The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1844-01-15


o., th,l bmner. we should have no fsars. Dut they
ALL no, be. They were never inscribed. in Iesibe
characters. in any place where IL was hi. interest to
epaeeul them In Vermont. the policy will of course
he To - s!-ss great friendship for protection; white
the here'y will, nevertheless be cautiously ipeulea-
ted THAI INSTRUMENTATION far revenue purposes oaiy''
to he ''the rule o. legisation." The mnnurae,ur.
interest will, the Tine be Represented ..
great and g6luSHi, standing out amid thu general
gloom" and striving Ito secure 10 own aEgrlnd.za-
uea, hy ns~ md uniu-, ip'Puslon.' AS thought the
people DID understand that the manufacturing and
ohcs ndusilrl 'uisrcsis have always and ralsn
t'ss,hsr, and so~ n-,as 'sselher snd,r hariF.
~ha.s prlaripiss Nc Yea nafsa psisatsy says 70 b.
VsEin.a 10snd be- di.sppruvrs
have -luua &C. dsails d.sIna ,safaeef ~ ~
Van uurru's rs.,ry 81 ssbit-s a. be indsua lessee
ih., rs- Na.5 q aa..ry ssafard tas o.u-ss ~ 80
northern fr.eods 10 far issi Cs------s Nee abosi
iso Hiy ~ ,ssm iaFrd aai g. sss,ssi AZ prsi r,s
~ .a u. dus. psssggs. thsy ssfr f1asd faH cB-rp
sfatias th ~ rvussa rt-s.ias ~ pgaag.t.aa sa
some vrry aslPastas' qasst.as sr ,asry 81 as 30
sagr Lea r-s rrf-f ~ f.ss o. tarss n fh-,s
~ ths T,ira sss.asr. or rhs 90 ~ s-fsr.t hs.
istt, iisr Co-H.rtrs o. sssrrfts rrra,tst tsg g..
loysiss arsals,ass.
"G-s1,rs thsta s-iart r-os.,ra'-s n risysu
nselshrsl i tfafr ti-n li ssh sisI TO- ffuH coy
~tstn b. afiss,is as 60 aalg o., tss FsFg.s-
% utng isre 81 ths Trt,s 81 rais ~ eatrr rrd
ei=swttsfr, 90 tts raaesA ~ ~ .sF e.. .s..
SOL rHiss ~ a." 80 Hl.rH.t. ais 60 r.rsatafar.
go r--.1srrrta. go a-l.s.r.a. .as.asFs "a. T r.aa-
. ~ aasi ~ l-aTafrz. gsasIs sarb l''la sfaa
,fa- %. ~, t pH "a, =, 49, a s.4 se.s-r -. tea-
enss Lass S.aeh 1.ay b. s,.ri..p.s,. a. .ar eat
se.sian
I ''Resal,ed rarih-r, that sad Csuulttes b. uu.
thoriz"d 10 81 dsnns thr recess, md 20 emPlov a
. Clsrk'
} The importance orthess resolutions over, r1c.a a
protection will, at once, srPr-cars 1Ley looked TO
the r~V.oa Of the Tariff, ~h'gh the approaching eE
Pirat'on Of the ''oonPrOH-e'' rendered necessary,
and provided that tic tr,e which vsould intervene
between the tAtra, All the fret stated Session Of
tic 27'b Congress, tsIout hree months, should b.
enjoyed ~ Counnee, in taking testimony az Ia
the "stual effect Of the existing Of duties uror
the leading interests oG the eour,fy.
These REGULATIONS were Iaii on ne faIls ~ vo,,
of 81 10 62-the entte vote of the Locos rrom the
North going thus against the ovIons iIh the *
eep'iOn Of four three from renn.y,ana and Que
from Massachusetts.
u was Ia vain that the fieads o. protection urged
the indispensable imporanc, of the contemplated in
ve-tig,,ion to the ssrertsinmcnt Of the aeoal ,ee
Of the reduction Of duti-s under the compromise
upon the Interests hirh haI been de.mri worthy
tie fostering Of the Ea,rrnnrnt ia that III,
exam pie Of the British government sgpealcd
whose sHiforn practice % tskng Testimony prrp-rto
~ any revision OF their tariff sltesled lhe wi.dem
the measure. How, Il Sas asked can We arrive al
any satisfactory conclusion the extent 10 hct
any particular production Of agriculture or manu-
lectures needs protection, or What umoant Of dul,
will effect the protection needed Hnlees arc per
United to examine those beet neqsair,ed Naa tbs
processes Of its Production, and that Of the rival uru
Gle It foreign g-o~th manufactured
Bui al wa in VAIN The only answer we eoul,
get to our Arguments was dead vote against th'
measure mol only frou, the open enemies Of proec
ton. bu, from 10 etended NOrth.ra friends-~h,
thought more OF secnring Southern support % thet
Leader than efficient protection TO tie ind astry q
their constituents. They ~illin. to leave Tia
true friends Of protection ihs embarrassment Of at
tempting a measure teaching this Intricate
&dicu sub with the imperfect inform ton 10 bt
gathered from common sources, and then, snder pre-
tence Of eIirao binary for parieula interests
raise oIamor 'hsI those interests had been nesee
ted. This has been strikingy iiusirBied in refer
ence &c the wool growing interest, whose pftfeHetl
abandonment and sacrifice have been the subject o
doleioI lamentations by the very men VIII thSs de-
MED the invesigatOn needed To draw FORT facts in
d,-pensable TO be know. N order To Just egisluioy
upon the subject. Take. Tor example, ca arse wool
How fully and satisfactorily might the Investigation
contemplated in the soiutiDns have drswa forth al
the material facts connected with it, manufacture ~
this country extent which Il 10 Produced her,
the supposed necessity OF perniiting It's impo5Ia
Iion upon a nominal duty FOR the parpOso Of sustain
ing the establishments employ ed in it, Snausflesre-
the extent to which the predictions Of these es'ab
li-hmeais in composition With tive finer wool
err fabrics, and. above all, the change. in the
sheep husbandry foIhsr countries. BY which hns
wool may lie substituted Or course, nh no increase
in the expense % production. How yal0able wOaid
have been the bcdy Of facts in eonneSion With thu
subject ample In details, md we'd degested, they
might have been--which 90 exaninainn OF witness
- wosld have prodeeed. ARd yet i wac dsnied By
the yoles of vary who haze, since. pretended
to be lhs exclusive friend OF the WOOL growing IN
' terestl