Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-11-01

been The result Why, cotton was ten per
een, pound before the enactment Of this
iatiH. and now & y fire And Peposylva-
MA Immense Laughter among The avdi
oHee ut tAe Understandable oppression Of NJ.
Websfer's face il yifcJ-iag these pords
She who gave the CASING voc Tor the Isuf
What enjoyment hes she bad under ~
sss IN psnosylvsnis IN the autumn OF 1874.
at Pbiladelph,s. s Pousville, OF Valley
Forge. md other places .aw the Gags
/ inscribed "polk, Dallas, and the nrih Of
1872" heard it said Mr.. Polk is friend
TO manufactures and American industry
friend 10 The protective ~ sem. Mr. Polk,
and Mr.. Dallas say this, and Mr. Polk and
Mf. Dallas. and our other good party aso-
eIsies. will not deeeicse usl
/ VIVA, was Tho r,,ull Of this confident
irur, of,he people Of pennsylVania In their
party leaders, the whole county now
knows And mus, add that il such
vancouver had been practised in Boston,
and tho matter had been made theme for
Jurisprudence IN the Municipal Court,
I think my friend here who uils in that iribu.
nal would have made II out clear case Of
imposition by false tekens or false preiences.
The people Of Pennsylvania, however,
arc now sensible OF the fraud. They de-
msnd new trial, and think they have a
night to IT.
Again, with regard to Mr. Folks tariff
has 1t protected American industry Lct
US look at the wooden manufactures.
VIVA, is their condition ! Why, in a single
establishment, the Middlesox Mills at Lo-
well, 500 hands have been recently dis
charged. Wages have fallen twenty per
cent and the price OF wool one third. Forty
wooden manufactures have stopped within
four months and 5000 iaborers have been
discharged from lhtm.
There is very singular fact in connec-
ton with The wooden trade, not generally
known The French government pays a
bounty on wooden exports SO does Bel,
GUM Five.sixihs Of The French exports
come 10 the United States; and all he pro-
lection " hich we extend to this manufacture
is thus Frustrated by foreign bounties OF
the cotton manufactures can only say that
none Of them that know OF are doing any.
thing to profit On hemp and its manufac.
lures the operation ofthe tariff is such as to
LIT in foreign labor cheap, and tax The raw
material to the encouragement Of the Amer.
lean laborer.
Labor is one OF the main elements OF our
prosperity, our greatness, and our power
not lcudal seryItude-not predial toil--not
the hateful osredaton of one color beneath
another eolor-tbo,, th enis g Cd our port;on
( of the Union is free from--bu, intelligent,
manly, independent, labor, tina, respects itself,
that accumulntes wages into capital, that
provides for education, religious worship,
and oil the muniments which strengthen
and secure the fabric OF s,ate--thdt is the
labor tina, has my sympathy, and viii, ill
am dumb, receive my sympathy and my
support.
Immense pldudits, whieh continued for
seperal minutes.
On our fisheries | will only say that
under our present reduced system OF duties
the cod aud mackerel fisheries are great
sufferers. OF iron md coal we may say
tho same two thirds OF the railroad iron
mills have stopped work in consequence OF
the reduced price OF foreign iron, and 1900
workmen have been thrown out OF employ.
menL II is most remarkable that in the
duties laid on iron and steel as in the case
Of some other article, the system is so con-
lrved as 10 discourage American labor
rather Than 10 produce any other effect
There seems TO be a sort OF bloodhound
seen, after domestic labor TO run it down
and devour 1t.
Another fact which few persons have ta-
r ken notice OF, deserves mention in the con-
noxion The tariff Of 1916 imposed an
dd pdlorem duty on everything There
seems to have been an apprehension that
this would lead TO frauds upon the revenue
by means of false invoices Therefore, III
the bill Of appropriations which was intro
duced into Congress, subsequently 10 the
passage Of the tariff bill. clause was in
serted, providing that goods might be ap-
praised by reference to old bills Of invoice
Of the preceding year Thus the Secretary
Of the Treasury has it in his power TO raise
or deprcss the duty on 40 article, at has
pleasure.
How arc we 10 pay for the increased i'm
ports Of foreign manufacture. Specie If
continually going out OF the country for
this purpose the sub-treasury locks up
what is left, cotton is low government
stocks arc sent abroad for sale, but all will
not do. Now | ask you whether you can
dnd twenty men who do not wish The sub
treasury any where but where ii isl Can
: YOU find twenty men who do not wish that
?, the tariff Of 40 had never been enacted
In consideration Of all these things, 10
: whose hands shall we commit the manage
ment Of our public business aud the destiny
Of the nationi To men who believe thai
,, the prosperity of the country is identified
with a conservative policy or peaceful policy
or 10 men who regard it as the manifest
!, duty" Of this country TO carry on a systeu
Of cncroAehment aud annexation as Car Al
our cannon aud bayonets eau reachi
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