Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-06-28
From the Vermont Patriot.
rI.AV AVN THE TAnIEE


In his letter Burnham and Bedsoc, of Georgia,
lated July isa3 Mr. Clay that he ccvet in favor
which they were laid have thought best 'ays he for alt
In hi. letter to NJ G MerriwoIa Of Georgia, 1sis he
says never was in favor OF what regarded high tariff
cal ad~a,cn ofae Government should doge pecy,sdGG
not pn agp gags we Know %V G what %
cannot be necessary revenue ar !" defined by the eate
joct numbered.
Here lin connection with the extract alluded toy
we take it is the proof for the bold locofoco lie that
Mr. Clay is no more for protection than MIR. Polk.
1t is abortive, and therefore have very little to
say about it
We have not denied your pretended extract, be-
cause we have not the paper to prove our denial
should we make it; but let us now say, that your
extract, rather like extract, the Goth of
March last brought forward by one of your locofo-
cos in Congress, when Mr.. White of Ky. pronoun-
ced it to be A FORGERY.
But after ALL the extract, be it true or false, does
not bear feathers weight as proof of your char
ges against Mr. Clay. Your boosted capitals
there is no necessity of protection" simply as
sert matter of fact which no mortal man will de-
ny. There is not a statesman to be iound-not an
intelligent man of any party-who will not admit
PiotSStiOh
en- by Tariff limited to the revenue requr to
support the government, exclusive of the public
lands. THAT sir, was the spirit of the comprom.
Use acton that point Mr.. Clay placed the ques-
ton of proection-and that is all that can be made
out of your extract, it is, perverted through
locofoco forgery though it be- So much for that.
And now what is the other proof which the Pat
riot puts into the case 1t is an extract from MIR.
Clay's letter to Messrs Burnham and Bedsoc, and
what is it {? Why, it is nothing but declaration
against prohbifory duties. do not go for prohibit
lion, says Mr.. CayI think it best for all interests
that there should be competition. The truth is,
then, that he is in favor of protecting our interests
against the superintendent capital and low wages
of Europe-he is in favor of countervailing those
advantages of the foreign manufacturer, so that ue
| can pay well for our material and labor, and
thus enter the market in fair competition That is
the true ground: to go beyond it is to make monop
olistS of our own manufacturers, and thus create
the very objection which none has raised more loud
ly than the Patriot itself To go beyond that, and
destroy competition, is to enable great CAP
talists to do just what British capitalists would do
if we had protection--crush the weaker, control
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the wealth extorted from the masses of the people,
We retort this extract back upon the Patriot, as
proof that its hue and cry about monopolists-its
assertions that protection enhances the prices of
the articles we purchase-its old complaints, and
the complaints made by southern locofccos o.
gainst high prohibitive duties-are all unfounded.
| Competition, sr-the fair competition which Mr.
Clay is in favor of-s the talisman which wards off
these evils. Under good system of Protection,
competition will keep the prices of manufactured
articles from running TO excessive rates. and at the
same time stimulate the demand for labor and the
raw material Never is it an evil save when there
is too much of it-and that is the fault of the COM
petitors themselves and they are the principal suf-
ferers. The extract of the Patriot proves that Mr..
Clay is for degree of Protection which will ad-
init compettion-it does not prove him against pro-
lection.
Next comes an extract from the letter to Mr..
Merriwetler We have to say that it proves Mr..
Clay consistent: he is not for high prohbitve
Tariff And now we ask, why does not the Patr-
OF give The remainder OF that identical ieihr? We
will tell you: it proves the utter fasity of the Pat.
riots charge against Mr.. Clay proves that Mr..
also of remedying all defects by supplemental leg
islation Yes-this witness, who is logged in by
the Patriot, is not permitted to tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the TRUTH that would
not do at ALL We quote from this same let
ter, and call upon the reader to behold how the
Vermont Patriot makes false witness out of this
| Merriwether letter:
think the present Tariff in the main is right, and working
have not here Judge; be- they oug
be corrected by suPpsmenal es'slatoo-L'ter TO Mr. r-
Such is the proof of the Patriot: it needs CON-
ment. We aver again, that since all these declara-
tions which the Locoiocos endeavor so strangely to
pervert Mr.. Clay has most explicitly defined his
position on the subject and it was done, too, in
the face of the nuifers of South Carolina
He had been io favor of the protective system
To the peace and the
of the country, he had been active in efteng the
mise OF 1888 Nh O. denied that the principle of the conpTo
mise required the Of duty be 90 per
ceniis true principle was that no revenue should be
aised than for honest and economical admin
be discrimination IN FAVOR OF DOMESTIC INDUSTRY
N FAVoR OF system OF pRGfEJToN moderate
reasonable, certain, ond duuble-Speee Charleston, c.
.aPrt, 1874.
In conclusion, as to Mr.. Clay, we now challenge
the Patriot to publish single speech, or letter Of
Mr.. Clay, in which he is false to the of Pro-
lection, conditioned that he shall publish no gar
bed extracts, but the tchole speech letter. fairly
and honestly. For that service we will publish
i,rice the amount of matter frcm James X. Polk in
favor of Protection if the Patriot will only tell us
where to find it. Do you accept? &.
As to Mr.. Polk: we challenge the Patriot to pub
iish his uiees this subject Give your readers his
speech on the proposed Tariff of lS32-the report
of the committee of which he was a nember-his
potes on the subject while in Congress and his
speech at Jackson. Give your readers his oDn Ian
gimgs-the simple truth and -we- viii s'~icr
the.quantity of any speeches, or letters, votes OF
Mr.. Clay, mot garbled,) which the editor of the
a Patriot will Indicate Do you accept?
We think the Patriot will not accept-dare mol
, treat its oupn readers HONESTLY We think