y but at
cost Of ten times ms much 20 the producers OF
wealth Every bushsl Of grain sent TO England
must be taxed at least twenty five cents for trans
Porlatlon and charges, and when there, II viii af-
ford more susirnance Than here, while the man
uiacturer can make no more goods there than here.
WheFf is the gain We speak not of the gain 20
this or that country-that is secondary considcra-
ton-but what has been gained at all , What has
labor, what has the world gained Nothing
But the case is even worse Than is here implied.
Mr. Webster Observation-Disclosures on good informa-
Great Britain will not admit O 6 wheat
at any moderate duty, but will take Indian Corn
an article OF still greater bulk in proportion 10 its
value. Now corn cannot be transported to Eng
land from our great grain-growIng region-the val
leys Of the Ohio. Wabash, Illinois, &c.--for less
than fifty cents bustc--rcally not less than sixty
but We viii say fifty. Now al the present British
prices OF grain, Indian Corn Is not worth over sew
enty-hve cents at Liverpool, and must learn the
English 10 eat il at that while appetite for Brit
ish fabrics has already become chroaic--inveterale
To make England the ultimate market for our corn
at the same time diminishing our home market for
Il by increasing purchases Of British at the ex
pence Of American Manufactures, is TO insure q re-
ducton IN the average price Of grain in this coun-
try equal TO twenty-five per cent And for whats
Mr. Webster magnifes the Foreign market 10 be
purchased for our corn and glides the inevta-
bic sacrifice Of the domestic market But this can
not be overlooked. Every additional millions
worth Of Foreign Goods we import must turn out
OF work al least two thousand mechanics and man
ufacturlng iaboscrs herc--must throw them out Of
the ranks Of non-producng consumers and compel
them TO become the producers OF grain The result
will exhibit itself 10 gluttcd markets and ruinously
depressed PRICES.
Mr. Webster is cmincntly right in saying that the
country ought 10 settle upon some Clearly defined
Commercial Policy, aad stick 10 IL. Why does he
not respect his own conviction. We have an nd-
mirabe Tariff now-adjustcd with great anxiety
and care, after months OF earnest scrutiny and de-
liberation By an able Secretary OF the Treasury aud
three Of the best Committees ever formed in Con.
gress Every home interest was regarded and cher
lshed IN its formation. II is working well raising
the country from the depths Of bankruptcy and de.
preston filling the land with the Specie L so
greatly needed, and paying off Foreign Indcbi-
edness by millions per month. Why not stick /
10 q p, why put every thing al sea arain WHY |
N..I F' I'.rF rockingham arm hE ruHurs OF
-HIu-es aud revolutions o. bcriirai.H .. .I...-,-
ment: Especially since, as Mr. Webster tells as, /
Great Britain is so hard at bargain that Brazil /
and Portuguese long subservient to her policy
have resolved that they stand it no longer, why
shal we try how near we can come to burning our |
fingers and miss il What nation under heaven
ever made any thing by thus arranging with her ; |
Must Il not 'unnerve the workinglnan's arm in |
many branches Of business TO see an arrangement |
81 TINS pressed, porlendng revolution 10 some de-
partments OF our lndustry-probabiy change TO all |
not The anticipation probably exceed the rca.
"! Shall we not have industry aud Thriil ar
-ested by doubt and anxiety--by 'fear OF change
'erplexng nationsi And when we have sarrane. |
ID with Great Britain and Congress has ratified
he bargain remember that we cannot back out if |
we Ind the arrangement bad one, as we can IL
ne make bad Tariff by ourselves, or introduce an
nJudicous clause in one. We protest. then a. /
ganst this arrangement be its terms what they
my We could not make Arrangement for
more extensive trade with Great Britain which
would not be a damage 10 this country IL she pro-
iuces anything we cannot, and which is useful 10
Is, letus take it freely--take Il without sarranye-
nent and let her do the same by us. As To the ar
lcles which one nation eau produce as well as the
ther, let each fabricnte for Isef Ii our Tariff
detective let us amend, but at Washington, not al
london MIR Webster, if you are in any way com
tted on this project Of arrangement, we trust you
vii just back straight out Of it, and 'et well
lone
FUNERAL OF Dr.. WEBsTER-The New Haven
aadlnm, of Thursday states that ..the funeral So