Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-10-11

ana the Union, on the other--theii, by all
that is sacred among men, go for Clay and
the Wing party, aud against Polk and the
Democratic party. Free trade with other
nations is impossible-they do not, and will
not allow it--and they ought not if they
would / lay down the broad ground, that
has been practised on for centuries by intel
lgent nations, repeated once more by Thos.
Jefferson, and engrafted into our system, by
the first law ever made by our government,
the end Of which was to perfect its execu-
tion-that ''the farmer and mechanic should
be set down alongside Of each other"
IL raise bushel of wheat, aud carry il
TO England, and there exchange it for hat,
| have to pay the entire cost of transporta-
ton, or if it is divided between me and the
halter equally, lose half the cost of car
riage, If sell my busheI of wheat to the
halter living along side of me, lose moth
ing in carriage, neither | nor the hatter.-
Again, if carry my bushel of wheat to
England, or send it, aud sell il, get 40
cents bushe, but it costs me 60 cents to
get it there, leaving me but fifty cents at last
bushel for my wheat; but if | can by vo-
lition, or by legislation, move the halter
from England, and place him by me, he
gives me 10 cents for my wheat, and
more than double the product Of my farm.
| say that the whole navy of the world, not
engaged in fishing, and similar pursuits,
but in carrying on exchanges between coun-
tries, which might each for itself make the
same things within themselves, IS dead
loss to the world The ships must be built
and manned, and the men fed at the COM
mon expense Of the grain grower, and the
manufacturer, and they produce nothing in
return. England was wise enough long ago
10 find out this thing; aud by her tariff of
protection whereby the farmer found mar
ket at home, and the manufacturer a mar
ket in the agriculturist, she has elevated her
self to the first position among nations. Nor
can her starving millions be urged, as an ar
gument against her protective policy. If
human life be blessing, and il il be the
will of Deity that the earth should support
the greatest amount of animal nature posi-
BILE, in comfort and luxury, then has Eng
land done as much or more than any other
European nation, in the fnl6Iment of her
true destiny. Suppose that the lower strata
Of society embraces 5000, 900 Of people,
subject to famine. disease, and death then
you have the remaining 10000, 900 out Of
the 25 ,000, 900 comfortable, and enjoying,
some OF them. many Injuries reduce the
high living Of the court, clergy, and aristoc-
racy. and you bring comfort to many mil
lions more. Poverty, disease and the sword,
are, by the stern laws of nature, the checks
upon population destroy Englands tariff,
and machinery, and reduce her population
ten millions, still there would stand these
same memorable laws, destroying human
life, and limiting population. All animal
and vegetable nature are prolific in seed
but perish for want Of sustenance; thou.
sand fish are spawned, where ten live to ma.
turity; so with man, he is limited by the
pressure of misery on the under strata take
the thin, sparse tribes of American savages
there is no class enjoying comfort and secu'
and papoose, ARE all subject to fear the sword
cold, hunger, and death. Then let not the
tariff system be sacrificed to the dictation o
the slave power-but let here in our own re-
public many centuries intervene, before We
: shall be subject TO the stern laws which pres.
upon the laboring poor of Europe. Anc
cursed be the statesman forever, who woult
degrade the laborers of this happy countr,
to the level of foreign labor, and preciptat,
them into premature and unnecessary decay
and untimely and utter ruin.
In order to accomplish the overthrow o
the free labor of the country, North ant
South, then Texas must be taken into III,
confederacy. 1t was for this, that the ma
ked project is now presented to this people
whether they will now, in the nineteenth
, century, in the face of Chrisiendom, with
out any outward pressure, such as in time
past was urged, that England forced slave
f upon us, without salvo to an awakening con
) science, SO often potently applied-"wha
are we to do with the slaves when free p il
direct violation Of the constitution, through
breach Of treaty, and by war-cruel, unpro
> voked ,unhallowed war, vote to extend SLAYER.
: over 300, 900 square miles Of territory, nov
r declared by Mexico to be free and equal il
: all its population, in order to perpetuate III
, bonds of 10000 slaves and 10000
whites For one, if stand alone, am a
gainst it now--I am against it forever lie
3 us examine, for moment, some of the mis-
: cradle preiences for this acquisition, whic
e are thrown out to deceive the honest portion
: of the democracy, and delude them to thei
: own run-for what kind of democracy
e that which enables, which, contrary to tn
e principles upon which we're based the Amer
Y lean Revolution allows the most infamou
e man, who by The slave trade or piracy &C
i quires possession OF 100 slaves-his fellow
l. men-in Texas, to stand, by admission int
II the Union, against you, sir, abbott Law
: rence) and any other go OF the weathie'
/. and most intelligent freemen, whether Viii
y Democrat or Aboltionst, in the North =
!, We want Texas, they tell us, to prever
1 ..l.. sNhot :.