Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-03-13
pOIiticaI.
THE TARIFF.
SPEECH OF HON. j. S. MORRILL,,

ports
The House being in Committee of IN, Whole ON the
State Of the Union
MI, AoRRlLL said
nI' AlhNAN - NnoW wen 'Io uisau-
'%"i'"so must Suuei IN loiV"lne inc Noiy
aug anu iuciu Speech Just uoii'cfeu oy YOU
Sir' Nr. 9IANIoN'J Wnon propose 10 ,rav,
81 o'or AZ ieast portion oi 'ne same neid
'nIouBn Whlch you nave JUST passed ana
Icluc''h'.y Ie'aih 'ne moor TOT ano1he' roasoh
ni'n y 'n%' uesiie 70 'o"'n 'no e"' vi
49, "u'lpor ol sen''cincn 'non az mo"
P..v''"', III 'iie uis'uSS'"h oi 'o i"eii'' vi 'nc
JIM ui'''i oon''ue'''ion
TOO Much MONEY IN THE TREASURY.
] confess that any bill which reduces our
present enormous revenue must be a very bad
ono, in my Judgment, Il cannot give il my
vote. The habit Of reckless extravaganza be-
comes as chronic with Governments as with
individuals. and an cxccss of DrosDcritv
is an o,d,,l ,,,;t. o. s.,.,r, CO.. Ola, oro
an Lo oia'aI 's. quiIg m as % seer 'oa ,no cone one
ernment was based on economy and re-
,rt 4,
Puo''c"n sinp Pi'0t.o9 VI "'V
founders oI our Government INC heFoluOon-
airy aainihl'tfation were IN harmony WIN
TINS VnooIy DuV 'eHr a nc" era may oe ii-
ausu'"'cu' l"'"l =" an inc PlnciPics "hich
n1'c inago us pecunH Pgop'e' An oyer
"o"'.ls treasury contains oul one uIoP le's
oi misery 'nan an empty one surplus Oh
Hlono!' OF Oh hcaitu' o'ehest SOCKS u cure oy
VICIOUS anu rouous ulssi pauoh' lt oeSets
lasto anu rage ior sPiehuuI' ana suPP.e'
'nc sPoHs !oI sPleh"oI' OuI ohl'hsohlah
aIcni'eo's IlNol oar oallhh oS'eh'ahoh' 'hough
they DO not violate the decaloguc 10y making
amy likeness OF anything that Is IN heaven
aoo'e' or that y IN the earth beneath.
home-Dred irnsahty Is everywhere voted
bore ana ioreign eNtraYagance threatens to
reign "lth uncontrolled aespousm. Economy
used TO zoe contagious disease OF tne Democ-
Iacy' oil Wmch thoy were periodically proud
but 1t seems TO have passed away with no
more danger of a rcappcarnce than OF a sec
ond appearance of love or the measles Ben
lamin Franklin could not now answer at the
bar OF the bntlsh House OF Commons as he
did m the days of the stamp act;
T,,,,. D., l,,e @ r. .e ., ~, pilae oi Nmen,a ,,
Britain"
4" What is nov 'he,r pridci
make new, one. f,r ibe,nsel,e. again. O''' '''' ''"
fear our pride has got to be the same a.
gain of the unweaned colonies. We like to
indulge in the fashions and manufactures of
Great Britain" There is a ..roval road TO
the grandeur of the are of Perieies and of the
C0sars and of Jonis Ouaiorse but I trust
our .maniiest destiny" leads rather to the
track of Franklin. of Adams. and of Wash
iugton Let us. then. all agree to curtail our
revenue. and thereby check the i1nperial OK
travagance which is involving all branches of
the Ciovernment-an cxtravapance not sec
tonal but national: and which knows no
North. no south. no East. and no West.
Some may doubt whether the proposed al
terations will result in the reduction of the
revenue 10 the extent anticipated The row
onue produced by the tariff Of 1912 was very
accurately predicted at S2HOoO,OoO; but
that OF 1870 was quite as erroneously eSu-
mated 10y the then secretary OF the treasury
, VINO announced that IL would produce 30
ooo'ooo' II produced IN tho year SIS
Sol'to1O1O 20 IN inc year lo'O-ol'
S4o'oi ''oo' w ana III lo9o-'o II mas
oIousn, @ l.lo mo lhe IieaSuI! 'ne iaFso sum Oh
oof'"-1'o.' 20 'o' or near 'nive .i'i'es aS 'luoh
2 as pIoPhe7leu 10y secretary wher.
Nw present 'eei''"l On ms Pie'i' S'1'-
u'"'0s una. 'i9 io'vnuo '' '1 ",'''iiii7'i'" Dl
''se sum " i'OoV'VQo "lu ,ilo nan ',ll
", ''V uil'''V'Ve "i "yS an" means "i ni'
Plon' an'c iPaVc' 9oou, 'ne same Ieuuo'ioh'-
IL no feVulsloh shoNlu occur III 'ne CONNER
clal world >which Is h1I 10 oe %noly unap-
pt1nehueu'l "7 P.ooaolo 'n"' 'ne IouIGpoh
,ncI , Pian DC "u'P.'" oy Oohsre'S' "s our a.
ol''.y oi oo'isuiliP more man Aeops Poco
Win our CROWN sun any p'an ln"' snail 81 DC
e Seroeu upon wi'l uouo''eSs nave 'no enect OIL
u''n'l,s"nS 'ne IeoelP'S % tno treasury 10
cohSiueTaoie extent anu 'nat Is d result "hlch
appears 20 me 10 DC NVy "esnaoie' cuI %
iio'suiy ]" ny nP,y' a. III TO- noI Is
toquiVu 70 DC pi'oeu upon wal po'lnS' "s
III iofo'
REAsoNABLE fNcIDENrAL PROTECTION CON
cEDED BY ALL.
The interests of the constituents Of every
member on this floor as consumers or pro
, ducers, arc affected whenever we touch the
/ tariff and every time we change the law, it
is proposed to adopt fixed principles and xed
legislation From this time henceforth all
are told by the oracles Of the party in ascen-
dancv that tbev, may nI,, tbcir ancr,,;es f,
~, - 49, ~ 80
their habihtions, ana invest their capital, un-
+ der the warrant that the custom and customs
L OF the country are permanently established
I and that they viii be sustained yet the rap
I'd increase OF our population and the alter
d mating successes and reverses Of parties. call
a. N