The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-06-09
LOOK OUT!

Texas first has been the word or the Polk pspei
and they have been rather silent upon the Tariff
Whether that silence begins to seem too honest, y
too Wholesome and useful for the delusve and q.
structive designs, which many Of those papers s.
terrain, or whether a fresh demand Of suhscryisrr
has been made by the slave interest, we do MT
know, but the government paper-Mr Ricb1i
"Union'--has just made new outbreak upoa thi
design. In a commonplace but e1tavugant puff
the Secretary of the Treasury, ii says:
ave have little doubt that the Secretary will II
least do his part in bringing the Treasury back 10
fair, equal, and just standard, and in cgai.
izing the public burdens The present Tariff ca
scarcely stand as the permanent system Of this gA
country. II Is too unequal in itself-tco Oppressive
upon some interests, too partial to others-oo favor
able TO the rich, too burdensome to the poorer class
Of the community. The sooner it is reduced The be-
ter FOR all. II is better even for the manufactures
themselves 10 understand on what they are TO catl
late II is better for the rich capitalists to have mo"
crate and stable duties than those which are hsN
and on that account, never fixed, but always unPop"
lar and always huctuating 1t is better for the Inl
guilty of the Admnstration-b for the prosper
ty ofthe whole people,
How great is the probability o. efecting the changes
here indicated by the organ, considering the 'h''
fling evasions Of the Presidents inaugural, and '
fact that his prime minister was an advocate and
defender Of the existing Tarif.our readers may lad
We discharge our present duty BY calling on "'
friends of true national independencethe intePena
ence Of free, home labor-to ''look out" and gOn'
their own interests against the feeble but maOs""
hostility Of the government organ. The bEle' semen
ces we have quoted show that the NOUN Rece""
administration neither understands nor cares 10 uDO.
stand the true operation and the real benelceOce VI
protective Tariff. Yet ignorance and wIIaae'' s''
carry their points, if the people are not AWAKE
industrial interests of the country can prO'e'a'"
selves against the designs of Mr. RIch'e'O' WI ,A
err, if Mey- ioill. The Wings of the couN'!'~ ~. IN
in the minority, can yet sustain and uPhoO .'' ~.
petuate all the necessary protective points C''" ~.
ifr of 1912, if they resolv g to do IT, D"' "''
be actively on the "look out"
Te Destructive FIRE-oNE "0
BurLp1Nes AND TWENTY-FIVE HoRsNO'
-FoUR HUNDRED DESTITUTE rA"'I .,,,sn
bout half past twelve o'clock on Saturday ns% O.,,
broke out in the stables of Messrs Palmer ,,a
on the corner of Sixth Avenue and Eish'eS" w.. N.
more distressing in its effects than any W.. ,mor
cured in the City for long time 1 no '.,;asnbs
of property destroyed is comparatively n'V1' m
although nearly two of these very large .raJ
tween the Sixth and Seventh Avenues "s'o II ,,t.
swept and over One Hundred buildings uoudd
were consumed-leaving more than fO'' .,sn
Families entirely destitute, many o. rc,,,,rp
their clothes. Not fifty dollars worth VI ..t,nd
property of any kind. so far as can D. and ID
was saved by any of these poor '''''' A oreS
twenty individuals were insured a. ', ,,,,is,, csa
ton of the buildings burnt were old SO''. "S., t
pied mostly by Irish families, and these '''
bly.-,N Y. Tribune, June 2