Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1846-07-16

"noso wages average elS0 per
year this equal TO the interest OF 80 coo
at d per cent Each iabcror', eAn,t.l i,
equa 10 - 900 a, interest Mulhnly ,bi,
by two millions, tho numbct Of lsborrr,
and It gives YOU capita amounting 10 the
enormous sum Of SIX thousand million,
OF dollars, producing a, st per cent, three
hundred and ,ixty millions Of dollar, rcr
year Thus was the labor capital he wish.
ed to sustain and uphold This wa. the
great national industry he wished 10 pro.
leei and defend against The ruinou. and de-.
grading effects Of a FREQ and unrestricted
competition with the pauper labor Of for.
elgn lands. lie wen, 10 secure the Amer.
'can mnrkc, for American labor. 10 tho
great struggle for the American market he
took The American side. On The other
maud the gentleman from lsbama and his
friends went for "free trade" Tor opening
our ports 10 the manufacturers of the world
Tor bringing in freely the paur~r pro.
dueilons Of Great Britain, TO overN helm the
rising prosperity Of our own poor bu, in.
dos,rious citizens. They went for crush.
ing American enterprise grinding down
American labor, end putting their coun.
,AuumseaAlsaniaoA aiaA. !, - vssy susse,
ings OF the poor-bouses OF Europe, and
would IN the end bring them down 10 their
political as well as their pccuninry and
moral condition. Mr. S. was for cherish.
ing American labor for giving ii high
wages, for surrounding it with all the sub
s'un'la comforts OF life Which was tho
tue Trend OF the People 2 And W, these
tree trade" advocates, from the Secretary
down, professcd to be the exclusive friends
OF The poor man, aud we are denounced as
the fire nds ofmllionaires and monopoiss
We now imported fifty millions worth Of
British good annually, and therein we i'm.
ported twenty-five millions worth Of Brit.
ISL agricultural products OF English wool,
English grain, English beef and mutton,
English fax, English agricultural produc.
lions Of every kind. And yet get gentle.
men would rise here md talk OF a BRUSH
market for our bread siufs Why how
much of,h, did England mko2 No,
quarter ola million in NIL its forms
Here wns beautiful reciprocity. Hero
was the beautlc. oi free trade Hero were
our equality and benefits We took fly
millions 10 Brush goods, one half Of i, IN
agricultural produce, while she took ono
quarter Of a million Of our bread stufs -
This wa. our bonsted Brush market -
What was this British market to us ? Tho
American market consumed annually ncnr.
ly thousand millions Of American groin :;
the British markc, one quarter Of one mil.
lion. Gnclt Britain took Of our -four no,
tenth part of,he amour, taken by the Ems,
and West Indies; not third part us much
rs Brazil not as much as the liule island
Of Cuba and not much more than hnlf rs
much as llay,i. Poor, miserable, negro
Ilny,i, tonk last year SO IA barrels Of -four,
while England, Scotland, md Ireland TO-.
gether, took bu, 1886 barrels Of -four and
one barrel OF corn meal Yet we are told e..
in the face Of these official facts by the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury, tha, VIC mus, tnko
more British goods, otherwise she will
have 10 pay US cash for our bread SUITS, and
not having II to spare, she will not buy as
much OF our cotton What mn lnsul, to A.
merican farmers is this Assam honorable
man mus, he no, blush for his reputation
when he looks upon these facts ? But
what better could we expect from this a
meTicnn Secretary, who over and over in
his report denounces the substitution Of A
mcrlcan manufactures for foreign goods
especially in its operation on the poor -
Better levy taxes on our own productions
than on those Of foreigners Such nTc the
doctrines openly nvowed by this Secretary
to favor his miserable system of'lrec trade
Away with such British doctrines as these
They could never find favor with the A.
meTican people whilst spark Of palr Iolism
nnmates their hearts, or drop Of Rcvolu
tonary blood runs in their veins.
The gentleman from Alabama will nc
doubt discover another terrible nbsurdrly
when Mr. S stated that Grent Britain eS
ported and sold more agricultural produce
than any other country in the world Yet
i, is strictly and undeniably true Export
ed not IN It's originn form, but worked ~
and converted into goods IRON, cloths, &c.
consisting Of raw material and bread.s,ufs
CHAT Britain exported on an avorngcmoU
than two hundred and fifty millions Of dol
lars worth OF manufactures, one half OF lh'
whole value OF which consisted IN the pro
duce OF the soil The United States tool
about one fGh part Of all the exports OF G
Brllain-belng more than all Europe ru
together. 10 report OF a committee OF lh
British Parliament, made some years ago
it appeared that the British goods conSnm
sumed BY the different countries Of Europe
France, Russia, Prussls, Austria, Spain
Belgium, &c, amounted 10 fourteen cent
worth per head This showed the i'm
: menso importance Of the American maTke
Z 10 Great Brilnin, and accounted for her so
I lcitude to retain it. II also showed the Ell
G perior wisdom OF the European Govern
e mernmcn,s in excluding British goods b
2 high and prohibilory tariffs thus dcvolvn
r aud relying upon their own resources, er
couraginG and sustaing their own nalIona
industry, Promoting their own prosperity
and thu, establishing las We should Do
heir own natonal Independence Oh ID
mos, solid and lasting foundations.
Mr.. 8 invited scrutiny into the facts h'