Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-10-03

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strengthen their power and assist them IN
overriding the Tariff Of Protection, and TO
reduce rs once more 10 free trade and per.
petual slavery. They are determined TO
rnle or ruin-to WELD the whole power of
the Union or else Dissolve the Union, and es'
tablish q slave despotism in the South -
Hence the democratic party, in ls44, al
though they went up to Baltimore ins,ruc'
ted TO vote Tor MIR Van Buren,. threw him
overheard so they rejected Cnss, and Blu
chanan, md Stewart, and took the unhcard
Of name ofJamcs X. Polk, Of Tennessee,
Mr. Calhoun's and Andrew Jackson's most
supple tool imposed upon them by the
same notification power which had pros
ira,cd all the Interests Of free labor NJ the
feet of free trade and perpetual slavery par.
ty of the Sonth. And Mr.. Polk was suited
TO their purpose, not only because he was
for Texas and free trade-but because he
was. from his position IN n slave State. nee.
%cssafilv idcn'if,d with the grea, scheme Of
ultimate disunion. Do | state untruth p
Wha, say the Convention2 They are for
immediate annexation What says Mr..
Calhouu2 He is for Texas to prevent the
Intimate overthrow ofslaverv. What says
r. NJ Johnson2 We van, Texas to form
new s~laveStatcs.to balance the comming in
ofthe free States OF Wisconsin and Iowa.
What saws Mcssrs. Holmes and Rhctt o.
They will have Texas with the Union, or If
necessary without the Union. What SAYS
the ex-nnlli6cation Governor James Hamil-
TONI He will resort to arms for Texas
and dissolution At last not least, what
says +. Fl. Benton, the leader of the dem.
%ocratic party for the last quarter OLA cen.
tury up TO May lS44-a man of more
sense than all the notification party conso-
lidatcd into one ? Tle tells us IN his Boone
Vile speech, that "disoluti0a of The Union''
is the end proposed l., these Texas annex
ation'.;s, Jackson tells us, Texas is The ques.
ton the Richmond Enquirer, the leader
Of the Southern democratic wing says that
"free trade and Texas are the questions."-
tthcn these be- the issurs and [ am TO choose
between Polk and free .rade and Texas, on
the one hand, and Henry Clay, home labor,
and the Union on the other-then, by all
that is sacred among men. | go for Clay
and the Wing party, and against Polk and
the Democratic party. Freetrrde with 9th
err nations is impossiblc--they do not, and
will no, allow i,--and they ought not if
they would. l lay down the broad ground,
that has been praciiced on for centuries by
intelligent nations, repeated once more by
Thomas Jefferson, and engrafted into our
system, by the first law ever made by our
government, the end Of which was to per.
feet ITS execution--that "the farmer and me.
chanic should be set down alongside of leach
other.
III raise a bushel Of wheat, and carry it
10 England, and there exchange it for a
hat. | have to pay the entire cost Of trans
portalion, or if j, is divieed between me and
the halter equally, | lose half the cost Of
carriage. III sell my busheI OF wheat to
the halter living along side of me, | lose
, nothing in carriage, neither | nor the hat
ter. Again, i'll carry my bnshel of wheat
TO England, or send it, and sell it, | get
l40 cents a bushel, but it costs me sixty
cents to get it there, leaving me but ffly
cents at last a bushel for my wheat; but if |
can by volition, or by legislation, movc the
/ halter from England. aud place him by ;uo.
e he gives me a no cents for my wheat, and
e | more than double the produc, of my
= farm. say that the whole navy of the
e world, not engaged in fishing, and similar
pursuits. but in CARRYING on exchanges be.
twc'n connrri's, which nigh, each for i,
n sclfmake the same thing within themselves
S is dead loss 10 The rorld. The ships mus,
= be buiIt and manned and the MN fed at the
i COMMON expense ofthe grain grover. and
d the manufacturer, and they produce nothing
l. in return. England was wise enough
X long ago 10 find out this thing; and by he,
n tariff Of protection, whereby the farmer
!, found a market at homo. and the mauufac.
n turea a market in the a%griculturist, she ha:
l. elevated herselfto the first position among
b nations. Nor can her starving millions bt
urged, as argument against her protective
policy. Thurman life be a blessing, and i
be the will Of Deity hat the earth should
d support the greatest amount Of animal ma
y ture possible, in comfort and luxury, Their
v has England done as much or more thar
T. any other European nation, in the fulfil
ment other true destinr. Suppose that tn,
lower strata Of society embraces 100000
d of people, subject TO famine, disecse anC
e death; then You have the remaining 10000
d 900 out of the 25, 900, 900 comfortable, auC
. enjoying. some of Them many Injuries; re
% duer the high living of the court, clergy
= and aristocracy, and you bring comfort Il
n many millions moro Poverty. disease anC
d the sword. are, by the stern laws of nature
r the checks upon the population; destroy
g England's tariff, and the machinery, anc
2, reduce her population len millions, still
d there would stand these same inexorahl'
laws destroying human life, and limiting
S. population. All animal and vegetable
nature are prolific in seed, but perish 70
Ie want Of substance; a thousand fish ar
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