Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-06-16
NEW AMPSlllRE-GOV. HUBBARD RE
SPENDING TO JOHN c. CALHOUN.
May lG, 1913.

Npi'No ih vi "oNNNSNuH 'u1'' Dd'hhS' ChuDcO
radical locofoco) was elected Speaker of The
House, by l37 votes to S5 Of all other sorts. ii.
tuS Brown (duo) was elected President OF the
Senate. On Thursday tho result Of the election
for Governor was officially declared, as follows:
Henry Hubbard, IA Hartford Convention
blue light ocofoco,) 90 $50
Anthony Colby, (Whig,) 1851
John II. White, (Conservative) 5,497
Daniel Hon, (Abolition,) 3,402
Scattering e3-2I ,533
Hartford Convention blue light locoloco
maorly, 1917
We Use the foregoing some what netC cogno-
men Of the locoloco party for The purpose Of eX-
posing their exclusive claim to democracy to de-
served ridicule-not implying, hy any means, II al
the whole party were Hartford Convention leder-
alisIs, though they recognize such men among
their leaders.
Governor !lubburd's message is very long aud
very locofocoisI - condemnng the act of Con-
gress requiring the election of Members by dis
lrirls; conIemning any Reproduction, hy N. lamp
shire, OF the infamous doctrine of Reputation, u
dopted hy some locoloco states condemning too,
the distribution of the proceeds of The public
lands and utterly condemning A PROTECTIVE
TARIFF! That is New Hampshire ocoloco-
ism-ai,d Vermont locofocolsni, toe, though the
leaders here dare not be honest enough TO avow
i, to the whole length. Hubbard agrees essen
TALLY with John &. Calhoun, that if the revenue
of the government is 10 be raised by duties, in
stead of by direct taxation, these duties must be
arranged with an exclusive riet0 10 revenue only
never with the slightest view 10 protection That
was mol Jefferson's, nor Madison's nor MonrOe's
policy and therefore i! may well be the policy Of
Harry Hubbard and modern lucolocoism We
quote briefly from flubbard's message. in which,
after broadly limiting that direct taxation is the best
policy, he gives his opinions on the Tariff ques-
iion
"'rhere is 10 subject exclusively within the ju-
rstiction oil Congress of mure interest 10 us than
that of raising a revenue. AS the expenses of the
national government must be betrayed by the
people of the Union, it is important TO each one of
us that Congress should adopt the best mode OF
attaining this object. But names have still so
much more influence over us than things, that the
system Of direct taxation, necessarily adopted in the
different states defray state expenses has never
found favor when it has been proposed TO apply it
| TO raise the national revenue. And abundant as
| has been the errors to be found in the history OF
human legislation, they have probably been more
numerous on this subject than any other. TAX
ing il for granted for the present. al least, that il
| is more acceptable 10 the people that revenue
! should be raised by system of duties, than 10y
direct taxaton the principle to he applied seems
TO be an Ineligible one. Ii is that the duty should
| be imposed Oh such articles as will cause the
! least expense 10 the consumers. lei necessary Of
course, that duties should be imposed on articles
/ the consumption OF which should he sufficient to
| raise u reyenue from them. find ,gheR The dufu is
imposed on such articles and such alone, as t0Hl
raise sufficient reuenue icith The least injury 10 The
people, and 10Th the honest intention alone of rails
ing q revenue, the fact That certain articles o.
4 home manufacture increase in price 10 he benefi
of those citizens who are employed in producing
tbem az it would be necessary consequence o
the duties, so il would not be cause of com
/ plant But when the legitimate purpose OF
tariff is lost sight OF in the eagerness to raise thu
profits Of home manufactures to the owners o
them, aud when by the Imposition OF UNNECESSARY
or injudic,ous duties upon foreign articles, no
only their price is raised, but The home manuac
lures made equally expensive TO the consum
els the common sense Of the people Tevolls ani
they begin 10 murmur, that the actual receipts in
to The Treasury should bear 30 small proportion
to The burdens which they are made to sustain il
consequence Of "a complicated und unwieldy sys
TEN OF duties"
Here we have the Calhoun doctrine fully pro
mulgated in New Hampshire, in plain TERMS
Compare it with the locoioco doctrine in Soul
Carolina, put forth in an address just published b.
State Convention, holden few days since:
ale (Calhoun) is the true representative of n
great essential principle Of Democracy freedom
human pursuits, in the exemption Of iudustr
from unnecessary burdens and exaciions. fIe re
cogniscs no justice in tariffs taxing unequalIy III
labor and capital of the farmer the planter, III
merchant, the mechanic, the shipmaster, aud u
other industrial pursuits to give protection to-
, make the labor and capital of, the manufacture
profitable. lie believes that such injustice alien
ates affection between these classes OF citizens, an
n causes deep dissatisfaction with, and weakens III
Government which sanctions il; that IL cause
fierce and angry struggles, by the efforts Of III
one to free themselves from wrongful burdens
and Of the other TO maintain or increase them
that out Of these conflicts, occurring periodical!