Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-07-31
TIL. TARIFF.

This is the topic of the most general and en-
citing interest at present, among all classes. 1t
is not improbable that we may be able to give
decisive intelligence respecting it before our pa
paper goes to press, What will be the fate of
the Free Trade bill now in the Senate it is i'm.
possible to torcscc with anything like confidence
though we strongly hope it may be defeated
This hope Oaving 10 reference to party prosper
itv, which would be uniue 'tonably secured by
the rcpoal Of tho T"rif'ut ,,?.) j. strengthened
by the il-concralrd feeling Of doubt and dismay
which agitntcs the master organ of Free Trade
and Slavery, the Washington Union. This pn-
per of the 18th inst. has the following paragraph
among series equally courteous in its illusions
to distinguished Senators. and equally dolefu in
It's d" Observation-Disclosures bones" attomuts at
lollity, We commend it to our readers
"Paoic Speeches in the Scnatc--The speeches of
Senator Evans and Davis on the Tariff may be incu-
dcd among the best specimens OF the class ''paDr"-
filling the minds of those who were carried away bv
their reasJ ninI, with most lughriou- vacinaols -
To MS they seemed like old loke revived which we
had heard and laughed times before or n
scene IN farce where some poor devil is mischcvous-
ly and numerically frightened ly another on the stage
and the audience, with the Prime mover chuclling al,
the consequences or 10 us' different slnilc like
pcdinr vending ginger pop, who, giving the liqu1 n
considerable descent ms is precipand from the bot
tie to the glass, urges the doubtful augh- to b. taken
al once ere IT, ell esccncc escapes anl its nspidity
only remains"
The question which now cngrosscs the public
mind, and cxctcs so deeply and 30 widely the
public feeling, is one which involves an entire
and r11irnl rhanrro in II 40 ,,ro,, ;,,l,,a,x:I H..
OF the Government. 1t simply and solely the
question OF FREE TRADE against PRorEcrIox. -
The eriTi"g law and policy of the Nation en-
courage and protect American Industry the
proposed law and policy will throw that Industry
open to the competition of the immense and long
established capital. and the il-pad labor. of E,l,
| rope. This is the true and only issue now pend.
Jug and to show that it Is so unierSiood hv the
advocates Of Mckay's bill, we quote the follow.
ing paragraph from the y, Y. Ercniug Post Of
last Friday, wherein the Free Trade side of III,
question is specifically avowed The Post SAYS
The position of the Tariff is not changed TIL,
same doubt and fears still prevail to its final passn %
as heretofore. No one ventures TO predict with abso
lutte certainty such an uncertain matter D,ep cha
grin and modification, well as indignation are ex
pressed at the ArrBrHrNnrD prrEcrloN or SENATOR
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Now then, while the country is distracted b.
"'"'''N ,o''' 'o'f''"'e inc 'c''oh oi 'he sen
ave upon TINS great q"esuoh--Whlle Inc remon
strances OF large masses of the American Pcopl
;;i,I en-, !,
'S'''iS' ulc S"''pi' !'ocy oI rFVc lrduc,are daii
! rolinuin upon the Senate. circumstances. To,
r..
hoh INC very me" WHO pi"ceuT oih ana MS safe
litrs i'm possession of the Goverumcnt)-an
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