Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-04-05
THE PATRIOT ON THE TARIFF.

Ever since the passage of the Wing Tariff, the
Patriot, the North STAR the locofoco leaders in
this section have most pertinaciously insisted that
it did not l.,.e Protection enough to Wool. This
assertion has been ndustriously spread among the
people, and has tended to keep down the price of
WOOL Indeed, many farmers have been induced
by it to sell at low prices and thus spectators in
Vermont have undoubtedly transferred thousands
of dollars from the pockets of the farmers into their
own. Notwithstanding the whole influence of 10.
cofocoism has been to keep do,cn The price and 10
dejra,,d the farmers, Wool has risen more than so
per cent under this Tarif-the importations flor
eign wool have been greatly reduced-and the mar
ket for domestic has been enlarged and kept active
by the revival of old manufactures and the intro.
ducton of new. At this point comes the Locofo-
CO Tariff Bill, threatening to reduce the duties on
the wool which completes with our own and to de.
stroy the woolmarket by Frustrating manufactures:
the Patriot apologies for the bill Virtually sup
ports it and while bound, out of some regard to
consistency, to growl little on wool, yet mark
for the foreign wool, which completes with ours it
barely asks that the cents specific may be restor-
ed, which would leave the duty just as the Wing
Tariff left it 1t asks for no increase.
From the Vermont Patriot.
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.
The Waterman complains bitterly OF the Tariff BILL
sorting that it the purpose OF the democrats Tariff
y per wool costing the foreign mar
ke and 80 per cent the following articles viz Wooden
manufactures carpetng flannel ready clothing
shoes, cotton baggng, manufactured hemp chains iron ware,
Articles too numerous to mention AMER Sept l. 8i5 ali du.
ties brought down to - cent. Now, Tecoloct
s. senate bill, commonly called tho Compronse'" Which
produced gradual reduction of the tariff until duty should
termination to stand by the principles OF the Compromise
The Waterman jealous advocate of this mans election TO
the Presidency, notwithstanding The W. will and
pretend that the bill before Congress altogether
which he still address and yet denounces the bill, but APP
pquds and gloGcs Mr. Clay This is wing consistency as
wool growing interest 1t that it takes OIL tho per
specific from wool costing over cents in the foreign port We
would rather had been retained and still the quantity of such
wool imported small compared with that costing and
the duty on which iioblod Or raised from to is per- CENT
Ibis however we consider inadequate for
tariff Of 42, the duty wool costing cents would
hut ao over one cent h. and down along aecodngo
One thing is clear, that Vermont will make handsome
ing should this bill pass cotton goods, silks, IRON manuiac
tured and unmanuacured glass; salt pan and almost every
description Of imported articles, not Tased or manufactured in
It is said that the South entirely dissatisfied with the BILL
account Of the duties Ringing SO hsh and we complain that
low on the cent wool aud that the cents per ID specific
Of the farmers and the gamblers and spectators take Of
say We,
~ Here is the apology for the locofoco Tariff
viz. that it is better than the Compromise Act
Grant it, dear Patriot if you please; but as the
Wing Tariff is better StM this is no apology at ALL
If a locotoco rs per cent. duty is better than 20
per cent, we apprehend that Wing duty of from
40 to so per cent is far better than either, and
nearly equal to both put together. But the Patriot
here asserts that the Compromise allows but copper
cent duties; that Mr.. Clay is bound by his recent
letters to abide by the Compromise that he sad
heres" to the Compromise. If there is any mean
ing or force to this apology for the locofoco
Tariff it is that Mr.. Clay will consent TO only 20
per cent duties, that the Wings adhere to Mr..
Clay, and therefore that Wing Clay Tariff will
give only 20 per cent G. s per cent. less than
this locofoco Tariff. This we have marked as u
false representation of Mr.. Clay, and we will now
show its utter falsehood by maintaining these posi-
tons, for which we give the proofs annexed
LIST. The principles of the Compromise, accord