The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1843-05-03
THE TARIFF AGAIN.

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Notwithstanding the notifying defeat
given by us to the light troops which the
first communication of our correspondent
brought into the field against the tariff, for
a few weeks past he has been replenishing
his mental magazine by travel and enquiry
of Marston in Montpelier, [who knows as
much about wool as Chinese about the out
ward barbarians g. now comes down upon
us with all the augmented forces he can
muster. He commences by assuming an
attitude quite perpendicular, and declares
in terms not the most modest or courteous
that he will copince the world "that the
'0OOl grOaoers Of Vermont hare been grossly
humbugged"
For this bold assertion we cannot give
our correspondent the least credit for orig
inality, as it is only the repetition of the
stereotype hue and cry of the locofoeo
press in this State, to bolster up the regu-
larly concerted opposition of the party in
Congress to any tariff for protection, from
the frst introduction of the present law by
the wings, to its final passage through both
Houses. If our correspondent designs to
impute any want of integrity, intelligence
or effort to the wings for any deficiency in
the tariff, he has certainly missed his mark.
Especially if he intends to inculpate the
Vermont representation, las from portion
of his remarks he evidently does, he is
guilty ofthe grossest Misrepresentation
The untireing and successful efforts of the
seven delegates from this State to obtain
the best possible tariff on wool, is now a
matter of history. The thin clad misrep-
RESERVATIONS of the loco press now reitera-
ted by our correspondent cannot efface a
sentence of the record There it stands,
and if there are defects in the tariff in re-
lation to course woods which lays the foun-
dation for the charge of humbuggery, let
the votes and proceedings of the Congress
who passed the bill show who are to be
| blamed. We have never believed the tar
iff in respect to coarse wool as good as it
could be, but whenever there is any approx
imation to it, it is the work of the wings
without the aid of the democratic aristoc-
racy, if not in direct opposition to it. This
was the party who waged an unrelenting
war against the tariff during its whole leg
islative progress, who attempted four Or
five times in Committee of the Whole to
diminish its provisions, and cried, nay,
nay, whenever any motion in the House
was made to raise the duty ON wool The
south claimed them as their natural allies,
and faithfully did they discharge the obi
cations of that relationship
But says our correspondent, cant you
find when loco moved that 20 per cent.
should be levied on these coarse woods 2"
We answer no no, never in good faith, and
we defy our correspondent to do so. In
putting this interrogatory he doubtless re-
fers to the proceedings in the Senate on
the first days of August during the passage
of the tariff bill, when the locos exhibited
scene of the most contemplate demagog-
uism and double dealing in relation to it
ever witnessed in that body upon any occa-
sion. They had loudly denounced the bill
which had been passed and sent to them
by the House as too much protection, while
the wings considering the bill as whole
as good as could be passed, had determin-
ed to concur in it without amendment be-
cause if amended it must go back to the
House, where it would stand chance of
being shuff1ed aside and defeated This
was understood by the locos, and of course
clap-trap amendments came from them sin
gle and in pairs. One of them was from
Mr. Benton to limit the five per cent. du-
ty on course wool to that under five cents
instead ofseven cents per pound, for which
wings against it. Then Mr.. Preston a
wing, but MIR. Jewett may well claim him
as loco as he does in this transaction,
moves to change the duty of five cents to
2U cents on coarse wool purchased under
| the ! cents, against which the wings voted, !