Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-08-20
FREE TRADE.

The new Tariff is moi free-trade measure, says
the Patriot. subject of so vast importance to the
business of the people ought to be fairly treated;
let us have no quibbling. We have said that IL IS
free-trade measure. To have absolute free trade
there should be 10 duties and this tariff does not
therefore in that extreme sense give free-trade.
But nobody, not the free-traders themselves,
dream Of such condition of commerce. They
attach definite and well-understood meaning to
the term free trade, and it is thisfreedom from all
restrictions upon foreign productions, imposed for
the purpose of encouraging and protecting domes-
tic productions. This is what Lord John Russell
means by free trade as indicated in the extract from
his speech, published in our last; and this is The
principle Of The new Tariff as explicitly declared
by President Polk and Secretary Walker, and as
is proved with but few and unwilling exceptions,
by the law ITSELF According, therefore, to the
well understood meaning of the term, we were
strictly correct in calling this tariff eetrade
measure, and the Patriot can find no ground for its
denial except in mere bubble. On this point,
it is worth remark and remembrance, that every free
trade man in Congress Uoted for The bill; the
free-trade men OF Great Britain had their agents
here to aid it through; and its passage will give
unfeigned delight TO The free-rade men of the
world We ask the Patriot to tell its readers ,oho
we're invoked by Folks organ to sustain this bill
when Mr.. Haywood resigned? The Patriot is reo-
dy to copy the Unions tables prepared by free
trade men to deude the people; now let it copy
this ogonizing appeal of that paper when the bill
was in danger:
1--WE conjure, then, the friends of FREE
| TRADE in North Carolina to rouse themselves -
10 strain every nerve to carry the Legislature to
/ give US two ANTl-TARlFF Senators. This is
the field on which The battle is now 10 be fought at
the coming election Washington Union.
Again we repeat: this Tariff denies that doctrine
of Protection to American productions which has
been embraced by every Tariff from 1889 to ls42,
and is utterly subversive Of the genuine principles
of American Independence. This measure will be
jeH and by its fruits it will be judged. Great Bri-
tain will at once glory over it, and ere three years
have passed away, the American people will have
driven its authors in disgrace from the Capitol, to
find, in private life abundance Of time for repen-
tance in sackcloth and ashes.
Well may it be so. Remember the statements
in the admirable speech Of Judge Coamer- state
mcnts well weighed, cureful'y made, and unan-
swerable: 10 produce the same amount Of rersnue
from FIVE ARTICLES, every one Of which
can be produced al home, ,oe must by SEVE.N-
TEEN MILLIONS OFDOLL.4RS WORTH
OF FOREIGN NATIONS, every gear, under
his Tariff MORE than under the IaIfoj 1872
This buying more foreign goods, instead of produce
ing them at home-ths increase of business to for
ign capital, foreign commerce, foreign labor and
foreign agriculture, at the expense of our owr
country-is what we mean by the Free Trade poll
ca and when find that this is the effect of the
new Tariff, we call that Free Trade Tariff
British Tariff-an anti-Americah Tariff.-an anti
Republican Tariff We go for calling things by
their right names and if the Patriot don't like it,
it is only evidence to that it is unwilling to have
the thing honestly and fairly exposed to the view Of
the people.