Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-06-18

protection Of American labor. Now, of more |
than four-score years. This eye not dinlncd with
age or his natural force aba;e1,) that patriarch |
watches the nlnutest movements of his Gov
eminent affecting the homo. or the interests of
his country. lie mourns and mourns deeply,
when be hears that one of her sons Is adyOca-
ting system, that tends to carry abroad all our
American gold, and mortgage Oh all our
American investments, and bring down the |
American laborer to the hopelessness, and STU
pidlty, und beggarv of Spain. have made .
this iuli acknowledgment Of authority to save |
myself from constant quot1ton. Having done !
THIS, ask attention to few points in The speech |
OF the gentleman from Massachusetts.
The first, middle, and las idea of that speech, |
running through the whole, and repeated in |
every iosm that can shun t,utoogy IS, that the !
manufactures Of wool, cotton, and iron, will de-
part form New England, New YORK, and Penn
syivania, and take ~ their homes in the West
lis mid Interpretation is patriotic effort TO
ilberail3e blgoted Northeast men through their
, fears. The plain Saxon Of 1t is, an attempt to
sound a sectional alarm, and create the impress
SION that Northeast men want protection at the
expense of the rest OF he country Nothing
can be more unjust. No man can make n for
gerry more at war with the truth. Northeast
Il. zen nave looked anXluusly for the progress of
manufactures, westward ard southward I'd. The
reason may be selfish. bu, it is qu te plains they
know that all who make fair experiment IN
manufacturing, will call out for P election to
labor, and they will have allies and not rivals.
You may 60 with the bcnedcton of every
Northeast Mnn, to spread your t1ocks over the
prlirles oFthe West to rear your factories at
every waterfall. ana your forges at every mine
and mountain Of iron in the land. III prcdic-
pNpTus - manufacturers No,y
England, has the gentleman quite forgotten the
history 81 the world; The WOO en- i!anutic-
lures o: Engiani,1 are now where they were first
settlcd--in the two Rulings of YORKSHIRE: the
Gotten, al Manchester; the cutlery at Sheffield
and Birmingham; the hosiery at Nottingham
the potlerlga IA Stnordshirc and silk al Spit
GlHoids. Ten shlres south of the Thames and
Severn, as well fitted for it, have scarce a s,l-
gle manuactory. Henry " brought the silk
worm md silk manufacture to France from his
e day, the seat Of the silk work has been al I.r-
ons, while other parts OF France are as well
adapted 10 it. Geneva has been the fountain
OF clocks and watches 50 long, that the memo
= ry of man runnelh not to the contrary. Manu-
r tactpreS may-we trust they wlll--sprcad west
e ward and southwark but while they can live
anywhere IN tins land, they viii live Ill New
0 England, the hone where their Infancy was
IiNlbCN IClC - l!IG il'luGuI power, INC StruC-
J. lures, the machinery. the skill and the industry
8 and there the llbcrer Will not be seduced from
d his employment by the agricultural rewards on
s the fertile soil Of ,ha West.
e The gentleman mas made comparison Of he
g effects of the tariff of 1912 and Is q reare,
y he has done so but the fault is his, not ,ne.
: | have never before seen so stron. an illustra.
+ ton Of the political value Of time, AMI he mekes
the most of it lie has two or three wears sll.
l. ding in and ont Of his calculations not bv any
a fixed rules like those Of Sir Robert Peel, hui
/ Just to suit his own convenience. The results
4. Of two of those years-lSl7 and Ie5l-art
e written in kind of invisible, sympathetic ink
u When wanted, he reads, like l.if.yetter in the
e prison of Olmutz, "wth uncommon pnrlnth :
re aud all the figures start into life; when tnn,
a would be little Troublesome in his tables, ap
lie phs the cooling process, and they disappear
T. leaving perfect blanc. lie goes back twelve
/ or fifteen years for the price of agriculture
V prodncs-takcs the country when suffering
lie flon financial revuIson-when it had sunk iy,
l. hundred millions by over importalion-when j
IS was drinking the dregs Of n compromise tariff
& when foreign creditors, in order to get thci
pay, were willing to take our products at an,
5 price from American bankrupts-and then ht
er makes very edfyng table as to prices 70
al tour years on either side of the line of 1912
Il For the manufacture Of cotton he goes bacI
G, twenty years, and, finding it largely increase,
ID sneers at a petitioner for protection of labor
'r tells him he ls engaged IN a terribly losinl
ID business" and derl1es him for shvernu unde
'e a garment, though thin and tattered that is s.
he much larger than he wore when child. |,
!, The IRON manufacture he starts at 1910. an,
1T glides easily and gracefully up to the present
ID Quite forgetting quadruplcd territory, a DOB
81 uailon increased sirieen millions, an entire rev
III outlon in the modes of manufacture, and tn
y effect OF fifteen tariffs on the forty intervcnin,
- years, he drops down Oh 1850, and complacen;
~ gives all the credit Of the change L
'e the tariff Of 1916. Ii this way tie gculicmlu
Is tables are made up, Of which no mon is bette
y ADVISED than the gentleman himself. J use tn
: farms o! o42 and $40 rs the oay ntlnes b.
= which 20 designate the systems to which the
'c refer. do not use them 70 distribute poticl
s. praise or blame 10 any party. | AN sncerei
m and earnestly anxious to see such chaure i
o. the revc ue laws as the Interests of the coun
L, try demand, and would be glad 20 sacrifice ey
- cry particle OF political credit, IL order to ga
OF that ned. DO not present my State as ben
CT in beCgary or starvation no act OF the Govern
~ ment-- nothing short Of the net of God-ca
s. ever bring her 10 that condition. In her limit
more than Sl7,000,CO0 have been expended j
u railroads to open the way to her rich fields, t
tie her mlncs, TO her marble Quarries, 0a4 her nj
h. ural manufacturing power. She has not, !ik
1t the West, asked public lands to build he
c. roads; or like the South, n remission Of dutie
re on railroad iron. The wort is mllnly done an
Is paid and now, could she receive a portion q
d, protection given to tie pauper labor Of Europe
OF she would feel sudden impulse in manutlc
70 teres and stirring movement in her agrcul
&c tuIe, by home market for her products, /
I'd manufacturing establishments ON her own so
D. Let Nc now turn to some facts TINT bear o
a TINS COMPARISON Tae tariff Of 1912 fo1nI til
tn country IN great depression our able linlncia
SO agent, Offering double Interest, and peIg!n
n the security ufthls Government, could not boz
! a dollar IN the gulted money markets of Eu
ad rope. That act checked foreign importation
e. restored the balance oftrade, and rescued fro.
ny perpetual lniainy the blasted credit of Il.
'o country. lis design vas to have home mari
lot ct tor the products Of the shop and the iiel,
nc by having The man wl0 makes, and the ina
ed who uses, IN the slme country. And it eiiec
he ed the object. The manufacture Of lron il