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(P Y z:o. 0 j : Tin: star, LAWUENCi: ft. I.EMAY. - i -mm i Tt2T JJHf 'i?,t.r UUtiffrn I SO ii ji lo, 4 mrT iliKe -W.t.i.t ll ! iS g.Jitv-J'!I s-fJ aft" 1M, lmrrtc4 ltr Iumi bran ! Iutj-tt K'tti lr Mail MUa m.--kll Ir'tert ( ika .i(or rsaat t - SPEECH OP MR. M'DUrFIG,; - urr toi ruMiiarroiT iiitu. , liuU ef Krprttexlstita, Jtpnl, 1 6 SO . !ave, that far, cootiJereu-ihii sys- Its -a involving to unconstitutional MrrertioQ of the power to rrgulate juftn commerce, vita a tkw to be itw indirect boon tie anon the roana f.ctsrei ef certain Stale, by imposing hif end reatnctHMis apoa -toe com nerta of certain other States. -1 will vw invite, the attention "of the' com eittee te'eome considerations calcula ted to ahew that It involves a violation of the prat And fundamental principle! ufciril and political liberty. There it tofene or those principle of .more vl til importance. Or more absolutely con aerated by all the historical . aisocia icai of doiLm Great Britain and the 'J sited .States, than that which seoures copte against all tsxes - tad bur j.M not imposed by their own rvpre fotatie. TUU principle,' indeed, is (tentially involved in the "very notion elfrpf emrnenUt Now, ir, owing to ;i federative character tf oar Oa crnmeat,v the great geographical ex jotef,.our territory; and the diversity if the, pursuit of oar citizen, in dif j tcni part of the Union, it ha to Lap ened ;.that;twJ g,,Mt" interests have prang ;np, standing .directly opposed eacn oiner ; ; vue oi men r-onaiat 01 oe manufacture which the Northern d Middle State are -capable of pro cioz.'but wiuciii owine t the hich ice Mitmraod high' profit of capi 1 in tbnae 8 ac, cannot hold com' tit ion with foreign manufacture with- t the aid w luntie, directly or in rectly, tivea either, by the General overnment or by the State; Govern- .en'tv'j.ih ther or i thege;lnteret insists of the great agricultural staples die 3mUer States which can find markej only in foreiett countries, and 'itch cat be advantageously, sold only 1 rjchatl?e fw 4te foreign nunufac Vea wlucVcome'sinV eompetition with WXof t'.lhe orthW'f 9d VnM'uldie Jates. , ,It follows, as a necessary eon (ttrnce, that it; is the interest of the Snafactarera iri yhi v Norther a and State t prohibit by beavy lxatiun, the ioportationof those fo- nimifaiifuMa. nrktp.h it i is nn. Wb.eilly the, interest of the Southern 'anten to impart i free frona taxation poittiule. .Theae interests,' then, J diametrically and ' irreconcilably posetl tn each other. live interest e pecuniary interest of the Northern inofactarer-Ai directly promuted by ery :icfeae ot tna tales tinposea m SDUiiiern comoiercei ana w is un cesry ttf, ad d ,' that the ' in terest of e southern planters ia promoted by ery diminution of the taxes imposed in tie nrodnction ol - their industrv. j iun ler i these 'circinstances,Vtb(( 'mufaeturer were ' clothed with the , wer of imposing taaea, atjheir p'ea jre, pin the foreign imports : oi tht 'mter. nodnubt Would esiat upon the iod of any itnao that it "would have the characteristics t an absolute 1 unquaiifiwl depotism, It will be 1 ourpiKte, theb,' to shew, that, by , the of various associated interests, the urafi!gnn2.ttM'liHts nave obtain J i ce nplete and permanent Control 1 vet tht:,texTUuon r of ,V Coneress, f on , tuhecH; A great number of causes i v contributed to give the manufac- injt interest; thief ascendency i The luinent and leading cause is, beyond . i doubt, the natural influence ef ac slated capital, irj the bands of a itparafely 's'nall number 'of ? men, wih te sagacityi perteverance coocert, for which thev are jn van ! tlisttingailied, in inatter affecting f own pecuniary interests. ; Xt.Ml i 'uuiiiiij laci, 10 which mu. uisiiii j Mhe most unequivocal testimony, whenever society becomes so far JQed in commerce and the arts, as "ve produced a considerable aces "ioti of capital, the holders of that ;l are perfectly irresistible on alt questions in relation to which he ;: of t guvernraent is brought to apon the great pecuniary interest ; ociety ; Every: one - knows that !u , was tlnie, not very remote, when I great aud leading feature in the a ;CI of this government, was to favor f fosterj by every species of eiemp P sn bounty the navigating and "nercial interests of the nation.; 1 .Hardly' adlr that at the period to i ch 1 allude; almost the whole of the - unulated capital of the country, i "uusrKea iu me ppsincss oi navi ,: ,'0 and commerce yuy- " -f; it as soon as this capital was trans ' d to the business uf mannfarlures. , !ioI policy of the government, (i I the poluical Drinciolca uf an Entire of country on tl ftulitvct ol 1 trade ami Oet'went a- learrMnnnitinop rtianao M C"rei te tate WlUX.tCvJ tM w.T-u.rrT pjiiiicai the rtpiernttie of caput, and tiot of BUreWr. to iipplicilj Uf t thy fol lowed in itrctiuo. Kir. tie man f tSe sHtest ubsma tiw cso te Intensive t the iLCaeece - " v wr trni Dm " - I larxe tjitlnn epoo the eemlrs ef tws lloose en ell qaestioos afftctirtj rheir peceliir interfj's. Iticnttbe (Jiijuiscd. that ( w iLrre wealthy ir-inaia io a Congressional Dis trict, will cxctc'im nore inflgenre over the' reprit!tative bere, than all the rest oJ hi cooutuealenied,pod tlie ' mrrrMinj or Uimiounin bt tax upon foreigo iron. 'The aroe i equally true a to the uar nlantrr uuinaKers. ana Oiaouiacturer ol cot- ..I.- i- . i . ion ana woollen Ubnc.. It U not a rt illieult mattrr to account for thU in fluence of canilal. emnloTed in mino. fact are. " I d tuint confidently believe, that two or three larre establishment!. earned on by white laborers whe Were entitled to vote at elections, would be ao eveneatch for all the other interests in any Congressional 1 District in ' ik Unioo. . I huTe aeea enoujrh. even in my own district, to convince me, that even that forms' no exception to the genenu reie a nave iaia aown... J . w What .number of farmers. Scattered over the country, and oaacciiMomrd to combination could ream the influence of three large manufacturing capitalists, each having three hundred free labor ers in his employment entitled to vote? upon any question aHectiag the in terest of the manufacturers, three thou sand farmer would bold no campeti tioa with them. Mr u,e first place, there would be a perfect onlty of action among the capitalists ' tbemsetvea, on the question, for example vital to their own. interests of inducing Corteress to give them a bounty, or impose a pro hibitory duty having, the eaue' effect. in the second place, all the laborer in their . employment ; would,1 upon - the most obviou principles' of humanize tion.give their vales ineuchawafa Kiavuj iu wisne ana promote the interest of their emplnyera. ,Th would indeed be- their own- interest.-In the third place, a considerable -number of farmers and other persons in the yicin-i iry of these manufacturing establUh nenta, would find a market for a great number of agricultural broduction. which would .otherwise be of scarcely any : value to them, t: All these causes woald produce a' perfect tinity, of ac tion, amongst this Urge number of vo ters, directljr and indirectly connected with the manufacturine estabtrshments. and all their efforts in political contest wouia oe directed to a aingie object- the? protection f of the manufacture In which they were engaged or interested. vv natever division aii&ht take- place among other interests of the: district, you, would neter find the manufacture ers divided. ( Every, candidate for pop ular favor would be; made to under-i stand, that the consolidated vote of this manufacturing interest would be given against him, unlets he would promise to support: their appUcalions for the bounty and protection of Congress. la ipis wanner it wouio come to pass, that the contest between the jnanufaclurers and the farmers would be like, that be tween regular soldiers and untrained militiamen2v in which superior discip line would overbalance superior num bers. . &J en conlederated together upon selfish and Interested principles, whelh er in pursuit of the, ojfices or the boun ties of Government, are ever more atf Uve and vigilant than '4he great tnajoii ty who act from disinterested and pat none impulses, tv Have we notwitness- ed:lfbav4bie'ioair!r''Wll"cver knew tariff men to divide' on - any question affectiag their confederated interests?, 4 If yw; propose" to reduce any one of the duties, no matter how obvious the i expediency, of the reduc lion.' they will tell you. if not in plain words at vleasl ' by dieif onduct,, that the' duty you propose to.' reduce is very oppressive and unjust, as in the case of salt; i very absurd and suicidal, as, in N case '.of raw wool, but that if .you reduce enter , of these duties, a prono sitiqn v wiil be;rode ;,ti reduce , some oTSt-f, and ihi-n some other, until the whole system of confederated interests will be shaken to its centre. The watchword U, sti'ktogether, right or wrong,' upon every question affecting the. common cause. such, sir, is the concert' and vigilance, and such the combinations by which the manulac turing party, acting upon the interests of some, ana the prejudices ot others, nave obtained a decided and permanent con trol over public opinion in all the. tariff States. All the ' Kepresentatives oi those states, however decidedly eppos ed io principle, to the prohibitory poll cy.are constrained to regard the inter est of trie ouinuiaciureraas-inai oi meir consti tuen t at large, r No nian, sir, from ' a' manoractunng district, would dare to vote against any measure, how ever uniust and onnressive. if It be only deemed : beneucial to ' the manu 'i a .t ( v lecturers, aua denominated a tarin. TB-additioD to' the reasons 1 have stated, fof regarding the manufacturing a the ' controlling interest in the tariff Statei, I will add another, which every reflecting man will duly appreciate. beta Ijh; aoc;H !i"ent by corresponding change.! The manufacturers, in their applications :W altnost imagine.1 whaled! ta ta General GoyemweBt. naturally V&W-"' '''W-y-v "'-'C The manufacturers, in their applications ef.:!'. t ,e irrr-v1 1 , . . . - ' 1 ' " ci r i .... ... ,f.i. i- - r r ur;.r r i a. BiiiUJi ir; r . iiw TITn a lAaohl f tes aanfactarM.gettaVishment. ia Miisachuietm wM14 be et.Jratly re- "W 1 rl r - - - - - wats uiKiiim. luofl'i nor tea ithoeuod peop! abootd b directly " ,u"",lJ iicn.tj m ii; inj n I!' - -- .jjjw --. cnw i i another coasiJeratiiNi, stilt more de-j citjre. The relief- swght by the maa-j a.actarers i te be ebtainei by imp-! ... v swa on ic arrc ing Mrtnert and restrictions eoen the commerce of ttfkerSiate, a ad there mote ectioeof thw Unioa. All clasi s. therefore, io a manofaetoring State, witl nai orally take sidea witb th suan ufactortrs. io regard to ell those mea sure which propuae to advance the in leresi or, those manufacturers, by tat ng the commerce of the 8outhem planter."- Viewing" it aa av ectionl question, there cm be oa doubt, ' that the aggregate interest of the State would be promoted by such e. measure. however incoaiderabl the Dumber of manufacturera,' ,4It i. indeed, the in- teret of Maseachusetta to nrotect anv of. her manufacturer, however imall thenaober, asd however heavy the im-. position necessary to effect i(. if the hnllt. &Mn.ll aaKAd In citizens, and 'the burthens." however! great , falls epoa the cit'uen of ether States. ' . , v. . ; ,: ...-.-, - The unanimity with which the mem bers of ibis House votar even .tor pri vate claims Coming ; from ; their; own State when scarcely any'.body els call perceive any justice io them i a commentary, upon wkat 1 "have been ajmgi ( wmcn , every gentleman .wm know how to ettimate.' ,..: - ! On all ouettions to be decided, bv Congre, tberfore, affecting the lu tereat of the manufacturer, or ant of L . 1 ? . . . I ' l .1 uiuxe essnciaiea inieresia. wnicn tne persons concerned are' pleased to de- j nominate domestic industry, 1 am con-: strained to regard - the policy of the tana states at tued and unalterable; as much so, a if the representatives ol tnose Btatee were chosen exclusively by'the mahufacrurers themselves, and sent here as , their special agenu, acting unuer instructions.,- fi.";, rV VVTiat.; then, - becomes of, the creat principle of liberty, to which 1 have adverted which secures the people a- gainst any burthens f;laxstioQ not im posed by their own representatives?- U it not absolutely anoulled.-'tiay; is it not completely reyerseil, as to the pee. pie of ihe Southern States, in all ;caes involving the interest of the maoafac turera and the policy of the protecting jniutui ,( mt liir llllljorilj VI VjOD- grcss composed of the, representatives of those whohave a direct & positive pe cuniary i merest in imposing taxes upon "io jicupie ot uir .-?iiu'irtd oiairvin 'ne form of high and pnihibit'iry dotksupon their : lawful commefce;-ihe ; product of heir honest iftdutrP i Doi S not that majority declare it to be its interest, ana avow it to be its object, to' pursue this system of prohibitory duties Vhtil uib- wuuie Tit i luni rinm' e wnici gives vai tion ou solate. shall be utterly and absolutely abolished? Jit is not many ilavs since I hoard art hon(rab1e : ten tie man 'from lSfW,York express t!ie opinion, -that in les than ten jyeara probably in half the time-, the ; whole of those foreign mariufaHures wrtl'ch fall, within the pur view? of ; the prohibitory' poliry, and which are the only articles the Southern pi ant era can -receive to an?'' tolerable extent;. or with any , aor,t :pf, ad vantage, i exchange for ft their staples, would tease to be imported;iavir.g not a ves' tig of , that, important branch , of our i commerce? Jl here Is tot) much reason to believe. Sir; that this opinion is well fottYided.-f .When the tariff, of 1828 y haVe reached ; it 'maximum. and (tie rigorous enfofcer&siiif of the du- x shall be secuced by the bill on your tables, ! have no doubt , yoa will Ihaye provided a system, .whichXw-' ; Jiccom plish the work ef entire 'trohibitiw in the time limited by the member im New York to whom I have alrudedi C-; 'i Iti in vain, then, that the people of the Sooth- attempt to palter with this question, oe.io uisguise any longer tne sad rralitv of their" condition. ' They have no security against taxation, Wt the will of the who have a settled interest and fixed 'determination to increase their burthens; they have no rights of property, ' no tit'i to that commerce which gives the principal va lue to the productions of iheir industry, which they da not hold by -the same miserable and degrading tenure. They are, to all' intent , and purposes,, (he slaves of Northern ' monopolists -a If I were called upon to give a definition of slavery, I could not use language more appropriate, than that which should ac curately describe the condition f the people of the Southern Statea.' , " ' vl-- : -1 r ..t J '.L.i a nere is no iwrui oi ie3Mii3in mai has ever existed upon the. face of t!.f earth, more monstrous and horrible than that of a representative government act ing beyond the sphere of its responsi bility, v Liberty is an empty sound, and representation worse than a vain delu- aioo, unless the action of the government ue tathe sgricultbrr pruo-3uraI juatke.iIb the first place, ihe i ma i ot tne southern states, and with- jonty cannot nchilull v do anv thioa- nnt t which our fields would be 'left de-i authorized by the constitutional charter. I be soyeguiatea mat responsitMiuy and those interests, but to interpose tts pow la I powex shillbe coxtenjiye JNoWg- H er for the parpow of pterenttng the;! lijHthWf I'll itr ('.. It a r.. Lr r t . Ji..., i. tve in (.!J it WIlltTUI mi ? fn t r iL. 4. wa- ttJs mrrci. waiLe i-u i. thf.r coo.erct? Art i!,rr i.i i'.,e r .upon wSiatiTl mi, '2''et degree. to t".0-- "y 4oi ihf hr ounneB.- Mai t'.ty anv Icc1ins tl , l vuiM-n.-c, tmrresr, er common jmpa- io restrain nem tem cpniwo and i Yraontr Uo? tyraooy?; Does tiie lystsm of pr- hibitnry daties, a destrective po interest of tKe WDici tails will) suclt er, Oj.on the ileart-kt I .... ..ir,. u, inc siDinrra people, la. pe any iHirttien, mr .mCict any injury at all, epoo the ou.tilueots of that jwy by which h has been adapted? . 'y, revene uf ell ibis. i the truth, The majority which impuitea these oppreuiee taxes upon the people of the Somh,' se far frem U ing resnoir sib!e to them, "or U tliosc wk have any commou ioteret or comuu sympathy with them, io relation, to the ituiter, art? respon.ible t' (be very men. wht have been, for the last ten years, making the welkin ring with their tlaiuor fur lite imposition of fbese very burthens. Yes, sir, those who lay the iron baud of un constitutional end . lawless taxation upon the people of the Southern State, are not the representatives of those who pay the taxes, or Lave ant parlkir patioo in if. but the representatives of those who receive the bounty and put it io' their pocketa.V j .Can there be a more vrtist. monroQ; and insulting mockery,- th:a U'tetVmy oppresed and outraged constituents. that their right are aecored by the principle of repiesen tati ve responsibil ity? - It would be just aa rational to talk sbput the responsibility of a Uoraan Emperor,' te the Pretorian ; band by whom he was elevated to the throne, as a security egainat plaodrrins the ub ject province for the purpoae of pay ing the atiputated donatives, byi which he bad purchased the Empire. st- a w eery principle ol representative responsibility, wheu the government is thus thrown frm lu balance, become iHetf kprinciple of the most denpotic tramiy. It would be far better far the Southern people, so far a "thi tariff policy is concerned and aa God ia m judge I would prefer it that-the ma. joiity of Congress should be responsi un.- ia no eartniy power, than that they should be responsible to the very per sons who have the deepest iaterest of all the people on earth in the taxation and oppression of the Southern people. Sir; these thing cannot; must not M It is utterly impossible that, auch a state of thing can be permitted to contince, in a land -where liberty constitutional Hberty-i-is endeared by ao many glorli ous associations M' 7'i,'- ..feij s I am awarer1 Mr. Chairman, that (he answer given to all thi will be,' that , it is the right of the majwritj to. govern, and the duty of the minority to subniit, Tber is o political principle more un deniabl j true, in all the casea to which it prtiperly applic: I; But it is aubject l two very important limitatiii in our fedetative tyitem bf Government, grow? ihg out.-ifi the constitutional compact: nuu nruji jcu uiou ue principles oi tiat The preat object bf a written conititu lion iq restrain tne majority. It is founded upon die idea that an unchi-ck ed niajonly is as daugeroue a an; un checked minority;, ;! believe, when :ut loose .from the , moorings of atf effective and real responsibility, it is mora sn Butf.hat:hereatierf V' tl In the second place, ihe"nght f the majoritya to govern,. in a political; ys teitt compoaedof confederated sovt-r. eigntjea apd exiehlipg ever geograph- itai BuuuiviHioni nayinguiversuicq and conflicting intereitsmust be limited to those cases jyhere ahcre i,;a.; common interest pervading jhe whole Colifedera cy. Thi. ia a Innitat ion growing out of. the very nature & object of the com pact, even Upon ihe exercise of pow expressly granted.VTbe ubmission of interests which,;aro esseatially ad verse to the control f a comcnott rro vernnienc, necessarily involve tne de Ktroction of ne or the other of them, lliis i the foundation of the cnecks aud balance,; even of consolidated govern ment, and, of the, partition of power, among -distinct; sovereignties,: in this confederacy. '',';..'-., ," ',!t, is contrary to the clearest princit flep natural ju&tice, that the niaja rity merely because they , have - the power should .violate ' the -rights and destroy the separate and peculiar inter ests of the minority, This would make power and right, s synonymous terms. The majority .Jyure no natural right, in any case, to govern the minority. . It is a mere conventional riht, growing out. of necessity and convenience. 7; On the contrary, the right of the minority ,to the enjoyment o( ")ife,. liberty and pro perty, without any unjust interference on the part of the majority, is the :jost sacred of the natural righta of man. ' When tho great antagonist interest of society become arrayed against each other, particularly when they are sepa rated by distance aid distinguished by a difference of climate, character and civil institutioc. the great object of the Government should undoubtedly ; be, not to become the partizao of either of those interests, but to interpose its pow os'J ta rti jvri.'U act, ia XT' IirT.j the waxker. ntr. r tMu.et at- - - i:, ' f It! J ia Goerr.ment de , ...... ..i t ..... u.e cuaraeier bf a par ' .Jf retfiir.;gihe ei(4i evra more pvwerfolly f :o.n iio.eil,,acl c.firjguie its application telaroetp i it ! r. --t ininrvl m! e le-'prejudkt. and alireclirg taeir ' S'lL-sf r t c f iu n reMt. It ianiit. m a r.nmon ,.1.1 rt ft i. K, . r i ive . as !-! as tae eninri- ty in tT-rr. teii5 wiiir, more! li.ao Ihe :er.i ,.f interest in, the cm 'ff.U rat y, aMiiiit ihe per nf C arilriri' j r.d ti jatly apinp: Utii x! !o ii o u use. me riMiitul ami tscu ie profveny i.i i,r Oiirotuv. Tl . C1J-, jonty cart have m ut!i toilful tiiwcr. j It ia nntlier nure nrr les. tlii'.utd i.l the di"neie ihrovm around it by tl. tmpty fiinief kcUUtive rffHCrtlm, than downiijl.t WMid:iig n d toLbei crime whnh, in arv tiiltird court try J". the rorld, wool j uljert ide in di id jat jitipetraior to inlamou pun ishment. Vl.at Luinan pouercan (nu fer ejioo oe wt 4 tuen. hwrvrr lu tneroua, the tijht tu commit smh ca uecrije upon anuthcr set, Itouever f-t in riun;ber Wdl any. cdoate of the tariff polity admit, that li-i n.en have any greater rigltl to n b him tif Lis pro perty, than he kas to rob ihe ten til their.? Yet this wtruld be a Intimate conebaence of ediuittin? thit a itima , nty of Congress have aa unliiuiit.l tad uncootroUble right tn .lispuse wPihe pn perty ef the uiinotity. . If the commerce w hich this pr'oiiibi tory system proooacs lo.desiiov. wne the common property uf the whole U nionj lf the great , agricultural staples, whit h"are the basis of ibat commem-. were eqmlly the productions of all (he Slates il the corifedcracv. the tM.iutii.le of representative responsibility would furnialr to (he Southern planter at I the security egainat eppression which hu man wisdom can Provide.' There unnl.l be a real and ilfiriive rekiiunl.illiv pervading ht whole aystttn. ,A tin len of South Carolina would confident ly confide his interest to a rcpiest-iiU- tive from Massachusetts, not because that representatives w as responsible to him, but because he was responsible to rersons having the very samo ititere.t t is this community , of interest, that can alone insure the effective responsi bilify ofa representative (loveinment Where this does not exist, the piintiple of rrsponsibility, ceasos to afloid any security against oppression,, and ihe power of the common government should cease with it. V1'v- ' Wheucyei ' the Federal povcrtiinrrt,, therefore, assume to . act upon tlie lo cal peculiar interests particular States - or ,ction , of the Uniuri, ii as ydearly, transcends the appropriate sphere ofits CoostUutititial and rcpon sible' power, . as' 'i': Siata - Government would do,' in atteitiptttsst control thosf commtio inteiesi. that Havu bccu twn muted to the protection uf "the ftdi-ral government, . In the one tiso it Would be ; despotism tin t hv - other, anarch v, uod lorbid that we ahouul tier be dti yen to the dreadful altefiiitive of chou sing between thcm. even for a time. ", 1? I i have"; said. "Mr;.;, Chaivoian; tliat mere cannot be imagined s more tiuitiu antj intolerable form nf despotism, than that f a cmnjortty stunulatiil py pi tive f self interest, and, acting .wh om; any ; restraining bower, upon the intetesUof the ni i p or it y . ' A i u s t n n a I v sis and expnaiiion of (lie true character and principles of that corubipatiou r more properly; cunspitacy uf iuterists -n.iMi.il vuuatituitis wie- tana majority in the United States, will exhibit this idea in a more striking point of view than any ming a uave yet advanced on the subject:. I Venture the assertion-that iirtestbe:te:t;arke iguoiauce enu supefsimon, ever pur sued heir selfish object with inure un tiring perseverance & consunmate art, than the manufacturing: capitalists have prosecuted, theii mercenary scheme of iiiuiiupoty, -vwmmencing who a lew follower like other impostor of whiiui we read-lhey have succewvel y nli taA a.r,,!.. .!,;. . CC. ' . ' itu uuuci men uuiiuer B auitiuient nuin- berfiuf confederate interest to render themselves formtdablei and, finallv.by Wdrcssing themselves to the an bilion of some and-the prejudices of o'hers, they haver disseminated il:e delusicn i.l their false doctrines through all 'tsi.ts of ociety,,iu tlie tariff S.ates.CAf pi ring politicians, finding it conducive , to their political, advaiKeuient, hate bo? tcrupk'd to farm tt elliUHce, centtii I rtl by avarice; and ambition.: and not less ominous '.to ; public '-libel ty than that which has " existed, in other tiii ii(l other countries, between Church find State. ' By the arifuj use of cant phi a ses and cabalibtic .terms,' adilres.vd to the national prido' aad local i ejuJiee of tlie people such us the .; American System." and the " l'riush System.", " Gid Etigliii.1,,,arid New go-land,'' the" J'rca" 'State,', and the " Ksv States," they have succeeded in wor kin;- ,t Jte public miiid io the iiiymi faci ; Slates, to a slute of infutua tion i.i(is03t inned.ble. aud, iu my opin ion; utterly intunible :; W hat, llati, are we to expect from a .majority, thus b"und toet'ier by the two strongest ol' human pusiions avarice and enibiikin U..A acting under the impoi'mg 'di- tuia cf dis.titff cs.t,eJ patriot i5tu? It has been said, Sir, by wisit- inun.'lhal one hundred jphilosoi .hens, throw u toge ther, mid acting under'' the iuiputs of a common interest agdH:e cqnugioo ul common interest and Ue c'qntagioo ul cowmoo passloooalii be converted W':,;Hhy n c, ; t r tHe orrettne f th tv-ia . r - i; f 1 it eifrtii - J ia tcatws lJ c oni- jahettuiesN anea, amted by coenraj io leresia. Coaamew ftasaioba. ,! rr. oarent. that mir iiinl. J ,. it. riou boviod together in a CPifederaey rf tnterest and embiuow. urged o by the eia.ter pirii of mariafaciiricme " , . . - ... V- nupo'y and tx.itkl ti.v-fmert. and - I suklanted tiw ll. i.V.nA ... I .1.. n . w j ' w -1 a III Ul Ul tw 1 2J0 i!!lu'uKi. that It U 1 v .rf..- 9 foe !atriitirw ta cooresa rJ e.!fln. r - e - - eik4iLj ui , . , , - r . ne liiiMMity, berai.e try proiecot , trade with fjce'n cton'i ; It n.u'.t i . .1 , , vr ai viil, 1 lT, i:m .. . e f-: of tl:u I'uioo. tfisiii i,;..Kt J f j minority by the p tu iiri-y t f i , vil iatiituiii.rs a: arr.i! , tl.st Hiiiivritv by i!,a ui.ire Interest, an J au.l.ition, ar.Jpifj. Wal! pru-.t-vule ihiir st!imM t l i tice himI t'pjwtfc.iun, wi:!i all t! at x of moral if.ni'iiitv. which . Co - ci t scf ce, , ; :-' ..at a guii.he the prvrci-.lins if an ii.fuiia iata a cob. Trr ca t led mob Yes, bir. thi - sil.fy nsass; : ' blinded by delusion which convert f. 'x plunder, into p.iiiioti.sin. will perpe " tiate, under-U.c prostituted fortoi of legislation, act ol or pies.ioa and in ' Missictv wl iclt tio ir.UniduaJ composing it would think tif per u trat r j, when 9 acting-on bis "sepaiat responsibility."'. - , Such, then, is a faithful portrait of that ' ""' majiiriiy. which we are told hate a aa "' lural rij;ht to regutate and confiscate : , the interest of the minority. Whaf, " ' despotism can be 'pointed our,-' either among the dark realities of history, or the wildest fiction of poet'-, more " fearful to contemplate? 'U- ..foge, what hope, what security have tie iui V ; ' nority, when this devouring moii&ter walk abroad, clothed wuh the mantle - . .... - sou ormeu witn me sceptre or rowrr.' I I ...I a .1 .. . . . . nu siiuiuiareu oy tne laaaliubte , .t. of moaoptl)? , Shall f bo told, that i!,a , ' minority must thiuw-themselves- u; oa V '. the tnimari'ny, iustic and moderation v ' of this majority? .What, Sit! are we to ' L expect justice, humanity and modeia ' . . tion from the spirit and genius of nu.r.o ', ' ' poly itself f ou . hud as well Uink cf ' striking fira from an icicle! You l.ai . , . an well attempt to satiate' the appetite ofa cannibiuby the cries of infaut t -.. ' deroessl , -; ',,.;- w' Mr, Chairman, I solctnuly declare, t'..-t , I Would prefer the government tf a 'v siiisrle despot, to (hat ot such a mnjui ; j as 1 huve described, acting upon t. e , ' rights -and interests 'of tlie tiiiuoi ity, ' without any restraint bu tl.at imposed; by it own will. The subject of an '' imperial despot, are not 'without turns ' security against the extremes cf oppres ion." ; Tlie -greatest tyrant that cvei- V-;' reigned even the Emperor Tibei iua. . . XViiS litill a liu-.n. hnvlno-ihaj ,1 : feelings, a fid the sympathies 'of .a'tna'nV and could not,' theretore, behold, with ; out some fiompunetioua s visitin ." klie suHvilcg of his subjects,' aud the " A desobtiriil ii.d plunder ol his provinces.! C ftut such a . majority ss I have descri :, bctt, Us more oul than a corpor!ltt:, tioni and, in the" very nature of things, ' m is utterly iucapaMe of human sympathy, I 'There is aiioliier restraint ur tl'e: U...a . :....t.. ' i . " -ij'. jiuwh a ainfctu ivrani, vviucn iloc nut update unon this, tyrant mnjdrity,, appropriately aenotnina'ted la another ' plc,'Mking numbers." .Thephysi- , ral force of society is ori the aid t,r. the opprenscd, in the case ofa single despot.; An act of tyranny rill vibrate i through the hearts of all J.i subjects, ' ' from pno extremity of bis dominion to' tiether.;;)Kvery man vil feel ihat the. L blow which, strikes down. Jus fellow w, ' subjectto day, iiiayv fait upoiijiinj to- - '' morrow) A sense of conmon danger " asd common suH'c'ripg, will induce tlie -most degraded population in the vorld to;, impose such limits' -upoti the practi cal tsccise of (iet-potic power, as will prevent the extremes of oppression. H '" i a historical fact. Sir, - that there does hot exist on the face of the earth, a dea- tiw - . potism that is not restrained by shir.o "' -principle, moral, feligious, or political, , which operates as a . practical ' check upon powerand security a-'nsto- ?f pression. But what human fj ii,:c:p.e, ,' . ," svhat earthly power, is there to restrain ' ' ' . the i majority? k To what, ti' I caa- theoppressed minority cat t .- M 4 1 4 peal, and orge their p'ea t r- ,rcs- ' ion and injustice? Cau t..t j tq ' ' , publicyupinion, that high tribunal by Wllif-h Hill d.lttn.ltlyfti Atja.M ,,r Kf....l - ' 11. - .. o..a IWF VI Alii JJU1I.UIJ, . -) ' With air bis military power, was con- ' t" trolled?' That public opinion is the ve- i ' v ry spirit abd soul the artimaling' prin etple of the lyrauny that n; presses them. ' ' Then. Sir, there ia iu relu for the mi. ?:)x- nority, il the sacred and protecting ' 'j, ' : power of the Constitution cannot be '-.A?, interposed "Their LvJ i.ore is' flat' ' dei-uair." . '. "a ' There is another' particur in wh)tir,A'-' ihe despolisiu ',ci' a stl.gie tyrant, is pre-;?V--- ferable 16 that i,f a lrL'isbtie maitnif v. ' .'-., '-,1 '" such as I have lcsr?ribe.l. : Ilia appe-'. . Hie lor tax.-, inn ami i.Iui i . j ly less voracious, fheia is a limit B....-, , , , . ,naj i i i a limit in..j'i x ; the exaction' of air'abmdtite niareh.'Ot-' vlncii he Lai" m ' motive ' to: !. d. ' i.en hi sublet .Jniesubtlu J , i.i excheqoer.-WilU a, fujlkient tu-Hsurc ta'' gratify his Imperial vi,'uity; by coverin ? ' y-v him' with le.dect.'raii: oh a;prwpriate t' . vl-f v his'rank whip '-they huve 'provided ihi v. H means ol icueping up his cf.iUpd mill tary esublisliments, and of ms'utaiuio'1 r 1 h (Ou ilh f'csft ?-"t tf'K : Z'-
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Oct. 14, 1830, edition 1
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