Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1845-10-02
NUMBER 6.
From the Dover, N. II. Enquirer.
Taking Sides with England.

Iaking SIDES with England.
The question has been frequently asked, why do
the great mass Of the Locofoco party al the North
uniformly oppose Protective Tariff and encour-
agement to American MISUNDERSTANDING, as they
must from all the experience Of the past, that such
a policy is vitality important 10 the happiness and
prosperity OF the counryi Why do they, in effect,
If not from design, uniformly take the British side
Of this great question. and pursue a course which
supports British manufactures and British artizans
TO the depression and destruction Of our own -
There is but one answer The Northern Locofo-
are the allies Of the Southern shareholders
These shareholders Tor the great mass Of them
there are many honorable exceptions) are opposed
TO any system which developes the resources and
advances the prosperity Of the Free States of which
from the curse Of slavery and the want Of enter
prise and industry, they cannot or will not them
selves reap equal or greater advantage Hence
their deadly hostility TO the Tariff And TO put it
down, knowing as they do the mercenary character
Of the great majority Of the Locofoco ofice-seek-
from the North they invariably say to them
go with us against this accused Tariff, and you
shall have all the Offices" Take the spoils of
victory and make the most Of them-only let US
have free trade with good old mother Britain, as
we used 10 have before the Revolution p And the
Northern Locofocos, for the sake Of the spoiIs
yield up the dearest interests Of the Northern la
borer a sacrifice TO the arrogant and naughty de-
Ulduu5 OF tue SCUM. ne 6Outn can always
rule the country with the aid Of the Northern
doughfaees'-was the insolent ,aunt of John Ran
doph. We can buy them like sheepp He was
right.
There was time, however, when New Hamp-
shire, little better than Northern slave State
ESQ corupting has been the patronage Of the Gov
eminent upon her leading Locofoco politicians),
there was time when she was decidedly Tariff
State, and when it would have been suicide in
Candidate offira IN haze
against the Protective System. This was in 1923
4-5, when General Jackson himself was writing
letters in favor Of high Tariff, and when the then
republican party were its most ardent champions
Just hear what the N. II. Patriot said about them
at that time
The nations of Europe (says the Patriot of May
9Th, 1929, Great Britain, France, Spain, Russia,
&c. must be supposed to understand their own in
terests To be sure, they protect foreign com
merce, but every one of them likewise PRO
TECTS ITS OWN DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.
either by prohibiting entirely, or by laying high
duties on all commodities which they can furnish
themselves.
THE PRINCIPLE OF sELF-PREsERvA.
TON DICTATES TO US rHE SAME POL
ICY"
Again said the Patriot:
The manufacturing policy must and lOiH pre-
rail IN this country; and to enable it speedily to
prevail, the Government SHOULD PROTECT man
uiacturing industry in all its useful departments"
Once more said the Patriot Of the same date land
we call upon the Farmers Of New Hampshire to
mark il well y
1.-THE interest of AGRICULTURE, which is
the great interest Of the country, REQUIRES, more
than any other, the gr0lcth and protection of our
manufactures. Look at those parts Of the coun-
Try where manufactures most prevail. IHsfead of
depressing the Farmer, HIS WEALTH Is INCREASED
by his uieiHoge to the large Manufacturing Estab-
fshmenfs. Villages spring up on barren and be-
fore useless spots and for miles around each VIII
lage the FARMER is MADE MORE INDIE
PENDENT, inasmuch as he finds at his own door
a cash market for his snBPins produce which be-
fore would scarcely pay him the expenses Of carry
ing to the seaboard, because the restrictive systems
of foreign nations had shut it out from natural
market abroad"
This was the republican doctrine in Is23-it is
the VINO doctrine now; and il is the true AMERI-
CAN doctrine at all times. The N. II. Patriot or
the men who then conducted H. have changed
the principles remain the same. And how noble
and refreshing was the language of the Patriot at
that day, compared with its miserable appeals 10
the Prejudces and ignorance Of its readers at the
present time! How honest and truly American its
argument in favor Of manufacturers, because the
interest of Agriculture, which is the great interest
OF the country, more than any other required thar
growth and protection, contrasted with its wretched
slang at this time about the two interests being
hostile to each oiher-and its pretence that the
Tariff is robbing the Farmer and enrichinQ the
Manufacturer Let the people Of New-H ampshire
think Of these things, and decide for themselves
whether the Patriot instead Of taking American
ground on the Tariff question, as il did in 1923,
has not now got on TO the British side