Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-09-20

corn and other grdin and much of this is from New
Yorl, and the Southern States, Michigan, Ohio, &c,
OF wool-and let the farmers Of Dutchess un
tlerstand that, and the farmers OF pennsylvania,
and the farmers of Vermont, and the farmers eve
rvwhere let them understand, when the price Of
the wool is raised, what raised it,-Massachusetts
herself receives $30oo000 Of wool and let the
farmers get that amount if they can, out of an in
cidental" and "iudicicus" tariff
OF leather and hides, from the mountains of New
York mainly, Massachusetts, buys yearly 100000.
She buys and consumes beef pork and other pro-
visions, TO the amount of S3,O00,0OO
OF butter and cheese, mostly from New York,
she buys Sl,0O0,000.
and Illinois.
She takes 100000 of rice from South Carroll
ma for consumption, and
OF tar, pitch, SC, from what they call the " Clio
rious Old North State" 81 100000
And not to overlook Pennsylvania, she pays her
annually 100000 for iron.
Here then are S40,000,0O0 of products, OF the
raw material of other States, taken, paid for, and
consumed by Massachusetts, to say nothing Of the
other States. And here is a sum equal to almost
half of the whole export of raw material from the
United States TO all Europe! And now what do
Mr.. Polk and the followers of Mr.. Polk, propose
They say to agriculturiss, " Your produce is low"
How do they propose to increase the prices ? They
say, Your consumption is too small" They pro
pose to diminish it Your produce is too much
They propose to increase it They desire to stop
the manufacturing operations of the Eastern States.
They propose 20 convert all these engaged in these
operations into farmers to raise wheat, oats, &c
OH our sterile hills, or to cmlgrate South and raise
them in far more fertile and prolific soil At the
same time, therefore, that they diminish The detnGnd
they would increase the supply. And this is their
way of remedying the evils under which agrcul-
ture suffers
know that agriculture is now apparently in
state of depression. The produce of farmers sells
at prices which | wish were higher But look at
the state of things. No doubt the works of inter
nal improvement which have brought the produce
Of the West into your midst, have had some effect
After all we hope there is a tendency to better
state of things that the progress of things is
ward, and that agriculture will soon receive its just
reward. Sure am, sure as am of any senti
ment, moral orpotcal, that if there is such thing
benefitting the agriculture of the country that
thing is to be accomplished by urging forward the
manufactures and mechanical arts Of the country
by increasing the mouths that consume, and thus
the prices they pay for what they consume.
Gentlemen, saw little printed tract which has
been circulated largely over the country, full Of
what think are errors. / will not call them mis-
representations. 1t is dedicated to Mr.. Greeley,
who, hope, will acknowledge the dedication, and
answer it in his own way. 1t purports to state pri-
ces, which it appears to me all imaginary. The
Tariff passed in 1912, in the Summer. This gen.
teman states that there has been great fall in the
article Of beefthat it has fallen from s. in '43 to
So in IA. What has the Tariff to do with beef !!
l wish had known when beef could have been
sold in l643 for IS; as ! happened then to have
little of the article to dispose Of And so of the
rest; the prices are all imaginary. If the price
currents set forth such prices as are here set
down, they never met my eye.
In the next place he says that the price of man
utactured goods has risen. What does he mean
by this? He says Cocheco and other prints with
hard in a tho
tallacy of all such reasoning as this In Al and
'42 manufactures were greatly depresscd-a great
many establishments stopped. The business of
the country was sagnated, for people must be able
to buy well as to sell, in order to have business
active. 1t is generally known, that no dividends
were made by manufacturers during these years.
When the Tariff passed, the goods then made,
brought into market. But the question is not,
if man will be candid and just, whether the act
of ~ raised or lowered the, prices of American
goods. The question is, whether the general po-
lection Of American manufactures has not, on the
whole, reduced the price of goods, SO that man
clothe himself cheaper than before 1t is no
comparison Of the prices Of piece of cloth
in 40 and 44-but as to the general effect o. the
tariff liz the business of the country and the inter
est Of the people.
Having thus entered at too much length, and
spoken of our past history, and present condition,
will submit what think is likely to be the future
progress ofthe country. Under God and the favor Of
Providence, 1t Is IN our power, in great measure
to prescribe this futurity, and to say what it shall
be. If we choose to 60 in the path we have trod
before 70 adhere to the administration which has
established the country there is reason to doubt
that our prosperity will make progress, that we
shall 90 on step by STEP until we attain any desir
able degree Of national greatness If, on the con-
trary we run counter to all that has been done,
then, whatever others may expect, look for moth
ing but disaster and distress.
NIL ie int
the decision of these times, most interesting to US
and the whole country, to which shall only attend
by saying, that this question Of the annexation of
Texas gives greater intensity, and incalculable
interest to the question now pending before the
community.
But the great questions before the country, are
in regard to the measures of the country, whether
shall 90 on in the tracks which our fathers have
made for us, or reverse all their opinions and all
their measures, and take new course for ourselves
And put 1t TO you to-day, and | am willing to
leave the decision to this great State and to you,
how the great State of New-York means to bear
herself, how this great State means to conduct
herself in the decision of these questions. Whose
looks upon the map and sees her stretching over
30 great an extent of the Unon-whoso looks at the
census and sees her large population whose looks
at the commercial returns must contemplate New
York as holding great, had almost said, fear
full responsibility for the future conduct of this
government am not to doubt that her intelligent
people will acquit themselves on this OCCASION as
they think their own interests and the interests Of
the country require. If | were to doubt that,
should doubt the continuance of the prosperity d
the country should doubt that the interests o.
the Union would go froward, but should expect tC
see them go deeper and deeper, till they finally
sunk in ruin.
will detain you no longer. To as many Of you
as are inhabitants Of Albany, desire to give my
thanks for the kindness of this invitation and you
late into xVItl
the good city Of Albany has not been frequent
OF the great and good men of the State, whom 4
have had the good fortune to know, some are no
now among the living Mr.. De Witt Clinton,
man never to be mentioned by any American
without entire respect; the late Gen. Van Rensse
laar ,uhosa nnanu uirfnea and nminhln nnalitin