The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-09-03
LOCOFOCoIsM ON WOOL.

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ing world, through the fanaiical Cant Of tn
third party men about the love for the poo
slave, after having been the means of annex
ing Texas may be the most ridiculous, tn
hypocritical cant of the Vermont Locofoco
about the tariff on wool is the most disgust
Ing. Column after column of the empties
fustain on the subject is weekly doled fortl
from every Locofoco press in the state, in thu
delusve hope of swindling from the peopl'
a little sympathy, whercwiih TO bolster NJ
their poor, helpless, bed-ridlen cause. Yer
mont, they cry, is suffering the most greviou.
oppression by the operation of the prcsen
tariff. Her great staple is virtually unprotect
ed, while she has to pay the most exhorbi-
tant tribute to the manufacturing nabobs who
lord It over the land. Our resources will soon
be exhausted, and we shall shortly become
a miserable poverty stricken people, jest
and laughing stock for the whole world !
If they, good souls could only get the man
asemcnt of the state government into their
hands, they lOrsnoih, would speedily redress
| all these crying grievances, and would prove
| themselves such generous benefaciors Of the
wool growing interest that the sheep upon a
| thousand hills should heat forth praises, and
even the little lambs should baa p@ans OF
glory. Now let us test this patriotic gentry
little by their acts, and mark how truly So
licitous to promote the interest OF our great
staple product they have proved themselves.
When the present tariff was under con-
sideration in the House Of Representatives
amendments increasing the duties on wool
were introduced by Messrs.
SIade ofVt.
Everett Of VT.
Hall Of VT.
Fillmore of n. i.
Briggs of Mass.
Moore of Ohio, and
Arnold Of Tenn.
all wings without exception. Amendments
reducing the rates fixed by the bill were intro
duced by Messrs.
Gushing of Mass.
Brown Of Pa.
johnson of Tenn.
Smith OF Va. and
Roosevelt of n. Y.
all locoiocos, save Gushing who was Ty-
erite, which is about equivalent. The pro-
ccedings of the House upon this question so
palpabiy and undeniahly demonstrated who
were the real friends of the wool-growers,
that the Vermont Patriot fearing the conse-
quences, if it did otherwise. siudOusly con-
cealed them from its readers. and 10 tins
day it has never dared to publish them. Ad-
vantage, however, is attempted 10 be taken
Of the following circumstance. When the
House bill became before the senate, MIR.
Benton Introduced an amendment, similar TO
Mr.. Shades, combining the minimum duty TO
coarse wool costing five instead ofseven cents,
and under. This proposition was generally
voted for by the locoiocos. 1t was done for
two fold object-frst, to afford where need |
ed, pre- Il able capital for electioneerinS pEr- |
poses and secondly to embarrass the bill, and |
if possible, get it back again into the House.
where upon second rialthey hoped it would
be defeated. They never had the semblance
of serious intention to benefit the wool
growers; they did what they did solely to
subserve selfish ends. Not man of their
party in either House made The slightest ei-
fort to increase the duty upon that descriP-
ton of wool, completes with ours. Theirex-
ertions were confined to an article whose i'm
portation no more concerns us than the m-
portation oil Campeachy log wood. When
the main question upon the passage OF the
bill came to be taken. erery toc9foco but 0Te