Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-07-25
BY GEO. II. BEAMAN.

udIEo. England ltNl't anuudilN an hUuuUt
Of revenue equal 10 the who'll amount Of
duties levied annually by the United Stat s
npon all the articles Of import from all the
foreign nations Of the worlI-ncluding Eng.
land Tha, is her free trado!-And as for
France, we have lataly seen State paper
from one of her high iunciionarics com.
planning in bitter terms Of the American
Tariff Of 1912 and ending bv formally an.
noun cling 10 the world that France steadily
adhered to the system Of protecting French
industry!
But fellow citizens, have already deiain.
ed you too long on this Interesting topic
/ and We, | have scarcely touched IT. For
near thirty years il has acilated the nation
/ The subject has been argued and debated
( thousand times in every conceivable form
/ II is time that the policy of the country
should become setllcd and fixed ANY sta
! BILE adjustment Of 1t whatever Ii may bc.wlll
be far preferable to perpetual voscllntion.
| When once determined, labor, enterprise
! and commerce can accommodate themselves
accordingly But in finally settling It, the
interest Of the whole Union. n: well as all
its parts. should be duly weighed and con
sidered in a praternal and fraternsI spirit
! The Confrderacy consists OF &c States, be-
SIDES territories, embracing every variety Of
pursuit, every branch Of industry. There
may be an apparent. there IS no real conflict
between these diversified interests No one
| State, no one section, can reasonably expect
or desire that the common government of
the whole should be administered. exclusive
~ according TO It's own peculiar opinion,
or 50 as 10 advance on It's particular int
rests, without regard to the opinion or the
interests Of all Other parts. In respect to
| the Tariff, there are two schools holding
opposite and extreme doctrines According
to one perfect freedom IN our foreign trade
with no, or very low duties, ought to pre-
vail According to the other, the restrictive
policy onght, on many articles, to be push.
ed, BY a high and exhorbitant Tariff, to
the point of absolute prohibition. Neither
party can hold itself up as an unerring stan
dard Of right and wisdom Fallibilny ls the
| lot ofall men. and the wisest know not how
| little they do know. The doctrine offree trade
is concession to Foreign powers, without an
equivalent, to the prejudice of native industry
Not only without equivalent, but in the face
oftheir high duties, restrictions and prohib-
tons applied to American products. to for.
eign Powers, our rivals, jealous Of our
growth and anxions 10 impede our onward
progress. Encouragement Of domestic in
dustry is a concession to our own fellow citi.
zens, TO those whose ancestors shared in COM
mon with our ancestors, in the tolls of the
revolution; to those who have shared with
US in the tolls and suffnrlngs of our day; 10
those whose posterity are destined to share
with our posterity in the trials in the tri-
umphs, and the glores that await them
1t is concession to those who are bone OF
our bone and flesh of our flesh, and who in
some other beneficial form do make and are
ready TO make equivalent concession to us
1t is still more; for every part of the country
/ possesses capacity to manufacture, snd every
part of the country more or less does manu-
/ lactnre, Some parts have advanced farther
than others, butt progress Of all is for
ward and onward
Again ask what is to be done in this
conflict Of opinion between the two extremes
which have stated Each believes, with
quite rs much confidence as the other, that
the policy which he espouSes is the best
for the country. Neither has rieh
to demand that his judgment shall exc la,
svcly prevail What, again | ask is to
be done? Is compromise or reconciliation
impossible ? Is this glorious Union TO be
broken up or Dissolved and the hopes of the
world. which ale concentrated in its fate, to
be blasted aud DESTROYED forever? No, fl.
Ilowcitizcns mol The Union must be pre-
served In the name of the people Of this
noble old State, the first to announce the in
dcpcndcnce of the United States by the me-
morable declaration Ct Meclenburgh, and
which has ever since been among the
most devoted and faithful TO the preservation
Of this Union in the name of the people OF
my own gallant State and IN the name OF
the people OF the whole United States,
feel authorized to say that this Unlon will
not mus, not shall not be Dissolved How
then can this unhappy conflict Of opinion
be amcably dissolved adjusted and accom-
modated ? Extremes fellow.cliizcns, are
ever wrong. Truth, and justice, sound
policy, and wisdom always abide IN the
middle ground. are ALWAYS TO BE- found in
+ jasis miiieu Uliraism Is ever bancful. aud
If followed never fails to lead 10 fatal conse.
qncuces. We must reject both the doctrines
Of free trade and Of a high and exorbItaul
Tariff, The parlizans of each must make
some sacrifices Of their peculiar opinions
They mus. find some common ground on
which both can stand and, reflect that, il
neither has obtained all lhI, il desires il has
secured something, and what it does not re-
tam has been gotten by its friends and coun'
lrymen There are very few who dissent
from the opinion that, in time of peace, the
federal revenue ought to be drawn from
f,rei1n innor,S vithout rcsorliDr 10 inter.