Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-07-09

anu Nlll'l''t bl'N ItNN llNih q llltIT lee .
.ow citizens ,p assemble from every .
pai, OF the land IL w.. al, wrong
that tn, ,hou,jh, done Us the Amer .
lcans, bul all perfectly night when 1t ,
was done by an agent of the British
manufacturers The gentleman could F.
gaze with infinite qualification ou a.
committee room nlicd with foreign "a
hncS. hat Wucd with disgust from "a
building put up with American hands,
and filled with the splendid ana VA.
rcd fruits of American ingenuity and
skill, Tins was a humbug, compared
10y the Official paper To- u "mcnaycrlc,"
a 'bagatclie, and all those glorious
and beautiful proofs Of the inventive
powers OF our Cuuutrvmen were con.
tcmpublc humOngs, the fruits of sor.
did interest jhrdr,.ccs Of avarlcc and
.uWtuF. l!u uIY,d uu uul such
icehngS wCIc H0l American
they could find no place IN an Amcri-
can heart Bul This was matter of
taste he went l., the American, other
gentlemen t. the British far; a mere
difference tn taste. But sand Mr. :.
he had seen, m the last hour with en-
ouous winch u, could not describe. a
collection ol a thousand "A voice, tlrcc
. thousand American children brought
e to iooh u.Yn llu, sight, aud learn IA
tu,r tcLQrl years, to love Their uNu
country better than any foreign hand.
Among these were doubtless many Of
the future mechanics and munulaCtu-
rcrS, and not few of the future lruIs-
lators of our country. lie rcIolCcd dat
they had learned IA better lesson than
10 prefer the prosperity OF foreigners to
r that Of our own parents, brothers and
couutrymcu II the gentleman would
o. step to tie window behind hlm, he cod
l.. behold those beautiful chJ.Icu on the
u march to the Capitol. Was tins Amer
V lcdn sight offensive To the gentleman
# Would lac destroy those American pro
J. duct, also, and import them from Il.
J. broad Great mrlumrut. He hoped
:. not Bat he had done with tie far
, and lac now turned t. consider some Of
- thc argument winch had been adducod
;. by the gentleman from AIabal.a, ior
, whom he cherished a high personal
a., respect, VINO was doubtless aftualcd 10y
i patriotic feelings, and whom hc should
be happy to hear IN reply TO what lac
s was now aOoltlo say.
e The first argument OF jh cntlcuar
n had been the position, that the c.I.r
.c pl Il protective tariff was oppressive
y especially on the poor and ON tire IN
..crcsts OF agrcuulrc and labor How
was II oppressive upon these! No 9th
cr interest IN the country was hall Il
-. much benefited hy the tariff as tn
y farmers, and mechanics and Worku,
men. The gentleman sand It uIl..
,l.u bv Increasing the price OF manu-
acmrcd commodities; for the gentle
man, assertion was, that pro,ccDio,
did Invariably increase the price Of III
articles protected. Now. m reply, NJ
=, $. woGld distinctly nut forth tins a.
IL ,crrlon. to winch he challcnpcd contr.
dction VIZ. that there uc,.,r WA,
protective duty levied m thie colntr,
ON any article winch we could and Oh
manufacture extensively, which ha
" not resulted in bringing down thcurJc
~ Of rhor y.a... .r3 b. cn .urcd rcr
r.... to....... r...... .,u,i.uc
- nm reference TO vulc,l. I'm, i, NOT tru
- The nrircs of com,uoIItics instead
h,.pT rni>nd nv nrn,crt,on had Icc
reduced To oul.th,rd. one fourib an
= ,,,. io npo.t,,,th ami nu,.tro,fiI ~.