Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-02-09
LET US ELECTIoNEER !


LET US ELECTIONEER
FRIENDS OF Henry CLAY it is high time
we were earnestly, zealously, universally
engaged in preparing the Public Mind for
the Great Contest of 1874 Some of ms are
so, but few cannot do all that must be done
There are One Million and Half Of Whip
Voters in the Union, many of whom need to
be aroused and supplied with renewed evil
dcnce of the identity of Wing Principles
and measures with the Public Interest and
Welfare; there are many thousands beside,
who have never taken any decided part
in Politics, and may be won TO our side by
proper and seasonable effort. If there be
One Hundred Thousand of US resolved TO
do all in our power for the ensuing ten
months, our victory is certain. Who will
not be one of the Minute Men Of this Con-
test Let no man neglect his business, let
none spend in Electioneering the money that
is needed to pay his debts and support his
family. The Cause requires no breach of
duty from any man--it wants no man to
come begging for Office in AS, on the as
sumption that he has let his own affairs
20 to wreck while attending to those of the
Nation. Such a man confesses himself I'M
fit for any responsible charge, and should
not have any Wandering speech makers,
who bring no weight of character into the
contest, can do no essential service, but
there is work for all, and now is the time to
set about it. Let us all begin at once!
FARMERS. You can help immensely if
you will. The great art of Locofocoism
consists in arraying one class or interest
against the other-to fix the land with eal-
ousy and hatred-to set the laborer at va
rance with the Employer, and secure the
vote of the former out of il-will or envy
toward the latter Just now the special
cue is to make all other classes believe that
the Manufacturers are alone benefited by
the Protective System-that they are re-
alizing immense dividends, while all other
classes are suffering from it Now you
know better than this you know that L.
Dor needs steady and well paid employ
ment, and that this is only attanable where
many branches of Industry are prosecuted
that in the country where but one branch of
industry is carried on the laborers are little
removed from serfs. You know that the
prosecution of Manufacturing and Mechani-
cal branches is advantageous 10 Agriculture
by furnishing good and convenient mar
ket--that your Products, generally, if car
ried far, must be sold low, taking into ac-
count the expense Of transportation. You
know if you have eyes, that manufacturers
are not making exorbitart profits-that they
are supplying our Markets with their several
fabrics as cheapy in the average as they
were ever supplied, and that, though the
duty be 10 or 80 per cent. higher, you now
buy such articles as they produce as cheap
ly as ever before. You know, if you have
eyes, that they are not making any such
profits as the Globe, Evening Post, N. Ii.
Patriot, &c. falsely represent. Now and
then concern may have done very well
this year, Just as here and there farmer has
bought tract of Western land, broken up
and fenced it and paid the whole cost out of
the first CROP But these are exceptions, not
the rue if seoen per cent, may safely be
made in Manufacturing or any other bust
ness, abundance of capital stands ready to
rush into that branch and reduce it to
the general level. Farmers explain these
matters Familiarity to your friends and neigh
bors-make them see that the true interest
of all lies not in strife and envy but in union
and mutual good will, and thus aid us TO
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elect Henry Clay!
LABoRERs This Cause of Protection is
yours-wi you not defend and sustain il
You understand it all alike when it comes
up in a different form-for instance, if you
are Coopers, Shoemakers, or whatever,
and your business is largely prosecuted in
the State Prison, exposing you to unequal
and ruinous competition-you rally as one
man to resist it. You cannot then be fooled
by any demagogue abuse of your employers
as II It we're a question for them only, in
which you had no interest /; but you see at
once that your livelihood is at stake-that
however it may be with your employers, you
cannot work and thrive in direct COMPETE
ton with men whose services cost shilling
day. Why will not all of you evnce the
same good sense in reference to Foreign
competition! You must If you, labor
ers who are right on this subject will but
fortify yourselves with the facts and docu-
ments and speak familiarly to your friends
and neighbors who, from ignorance or party
prejudices, are hostile or Indifferent, you
can sweep away all opposition. Never
wrangle or lose temper-waste little breath
in crowds or bar-rooms-bu sit down with
your neighbor when the days work is done,
by his or your fre-sde, and talk the matter
over in frank and friendly manner. Hear
all he has to urge patiently read aud con-
slider what he has to offer on the other side
of the question, and then ask him to listen
to your facts and arguments in turn. 1t
must be that in the end you will succeed, for
you have every solid advantage. Our oppo-
in tha
NIT themselves to any thing on the Tariff
question; they are afraid Of destroying
themselves at the South. See how mute