Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-06-21

country. So much Of il as is or shall be-
come wool-growing country is diverted
from the production of grain and provisions,
and they become purchasers and consumers,
instead of being rivals and competitors Ii
we turn our attention to the returns of 1910,
we shall find that Vermont, with all its
sheep, produced less than two bushels of
wheat to each person; and in wheat, rye,
and corn, it produced only six bushels to
one person." Now we well know that this
is entirely insufficient for its supply. have
taken some pains to ascertain what is the
amount of flour imported from other States
and consumed in Vermont, which person.
ally know TO be very great; and according
TO my best sources off information, / find that
while our farmers are directing their exer-
tons to the raising of wool, we actually i'm.
port and consume at least one hundred and
fifty thousand barrels Of flour annually. Is
1t best for our wheatgrowing States to de.
slroy this MARKET
1t is generally calculated that what will
sustain ten sheep will sustain one cow
And the grazing Of cattle and producing
butter, cheese, aud beef was formerly our
pursuit. Now, can it be best for our pro-
vision growing States that Vermont should
abandon the growing wool, and instead
thereof keep l6l, ISL more cattle than she
now does, aud thereby come into the mar
kets of this country with so much more beef
against the beef Of our provision producing
States This view is TO be extended to the
whole wool-growing employment and inter-
est Of the country.
/ SpcOndlv Ii &c avrool.nui,,
unjust. have already shown that this bu-
siness was entered upon by our people by
placing confidence in the encouragement OF
the Government 1t was entered upon UNI
der the influence of laws passed without
their solicitation or votes. but conformed to
by us as an obedient people. Shall that
confidence be bdroyed? Will our country
men, and especially our hgh.mnded and
honorable Southern friends, content them.
selves with reproaching us as robbers ana
pfundrers, for conforming our action to the
laws of the country which we did not pro-
cure? The system of a Protective Tariff
has shaped the destiny and moulded the
form of society in New England. We
changed the condition of our agriculture
covered our hills with hocks, erected facto-
ries, villages, and even cities on our streams
and though still small, we now solicit that
the ~ind may be tmprred to the shorn lamb
and that the ploughshare Of destruction may
not be driven over us.
Thirdly. The prosperity of this interest
does injury TO no one. 1t is no monopoly
for all may enter into ii; and it is capable
oil being extended to- most States in the I'm
ion. But even if it were true that TO some
parts, and for a time, their cloths were tc
cost little more than if obtained, under 8
light duty, wholly from abroad, yet that is z
consideration entirely unworthy the legisa
ton of great Nation. Is there left no pat
riotlsm or love of national independence ir
this countryl Are we ready to return tc
tie bondage of colonial dependence upor
England, even for our cloths-our necessa
res of life! Shall we permit our manufac
turers and artisans to he deserted and oul
workshops be transferred TO Europel can
not but hope our Nation will not voluntariI,
shear off its locks and grind for the Philis
tines.
The condition of nation dependent or
another for its supply of necessary manufac
lures is iorcibly given us by the sacred his
toriau, in describing the situation of the Is
raeli,es when subjected by the Phiis,ines.
Samuel, chap. 10, verse l9.-Now there was n,
smith found throughout all the land of Israel flor thu
Phlstines said, lest the Hebrews make them swords
spears
Verse 20.-But all the Israetes went down to III,
Phshnes to sharpen every man his share and his coul
ter, and his axe and his mattock.
Vere ESQ il came TO pass in the day of battle
that there was neither sword nor spear found in IN,
hand OF any of the people that with Saul and Jon
athan.
ASae Tahln A.