Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-08-21
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OF ell he rants thst are cAnted 10 ilis !
,su'''1 80. d. though the fsnaica' can, Of
third pat,, men Abov, too love lut The P,or
.i''c after having been the means ofsun.r.
Z ing Iciss msv he the mosi r,jicUlous. the
/ h'ptruttcal csrt Of the Neimont l,oCofocos
| Al 80, tho t,,if On wool ~ the most di.gu,,-
~ Column after column Of the emp,iest
/ fus'fan on the subject ~ weekly doled forth
/ rom every lpculUcu press IN the state, IN the
/ IclusI,c hope ot Ewindling from the people
J a .i,tlr sympathy wherewith 10 bolster up their
/ poor. helpless. bed hidden cause. Vermont
/ hey cf,. .. suffering the mos, ene'ous rp
. ,rc>aipn bs The operation OF the present Ia
/ ~. llct great staple II virtually unproieci-
= 4, while she has tn pay the most cahothiiani
i-ibu,e tu the manufacturing nahubs who no~
'orI % over The land Dur resources viii
soon he exhausted. and We shall shortly he
come miserable poverty s'tl' Ken recpl',
a ,e,l and laughing stock for the While
world II they, good souls could only get
i've mana cement Of the state government into
Their hands. they forsooih, would speedily
redress all these crying grievances. and
would Prove themselves such generous ben.
,Ac,ots Of the WOOL growing interest tina, the
sheep upon thousand hills should blcai
forth 'hcr praise, and even the little lambs
should bna pusn' Of glory. Now let Il, test
t.i. potupuc gentry htlo by their acts. snd
mark how truly suNOiious To promote the IN
ter,s's OF our great staple product they have
proved themselves.
Whru the present tariff was under consid.
eraiinn n tie House ofilcpcsentstires amend
mrnis increasing the duties on wool were
n,fvdu, ed by Messr.. q
Sidse Of "
Errr,H Of ".
IfaH Of "
I,Hmore ON Y.
BrggS II Mass.
Moore IF OHIO, aud
Arnoidof Tenn
all wings without exception. Amendments
reducing the rates fixed by the bill were in
todued by Messrs.
Gushing NJ Mass.
jirotrn Of Pa.
Johnson Of Tenn
!SmHh NJ Va and
RooJrtH Of " y.
all locoocos, save Gushing who wasa Ty.
lcutr, which is shout EQUIVALENT The pro
cecdlngs ofthe House upon this question SD
y palpaby and undeuiahl, demonstrated who
were the real friends Of the wool-growers,
that the Vermont PIiitoi anng the conse
qucnces, IT II did otherwise, studiously con
cesicd them from It's readers, and 10 this day
= II las never dared to publish them. Advan'
. tage, however. is attempted To he taken Of
y the following circumstance. When the House
lili became before the senate MI Benton intro
, turrd an amendment, similar TO Mr. SHADES,
- coulining the minimum duty TO coarse wool
u Cost,ng I've in-teld OF seven cents. and Un-
der. Thts proposition was generally voted
u !or by the loCuucOs. IL was done Tor two
fold ohlcci-hrst, 10 afford where needed,
u profitable capital for elerlioneering purposes
! and secondly to cmbauass the bill. and II
t pu>-ihle get II hack again into the House,
whc- upon second TRIAL they hoped 1t would
= 10 defeated They never had the sem
, b.anCe OF n serious intention TO beneht the
wool growers: they did what they did solely
to subscrve selfish ends. Not man Of their
party in either House made the slightest el-
font to increase the duty upon tina, dcscrip-
ilon Of wool, which completes with ours -
Their eHerIions were confined 10 an article
whose importation no more concerns ua
than tie importation uf Campeachv log wood.
When the main question upon the passage
OF the bill came To be taken, crtry ioootOeo in
the Senate and erery iocofoco Jm on, IN the
House voted against il and thereby proved
that they were in favor OF maintaining the er-
istng isrf, which admitted all wool costing
less than cents FREE, and enforced upon
all over. a uniform duty Of TN ENTY per
rent, whereas it now averages FORTY
The friendship of the wolf 10 the fable OF the
! lamb is the exact prototype OF modern loco
ioco irien iship for the wool growers
VI. Waterman.