Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-07-13

The recent speech oi MI Morrill, chaIf-
man Of the Committee Of Ways and Means,
in tie House, on the tariff bill, has produced
a deep impression
The y Y Tribune says:
We most earnestly commend to general a'ten-
ton the speech If Mr. Morrill, on the ,tf,
which viii be found in full in cur congressional
report. There hsye been speeches delivered in
the House more ornate and rhetorical than this,
but seldom 4 speech Of soun1er practical wis
dom. more crowded with information, more in
structiye in its statements. We should ike 10
ask the free-traders to forego FOR once their
hanitpal abuse and invectiye, and 10 make g.
effort 10 answer honestly this inpregusb.e array
Of facts and arguments demonstrating the ne
cessity Of protective policy fer the develop
melt Of American industry. and the promotion
Of national prosperity. They must either try
to DO this, or they must suppress this speech,
and We are compelled 10 suppose they wall choose
the latter alternative. What can be said ia re
ply TO the exhibition Of our losses by war. re-
quiriHg TO be supplied by encouragement Of
domestic manufacture; to the f0rclbie preseuta-
ton Of the evils of an inflated currency which
amounts to more than 9O0,0DO,OUO Of dollars,
upon which cur importers grow rich at the cx-
pense Of our artisans and laborers The ma
ton struggles under the burden which l. laid ON
il, and which free trade policy would perpet-
uate Our country. formerly one Of the cheap
est, Is become one Of the dearest places to live
N. Once il was the paradise Of honest labor;
to-day il is tie paradise Of dishonest specula-
ton, and Mr.. Morrill, shows Us how necessarily
the contraction Of a distenlel currency and the
adoption Of protective tariff 20 hand in hand,
and are each essential to the other. aad both 10
the future welfare Of the country. NJ. Morrills
speech is not less instructive IN respect to the
details Of the bill than in respect to the priuci
pies upon which it Is founded, AMI while We
may differ with him in some particulars, We
agree most heartily that the tariff bill will be a
blessing if adopted substantially as reported
from committee, and that there Is most urgent
need Of speedy action upon it in both houses.
The Newark (N. j. Courier adds.
We once heard Mr. Webster contend that Sir
Robert Peel was the most eloquent orator Of
modern times. When some surprise was eX-
pressed at this opinion, Mr.. Webster preceded
to vindicate il. lie was in the House Of Com
mons at the time. and was listening to the great
speech Of Sir Robert on the tariff which in
auguratei the modification Of the industrial
policy of the kingdom. Sir Robert was dealing
with facts, and not in hncIes. He enchainei
the House. There was not a figure Of speech in
the whole discourse. When about half Wy
through he paused, and the House drew q long
breath Of satisfaction. He went on again, said
Mr.. Webster. in a vein Of eloqueuce, the like Of
which had never before nor since been heard
- What did he say - demanded several 6f MIR.
Wehster's listeners, with some impotence. The
great expounder laid down knife and f0rk-.or
it was at a dinner party Of his that the scene
occurred-and in his heavy, base voice answer
ell: " find z0r, .Nr. Speaker, ! come 10
onion seed 30 Everybody at the table saw the
point, and joined in the applause consequent
- And ! regard that utterance as the essence Of
oratory and eloquence, because It is dealing
with grave fact which is at the basis Of all
human prosperity. Not the onion seed, gentle
men, not the onion seed; but that onion seed
and incentive, TO its home cultivation, should be
made the subject OF legislation by the Parlia-
ment Of England -
From this standpoint we look upon the
speech Of Mr.. Morrill,, Of Vermont, in the
House Of Representatives on Thursday last in,
explanation Of the new tariff bill. and in this
Light we regard il as the "a Plus ultra Of con-
gressioual oratorY and eloquence '' And now,
Mr.. Speaker, | come to eyelets made Of brass,
and then timed - Such is the middle Of Mr..
MOrrllls great speech on the tariff. To legis-
late on this cheap article, costing about seven
teen cents uer thousand, and whose annual con-
sumption amounts TO four millions Of dollars,
and to encourage its manufacture in our own
country, was deemed by Mr. Morill Just as IN
portant as it seemed to Sir Robert Peel to pro
tect or foster the cultivation Of onion seed in
Great Britain. There Is this same vein Of
practical eloquence running through the whole
Of MIR. Mcrrill's speech, made, though it was.
in chamber with the thermometer at 50, On a
Ia. limo O.,