Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-08-10


cirlcs Of the party which hsdNeva,ed him, and to
his own plgh,sd faith, that signature was with
held n
Though embarrassed by the pressure ola reck-
less opposition and the treachery ofthe Executive
and his followers, the Wings wercuot fai,hiess -
True to the country and 10 their own pledges they
sough, tina, country's veal u all the modes cf, TO
them. Having failed in one point. they turned |
their energies into other channels ke.aipg the
time unavoidably necessary 10 matsrea Protective
Tariff, they sought to relieve the pressing neces.
sites Of the government by temporary Tariff
II was based purely on revenue principles; bu,
even this fell under the Veto power An act was
passed, based upon the only just and true princi-
pie of representation in the House OF Representa-
tvcs-the representation Of the people, not OF state
reign,ies-requirng the election Of members
Of Congress by districts; and even this was met
by qualified Veto, which has stimulated a por-
ton o! the states to defeat the law by disobedence,
amounting 10 practical Notification. The knife
Of retrenchment was applied to the expenditures
Of the government; fortunately, with success
looping off the monstrous sum which had annual
ly been wasted upon most dsgraceful and wick.
ed war upon handful Of sayages, and introducing
more just principles ofeconomy into all the branch
es Of the government The majority Of Wings
also sought, in common with portion Of their OPP
mulutudes, whom the errors of the government
bad plunged IN rremedble embarrassments 1t
was done by bankrupt act, which, however diff
ferently it may be regarded by those whose inter-
ests were differently affected by 1t, was founded in
the purest principles Of mercy and humanity the
very principles, indeed, now recognized by every
state in the Union. through either its nonimpris
onment or relief laws In part through the &C.
complishment Of its own purposes, and in part by
the efforts Of opposers, that act is now at an end
The great question of the Public Lands was also
grappled, and a Distribution bill was passed, in
accordance with the deeds of cession, and for the
first time carrying out the long plighted faith of
the government to the several states II fortunate
" received the sanction Of the Executive and the
results of its temporary existence even when but
a 1.-THE OF the ordinary sales of the public lands
could be made, conclusively proved the wisdom
Of the measure. Finally, through unwearied Ia
bors and amid all the embarrassments Of conflict
ing interes,sof the perseverng and all but unnn.
imous opposition of the Locofoso party, from the
North, the West, the centre, and the South, as
well as ola large portion of the Southern Wings,
, Protective Tariff was passed. and received the
approval of the President An approval, howev-
err which could be secured only by sacrifice Of
the Distribution act
, From this hurried survey Of the course Of the
evident: first, that they honestly and faithfully
sought to redeem their pledges and thus to restore
the old republican policy; and second, that, in all
/ points save one they prevented by the treach
>. cry Of the President The Tariff forms the only
e material exception. In these facts is to be found
e the key TO the Of the present condition Of
a the country The Tariff alone could not, at once
, restore universal prosperity alone, it never can
do this. We have, therefore, depressed prices and
= unsteady markets still and vast amounts of CAPT
e tai are yet lying utterly dormant-infnitey more
e than enough to infuse strength and stability into
o sound system of national currency fe,there ha.
Y been improvement There has been great de
J. crease of foreign importatons; there have beer
If largely increased expectations OF domestic manu-
features and produce, giving increased activity tc
c agricultural and mechanical labor, to manufac
lures and 10 our immense inland and foreign com
= merce; all resulting in two important things
). an immense reduction Of our foreign debt and al
n immense influx Of gold and silver
n Such have been the effects Of a Tariff, who's
}. power for good was diminished by those imper
o fectons, which actual experience alone can full,
!. dcvelope, and future legislation may correct; bu
S vastly more diminished by the ruthless cry OF Re
d peal Repeal with which its passage was in
If spontaneously greeted by powerful and hostile
!, party. The strength Iof this party, in the mex
10 SOHRiCSs, NuftbVhs W tOo blSub W PNiiHN A"'
e friends Of Protection safely to count upon the per
d manency Of the Protective System. The mis-
chievous effects OF this wan, Of confidence canno
.. be overra,ed Its powerful and pernicious enden
CIV was not too windy described in recent speecl
70 Of Daniel Webster, when he said
Il depend upon il, il is change, and the appre
. hension OF change, that unneryes every working
!, mans arm in the country. Changes felt an
of changes feared are the bsne Of our industry an
4 the pros,raton Of our power
!. That there is now any amelioraiion in the cor
dition OF the country, is due to the Tariff; ,h1
there is no more, is owing to the fac, that all III
= other primary principles ofthe Republicans Of ole
: and Of the Wings Of the present day, have bee
y mos, treacherously defeated Our presen, cond
ton then. is TO be added to pas history, all pro
= claiming the correctness and infinite value Of viii
!. principles.
: The narrow limits permitted US, admit only
:. brief notices Of the mos important topics An
!, view however, Of the political history Of the la
a fourteen years, mus be gisringiy incomplete, II
?" does not embrace prime element in all our woe
It's AxERicAs SLAVERY. As polhicians, W
" possess and claim no right TO break IN upon III
NJ State institutions behind which the slave system
'e enirenehed The States alone possess The powt
n 10 proclaim liberty to all within their urisdciion
for the dishonor and The guilt Of violating The Law
OF Of God snd trampling upon the rights Of Human
10 iy. thew are pre- eminen,ly responsible As State
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