The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-01-16

hereafter. a,adc --as Il dosbtlc> will
4 tca question in fa.are slections but
with The prrsess Congress dc same he-
dy that passsd tho odioss law--wbat
hope can b. entertained! None. that
VIC can see. There has nothing, surely,
taken place. since it, passage. calcula-
ted to soften tho animositics Of the South.
and it i. hardly to b expected that the
trai,orous doaghfsccs Of the North, who
lent their aid on the occasion. will quite
yet plead guilty to their reasonable &C.
ton. their dcsert;on Of the trne interests
and disregard Of the true feelings Of their
constituencies. The time for this has not
vet come. With another Congress and
under different auspices--by proper o.
fort and ac.ion-not such, however. Is
has been shown of by the free sellers Of
Massachusctts--a better state Of things
may be found to exist and reasonable
hope inspired for better success.
Ne.shrr can there b. any reasonable
hope indulgcd for any general or impor-
tant revision Of the present destructive
tariff law q law as essentially British in
it's tendencies and operation as though
formed-ip<he British Parliament and
which, as was predicted by its opponents,
is working great good to England, while
it brings nothing but distress and ruin to
ns. But what matters all this to our
northern demagogues, so long as they can
by the specicus cry Of free trade aud
democracy! keep themselves in power
and place, aud hold their followers and
supporters passive under, and obedicnt &c
their iron rule? What though the OPP
Grafton Of this law has closed over 13(
cotton mills in New England alone, stop
ping over 100000 spindles within ;
few months, and throwing out Of emplo,
over $4,000 persons, whose yearly earn
ings, it is estimated, could not have beer
less than $4,000, 900 and which was dis
tributed among the farmers, mechanics
and merchants Of the country. VIVA
though Il hs worked still greater mischief
among the iron workers = crushing an(
whitening as it has almost the entire irol
interest Of the country? What thougl
we arc daily running largely in debt (.
England--laying our numerous railroad
with English iron-and in many instance
bonding the roads for the same? VIVA
though by the immense issues Of bonds
necessary to keep up the balance Of trad
I'VE measurably place our banks, canal
and public works into the hands of fol
| eign capitalists, who first make thei
money out Of us to repay in loans (wel
securely to enable US to go ahead in tn
: belief that we are not only a great an
: and growing, but a prosperous notion
under the operation Of this British tt
= riff? WlA though, we say-the ev
q dence of an these results arc witncsse
:. on every side, under the workings of thi
v system the present arrangement Of br
r siness and the prospective ruin whic
stares large portion of our most ente1
, prising manufacturers in the face ,-wh;
q cares the locofcco free soil demagogut
q for all this--so they fill the ofices-an
c the people fill their capacious maws wit
- a suthciency Of the government pap
t But as with the fugitive slave law
to in regard to the tariff; We believe thel
1t is better, if not good time coming
e and in this hope all friends of protectic
is must rest FOR the present.