The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-10-17

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cd in any q ih. wsy, mcmioncd Ia IA.
ame oded eunssiiusion.
II sill probably shor,cn your session,
and relieve you frosa Aa exciting dniy,
The, ,he srppiusm<~s II several es's~-fs
which has hcrescfx~ ,-een r,sde By ne
i.~f'sla,sr~ Is n"~ made BY he rtopi,.
~ ], wn, done under The provisions Of
the first constitution 81 this State.
The term q en'ce II one al our Sen.
a'ors In Congress will expire ON the
;ii'rd 81 Masrh next: II ia inruml.u,
on the Legislature 10 cleo, n Senator
to represent this State for six years
from and ats r that time.
! MN informed by my predecessor.
an communicate the information 10
the Legislature. ihn, under the nc, Of
is%?. entitled nm acs relating 10 inter.
national. literary and scientific exoi.an.
ges, he has appointed Mons. A. Vat.
semarc and George +. I!ouch,on agents;
ard that under the &C, of lsto. culiikd
an act making nm appropriation for the
Washington Monument. lac constituted
Henry Stanley Of Poulincy. agent.
In our connection with other States
under ono general government, We have
variety Of interests TO lie promoted.
which. although they canno, be the
subject II immediate Legislation by us,
may be affected in greater or less de-
gree by our action. Our agricultural
and manufacturing interests should be
pa'ronized and protected. The bust
ness OF tho latter is subject 10 more vi
cissi,udcs than the former, and is the
frs, TO feel the effects Of uncertain and
injudicious legislation. As capital, rs
well as labor. are required for the sue
ces,ful operation of manufactures. they
should receive an adequate protection
against foreign capital and labor. I, is
to be hoped that this protection will be
again afforded. Although a political
necessity may have justified the act Of
Congress Of 1888, which, apparently.
recognised a system Of al valorem du-
ties, TO be thereafter adhered to. yet af-
ter the experience we have had under
the present tariff Of 1916, the necessity
Of again rcsorting TO system Of specific
and protecting duties is apparent, which
both wisdom and experience demon
s,rate to be the only safeguard against
fraudulent imIortaiions. The increase
Of the agricultural interest in wealth.
and the improvement in their farms and
nocks, may he attributed to the pro,ec-
ton which WAS heretofore afforded them.
With u, nj least, there should be no di-
versisy Of thought or action OIL the sub
ject Of a protective tariff.
The establishment Of an agricultural
bureau, TO be connected with the De-
partment Of She Interior, recommended
by the General Assembly at our last
session, as well rs revision Of the ex-
isting tariff, SO rs to give due encourage.
ment to manufactures and new and
increased stimulus to agriculture by a
system Of specific duties, WAS strongly
urged upon the consideration Of Com
grcss. Ivy the President Of the United
States, in his annual message in Deem
Der last. The lucid reports Of the
Secretaries Of tho Interior, and the
Treasury, accompanying the message Of
the President, pointed out more in de-
tail the measures to be adopted and the
beneii, to be derived, and placed beyond
cavil or dispute, the wisdom and pro-
priety Of tie recommendation Of the
President. The just expectations of
the country, on this subject, have not
been realized. Owing TO want of
coincidence Of sentiment between the
executive and legislative branches OF
government. in their views Of general
policy. and in the efforts of the latter
to ihwart and oppose the policy Of the
former, n long and profi;lcss session of
Congress has been spent in the attempt
to compromise tina, which is not the
subject OF compromise, and TO concilia'c
where coucilia.ion was not due. The
great and substantial interests Of agri-
culture, commerce, and manufactures,
have bcen neglected, and unprovided
for. and the recommendation Of the
President received but little, If any, at
teniion from Congress, or the commit
tees to whom the subject was referred
We cannot but hope that ut another
session of Congress, such tariff will
be adopted as will answer the reason
able expectation Of the manufacturer
aud producer. Those who feel the ne
cessity Of such 4 protection, having
seen no good effects from the comprom
ise heretofore made with those who
threatened m armed resistance, should
hesitate, before they again yield to
threats Of a similar character, as they
might thereby disaffect those who feel
a deep interes, with them, and can have
but little expectation OF gaining TO their
interest those who have ever been hos
die.
There is another subject affecting
US sensibly in our connection with thc
other States, in great degree infu'
encing the action Of the General Gov
ernmcn', which l would gladly have
omitted az this time, as l believe large
proportion Of our fellow citizens coin
eide in opinion in relation to involun
iary seryiiude. Bu, the attitude as
sumcd BY some Of the States, and the