Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-07-14

THE POLICY OF The TAKlFF.
val The People go Oith The Whigs for a Tariff or
shall IL BE- abandoned 10 The LOcotocoS? "A short
summary Of facts
For some time pust we have directed much OF
our space to the dissemination Of facts as connec-
ted with the policy OF Tariff. Those facts have
established The following truths, viz:
First Without an adequate TarIfi, by which to
cronie Revenue, the support OF 'he onefa' Gov
etnment must come, III the shape Of DIRECT
TAX, from the POCKETS OF TnE PEOPLE. What
tins amount would he for lndienn, we have shown
in another column.
.Secondiu Without an adequate Tariff, the
goods OF Europe, brought here as they will be
free Of duty will be sold freely. AS British Re
slricuns prevent the sale Of our products IN their
markets. the sale here OF foreign goods will create
q foreign debt against us thus bringing back The
past. And we have demonstrated, from ohicIal
documents, that, in itsenty one gears, there was
balance of trade against ihls country and III iavor
TY-SEVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS!
Thirdiv We have demonstrated that this urge
balance VI Foreign Trade must he paid in SfECIE;
for the reason that we have no paper currency
which will he received in Europe. Aud we have
also shown that This specie must he taken from
tho POCKETS OF TIE PEOPLE; because the mer-
chants who sell them goods, will sell them just SO
much higher specie is worth moro than the pa
per which the people pay them for their goods
aud they will do this, for the reason that The ner-
chants ore compelled TO make their payments in
such funds, (which is specie) as will pass in Eu'
rope.
Fourth. Without such a system of Tariff as
will prevent the wares Of Europe from sale here
free OF duIy without such Tariff us will Tar
those wares abtnddnHJ, that the result must be 10
beggar the poor Laborers aud Mechanics OF our
own country Because in Europe much Of the
labor is mere pauper labor, aud the rest can he
had from four 10 ttceive pence per day and this
starving labor is employed in the manufacture OF
hats, boots, cloths, shoes, trunks, saddles persr,
&c. &c, which are also manufactured here, aud
which give to thousands OF poor men and women
the means of lie. Take as an instance the FORTY
THOUSAND FEMALES engaged ia manufacturers III
the single Slaie of Massachusetts; or the SEVEN
TEEN THOUSAND woBKMEN engaged in the single
business of the Iron w Orks in the Stale Of Penn
sylvana, and the EIGHTr-FoUR THOUSAND PERSONS
dependent upon them for support. II there be no
law to prevent the free sale OF European goods
here, the pauper labor OF that country, employed
in the anuiacture oil such goods. must thus com
pete WITH aud beggar our own labor and industry
engaged in the same departments OF Manufacture
aud Mechanism.
On the other hand we have shown that prop
err Tariff will, by the duties imposed up Oh
foreign goods, create Revenue without taxing
the People.
Fy1h. That Tariff which shall force Europe
to open her ports TO American wheat, corn, pork,
lumber, tobacco, in short, 10 American staples,
will thus create an exchange OF such staples
for foreign goods, and by this means prevent
foreign balance of trade, and foreign demand
for specie; while it will raise the value OF
the Farmers products to a degree winch Will
enable his products to pay for his foreign goods
besides commanding for them valuable market
Sirih That Tariff, iii The policy of Europe
shall persevere as il now ISL which, by highly
protective duties upon European manufactured ar
tcles, shall SO discourage the sale OF those arti.
A. tha,.
for herself, will open new and vast field tor the
energies OF our people. We have shown, that by
encouraging home manufactures III this way, u
vast home market will he created for the sale of
the produce OF the farmers because those engage
ed IN such manufactures must be FED. LII conhr-
nation OF this we have before instanred the single
State Of Massachusetts, whose manufacturers, in
single year, purchase und consume products Of
the soil to the AMOUNT OF FORrY-TWO
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, to say nothing OF
tie vast consumption of mechanic wares. And
while these results flow 10 the farmer, all avenue
is thus opened for the thousand aborers oil boih
sexes which press our land.
,SepenM. We have shown arrayed in favor Of a
measure 80 bcneficen Il names OF WASHINGTON,
JEFFERSON, MADISON, and even OF JACKSON aud
OF CAss; while we have shown opposed 10 il,
Fan Buren,, Calhoun, Buchanan, indeed the whole
LucOiUco party, down to such OF lis leaders as
Nathaniel FEST and Z. a. H0,odrd of Indiana
With that party which desires 10 lotoer the price
of their products? 10 afford them European
Market tor their staples or n home market for
them; or will they go with the FREE TTADE PAR
ny who, while Europe closes al avenues TO the
safe Of wheat and corn, &c. will yet insist upon
permitting that country to sell here free of duty
thus TO create a foreign debt, and thus 10 dram
American specie with which 10 pay it?
With whom will the MECHANICS go? With
the party which, by the imposition OF tax, de
sires to PROTECT such wares as THEY manutac-
ture from The competition of the pauper labor OF
the old world? or will they 30 with the party
which proposes To suffer foreign people TO flood
our shores with manufactured articles at so low II
rate as TO prevent the American Mechanic from
fair sales and thus to beggar him and close hi;
shop IN bankruptcy?
With whom win the LABORERS go' Wit!
that party whose object it is 10 secure 10 labor
fair equivalent? or will they 90 with those who
desire, by placing The American Laborer in com
petition with the European paupers, 10 bring hin
doton TO a FEW PENNIES DAY FOR HIS WAGES
For whom will men of oil classes 60? For th'
party whose avowed purpose il is 10 raise the rev
enue for the support Of the federal government bl
tax upon British goods? Or will they 90 will
that party ioho seek 10 toring The rere"ue IN HARI
DOLLARS, BY TIE TAX-GATHERER, by ,b
levy tor that purpose, OF Il DIRECT I.41
upon the pockets Of the people?
Farmers! Mechanics, Laborers! Ii is for yol
TO answer these questions at the pols The Dem
ocratic Wings are with you and with your inter
esls; if you would contribute TO your Interests
sustain them by your snfrages!
The ntw Attorney General. The New Yor
Tribune asks, "WlIl not the Baltimore papers
il the examination would not cost them too niue
laDor-,e us who and what is John Nelson, on
new Attorney General?" We can give the re
CURED information without the least labor or diff
Guilty. Mr.. Nelson is tho son Of General Roge
Nelson, distinguished revolutionary officer VIII
bore the honorable of service OIL his body
and who subsequently, repeaehlY replesenled lh