Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1846-04-23
VOL. XII, NO. %. WHOLE NO. 2Os2

and here it went from to another. You might
perhaps see his busy and BUSTING 800 note five or
six times in the course Of day. This made mon
ey plenty But where was the gentemans hard
money? Vanished; gone to reward and enrich
the wool-growers and farmers, shoemakers. hat,ers
and blacksniths of England. Now, 90 for sup
porting the American farmers and mechanics and
the gentleman goes for the Brtish-thats the dill.
ference. Can the gentleman deny it? There are
but two sides in this matter, the british and the
.lmerjcdn side; and the simple question is, which
side shall we take? The great struggle is be-
tween the British and american farmers and me-
chanics for the American market, and we must de-
eide which shall have it.
Mr.. $. would here take occasion TO state a fact
that would startle the American people.
The british manufacturers have, at this moment,
possession Of this Capitol. Yes, sir, tell you and
The country of the principal committee rooms
in this house is now, and has been for weeks past
occupied by gentleman formerly residing in Man
chester, England who has a vast number, perhaps
hundreds OF specimens of goods sent from Man
chester prced to suit the occasion) to be exhibited
! to members of Congress to enghten their iudg-
ments, and in the language of his letter of nstruc
ton of the 3D. January, '46, accompanying these
specimens to enable them to arrive at Just con-
illusions in regard to the proposed alterations in
! the present tariff" Yes, sir, agents, specimens,
and letters from Great Britain instructing Us how
to make tariff to suit the British. Mr.. $. here
expressed the hope that the people of the North
would send on specimens of American manufac-
lures to be also exhibited in the Capitol, not only
TO show their perfection and extent but to correct
on the spot the false representations made by these
Manchester men and their agents in regard to the
character and prices Of British and American goods
! Speaking of the Presidents message, this Man
chester letter writer cXclans ga second Daniel
come to Judgment, a second Richard Golden; !" and
SO delighted were they in England with Mr.. Walk
ers celebrated free trade report that it ordered
to be printed by the House of Lords After all
this, having our President and Secretary on their
side, they ought to have been content, without
sending their letters OF instructions here to direct
lis what kind Of tariff they wish us to pass. But
II their chancellor had sent us u revenue bill. he
could not have furnished one to suit Great Britain
better than the one furnished by the Secretary Of
the Treasury. Parliament would pass it by accla-
nation. Sir Robert Peel understands his business /;
he proposes to take the duties off breadstuffs and
raw materials OF all kinds used by their manufac-
turers, and remove every burden So as to enable
them to meet and beat us in our own markets and
IN the markets of the world, where Yankee compe-
tltion Is beginning to give them great uneasness.
Last year, we exported hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of cotton goods into the British East
Indies, and beat the British in their markets,
after paying discriminating duties imposed to keep
out, first 8, then 10, finally Is per cent. In this
great struggle, Sir Robert Peel comes to the res
cue he repeats the duty on cotton and wool, and
bread and meat, and every thing used by British
manufacturers to enable them to go ahead in this
struggle with the Americans; and what does Mr..
Walker do? Just the reverse. He proposes to
take off all protective duties, and imposes heavy
burdens on the raw materials, dye stutts, &c. used
by our manufacturers, etectua ly to PROSTATE
and break them down. Sir Robert Peel takes bur-
dens off his sleed, while Sir Robert Walker piles
bags OF sand on his-then crack their whips clear
the road-a fair race! "a augh.) Such is the
difference between British and American policy
Sir Robert PeeI's present system furnishes power
ful arguments for adheriug TO our protective sys-
tem-hls object IS not to favor, but to beat and
our is not to defeat but favor his purpose
This will not only be the effect of the tariff propo-
Sod by our Secretary, but it is its open and avowed
purpose and design is it not the proclaimed pur-
pose Of the message and report to increase the i'm
portaton Of British goods, and of course, to thst
extent, destroy American supply? Does not the
Secretary propose to reduce the protective duties
more than one-half for the purpose of Increasing
revenue and if the revenue is increased by redu-
eng duties e-hall, must not the imports be more
than doubled? This Is self, evident and if you
double your imports Of foreign goods, must you
not destroy to that extent American supply! Most
certainly, unless the Secretary can, In his wsdo II,
devise plan to make people eat, drink wear double
as much as they now do But where will we find
money to pay Tor them? There's the rub. But
startling and extraordinary as 1t may appear our
Secretary for the first time in the history of the
word, has boldly and openly avowed 1t as the OBJ
ect of Government to break down and destroy Its
own manufactures for the purpose OF making way
for those of foreigners. In the very first paragraph
of his argunentatve report he sets out with stating
that tie revenue Of the list quarter of this year l.
two millions less than the LIST quarter of the last
and that this has been occasloned by the su6stiu
lion Of highly protected american manufactures to
foreign imports and this evil, this terrible evil
this american Secretary proposes to remedy by re
ducing the protective duties, and thus breaking M
the abominable business of " substituting domestic
prodmts." made by american labor, out of .4meri
can produce, for British goods, made by British la
Dor, out of British produce. Oh but he hate
the BRITISH Now sir this is not only the doctrine
of his iett but runs through his whole sermon o
957 pages. No wonder it was printed by the lious,
of Lords: and let our Secretary carry through Thu
bill and Queen Victoria would gladly transfer thu
seals from Sir Robert Peel to Sir Robert Walker
for he will have rendered her greater service thai
any other man. dead or living.
But this is not only the doctrine OF the Treasur,
report, but of the message ITSELF The revenue
standard laid down in the message aims a dealt
blow to all American industry. 1t suggests kint
of sliding scdie," so that whenever any branch o
American industry begins to beat the foreigner
and supply the Market and thereby diminish I'M
ports and revenue, this is evidence that the duty Il
100 ngH ana ought 10 DC reuuCeu, SO as 10 let II
the foreign rival productions but let the Presiden
speak for himselt-here is his revenue standard il
his own words:
"The precise point in the ascending scale of du
ties at which ii is ascertaned from experience hu
The revenue is greatest, is the maximum rate of du
ty which can be laid for the bona fde purpose q
collecting money for the support Of Government
To raise the duties higher than that point, an
Il ereby diminish the amount collected, is to ley
them for protection merely, and not for revenue
As long, then, as Congress may gradually increas
the rate of duty on given article, and the revenu
is increased by such increase of duty, they ar
within the revenue standard. When they go be
4; the revenue is diminished or destroyed, the &c
ceases 10 have for its object the raising of none
to support Government, but is for protection merely,
What is this but rule to favor foreigners, an
break down Americans? The moment the Amer
lean by his superior industry and skill begins t
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