Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-08-01

nrious, that any tariff contest. perhnr
whlchih The country ever witnessed, tho WhicS
oi The 9th Congress succeeded IN establish.
ing iaud, whose adequacy for protection,
and whose beneficial influence upon the OK
hauslcd treasury, and the dcrungcd cNctan.
ges olthc country, the lapse Of less than tive
years has abundanty aucstcl Tha, tar
III need not SAY, is IN danger OF dcs,ruc.
tlon--at least IN SO much danger, as there IL
danger that our opponents shall triumph 10
the pending conicis The undcniablc hos.
ultv Of the Presidential candidate to the
Tariff Of 1912, brings the question OF It's des-
iruc;ion to an issue VIII ich cannot be avoid
I'd Shall tha, tariff stand, with no changes
but such as its most cautions friends may
find, on the experience, the equalization OF
protection TO all interests demands or shall
be sweep from lhe statute book. as WINS At
tempted at the late session OF Congress are
questions OF this very year. know there
are not wanting efforts to make it appear
Otherwise to the people Of Nermoni-ciioris,
in fact, TO show, that the very father Of the
protective policy has become indifferent to
It's support, while his rival for lho Prcsdon.
cy whose whole public career has been
marked with undlsCnsed hostility to it, has
become its friend The discussion ofthis
year will dispcl this dclusion and while
they demonstrate, demonstration can now
be needed the adequacy Of the existing tar.
i'll, will show who are not, and who arc the
true and reliable friends ofthe grea, interest
am glad TO see the people awake to this
subloctand rejoice 20 witness their disposition
to gather in mass meetings to discuss it
When they come thoroughly to under.
stand this great question, they will decide
it right and they will determine that it is
safer to commit this interest to its old and
tried friends, than to trust to new professions
made for special occasion.
But there is new and learfully imnor.
tant question which has been suddenly
thrown before the country, TO be decided IN
the present contest ! mean the question
anneXing foreign nation to our concd
acy-a question involving. as j, seems L
me, nothing less than the very existence 0,
! this Union The consumation Of this ryo.
jet, which awaits the triumph OF our OPP
nents in this years contest will be ,anta
mount 10 an act declaring the Union d.
solved and if actual dissolution does not
/ follow, 1t will not be owing to any cohosi
power in the Constitution, after the conlcd
eracy shall have lost it identity, in the nov
aud monstrous conncXlon with a foreign
state.
There isno aspect in which this measure
can be viewed in which it does not pretend
evil; and yet there are thousands who a,
suddenly going for it, with as much conf
dence, as though they had made this great
1 qucstion-the greatest, in fact that ever
agtated this nation.the study oftheir who.1
lives. In the facility Of change thus cxhib-
! tied, upon question the greatest concciv-
bic moment to the country, there is ground
of alarm, extending far beyond the limits #
the question itself What may notihe poW.
or of party accomplish if it can work thu
wonder of suddenly raising up, as by magic
friends to such measure as this2 What is
TO become Of our country, if its highest in
teress are thus 10 be made the sroIt of parlv2
If men are thus to be moved in masses. and
wheeled into line, a, the bidding of party
leaders, do not ask this que sion in tho
spirit Of party. MOI no! This is a matter
which rises far above party considerations.
and appeals to a higher sentiment. than ever
found place in the bosom of partiaan.
| Opposition to this gigantic scheme is not
among the things which may be given up
for the sake Of securing some good which
a party may aim to accomplish, and can
only be accomplished by party union To
hold on to party union, with such sacr-
fee, would not be 'funion for the sake ofihe
Union" but union with the certainty Of its
destruction
need not say that the success Of our
opponents in this Presidential election would
be the success Of this measure. Their cane
didate has been selected for the very pur-
pose Of carrying it, lie is committed to it
irrevocably. And where is Henry CLAy2
opposed 10 ii; and opposed for reasons OF
perpetual force, The act of taking stand
IN opposition TO this measure, has given
him new claim to the confidence fthe ma
ton He has in effect, said let US strength.
en- and consolidate our present Union, rather
than hazard its existence in an auemptto *
tend and perpotuae the institution ofslavcrv.
Mr.. Clay does not wish 10 perpctuatc slave
ry. He has no sympathy with the alb
surd and monsrous sentiment that its p, o..
: peuity is essential to the perpcluity Of
, publican institutions and whatever II
be his views with regard to H.
mediate emancipation, he stands, in ref
once to the great issue on which the Que.
ton ofsavory is now turning, on the
: of freedom and Of his country.
The Wing party occupy, at this NOM.
a position Of unparalleled interest, Bcfid
: their advocacy Of the measures 10 whir'
they have long been committed, they c..
siiluie 10 all present practical purposes, IT,
true "Libery party because, with thei
great leader, thcy are coming to the roscu..
e ofthe IInion hv rnssiinn ihc contamination