Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-12-04


that II IS less difficult than some people NAV s1npose
by the indulgence Of disposition to quarrel abou,
matters not very important IN themselves TO pro-
duee state ofthngs that may lead to consequences
which no man can control. Let US be sure we are
right, and, IN the language Of late President of the
United States, ask for nothing wrong, aud do all
that is right, fairly and honestly aud without any
particular parade of patriotic feeling
The other great question upon which propose
TO remark IS the system Of laws which is generally
called the tariff system. Every man expects tha,
very serious attacks will be made upon that system
How far they may succeed know not The Pres
ident was elected by the general voice of the anti
larIh States The question, however, for usto nut
to ourselves, IS what have the people Of Massachu-
sets to expect from any change ia the tariff nct of
lsi2l And this leads to the question whether the
operation Of the tariff has been useful and whether
the present is day Of prosperity put this whole
subject on one ground do no, inquire whether
grea, capitalists are benefited or whether a few in
divlduals grow rich but is the laboring commune
ty IS the mass Of industrious persons well off, Is
labor in demand? Are wages hight II YOU will
give me country where the laborer is well Of.
call that happy country, tariff or no tlrif Now
does any man suppose that the abolition or atera.
ton fthe tariff viii raise the price of Iaborf LEI
US take the act Of 1912 as a whole admit that II
IS 'mperect-ihat II we would 90 over il deIiber.
aiely some alterations might be made But if the
tarh act were this day destroyed aud the fayori,e
system Of horizontal tariff, with uniform duty of
twenty per cent, were introduced. would labor be
better compensated! | observe that the public or
gans IN Washington quote England as an example
Tor bringing down the tariff 10 adyalorem duty of
twenty per cent They say that twenty per cent
Is Just rate. have reason TO know If YOU take
the average Of all the tariffs in this country from
the time OF Washington down, turning all specific
10 ad vaiorem duties, the result will be that there
mas been an ad valorem duty Of more than thirty
lour per cent while IT, we are invited we follow
the footsteps Of Sir Robert Peel and initiate his
h6erdf policy, the fact demonstrates that the rates
OF duty at this day. under Peeis new bill are not
less than iorty-nine per cent And yet we are ask.
ca to follow the example Of England, and bring
down dntles as low as twenty per cent One thing
more. There always has been, for twenty wears
an attempt to show that the Tariff helps the rich
and Lowell aud Springfield, and other places
where large operations are carried on, are men.
TONED as proof OF this assertion. But this is not
the foundation Of the Tariff policy, and never was
ne TACT Is that II IS manufacturing establishments
shops-our haters, shoemakers, dealers in leather,
workers in iron and brass. These the interests
on which the protective policy was founded in Gen
etal Washington's time, and il was mainly with
reference 10 those that il was established Instead
Of mentioning the great capitalists of Lowell Prov
idence and Dover think Of the small capitalists who
work on their own benches, hammer on their own
anyils, make hats and shoes 10 their own shops,
who, without projections 1.-THE customs, would not
one Of them, survive for single twelye-monih.
There is general election, of importance, be-
fore us. We should be here, tonight in no doubt
Of the result Of next Mondays election, IL it were
not that IN the course of the prosperity of years,
there have occurred, | will hardly say divisions
among the Wings, but separate parties-gone off
from us-their friends, who, the great questions
OF peace and the protective policy think and feel
with us, but have Withdrawn from for separate
organization for certain purposes. allude to the
Liberty Party aud the party Of Native Americans,
cannot speak OF either of them in terms of re-
proach or unkindness. The feeling bear towards
them, is more Of sorrow than OF anger. And FIRST
| would speak 10 those who so lately have stood
with MS in this Hall, who have been "bone Of our
bone and flesh OF our Aesh''-I mean the Native
Americans, aud lament, deeply and fervently la
meni, the course they have deemed il proper to
pursue What do they want What can they dot
lfanyihing has been cherished by the Wings, it is
the reformation OF the naturalization laws should
be glad to know which Of oil the Native American
gentleman eau go further than ! would go TO pro-
ect Native American rights and the purity Of The
ballot box
"a voice from the gallery here exclaimed, "You
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think am. Keeping myself within the limits
Of the Constitution, ! am willing TO go as far as he
who goes farthest in support Of these principles.
am older than some Native Americans. | have
long ago seen the perncious influence Of ill-regu-
lated elections Thirty years ago raised my voice
again and again, where | had some chance of be-
ing heard, against the measures Of that party which
relies for its support upon Ignorant and degraded
foreign voters, as certain as any monarch Of Eu-
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for this evil, other than thorough modification Of
the naturalization laws | have done all in my
power, to effect this object. What lament is,
that our friends have drawn from our strength
have taken from us, in great measure the power
TO do what we desire, as much as they. If any man
of that Party is present, put it to him. Of
conscience, what he ought to do, to effect the pur-
pose he has IN view,
! ] hold that no man has right to trine with his
elective franchise to vote as he pleases unless he
takes great please TO do what is right. Ev-
cry man voting for others as well as for himself
and il is much his duty to vote consoientiously,
as il is the duty OF jury to return righteous YER
dict between A. aud D. ! offer these remarks in a
friendly spirit, with no taunt or reproach. What
ameoraton can be made in the naturalization
laws by a separate organization firmly believe
that every vote withheld from the Wing candidates,
is Just so far dimInution of the power and chance
of eifeclng any change in the naturalization laws
These gentlemen cun send no members TO Con-
gress, and may prevent the sending any by the
Wings, who are in favor of their objects, and
will promote the election of men opposed to all
their measures Now, suppose il is a generally
recognised truth in morals, that every man who
4 foresees and can prevent evil, and does not pre-
vent it, is responsible for il. | apply this remark
not only to the Native Americans, but it has an
almost awful application to anotherparty.
u Who are they who are responsible for the annex