The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-10-10

ence-when New England foresight was
dimmcd, and New England opposed the
protective system in MASS, through all,
against all-and has nearly convinced
ALL" This MASS heretofore unanimous
against Mr. Clay and his protective sys-
tem-met on Boston Common the 18th
ult. and gave in their adhesion to the sys-
TEN of Mr. Clay-AIr Clay had convinced
nearly all-Mr Webster has gone over
to Mr. Clay's system with the remnant OF
the federal party is now all are convinced
of the whig party, Mr. Webster in his
speech to this mass SAYS that "of every
dollar paid for imported iron, eight were
paid away for provisions and labor to
those persons employed in the manulac-
turc-thc same thing is true of every
yard of British broadcloth imported into
this country, a large proportion of the
price Of the article is paid to the foreign
aborer, which might as well be kept at
home, and distributed among our neigh
bors, Were it not for the duty on wheat,
about o5 cents upon bushcl, the Black
Sea wheat would most certainly be lmpor-
ted into this country" 1t thus appears
we should be fed from foreign nations
were it not that proyident government
so guards farmers rights as to protect
them against the Introduction Of wheat
from abroad. But for this sage opinion
of Daniel himscll,-wc should claim that
the smiles of a benefctnt Proyidencn-.
the abundance of our crops and the ex-
trcmo low price of flour in our cities, cx-
clude foreign wheat from our shores -
Daniel is somewhat confused in his COM
parison of iron and cloth which probably
may be accounted for from the latoness
of his embracing Mr. Clay's system and
the late abandonment by Maine of the
whig cause. Iron, Mr. Webster would
import, and work it up only l-8 of the
worth of the manufactured article being
expended abroad-whilst he would ex-
clude cloth as he would whcat--he cx-
cludes cloth because our neighbors can
supply the market. If we have iron c.
noughin the country, and by all accounts
we have-the l-0 on iron can also be
saved by % cents tax levied by the
general government,
Well, all this done, which all see can
be done, our nighjOrS would have all the
cash-all of every thing-and all this
without the government obtaining any
thing from the customs. There could be
no very great amount Of duties, if no
wheat nor cloth nor iron came into our
ports. 1t would not require the wisdom
of Daniel to tell what would be the state
of things if we looked beyond our neigh
bors to see how others would fare whilst
we are amassing wealth. The farmers
at the south must have a market for their
productions-they now raise things cheap.
ly-raise produce in abundance and ey-
change that produce with nations who
can afford articles cheap in exchange for
southern products. Most of all we buy
in foreign lands is paid for by the people
OF the southern states. Hts of the cost
OF making the cloth can be saved to our
neighbors-thcsc southern people must
bring us their cotton-we will make it in
to cloth and they must take cloth of US
for pay-then they will have no cause to
complain of high dulies-.for duties on
cloth and on wheat are to be so high as
to prevent lmportations. The farmers off
the west will raise wool for our ncighbors
and New England will be the grand cloth
ing mart of the Union-of the world. In
deed, fyou do not bring the southern
farmers 10 this system by-and-5y espc-
cially if Texas should be a part of the
Union. they will be able to exchange their
produce with nations where labor is as low
as 1t Is at the South, and things will then
be made SO cheap to farmers that BUSH
ell of wheat will buy at the west three
times as much as it will under our pro-
tectlve system. 1t is the high protective
system that will prevent liberal exchanges.
That will keep cloth high but not exclude
it as Mr. Webster supposes as in the case
of wheat till our neighbors can compete
with the English or rather ill they will be
is content with 20 per cent profit as the
English are with six. The south raises
last quantitiest of produce-,he English
make vast quantities of oloth-al are
eady for barter with small profits-p:e. ,
ering nimble sixpence to slow shilling ,
moderate prices quick sales. a