Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-10-01
UPONE rEM- During the past week there

nere III pOltcs.'
0FONE lrEM.-D During the past week there
was imported INTO tins city
Us 23l bars Of Iron
o2,753 bars ct Railroad Iron
| SIZE hoop Iron.
6,l2O bundles sheet Irou-N Y Tin,s
ANOTHER ITEM INrIM lTELr CONNECTED
WITH Ir.-Durlng the past year % furnaces
and rolling mills IN Clarion County, Penn, have
been sold under the Sherlii7s hammer.
Every one of these bars hoops and bundles
OF iron could have been and ougat.to have
been, manufactured hee There is non enough
and fdeI enough there are FORCES enough and
workInen enough. The money to pay for them
all goes to England. when II ought to enrich
America.
The thousands thus thrown away every week,
swell to millions by the end Of the year. Brit
l'h capital grows powerful by Locofoco help,
| ana then uses Its power to aid the election of
Locoioc0 Presldents,- -.N6Gny Journal.
What say our Clinton County, Essex Coun-
ty, St. Lawrence County, Pierce and King
friends to "ltems" like these Are THEIR
Furnaces and FORCES all prosperously at work,
or are they, like Dead Sea fruit, all ''ashes
within" 1t appears to us that the Evening
Journal might have drawn third significant
Item from nearer home than Pcnnsylvania.-
The torge-fres are extingulshed, the interests
Of labor Frustrated, capital wasted, and energy
aud enterprise paraIyzed in the great Iron Re-
gion Of Northern New York, in order that the
immense amount ofiron mentioned by the Time,
may be obtained weekly from British Work
shops and that British pauper labor may be paid
by amercan capital, and continue to PROSTATE
the FRtE-LABoR of our own coantry. This il
sober TRUTH and our intelligent democratic"
n2lghbors, over the Lake, in the Counties we
have named, KNOW IT.
little more tnan nine months ago, the meet
ing was held at Keeseylllc, n. Y, which gave
birth to the subjoned patriotic, sensible and
apparently honest "CIRCULAK,' We invite to
It the attention OF our readers, and commend it
to "thc sober second thought Of our friends
ROGERS, GOULD, and other 'democratc' menu
bers of the meeting and the Committee. We
would re{iy ike to know what they sill think
of the likelihood of obtaining the necessary
amendment to the Tariff Of - 81, from demo
cratic" Administrations and Congresses look
can, that any Of t,cm CAN be 50 bound, hand and
loot, soul and body, by the st&ckles of party, as
to vote for hnowll md confessed and published
enemies OF Protection and friends Of Free
: Trade as Pierce and King The following is
the Crcular---
CIRCULAR.
, DEAR SIR A Convention of the Sixteenth
Congressional District Composed OF line coun-
llcs OF Chut5n, Essex and Franklin WAS held at
keeseyl!ie, on the l1tn day OF December, o0i (,
a which the Hon. Henry Ross Of Essex,
' presided. The Convention was numerously
, offended by Wings AND DEMOCRATS, and
the most Harmonious feeling prevailed upon all
subjects wnlcl were brought up Tor considers =
ton. " have sent to your address, by mail a
copy Of the proceedings IN detail. y resolu-
+, tlon, appoint NJ Il cores bonding COMMITTEE,
was unanimously adopted Is follows.
I Eeso.rcd That Corresponding Committee be
, appointed, loco1sl-t oi wa nlrmbrrs. composed
ot Edmund kmge and. Z. b. Baton John Rogers.
VI IIilno Mrtudu, Henry Hewitt, Peer > Palm
[ rr ana Irury y Cloud To correspond WAN any 9TH
C'u2"s couvrnuons IN relation TO the object OF
ms meeting, especially wLn the other IRON districts
oi TINS oiIIr dnd other states, aud with power 10
Az utu!e meetings Ia THIS CONGRESSIONAL District
: II ,iry deem 1t necessary.
/,
ed duties upon lnported IRON. at the present
session OF Congress, we think, that fair, hon
orable repres entauOn of the nations interest
d, IN manufacture OF iron. PerSaverlngy expires
sed should be made, calling their serious atten-
tlOn to II, through competent. able and Judici-
ons men, having an Interest, directly and lndi-
recty in tins branch OF business. And ~ at
tam that end, we respectfully and earnestly en-
treat YOU to give immediate attention to the
! subject, and by conventions, or other organlza-
, tons to obtain public expression OF the feei-
ing, which Is OF SO vast importance to the eoun =
try at large. Allow Us particularly to call your
5 attention to the 18th resolution, as follows -
ReSo!red, Tat, piihout distinction OF party WE
/, WILL HEREAFTER SUPPubT 70 yAS FuR ANY POLITICAL
OFFICE WHO Is Nur IN FAvug 81 such a system OF
4 clFIc DuIlE ; as VIII adequately PROTECT the Ia
Dor and capital OF the country aud who WI! not IN
y ana ethc lentIy represent OUR INTERESTS urop
| these quts ions.
, 1t was passed ,cith cyly zine dissenting uotes
Cannot similar spirit TO our nations interests
be awak ened IN your section, and party spirit
be abandoned on this one topic, and amend
ment to the laws of 1916 be obtained, which
5 experience has amply and fairy proved to be
deleterous to home manufacture, well. as,
t to the interests and prospects OF the laborns
, population.
, We shall be greatly obliged to you, for CO.
operating anu uelerIgnate ACTON. 1or the PERIOD
has arrived, when actions speak louder than
words, combined with a determination, which
cannot be mistaken, overlooked or mlsln,erpre-
ted.
EDMUND KINGSLAND,
CALEB D. BARTON,
JOHN ROGERS,
WIN. =. MERRIAM,
HENRY 6. HEWITT,
IETER :. PALMER,
HENRY \. GOULD,
Corresponding Committee.
Can any Of THESE gentlemen ever be
brought to vote for Frank Pierce of n. II. Let
them examine the extracts from BRITISH
newspapers, that precede this article and make
up their minds how far Pierce may be relied on
= to "PROTECr the labor and capital OF the
2 Country ~