Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-08-06
The British Tariff Passed I


II will be by reference 10 the Congressman -
ceednss, that Nc Ksys free trade tariff bill finally ~.
the Senate Of the United States Thursday las, w..
after being slightly amended which amendnen, b,. -.
eoneutred in by the House only lacks the .ig,
ture Of the President make the work Of desttue, So
peie BY the unprecedented system orGaud, -.
X Polk raised iron his proper insieni6es,,.
The highest Office in the gift Of the people The mo-,
solemn given by him and his rep5s
people Of Pennsy aud other States known In h. -
abe to the tariff Of Isi2, that be regarded the Pro,
policy essential to the welfare and prosperity Of lii. ,
Try, and II elected to the Presidency would make /, b,
prcial to foster and protect American fndu.,,r 80
Enterprise Deceived by such unequivocal lsnru,g. az
tariff States Of Pennsylvania aud New York gave him M.
electoral votes Tue evidences Of this fact are 50 ob
aud well known that they need be adduced her. Il
impossible for any 10 mistake the import Of the ,
demonstrations in Pennsyyania Eine.tenihs Of no, H.
dusous and thriving population in favor Of p,o,.,
i've tariff and firm friends Of the Act Of 1912 WIZ H.
ask do they seek TO repeal III During the three and b
years has been ia operation it has conferred NOR. bs
upon the county than its friends dared to pesc, Il
has produced revenue than adequate to all ts a.
penses Of the government economically administered ab
the time il has afforded ample protection 10 H.
Industry II has revived the dropping bushes, Of N.
county, aud filled the abodes Of the poor and sboog,
rs with plenty and eonientment There is not dsv,b
throughout the length and breadth Of the land VIA b
not felt is genial influence not satisfied tina, Il a.
a wise and beneficial law Labor was never in -re,a
mand well paid at the present time IN sto,, ~.
whole country is enjoying degree Of prosperity ,o
without parallel Why then destroy law tbs, Ia, been
productive Of such happy rcsusi No body asked "a, H.
repeal Not single petition from any ineres, has been
signed presented to Congress against it, Even s,,.
majority Of those Senators who voted for Nc Kew, Nm
which repeats The act Of ~, not satisfied with
Many Of them openly acknowledged that they did not A.
prove Of H. Mr. Benton among the number HAYWOOD The
intimate friend Of President Polk resigned bis seat tb
than vote for it. sempe attempted to run away but va,
caught IN the mick o time and whipped into the usos,
again Nothing but the most d.lgeni and unspanne 20,
peaion Of the party lash could have secured lis passi
Do, It's enactment decreed By ew southern Sar,S
os, headed by James K Pok and The edlei mus, be or
ed II is essentially Southern measure aud was CARED
through BY slave votes and slave influence They are h
Gus Of the prosperity Of the free States and attribute en-
trey 10 partial legislation They forget that there are no
droHss in the free Siaies-lat each man obtains bis lve
hood BY the labor Of his hands They forget that each
eoanner is also producer f. is not so at the South
Three iihs Of the entire population live in absolute d
ness and entirely dependent upon the other ofhb
for the production Of all the Injuries and neeeslrss Of M
With such state Of things they be otherwise than
poor And is ii reasonable suppose tia, tariff act can
be 30 framed to Afford them any essential reefi
The people Of New England and the free States posses,
that ndomabs energy and perseverance, which will ensure
success under any ercumsances but is right tbs
account that the unoHnded ealcuses Of the South should
be allowed to step in every few years and completely
change the whole current Of business and industry thus
producing distress and misery among The free abore
The NORTH The South is restess-povery siaes her IN
the iaeebul she ioiH the true cause Of the evil
brief analysis Of the yeas and nays The na vote
will convince any that il is not only party, bot
lonsl measure In the FIRST place. find the Of but
one Whig-Jurnagin Of Tennessee-recorded among tie
yeas We deeply regret that the Of Wing hsI
been given in its favor, though he openly declared The
Senate that he acted contrary his convictions in
obedience to express instructions from the Legislature
Tennessee. This may be pallia,on Of the act but
hardly sufficient Tor voting against his
veiions Of duty question Of such importance
However, Il he had refused vote It would not have
changed the result would then passed BY the
ing vote Of the Vice President Ofthe twelve Senator
from the New England States only (Atheton Of Nev
Hampshire and Fairfield Of Mane voted for il the ohe
ten against it From the Middle States, hsO (Dickiuso
and DiH) voted for it, and against it, Only FouR vote
in its favor from the SIX New England States New York
, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware
Twen,yeigh Senators in all voted ysaoi these egRisa
from SlarehodHg States and the other Ssrs
instead Of Shareholders. Houston end Rnsk the Tea
Senator's both voted yea-wilhout their votes the bill wou
have been lost This is another Of the practical results
S annexation.