Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-05-20

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Nh Morrill, said that, compose as tle -el1'-
lean party now was Of Republicans proper, ana
Of alI other Union men who were ready at me
outbreak Of the rebellion To- band o5e'her anu q.
s.ug OF swim iu battling for the preservation %
the Government, IT was 90 be expeatei, although
heretofore united ll creating "a camIiriu'e.t
hi-l tariff a. q war measure. that there "ol'i
Doe cJutrire'y ot opinion " IN respe'i tue'e,'
when the war OK Eruces had passed away. lie
proposed 10 explore the ground. AMI see whether
there WAS necessarily any such au,azonIsn a-
should. on principle, now OF hereafter, t'lie
the votes of the members oi tne is'n ..-itn
party. FIRST, We have 90 CONSIDER q tiIiA lo'
revenue, with Determinations j.. iie Ifo'eeu.A
Of American industry. Second, free trade A'-
s9lutcly. Tn'rl, a tar.t for revenue solely.
alias d" revenue REFORM and showing r' more
favor 20 American interests tuan o. 90 -e % l''-
eirn counties. Practically, the hTst -- me tz-
tTemes, point asked Ter fy The ai'oct'e' Il pro-
lection The Sc ond Is what tne antagonists 'I
the first proposition commend, without meaning
20 adopt, a. they eN'oi "A beauty "uoM l-et
would by 10 means wei, conoea-lis ihe Iii' l1il
iirec- taxes on land, excuses, am taxes GA H.
comes would become, u that were TO prevail. 'le
only source Of revenue. The thru proposition
Is what is really aimed AZ ny free tilie Importers
wei. as those who denounce pro,tii-1A H'sl
yehementy. Asa representative from an az
/ -scuItural state, he asked thar bis argument be
accepted impartial, truthful and candid. Tie
/ frs; considered the claim Of some OF the oppo-
/ nents Of protection, that Congress has 10 power
| 10 levy duties for any other object than revenue
"a power tha' has been exercised from the loun-
! latiOu Of the Government by feler1lsis ani lie
| publi,ans, Wings and Democrats. Onc Of the
! main .atsons for escaping from colonial bondage
| vas that the trade and commerce % young
| America might be fosterei. The early trainers
| of our Government dii NOT stu.tlg themselves
1 by placing restrictions 10 the Constitution which
would prevent them from Offering either direct
or Incl icutal encourl cement and protection to
| agriculture OF manufactures or commerce. The
second act of the First Congress, passed on the
ith Of July, l1,9, has in It's preamble tins dis
tiu.t avowal If its purpose 90 for the encour-
acement and protection Of manufacture,
which Is an Interpretation of the Constitution
made hv its founders, carried into elect AZ the
esrlir.. possible moment that 10 amount OF IN
-eniaus caviliug can reverse or c0nfound. Free
trade was unknown TO the early American
statesmen. l. would be absurd, therefore, 20
claim that the revolutonists Of 1916 incorpo-
rated into their Constitution policy not then
be,up even in Great Britain, for the policy Of Sir
Robert Peel had no legislative birth until $40.
In EXPRESSLY providing that 20 tax or duty
.,a,,t be laid on articles of export, the pur-
nose was to compel the Government to resort to
duties IN imports for its support. No hmita-
lions. except. that all duties, imports AMI ex-
3 cises were to be " uniform throughout the
United States were made. Under that pro-
] vision of the Constitution granting power 70
| s.lay and collect taxes" &c, Congress can
levy tluties upon twenty articles or a thousand
nut them in the form Of specifics or al yalorems,
and all articles at one rate or hundred diier-
ent rates, only they must be " uniform through
p ON. .hs United States The power Of protec-
ton is forever maintained in the Constitution
It's Tor Congress alone TO judge what Is cNpe-
dent. in the seyenteenth century the Old
1 World established a colonial system in the New
| World. with the paramount object Of monopo-
liziu- trade for the advantage OF the mother
country. This was the neiafious pohcy Of
Spain. England, France, Holland and Portugal
J English colonies were made dependent upon