The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1846-05-12
DOWN WITH THE MANUFACTURE
ERS.

me ldFlu was maze Tor tnelr DeDeDt ana
nobody else. But what is most surprising to
man Of any sort OF sense is, thar this clique
Of editors and their echoes are so loud and
desperately beliserent towards the wooden
manufacturers, from whom the farmers Of
Vermont have derived whatever wealth and
prosperity they have at intervals been abe to
attain. These Time serving twaddlers would
kill the goose that lays The golden egg ;& bite
The very hand that leeds them. W hat halcyon
days should we witness should these nuisan-
ces be abated aud our wool sert to Eng
land there to be manufactured into clothes TO
be imported INTO this country to cover the
limb, of American citizens, AT double the
price Of The domestic Article. Fer it is i
fact; yes. We say, fact-Ihat every article
which has been manufactured al hsIse. and
which has been protected for any considera-
bic length oftime by hume composition and
ingenious develOpement, has been relGced IL
price 10 the consumer below the foreiss cost
at the time Of imposing the duty. The un-
pardonable sin Of the wool manufacturers -
that they should he enabled TO divide twenty
per cent year upon the capital invested.
Now we would not Gaze 1Ihey could make
double these profits Competition would
soon erect ten manufactures where here ID
now bur one, and thus afford market foi ten
times the amount Of the raw material as well
Us bresds;uGs at rrice augmcn.ing just in
proportion TO tho number Of lstcrcrs WIS
would consu;ne them.
The truths, there are no Two classes Of
50 completely linked together as these ofthe
Farmer and Manufacturer. They can never
he discovered. The faim-r furnishes tbs
raw material aud feeds the manufactures,
while the manufacturer clothes The Farmer
and provides him with all the convsuiences
aud comforts which are not the prn,uc;s of
agriculture. The onl, distinction OF mutual
benefit is that by protecting manufactures
you put money into the pockets of ten farm
ers where you PnE i, into the pocket of
single manufacturer.
There are 20 people in our couuir, so thrift
~ as farmers in the neigh5orhoo1 Of orr
manufacturing towns. Theirhuler, cheese.
poultry, eggs, aud every soil OF saiables, aud
every Thing that can be taken from The soil,
are seushr for by purchasers 81 their very
doors, aud aipriuccly profits, compared with
sending them Ito foreign market. The whole
country gradually participates in proportion
10 its proximity to the blessings which
these villages impart.
Now, reverse the scene, annihlate your
manufacturing establishments. Expert that
noety Of your breadstuf5 which could
5e seut 10 England. whose marker wouJ
speedily be gluited with them; there to pay
freight, CON Missions. mercantile Profits.
and to compete with narinus who have only
10 cross narrow seas instead of the wide Ar
lanric. Then import goodswhch should be
made at hsme, 1t great expense Of trans
PORTION, and pay the balance in specie. thus
exhausiing the currency Of the country and
e,npoverishing the people and you will
then be wofully convinced 0fthe wi;hering
policy. Of British Free Trade Loco focoism.
But to come directly 10 The point at which
we havo been aiming. the farmers under The
present tariff have prospered beyond any
former precedent. They well understand
the causes Of this. and can well weigh the
object Of those who go about lying and Ca
Illuminating manufacturers as their enemies.
Bat let thu cOllared leaders OF Loco
focosm blow up the present tariff. Let tho
manufacturing interest with all its ramifca-
tons be auuihilated, TO appease the envy and
Ignorant preudices Of Southern Slavenol-
ders and frce-:Taders, and James X. Polk
and no other Southern man can he President
over this nation. The North will at last shake
off the deIestable dominion OF doug hfaces ard
be as well united to support Northern prin-
ciples as the South to support Free Trade
and Slave labor. They will cIeave downa
party whoae course hitherto has been as
deadly to The prosperity ofthe country rs the
Bohan Upas is TO animal existence. We
must have protection to prosper. we will
have it, and doomed be The party who at
'empts TO rob US oft.
The Mormon HEGIRA.-The Mormons arc
leaving Hancock Co. III. so rapidly. aud in
such numbers. that military force has al last
been deemed entirely unnecessary. and. ae-
cordingly, the troops have been disbanded,
and affairs are once more assuming quiet
ssrect. Ifthe influx of those who are to &C.
rupy The deserted farms Of the Saints is as
great as expected, this will hereafter be one