The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-10-28
From our Boston Correspondent
Protection--Its Importance.
BosroN, Oct. 30, 1913,

v to INSERT the true characteristics oGthe par
Nv? They seem to have become silent in re-
gard to the principles of 40 and IA, aud now
speak only Of Texas and War, Van Buren,
and Cnss. Ample field for whitening snlrc,
and righteous Indignation, no doubt. Rem
son enough to form n new party OF this one
issue, No more War, no more territory, no
more slavery. But when, with and beyond
this, there is party which cherishcs princi-
pies sanctioned by old experience, and which
bitter experience now shows how much we
need, we should not be silent and hear it as
serted that in most matters Of policy there is
now no difference between Whig and Dem
ocrat. Let not Free Sellers lay This hattcr.
ing JUNCTION to their souls.
Without dwelling upon other questions Of
finance, those tcisc schemes of Mr. Van Buren,
which have essentially contributed to spread
universal gloom over the nation, let us look
Mt the Tariff question alone.
The magnitude and resources ofour nation
are manifest. Our manifest destiny is still
more apparent to certain wise prophets of
modern time. But as yet we have no inves-
ted capital. We must live by daily earnings.
Our great source of wealth is in the soil.
Our products are bulky and freights are ne
cessary high-in many cases equal 10 the
price of the article If we cannot afford to
export grain in ordinary cases, and receive
pay in foreign manufactures. in all common
sense what must he done? Support our o,cn
manufactures and crenle home market for
our products. Live independently and keep
free ofdebt. But Free Traders thought not
so, and in 1887 the nation became insolvent.
4 national debt was created, and the DIFF
ferent states are now actually paying large
sums of interest to foreign creditors. For
eign crediiorS--niarl it, widely differ
ent from Euglands debt. Free Traders
thought not so, and for the year ending June
Both the balance Of trade against us for one
year was 100000. Add to this the inter
est on old state liabilities, the interest on new
government loans, and material balance Of
trade against us in comparing series of
years, aud who is so blind that he cannot see
where this will end? Free Trade and excess
sive imporlations obituaries have been uoto-
riously The ruin of fall nations in history. The
Tariffs not then forgotten theory of the
Wings, but practical question vitality i'm
portont to the interest of New England and
the Union.
Aside from its bearing upon the finances
of the country, the Tariff cornmends itself in
another light. 1t is the might;cst engine now
moving against the slave power. ltappeals
to interest. 1t gives dignity to labor. 1t fills
the country with enterprising farmers
and mechanics. Against such enter
prise lavery could not compete for a
day. John G. Calhoun has said he dreaded
Wing principles more than uboliouistn: a
thousand TO one. A weaker mind than Cal
houn's might have discovered the same truth
In fact the Wing Party, is the great md only
true anti slavery party.
Wings, of Vermont hold fast these long
cherished principles. Do not sacrifice then
10 one idea, and that false one. Let tho
true interests of the nation be expressed anC
maintained in Congress, and n President bt
elected who is pledged to execute the vii
of the people But do not forsake al anC
trust candidate simply because he stands
on the Buffalo Platforn-a Platform through
any one ofwhose thousand trap-doors he ma,
SO suddenly disappear that his deuded fol
lowers will ask in vain, "Where is he?' s.
o. Hon. John Tonnele, the Wing Sena
tor of Hudson County, n. j., who was re
: Gently nominated by the Van Burenites o.
their electoral ticket, declines the station, an
takes the only practicable ground upon whic
T. the friends of that movement must look 70
f success. He says, "should Zachary Taylo
: be elected, Congress, as it was intended b