Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-07-18
Vol. 5O....No. g.

thl> OCCASION, III the systems and and inca
sures OF public policy Of the two parties are
con,ras,od, and compared, the result, will
not be less favorable 10 the Wing party
With the whig party there prevails entire
concurrence as 10 the principles aud inca.
surcs OF public policy which it cspouscs-
In the other party we behold noihing bu,
division and distrac,ion--,hcir princinlcs
varying at different times and in dif,ren,
ia'nudes. 10 respec, to the tariff, whilst in
IN some places they are procnimnp tha,
Tree trade is the true Democratic doctrine
and the encouragement Of domestic indus.
Try n federal htresy,in other paris of the Tn
ion, they insist that the Democrats ate alone
TO be relied upon to proiec, the industry of
The country, and that the Wings IRE on.
posed to il. W
mat is great practical and admins
trat've question, in respect to which there
is happily now prevailing among the wbigs
throughout the whole Union, degree of
unaniml'y rs Unprecedented MS it /, CRAFTY.
ing. From New ORLEANS TO this Mace
have conversed with hundreds of them. and
have not met with a solitary one, who docs
not assent to the justice and cxpediencv of
the principle OF tariff for revenue. with
determinations for protection On this inter.
es,ing QUESTION, fellow citizens, i, is nv rur.
pose TO address you, with the utmost free.
dom and sincerity, and with as irlo reserve
as II were before an audience in the State
OF kentucky. have long given to This
subject the most impartial and deliberate
consideration of which my mind is capable
tciIeve that no great nation has ever exist.
ed, or can exist, which does not derive with
IN itself, essential supplies of food and raj
ment and The means OF defence. Irecolect
no example to the contrary in ancient or
modern times: Although Ilal y did not it.
self afford all those supplies to Ancient
Rome the deficiency was drawn from her
snb)ugated provinces. Great Britain, al
though her commerce encompnsscs the
world, supplies herself mainly from the lit.
tie sand under her immedilte dominion
and contracted as it is, it furnishes her with
bread and other provisions for the whole
year, with the exception only Of few
days; and her manufactures not onlv sun.
ply an abundance of raimcnt and rcans of
defence, but afford vast surplus for ex.
portation TO foreign countries.
In considering the policy OF Introducing
and establishing manufactures in our coun,
ty. it has has always appeared to me that
we should take broad and extensive view.
looking to seasons of war, as well as peace,
and regarding the future, as well as mas,
and the present. National existence is no,
to be measured by the standard of lndivid.
ual life. But it IS equally true, both of ma.
tons and individuals, that when if nccessa .
ry, we must submit TO the temporary and
present privations, for the sake of future and
permanent benefits Even if it were true
as think shall be abale to show i, is not
that the encouragement of domestic manu-.
lectures would produce some sacrifices. they
would be compensated, and more than coun.
terbalanced, by ultimate avantages secured,
combining together seasons of peace and
war. If it were true that the policy of pro.
lection enhanced the price OF commodities.
1t would be found that their cheapness,
prevailing in time Of peace, when the for.
eign supply might be open to us, would be
no equivalent for the dearness in period of
war, when that supply would be cut off
tromus am not old enough to recollect the
sufferings of the soldiery and population of
the United States during The war of indie
dcndcnco, but history and tradition tell us
what they were; they inform us what lives
were sacrificed, what discomfolts existed.
what hardships our uDclad and unshod SOL
dies bote, what enterprises were retarded or
paralized. Even, during the last war, all
Of us who are old enough TO remember it rec.
ollect with what difficulties, and at what prea,
cost the necessary clothing and means of
defence were obtained And who does MOI,
feel conscious pride and patriotic 'saiisiac.
ton tina. these sufferngs, in any future war.
will be prevented, or greatly alleviated, by
the progress which our infan, manufa,urt r,
have already made? 1.-THE policy of en-.
couraging them wisely moderately. and Ger.
talnly be preserved in, the day is not dlstan,
when, resting upon our own internal re.
sources, we may be perfectly sure of an a.
bundant supply of our necessary wants, and
IN this respect, put Foreign Powers and
Foreign wars at defiance. | know tina,
from extreme suffering and the necessity o.
The case, manufactures in the long run
would arise and sustain themselves. wiihou,
any encouragement from the government
Just as an unaided infant child would learn
} to RISE TO stand, and to wink; but. in both
instances, grea, distress may be avoided and
essential assistance derived, from the kind
ness Of the parental hand.
The advantages arising from the divis
! ION ofihe labor Oft population of coun
try are loo manifest 10 need being much
= dwelt upon. think the advantage Of a
home, as well as foreign markets, is equal
: ly manifest +; but the home market can only
be produced by diversified pursuits creating
subjects Of exchanges, at home as well a,
= abroad II one portion Of the population 0
+ country be engaged in The business o
manufacturing, it must derive its means o