Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1849-02-01

the left wing of Burgoyne's army at BEN
nington, capturing the British at .Ticonder-
oga Landing, defending the portion ofthree
States during the most of said war; and
: now we their sons dependent on the inhab-
ltants OF that State to which our fathers now
and then applied the beech seal on their ma
ked backs, by way of gentle reproof, for a.
ny portion OF necessary bread stuff, is dis
honor too degrading to be long submitted to.
Again Tor community who are professedly
IN favor OF protecting domestic industry to
furnish the raw material for the manufactu-
rers residing in sister State in exchange
for the manufactured article, is policy too
dishonorable for Green Mountain farmers to
be long subjected to. The materials we
create must be manufactured in our midst.
The farmer then can supply the mechanic
and manufacturer with the common produce
tons of the fields.
/ might name many instances in which
government has given encouragement to the
mercantile commercial and other partic-
ular interests--yet an instance wherein
government has given the artizan, fnechan-
ic or farmer any immediate or direct en-
couragement.
J We have. our State and other DEPART
| ments, embracing every interest Why not
have department embracing agricultural,
mechanical and manufacturing interests
: 1t belongs to us, farmers, to ask of Congress
f the establishment of department devoted
to the greatest interests of our country
) The government by proper agents ought to
take the lead in encouraging the artizan
and mechanic all of their improvements in
machinery whereby the raw material is con-
verted into the manufactured article, ought
/ forthwith to become the common property
of the whole Union.
, While | rejoice at the idea Of individuals
/ assocating for the sole purpose of encour-
: aging the artizan and mechanic for their
private advantage, this alone ought induce
= the government to pursue the same policy
= for the benefit of the whole.
I We want a system of State and National
2 Legislation for this purpose that shall be eff
= fectual to collect periodically, in every State
t Of our Union, and concentrate to one point
: at the seat of government in each State, and
at the seat of the National Government, pre-
! else, accurate, authentic and official statis-
: teal information upon all the annual results
+ Of the husbandman's, mechanics and manu-
: facturer's industry, showing to everybody,
at all times, as near as human watchfulness
can, upon scale so extended all the ee-
ments of both the demand and the supply
4 of produce and manufactures that enter our
= market. With information of this dsscrip-
| tion embracing Improvements in impe-
t ments of husbandry, mechanics and manu-
! features, published and disseminated through
= the land by Congress, with one half the pro-
r fusion that partisan documents are spread
: by each and every party, an entire revou-
: ton in the productiveness of the husband
= mans, mechanics and manufacturers la
: Dor would be effected. There would be
d system, certainly, and confidence pervading
t the OUTLAWS and the income of the husband
5 man, mechanic and manufacturer.
r | have to say that as an individual have
;, become satisfied that there is manifest
P improperly in Boosting of our liberty, ofthe
t independence of our State or country, so
e long as we exchange the raw material for
h the manufactured articles which we are ca
pable of manufacturing ourselves.
1t 1t ls impossible for a farmer-a freeman
+ of Vermont, to speak Of our liberties, of
= our independence, as being only upon
n parchment until our General Assembly pass
If such laws as will give full employment to
S the artlzan, mechanic and manufacturer, in
n converting the raw material, that we as far
!, mers create, into necessary manufactured
o articles equal to full supply-then, and not
! TILL then, can we talk of our liberties, ofour
e independence, as being a reality.
7 An agricultural community or common
r wealth dependent upon sister States, or for
, eign Governments, for food or necessary
9 clothing, are In a measure slaves.
. Again. | consider my wool and other
: raw material, which | create from the soil,
d in measure my land-my farm. Ny farm
V is portion of the commonwealth
\ The land is the commonwealth ITSELF
: Again; my wool is, in measure, my body
5 my tlesh-my bones-yes, my very blood
: aud strength. Believing this to be true,
o am for pursuing a policy designed to en-
, courage the skillul artizan and manufacture
e er to locate amidst the Green Mountains
d and to prosecute their business.
g | am as willing to go as far in laying a
d foundation for the encouragement of do
), nestle manufactures as England did, when
n by law Parliament required that no person
r should be buried unless the winding sheet
S was of wooden, and of the growth, produce
c ton and manufacture of the realm; that no
II citizen should be permitted to appear in
n public, other than clad in the growth, pro-
> hhbtioh anu vi llC ICdlll
y Gentlemen and Ladies, | am in honor
: bound to thank you for your kindness in so
c attentively listening to my remarks may
/ differ with many of you, yet beg of you
;. to be considerable, be candid; and after a
/ second sober thought hope you will come
/ to Just and honest conclusions, and, as
e friends to your State and country, place
n your political boat upon the highest summit
4 4 al, Il
o manfully, with determination to raise the
tide of public opinion, until this political
l. boat shall float off on an even surface, and
n your state and country be independent of
= foreign countries, as far as relates to the
!, conversion of the raw materials into the
= necessary manufactured articles, We can
e then boast of being independent in reality
: Not Slaves, but FREEMEN