The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-04-11

al us ulStlcoo' yo"' Aoho'"olo WV.
the mechanics, and manufacturers of New
; York, look up with confidence, convinc
ed that the united voice of America, ha
furnished you with the means, so you
knowledge of wants has given you tn
spirit to unbind our letters, and preserv
our country from disgrace and ruin"
forbear further quotations from petitions
lest my article may be too lengthy
These petitions were referred to a com
mitteee of the whole, on the state OF The
Union, and resulted, as | said before, ir
the passage of the first revenue bill, or a:
we should now call it, a tariff bill-In its
principles and aspect, the same.
PRESIDENT WAsH1NeToN, 10 his first
annual address to Congress Of the 9th Of
January 1890, has the following lam
guage: "'The safety and interests of the
people require that they should promote
such manufactures, as tend to render them
independent of others, for the essentials,
particularly the military supplies" The
Secretary of the Treasury in accordance
with the request of Congress, made an
able, aud unanswerabIe report 10 Con-
gress in plan of revenue, conforma5le
to the recommendation of the President,
on the 5.h of Dec. 1891: 100 long for this
article
After this, in 1895, committee ofcom.
merce, and manufactures, was constituted
as a standing committee, and such a com
ml;tee was appointed annually for "a
years. Since that time committee on
manufactures has been continued as one
of the standing committees Of theHouse. y
On the 7th of Dec. 1896, Washington
has the following remarks in his address
of that date: &" Congress have repeatedly
and not without success, directed their at
!ention to the encouragement of manuftc-
lures. The object is of too much conse-
quence not 10 insure continuance oftheir
efforts in every way which shall appear
eligible" Thus much for the protection
principles Of the Wings of the first Con-
gress; it satisfies me, if it does not lnves-
tgator, of their identity with the princi
pies of the Wings of 1874, so far as Rev.
enue Is concerned at least. TO identify
the principles of President JEFFERSON
with ourselves would be equally easy,bul
for the sake of 5revity, | forbear. On
this question | will quote but one or two
brief reports during his administration,
Mr.. Newton OF Virginia, chairman of
the committee on manufactures, on the
2lst of June, 1909, takes the following
Just, and comprehensive view of the
ground. "A NATION (he say:) ERECTS
A SOLID BASIS FOR THE SUPPORT AND
MANI ENANCE VI lis lNUEfENDENCE
AND PROSPERITY WHOSE POLICY 1T is
ToDRAw FROM ITS NATIVE SOURCES ALL
ARTICLES CT THE FIRST NECEssITY."-
On the 7lh of June 1909, under Jefer-
sons administration, the Wigs, or what
was then called republicans, passed the
following resolution, (for brevlly's sake J
quo:e only part otit.) Resolved, That
the Secretary of the Treasury be directed
TO prepare, and report 10 this House, at
their next session. plan for the applica-
ton of such means as are within the pow.
er of Congress, for the purpose Of project
ing and fostering the manufactures OF the
United Stales," &c. &c. Here a plan
was contemplated 10 "protect and foster,
manufactures in the United States" We
might follow the same train of principles,
all along down TO the Wings of the pres
ent day. think gentlemen Editors, |
have now fully redeemed my pledge,
showing that the Wings Of this day are
fully identified with the first Congress, on
the principles of protection, whether I'M
der the name of lmpost or tariff is imma.
teriaI. The play of Investigator on the
word tariff is ridiculous. Protection to
home industry was the principle the
Wings of the first Congress- as now, had
in view, no matter by what name, or head,
protection came under, then, as now, the
principle we want, and that was the same
then as now, - can investigator deny
thio