Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-09-03
VERMONT PHOENIX.
BrattIebOro, Thursday, Sept. 8, 1876.
Ex-senator Maywood's Address.


North Carolina resigned his in the Senate Of the Uni
States few weeks sce and the eastgaon bestow
ed upon him by the Union and other Administration apes
for doing lie then nmated that he should At some m
time explain the and motives which induced
him take such STEP and also vndeae his character
the base aapcrsions that had been upon by po
cal friends In compliance with this inimation he has pub
shed long and elaborate Address 10 the people Of North
| Carolina"
We should be glad TO publish the address entire but its
length fofbds II IL the testimony OF honest and high.
minded Democratofa who loves his country pros.
periy and happiness than he loves his paryin favor
Of the conservative and rmineniy american policy Of the
Wing party in fits prominent principles and against
the rash and experimental Of bis political
friends II but seldom in these days Of political part
zanshp and sbiect servty, that meet with honest
independent politician but when such found, his
opinions should be read and pondcred upon by the upright
Of oil PARTIES whether his views coincide with theirs
not. Mr. Haywood has by become Wing he
is still Democrat but honest For acting accord
with the dictates Of s better Judgement aud the
vctons OF bis conscience he has incurred the dPeasufe
and maedcions Of his party and he has little
to hope that they will do him justice by Publishing his de-
fence 10 the world
We give below lew short extracts which have refer.
ence particularly to the Tariff Law. We copy
from the Burlington Free Press
Frst.-Our country Is involved in an expensive war,
Wlothl
have large army invading Mexico, and large navy
oil her coasts, along the Pacific Ocean aud in the Gull
oil Mexico, The sum already appropriated By Con-
gress fur the Government expenditures OF the fiscal
year exceeds FIFTY MILLIONS Of dollars. VIII
the experimental tariff fase sufficient To 'pay
% we goi" Certainly not. Congress knew that,
and therefore authorized loan Of ten millions, at
the very time we were passing this tariff aud the
first act Of the next session will probably DO one
Tor ten millions moTel win itproduce enough
to pay osE HALF OF the approximations am quite
Il will work, bot II win work badly, and
work you deeply in debit and Il is adhered To with
out alteration" the public debt will be increased not
much short Of THIRTY MILLIONS the FIST year,
and cen see no way TO prevent its yearly increase
except by resort TO direct taxes.
Second.-The tariff Of ls42 ought to have been
modified, but not by act which reduced the duties
as early as LIST December.
In all great alterations Of the tariff diminishing du-
ties, the reductions ought To be made upon
notice 10 the people whose property and business will
be affected by them. Not giving time, infant laeto-
res destroyed by the hand Of legislation and the
Older and more mature establishments compelled 10
diminish their operations forthwith, and consequently
TO discharge number rf their aboers, and reduce the
wages Of all. THE LAB0RERS SUFFER MORE
THAN THE OWNERS, BECAUSE THEY ARE
LESS ABLE TO BEAR IT. The sudden loss Of
work will be TO many Of them and their families loss
Of food and ramen; and that which the law-msker is
commanded 10 pray for--his daily bread"-he would
be thus rudely taking by law from the worsiogmen Of
his country.
Even bad tariff law them should not be repealed 30
as TO fall down too hastily when its gradual abrogaon
would create less Inconvenience 10 the Government
and its sudden change NAV oppress the poor, do in
justice TO any section. The Government ought TO
have compassion all the people, and particularly
upon the laboring clnsSes. The manufacturers the
North not oil f" Abbot T.awrences" whose fortune
has been the theme Of many tariff speeches. The
compromise tariff act under Genera Jackson, in ls39,
reduced the duties gradually and periodically for nine
years II gave nine years notice. This Experiment
| tai Tariff will reduce oil the duties upon only four
months notieei The later was harsh. crnel, unjust
legislation; harsh 10 the wealthy, cruel 10 the laborer
and unust TO both; and the general welfare did not
quire il.
Thrd.-The independent Treasury, ofitself great
change; the WarehousinR act another; and the Ex-
perimenta Tariff, the greatest Of them s will, when
taken together, work entire revolution Of 6nnn-
eial system. One at time they might have been in
iroduced more safely, Of them wisely. But, by
being NEARLY united, they will be, in the time OF
their commencement, is calculated to excite appre-
hension and alarm. To put them into Simultaneous
operation was indeed, political movement OF party
Too violent and too potent for good They will affect
all the business 81 the people most lnuously; and,
with Government expenditure Of fifty millions and a
revenue under twenty millions, the Government itself
may be crushed under their combined operation.
CT TBE NTTEb b " S aE 1 ;M aTF
YEARS WIS THE INDUSTRY or OUR
OWN COUNTRY B URDENED BY DISCRLyu-
NATIONS MADE AGAINST HOME MANU-
fACTUREs. Their policy was to BUILD up and
not to Destroy 70 PROTECT and not ~ oPgrsss. NOT
so THE EXPERIMENTAL TARIFF And Is
II not mistake 10 suppose that the republican people
Of North Carolina were at any time hostile TO those
acts merely because they were " PRorEcrvE" Our
hostility aimed the of the thing NOT the
thing itself: at extreme protection, protection PEn
Sc. With here and there an individual execution
for republicans in those days were allowed TO dIer-I
boldly affirm that this the republican docirne OF
our State
When follow citations Of the opinions Of wAsuseros
JETFEasOs, MADISON &c, e in favor Of the doctrine of
rRorEerIOs, after which Mr. Haywood proceeds say,
Now the Experimental Tariff, as interpret il. fun
damenially violated this doctrine. Il Disseminated,
but II did against our domestic abor and in that
way, and TO that extent il made upon the vital in
terests OF the North. And pray what Inducements
were offered to North CAROLINE, by This experiment.
that her Senators should help carry on the unnatu.
raj conflict What but the naked desire for an npps-
rent party unity where there was really no party con-
cord. For North Carolina had no local or Slate in
terest which will be served or elevated by H. None
whatever.
Fiith--Tbe last objection shall trouble you with,
is TO the new principle, that all 'dulies be laid
nd valoem." II is not the least remarkable circun-
stance connected with the passage Of this act, that this
new ad uaiorem article ia The Democratic creed
supported bs the sanction Of no distinguished name
but Henry Cay'sl and Mr. clny's friends say even he
has been misrepresenied 10 furnish authority.
Mr. Haywood then quotes the opinions Of tiAHILros,
GAtLArs, CRAWFORD DC aeainsi ad uaiorem, and in IA
vor OF specific duties wherever practicable, md procreds
These opinions, Of the great and eminent men Of
countfy. were never controverled, no far as we
know until the present time aud upon what principle
oil patriotism, Of Democracy was expected 10 refuse
Ia them the homage Of my confidence and supporti-
What should have induced me 10 forego The conclu-
sion Of my own Judgment fortified BY such authority
and confined by the experience Of The government
for half O century, 10 all my conferences with SEN