The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1844-04-11

:, oil IHey 40 veil, SIf and nave al
! ways been ready to say, such currenc,
has proved, and will always prove sounc
) 10 the country in the hands of its govern
r ment For proof of this, since TIE DAYS
? of Washington, please examine the action
, ofthe Wings on the currency. Mr.. Clay
it is true, in one instance opposed the re.
newal of the charter of the Bank of the
United States, in 1911. Mr.. Clay had
constitutional scruples, and opposed it on
no other ground On more mature re,
Election his opinions became changed on
this great, practical subject. Mr.. Clay,
In this as in many other things, found
himself too honest to selling to error, mere
ly because he feared the opprobrium of
no! having been born as wise as he be-
came by experienced Investigator saws,
no proceeds of the sales of the public
lands, were distributed among the States
from 1889 to 1898, thus attempting to
dlsprove Gov. Stewards statement a
small hole indeed, even for a mouse to
crawl out at. Is not Investigator aware
that the first Congress assumed the indi-
vidual debts of the several States growing
out ofthe war, and pledged all the reve-
nue. of the government, whether arising
from the sale of public lands, or other.
wise, 10 the extinguishment of the pubic
debt, incurred by the Revolutionary war,
after defraying the expenses of govern.
ment
Investigator unbIushingIy asserts tina.
the 'odous excise, on domestic distilled
spirits. tax on wine liquors. on sales al
auction, on pleasure carriages and horses,
and on snuff, and sugar." "Pro!ection by
taxing yourselves And 'Ehis, (he says)
is the kind OF tariff 10 which you, and
your party claim affinity and put your
selves on the country for trial /" Now,
Messrs, Editors, l had resolved to reply
to this statement of investigator. bold as
it is incorrect, in language suited TO lis
enormity, But content myself by aver.
ing that the statement is not true, no mol
one a00rd ofit. ltneeds no argument to
refute this charge. Neither the Wings
nor myself have ever claimed such an
"afinity." l ask when and where have
we claimed such Tariff and nut our
selves on our country for trial" Meier!
bat exactly the reverse ofthis, is the truth.
We go for a protection Tariff, as l have
shown. and as recommended by Washing
ton, and adopted by the first Congress:
which went 10 protect our infant manu-
factories against foreign competition, not
10 tao them, "nor ourselves" by taxing
manufactures. | may, Messrs. Editors,
be too sensitive, in supporting in my fee
bic way, what | consider the true inter-
esls Of my country. The teachings Of
early youth are not easily efaced, but fol-
low even down TO old age. Awakened
from my boyish gambols in early lie, by
the roar of Artillery on The first onset Of
the British, coming out of Boston for the
object of destroying the military stores at
Concord, marching to the tune of Yam
kee Doodle, and the firing of minute !
guns through the surrounding cou ntry,
for minute men, who forced them to dance
it back again at quicker step.
My Father belonging TO that patriotic
band called minute men, men who held
themselves in readiness to march at a
moment's warning, to meet the apprehend'
ed invasion of British troops, Their
arms and cartridge boxes ready filled with
fixed ammunition. He seized his long
tried musket, his knapsack well stored
with provisions by mothers care. In
short time he was read y, and away to
meet the foe. In remembrance of which,
| have the old gun Eow, which has sur
vived the Bunker Hill Battle, the forcing
of the British TO leave Boston, following
them to the soulh-lhe capture of Bur-
goyne at Saraoga-the guarding of West
Point, and the river below, while the
British troops kept New York, the
nakedness, cold, and starvation of the
American troops at Valley Forge. Alter
all this service, the old piece fell from his