The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1852-07-01
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lsass 10000, ,0( 0 lhs, ~ N'N'
"TAe manufacture II cosH amd hay
isto beef aad purt, bstssv, eAesss
- lArd, declines daily. saa ~ yAlss
a exports from the Wsss y he Mss
ho fallen from e62 ret tn ID 1886
70 40 per ton in 1851. Y
"Ws hsts thas dimiaiAea shs suss
kst fos cotton, and hare piassd or,
selves under las nscsssity Me sxpest.
ias userc, tho consequences n Which
Is seen in the fact th6t h hAi f1lhh
even below the price cf ths vsseass
tsri2 Of 1S40, '42A-lheA the ieAsst
that had over been tooxn Win Y
certainty Of great farther decline.
shouli the cfops prove large. 4a
1--WE have diminished the domestic
market for food TO be consumed by
the growers Of WOOL and Of hemp. and
tho producers Of cloth and Of irun.
coal and lead. and TINT diminuticu
cannot be estimated at lees than $50.
000. 900 per annum aud yrs our
ability to supply food to the world dc.
clines from year % year, as the man
nfacture Of corn and hay into york,
beef, butter. cheese aud lard, deciine..
and as We become more dersnden,
apon foreign nations for wool, aud
licmp. lead, cloth and iron.
The import Of ilsh how exceeds
the export, that Of rice has faliea In
both quantity ani Price, and that OF
naval stores-has Increased In quantity
while It has declined 10 amount.
"1here is another question that lies
back, AMI stretches on fsr beyond al
these Wha, will be tho eject ofthe
revenue system on the Interests Of ag.
riculture? q? That 10, aud ought 70 be,
and always viii he, tho leading inter
est Of tLi, country. five were shut
up in u contracted island, the rnercan'
tic, manufacturing, aud maritime ih-
terests might pi edorninate bat in .
country stretching ircm zone to s,ne.
aud from ocean 10 ocean, We ought to
ask What will contribu;c most to tho
prosperity Of the great mass who own
and till the SOIL. Are the ,nen Of thia
natior to Be engaged in digging gold.
10 raising cotton, aud wool, and grain.
aud beef and ork, with which u pay
for the manuf cturcs Of the Old
World? II We had not the natural
power, or the materials or the skin,
! there would be necessity for IT, -
But when there 10 scattered all over
tho land an abundance Of gold and
silver, Of iron and copper, and lead.
and every other metal necessary tor
the use OF man when We havs ah
the Clements Of natural, and physical.
: aud olltical, aud mental power. IL
would seem as IL tho Creator, in his
. works and providence, had designed
. to furnish one nation with the ineans
: Of entire Independence. Shall va
use these means or, casting reproach
Ion our Creator for making these need.
= ! es deposits. shall we follow . system
!, sure TO render us as dependent a. IL
!, we were colonial vasshls tramping
d over barran land p? 1t 10 jast as
r certain as if declared by Omniscienct .
l. -Aannd the evidence is rnors tangible
because it appeals to our senses---
;, that, under our present 'ytem. our
. leading manufactures cannot live
u When our estah ishments are crushsd,
e ohr laboreis are scattered, aud Our
y skilled hands have forgotten their cum
% ming; the augmented prices Of Brit
u ish manufactures will bring us to ONT
senses. | know the ready answer u
4 ! the gcntlemsl from Massachusetts -
= "When that time comes We will 20 IN
:" :. manufacturing sgain. ~ Who will d.
!. that! Who will reRt his shattered
= = shipc, and put 10 see on the fsisi' of
" Government that has left him prey
to every foreign spoiier! Who n
% this or the generation 10 come. viii
N invest his property or esrend las 10
Dor on the pledge Of q Government
oi that saw him or his fathers dying By
at slow torture.. aud would 10; hf Z
= hand to help him ? ~ sha1
ri I will now introduce some facts "a
N show the effect Of cur present ssstem
u on agriculture and | ~iil ssy. frank
ts ly, in advance that oil fse's. gsdsesss|
iby the gentleman frors Mss aehrsetss,
&c or myself. in a short portion d tlms,
N rl,ough ruo,hded into the imposing fdva'
10 Of tstirs, are very liable 10 tfdslesA'
e. A philo,opher who Clearly sess ens
'e h!Iy deveIol el fact. may ! . prsYsvsa
o. 10 announce Law Of nstnis bss IL
~ political economy Il is not 70 |; ,hatis
olated fact may arise from 4 reeaiiss
ID conditi,f, |, in the ,hifIings of hemsa ~
- fairs. But the f.cts nov bsfoss ~
n sridng under our present systsm, ere
those on which We ere eeiAfeilsd y
=. make up our conclusions snd Ii,sy
r. candidlv. that they srs eociu ions 4
'e wi ich should ! sve me bs rsases
D ing in advance of experience. ~ b9s
to My c,n etisiop is. that our icseas;sa!
importation Of EY ign maasf sststtl