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l 1 1" ' i.XW it ""' ' MR. CLAY'S SPEECHES' ' Speech of Hon. licury Clay, 'And occurrences, on the delivery of an Abo. I litiot Petition to him, at Richmond, Ind. Lrom the Lsxinjjton Observer, of Ojtobsr-15. On the first of October, 1912, Mr.Clny, being on his way from Daytoa, in Ohio, to Indianapolis, thereto! of Government of tho State of Indiana, to which hc( been pre. viously invited, stopped at Richmond, a flourishing town in that State, where a vast multitude, nmounting to' fifteen or twenty thousand, had assembled to meet bim, and greet and weleome4iis cfrrival among them. -After taking some refreshment, he repaired to a stand, provided for the occasion, from which he addressed, the immense assem binge, in his accustomed manner, on the public topics of the day. It is not intended to report any part of that speech, which was received with snthusiiistic nppluuse. Alter its close, Mr. Clay was informed that a Mr. Mendcuhull was present and desirous of presenting a petition to lain, and ho was requested for that purpose to ascend the stand. He did so, and delivered toe peti tion to Mr. Clay. lie handed it to a friend, who read it aloud to Mr. Guy, and to the assembly. Tire potitionayed, or request, cd, that, Mr. Clay would forthwith liberate all his slaves, unjustly, a it alleged, held in bondage, and placed the application prin. cipally on the ground that the Declaration of American Independence, it is declared " that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights," A:c. After the reading of the petition, the as. scmbly manifested grcnt sensation, soma cried out pull him ( M r. Mendoiiball) down, , and a highdegrec of excitement, of anger nd ipf-indignation were kindled against him; The sh"htest manifestation ut uis pleasuro on tho part of Mr. Clay, might have exposed Mr.. Mendenlmll to great per sonal dancer. But Sir. Clay rose with per. feet calmness and composure, and first ad. dressed the multitude, in a strain orperstffl sion nnd cntreaty..-Ho hoped that Mr. M. X might be treated witlKhe greatest forbear, ance nnd respect, ito aWured his fellow citizens there collected, that the prcscnta. tion of the petition had not occaiiiBed biro tho slightcsjjjainnor excited one Solidary disagreeable' emotloB Tf it were be presented to him, he preferred that it should bo done in the face of this vast ami respect, ahlo assemblage. lie thought lie could give it such an answer as became bim and the subject of which it trcntcdXAt all events, he entreated and beseeehed roVfel-low-citizens, for their sake, to offer no dis? respect, no indignity, no violence, in word or deed, to Mr. MendenUjII. This appearing to compose the esscmbly , Mr. Clay bowed Jo Mr. Mendenhall, and, addressing him, said: " I will now, sir, make to you nnd to this petition, such a response as becomes me. Allow me lo say, that I think you have not conformed to tho independent character of an American citizen, in presenting a peti. tion to me. I am, like, yourself, but a pri. vale citizen. A petition, as the term im pjies, generally proceeds from an inferior in power, or; station, to a superior; but between us, -them is entire equality-- And what aro tho circumstances under which yoa have chosen to offer it? I am a total t ra ngor , passi ng th rough y on r State , 6n my way toils capttnT', in consequence of an in vitation with which I have teen honored to visit it, to exchange friendly salutations with such of my .fellow-citizens of Indiana os think proper to meet . me, and to accept of their hospitality.- Anxious as I am to see them, and to view parts of this State which I had never seen, I camo here with nenueu inai mo mouves pi my, journey might be misconceived and perverted. But when tho fulfilment of nn old promise to " visit Indianapolis was insisted upon, I yield, to tho solicitations of friends, 'and have esefltedrflyself-emftftyoii. E- Such is the occasion which has been de. libertttcly selected for tendering this petition tome, .1 nra advanced in years, and neither myself - nor the place of my residence alto. " """ gutner unknown to tliemiiU. 1 You might;;. at nny time, within these last twenty or thirty years, have "presented your petition T"td mo at Ashland. If you had gone there for that purpose, you should have been re ceived nnd treated with perfect respect and liberal hospitality. ----- jy- jjr MehderiIuiir,1etT ua i reverse conditions, and suppose you had been in. vited to Kentucky to partake of its hospi. tality; and that, previous to your nrrival, I had employed such means as I understand have been used to get up. this petition, to obtain the signatures of citizens of that Stnte lo a petition, to present to you, to relinquish your form and other property, what would have thought of such a proceed ing? Wnuldyou have deemed it courteous and according to the ritesof hospitality ? I know well that you, and thoso who think witli ij'ou, extrovert the legitimacy d'hthe supposition of a general, immediate slavery, and deny the right of properly in slaves. But the lawTn my State and other Stales lias otherwise ordained. The.Iow may be wrong, in your opinion, and ought to be repealed; but, then, you and your associates ..are not the. Law .makers fur us, and unless you can show somo authority to nullify our laws, we must continue to re spect them. Until the law is repealed, we must be excused for asserting the rights aye, the property in slaves which it sane, tions, authorizes, nnd vindicates, l. And who are the petHioners'whose organ you assume to be? I hive no doubt ihat many of them are worthy, amiable nndhu- mane persofts-whobyerrGneous repre. - sentations, have been induced inconsidc. ratr.ly to affix ihrir Hijrnatures tathis peli- tion,- and that thev will deeuly regret it- Others, and not a few I am told, are free blacks, men, women, and children, who - hae been artfully deceived and imposed ...upon. A very large, portion,! have been credibly informe'd, are the political oppo. nents of tho party to which 1 belong Do. mocrats, as they most undeservedly cnU. themselves, who have eagerly seized this opportunity to wound, as they imagined, inv feeiini?s. and to aid the cause to" which they are attached. In other quarters of the Union, Democrats claim to bo the ex. elusi ve champions of Southern interests, the only' safe- defenders of tho rights in slave property, and unjustly accuse us Whigs with Aboliiion designs, wholly incompnii. ble with its security. What, ought thoso distant-Democrats to think of the f.ourse of their friends hofiw ho have united in this petition? ,, And what is the foundation of this appen to mo in Indiana to liberate the slaves un dor my care in Kentucky ? It is a general declaration in the act, announcing lo the world the Independence W tlie Thirteen American Colonies, that all men re ere oted equal. Now, as an abstract principle, there is no doubt of the truth of declaration ; "and it is. desirable in the original construe, tion of society, and in organising societies, to keep it in view as a great fundamental principle.' But, then, I apprehend that in no society that ever did exist, or, ever shall be formed, was or can the equality asserted among the members of the human race, be practically enforced and carried out. There are portions of it, largo portions, women, minors, insane, culprits, transient sojourn ers, that will always probably remain sub jeel to tho government of another portion of tho community. That declaration, whatever may be the extent of its import, was made by the dele gutions of tho thirteen Slates. In most of them slavery existed, and was established by law. It was introduced and forced upon the Colonies by tho paramount law of Lug. land. Do you believe, that in making that declaration, tho States that concurred in it intended that it should bo tortured into a virtual emancipation of all'the slaves within their respective limits? Would Virginia and Ibo other Southern States have united in a declaration which was to be interpret. ed intoan abolition of slavery among them ? Did any one of the thirteen States entertain such a design or expectation ? To, impute such a secret and una vowed purpose, would bo to charge a political fraud upon the no. blest' hand of patriots that ever assembled in council, a trauU upon tne conieueracy oi the Revolution, a fraud upon the union of these Slates, whose Constitution not only recognized tho lawfulness of slavery, but permitted tno importation ot slaves iron) Africa, until tho year 1808.. And lam bbltl to say, that if the doctrines of modern iiltra'-Txiliticul abolitionists had been serious ly promulgated .at the epoch of our Revolu lion, our glorious ImJependenco would never have been achieved. Never ! Never ! - 1 1 . " 1. . urrcai nppiuuse, nun many voices uciiu. ing " Never." I know the predominant sentiment in the free States is adverse to slavery, but happy in tticir owt. exemption lrom wtiatever evils may attend, it, the great mass of our fellow-citizens there do not seek to violate the Constitution or tudisturb the harmony of these States. I desire no concealment of my opinions in regard to jhe institution ot slavery. 1 look upon it as a, great evil. and deeply lament that we huve derived it from the parental government and from our oncestors. I wish every slave in the United. .states was m the country of his oncestors. But here they are, and the question is, how cm thev be best dealt with? If a state of nature existed, and we were about to lay the foundations of society, no man would be more strongly opposed than I should be to inco-porata the institution of slavery among its elements. But there is an incalculable difference between the original formation ol society, and a long existing organized soci. ety, with, its ancionUaws, institutions and establishment. Now," great a"! I acknowU edge, in my opinion, tho evils of slavery ineompttrbohl which would inevitably flow from a sudden, general, and indiscriminate emancipation. In some of the States, the number of slaves approximate towards an equality wild tfiai them. What would be the condition i t h-two-rares in those Slates upon .the supposi tion of on immediate emancipation ? Does any man suppose that they would become blended into one nomogeneous mass ! Does any man recommend amalgamation that revolting admixture, alike oifensive to God and man? For those whom IIu, by their physbal properties, has made unlike oni put asunder, we may, without prcsumptu ousness, suppose were never intruded tube joined together in one of the holiest rites. And let me tell you, sir, if you do not a), ready know it, tint such are the feelings prejudices, if you. please, (and what man claiming to be n statesman will overlook, or disregard, the deep seated and uncon. qucrable prejudices Sof the people) in the slave States, that no human law could en- force a uniou between the two races. What (hen would eertainly happen I -A struggle for political ascendency ; the blacks seeking to acquire, arid the whites to main tain possession of the government. Upon emancipation in' those States -where the blacks out-number the whites, tliey would have nothing to do but to insist upon anoth. cr part of the same Declaration of Inde pendence, as Dorr and his , deluded demo. cratic. -followers - recently -did in Rhode- Island, according to which an undefined majority have the right, at their pleasure, to subvert an existing government and in stiiute a new onr Iftils placo, and then tins whites would be' brought in complete sub.. jecuon to me oiacKS! a contest wouiq.in. evitably ensue bit ween the two races civil war, carnage, pillage, conflagration, devas tation and the ultimate extermination or expulsion of ihc Macks. NothTngTsTnore certain. And are not these evils far great. ftf thnn ihfimild and.eontinunllv improving state of slavery which exists in this country I I say continually improving ; for if this grmifying progress iu tho amelioration of the condition of the slaver has been check od in some of the Statea,4be-reiipOTsibrltty must attach to the unfortunate agitation of the ouhject of abolition. ' In consequence ot it, increasea rigor in tne police and fur ihexjestraint hayeJbeerjLimpjsed-and llw da believe that gradual emancipation (the enly method of liberation that has ever been thought safe or wise by nny body In any of the slave States) has been postponed half a century. VI Without any knowledge of the relations, in which 1 stand to my slaves, or their in dividual condition, you, Mr. Mcndcnhall, and your associates who havd been active in getting up this petition, call upon me forthwjlhjo liberate the whole of them.! Nnw kt me tell you that some half t dozen of them, from mi'1, decrepitude or infirmity, are wholly-unable to' gain (-livelihood Ijc themselves, and u re. heavy charge upon me. Do you think that I should conform to the dictates of humanity, by ridding my. self of that charge, and sending them forth into the world, with the boon of liberty, to end a wretched existence in starvation? Another class is composed of helpless in- (auts, with or without improvident mothers Do you believe as a Christian, that I should perform my Juty itowuwlst'thtiri,"by aban doning them to their fate ? Then, there is auotln r class who would not accept their freedom if I would give it to them. I have for many years owned a slave that I wished would leave me, but he would not. What shall I do with that class? What my treatment of my slaves is, you may learn from Charles, who accompanies me on this journey, and who has travelled with me over the greater part ot the Uniteu States nnd in both the Cunndas, and has had a thousand opportunities, if he had chosen to embrace them, to leave me; " lixcuse tne, Mr. Mendenhall, for saying that my slaves are as well ted and cluu, look as sleek and hearty, and are quite as civil and respectful in their demeanor, and as litllo disposed to wound the feelings ol any one, as you are G real atid continued laughter and op plause.T Let me recommend you. sir, to imitate the benevolent example of the society oi r nends in the midst o! which you reside Meek, gentle, imbued with the genuine spi. ritof our benign religion, whilst in prinei- pla they are firmly opposed to slavery, they do not seek to accomplish its extinction by foul epithets, coarsd and vulgar abuse, and gross calumny. 1 heir ways do not lead through blood, revolution and disunion.- Iheir broad and comprehensive philanthro py embraces, as thevJtehevPj jheg oud and I as the ine Happiness oi uio wuuu. us wen black race ; giving to the one their commi seration, to the other their kindest sympa. thy. Their instruments are not those of detraction and pf war, but of peace, per. suasion, and earnest appeals to the charities of the- htfmoft heart. Unambitious r-llwy have no political objects or purposes to sub serve. My intercourse with them through out life has been considerable, interesting and agreeable; and I venture to say that nothing could have induced them, as a so. ciety, whatever a few individuals might have been tempted to do, to seize the occa sion of my casual pasxage through this State, to otrer me a personal indignity. This part of Mr. Clay's speech was lis. tcned to with deep and absorbing attention, and was followed by loud bursts of applause. 1 respect the motives ot rational aboli. tionists, who are actuated by a sentiment of devotion to human liberty, although I de. ploreand deprecate the consequences of the agTtatioij of the question. I have even many friends among them. But thpy are not monomaniacs who, surrendering them selves to a singlcx idea, look altogether to tho black side of human life.. They do not believe that the sum total. of all our efforts and all our solicitude should, bo abolition. They believe that there are duties to per- form to the white man as well as the black. They want good government, good admin istration, and the general prosperity of tion into respectful nnd deliberate conside- ration ; but before I come to a final dec:, sion, I should like to know what you and Wour associates nre willing to di for hS properto lilMTfiiellii'in, J own about lilts, . - ,." 1 . t i jho arc probably worth fni"cn thoussud dollars. lo turn them loose upon socn-ty, without any means of subsistence or sup )0rt;'Wauta be SB net of cruelty: Are you willing to raise and secure the payment of fifleen thousand dollars, for their benefit, if I should he induced to free them? The security of the payment of that sum would materially lessen the obstacles in the way of their emancipation. A nd now, M r. Mendenhall, I must take respectful leave of you. Wo separate as we have met, with no unkind feelings, no excitement or dissatisfaction on my part, Whatever may have been your motives, and these I refer to our common Judge above, to whom we are both responsible. Go home and mind your own business, and leave other people to take" care of theirs Limit your benevolent exertions to your own neignoornooo. wnnin that circle you will find ample scopofor, the exercise of all your charities. Dry- up the tears of the afflicted widows around you, console and comfort the helpless orphanselothe the naked, and feed and help the poor, black and white, who need succor. And you will be a better and wiser man than you have this day chown yourself. Rapturous applause-followed the coDClu sion of the speech. . The Louisville Journal, speaking of tho veto power, says : " In none of the West, ern States-nejther in Qhio, Kentucky, In. diana, Tennessee, Missouri, nor Illinois, is there any such thing as an Executive veto thatmay not beeverruled by a bare legisla tive majority. The free West permits itself to be cursed with no such despotic voto as that, which, unfortunately for the country. finds place in the Constitution of the United States. .. t Tho good old Slate of North Carolina, theWrthrrdaceof independencejis nTorelre- publican still. Her Executive has no voice in making the laws whatever, except the right to leeommend, and that is a riHit THE MESSENGER. 0. R. WAMllt St J. ROBERTS, EDITORS." ' Friday, November 11, 1919. 00" We aro requested to say that owing tu unforeseen circumstances, the Rev. Mr. Rowley's school at this placo will not com. iiienee until Monday the 21st inst. instead of tho Mth, as heretofore advertised. The uext Legislature. Our Legislature is soon tg'moet nnd soon to commenco the consideration of the ten thousand merfiorials, petitions, rcmon. strances and prayers which will be present. ed. ' Much might to bo done, but whether nrich will bo done for tho benefit of tho State is., very questionable. Wo ought to have a penitentiary, accompanied with thorough revision of our criminal code.- But, will wo grt it We ougM to have a .McAdamised Road from Raleigh lo this place, or to Cherokee This wo agitated two years ago ; it was taken up in the Le. gislaturc, where it afforded an opportunity for a few members to show off themselves, and there tho matter ended. We ougld to hnvo located at this place a Bank yes a Bank not an agency nor &$ranch but a real bona fide Bank with a small capital, say two or three hundred thousand dollars, tr. ken partly by thoiStmcrniid pa rtlr by in dividuals -tho State and the private proper ty of the Individual stockholders made liable for Us issues. Or, if it were thought advi. sable, let all the stock be taken by individu. uls. Such a measure would be but justice to these western counties, for which the State has done so very little. These aro among the many things which J we think ought to be clone by the Legisla. lure, but we fear that body will be so closely ej0giigi.iLaxorj tion, that such minor considerations as these will be entirely overlooked. 07" Elijah Bostick, Eaq., one of the members elect of the Legislature from Richmond county, died a few days ago. A special election to fill tho vacancy is to take place on the 13ih inst. CO" Bishop Soule, who has for some time past been absent from tho United States at the delegate from the General Conference of the Methodist E. Church, has landed in New York- his health having greatly im proved during his absence. Tlio way lo make a Poor man ItUli. 1. Buy nothing but? what you reallv need', and then buy an article for service and not for show. Our pride costs us more than our real necessities. 2. Never be unemployed never trifle away time rise early, and bo actively, cn gaged all the time The man who fises at 5 o'clock, gains in tho year, nearly a whole week over him who rises ot 7 o'clock, The loss of only a half an hour each day makes up a considerable portion of a man's If3TQlhfi.j;ourse oLysars. - Qac,..buiKde voted eQoh day to closo study, will secure to a young man in a few years, an amount of knowledge wiiich, if properly used, will I nl:irA liim f:,r in thA.nrlvnnnA tf n m-i.irittf fof those around him. . - 3. Attenr strictly to Dr. Franklin's ex cellent maxims " Take care of the cents and the dollars will take care of them seves." If you spend but 6 1-4 cents each day, in a year it will amount tof 22.81 1-4 In ten years, wilh interest, it it will be $241.78; and in 20 years it will amount to $483 56 If you spend but 12 1.2 each weekit will soon make- up an amount-suf. ficient to buy you a handsome little eollec tion of books, besides paying for your weet rty newspaper. 4. If you be a farmer, cultivate no more land than you can do teell. One acre well cultivated, is about equal to three; cultiva ieu os mosi inna is in mis country. nave good warm stables for your horses, and good shelters for your other stock, and keep bo more slock of any kind than you ca keep well. Gather your crops and house them in good time, and not suffer waste in the field. If a mechanic, be at your work' early and late work for fair prices, and take specialxare not (a disappoint .customers- when it can be possibly avoided. Inatten tion to this, will cause you to loose cus. torn your business will decline, and pov. erty will creep in at tho windows, and the Sheriff strut in at the dogr. ..... Finally, do every thing as if you were to live forever, and live every day as though you wera to diaJ at nightSttire your minds with such information as will be use. fill to ynnrelve and nthpra better enable you to lay up treasure where " moth and rust do not corrupt, nor thieves do not break throughandsteal ,"and if you 4wvenothing better, cut this out and paste it up where you will often see it. '" , Riley asserts that Arabs, in the desert, live two hundredyears". ; "Tljat tame old COOIC." ; Various' reports huve been in circulation about that old Coon who made such havoc among the Democrats of tho Union in 1840. The Washihgton Globe says that in tho late elections he has been skinned and most essentially " used up." Tho North CaroJ lina Standard thinks him dead, and forth, with proceeds to give his epitaph- The Qrecnsboro' Patriot says that ho is not dead but only possummg, and in duo time will bo found to be alive, biting and scratching ut an awful rate ; while with others some conjecture one tiling and some another. , Passing along tho road the other day we saw a huge coon track, and it occurred to us that perhaps the old fellow claimed the old North State as his lawful right, buttiad becomo disgusted wilh tho conduct of the Whigs in the eastern and middle portions of tho State, and had determined to betake himself to the mountains, where ho knew the true Whig principles always predomi. nnto. Hero ho will fatten upon the rich fruits of the forests, nnd in 1844 sally out with renewed vigor upon his enemies and deal death and destruction through their ranks. - 05" Hogs, horses, cattle nnd sherp nre passing through this village in groat num bers on their wny' to the Southern market. We have learned as yet but littlo as to the prices below. ti$T Reader, did you ever sit nnd listen to a party of young ladies in a sewing cir. cle? We have. And of course they talked away nil tho time as " thick and fast" as ever thf could, but a great part of what they said was " all Greek" to us. 11 Cut it bias and stitch it with herring hones," cries one. " Take this gusset and fasten it with a stomacher," says another; and then "put inaore," and "hem-stitch it." Now, what in'the name of Botany Bay does nil this mean ? What sort of talk is it ? What ketm has tTaty Too wTtT " herring bones" in working a collar ? Can any body tell us what " hem-titeh" is? What's a gore ? But we might go on and ask a score of questions of the same char actejvVye arc jn the dark cntMssubj-ieL Give us light, ladies, will you ? 0" On the 23d of September last, a fire broke put in Liverpool, England, which destroyed property to the amount of two and a half millions of 'dollars. A f UXERAb WIJEBE A J1 ABRIAGS WAS intended. Oil last Tuesday, we attended the funeral services of Miss Matilda Case, of this county, tho very day and the very hour of the day when she was lo have been married to the young man of her choice Juslcad of tho festive scene, tho habili. meats of mourning were on every side ! And instead of joyous mirlh, deep groans burst from anguished hearts ! The deceased had just past her eighteenth year had been for several years previous, ly tohcr deuth, a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and died in the full triumphs of tho christian TfUitb. Her illness was short but Very severe, rind though her duajh was triumphant, .never have we witnessed such an nfllictivte case. From the Baltimore American. Gen. Jacksoa's View concer2i The fact that Henry Clay nu.ltiiu whis stand now in respect lo the protective pol. icy upon the old democratic platform, us established in Mr. Madison's, .adminUira- tion, may be rendered indisputable by a reierence to Historical record. The thiiiw, however, is so well known to most persons mai a recurrence to speciul proofs is not necessnry. . . It may be satisfactory to manv of Gen. jacicsoa4iainHr9-4"kncvx5aTv"Tiri views on this important subject. We find iii uio iiasnviite uanner various extracts from the General s published ldter un.l official messages, benriiiK upon this Doint. " Wahave the most conclusive evidence " says that paper, " that in those perinds of highest lanlT excitement (1824 80111823) ho was decidedly for protection : and at all subsequent periods, if we mUinko n..i k I . .1:1 . . . . " iic sieiiuny mnimamea its consiitutionJ ality and expediency, without at any time, so far as we ore infoj.mejLabandoning the pnuuimo. e propose Drretly to turn tu the record of his written opinions, and bv copying his own language, place it in the power of alj our readers to determine for themselves, his real position." The following extract from his letter to Dr. Coleman, of North Carolina, in 1824. Hh- Hlnrlv;4.,.." re v- . "iimuj uceii puunsneu in our paper; but it will lose nothing by a second appear. ance : " Heaven smiled upon nnd cave us lib erty ttid independence. That same Provi. dence has blessed us wilh the means of na. tional independence and national defence. It we omit, or refuse to use the gUts which he has extended to us, we deserve not the continuation of His blessinu. Uo nasnuei our mountains with minerals wilh lead, iron, and copper, and given us a and wool. These beins the ffreat mntnri. als of our national defence, they ought to have extended to tbera adequate- and - fair (PROTECTION ;) that our manufacturers nnd laborers may be placed in a -fair com- peTttton--taitli thpse of Europe, and tha t we may nave wiuiin our country a supply of these leading and important articles so cs. sential in war. . I will ask whtt'tVthc roal .!. i the agriculturist 1 Wk . 1 "wUofi-r ' "n not thA i r. can farmer a market for bis i n duce? Except for Cotton hehalCJ- toreign nor a home market TvCr" " rlnnrlu nmnmL.il..,. . uix Oottli!. ' ...... v J....., .uv.iiuiuro is Domnrko. r at homo or abrod, that thereT. eUh,!' labor employed in agriculture f r sense at once points out the remedy tT from agriculture in the ITn!, r hundred thousand men teomcn and 1 2 and you will at once m. for more tireailsiuffi. ,i.. .:'ars 6-. fcitTH I.-.! ropo now furnishes us. 1 ,hrt Wrive hern inn linn i,l.: . . . British merchant. t VZ?!l 0 becomo a littlo more Aim.rU.-L" ,m)i me w instead of feeding j ,T England, feed our ovn-r i. . time, by continuing our nrWni Vv is therefore mv opmioii that can-firf '. 1 judicious TARIFF s much S our national di means of that defence within our.oK which tho safety of our counts depends proper dist " "-'i io mo nnpn new inJ. Ihnt hnrK- will .1,.. j...., . mbef f sionofthoTariffBillofthatyfurhe'S as the several items camo voted un. m r... r duty on iron, in bars or bolts. nr o per hundred : on cheao cotton M..,k. . 7 uw;wi- r '. mm more; on cIm vnrd n iliitv nl a .., viiuiin , a UUI V 01 3 PPhl. shel on wheat, and 60 cents per hundred v.. , un iron a euty or 87 dollam tun, u .hi increase ol duties oo da. third and hut reading of the Tariff Bill rt ' v .,1.! rin-iii a. - in-, wii, juenson voiea tor it ita j us i rwer.tiim. An extract of p letter from Geo. Jaclwo to Governor Hay, of Indiana, dated PtbV oa.l. lau .A, .1.... a . . J uvj, icaus iiius, uuer a Brief intrS,- (iucuon : , ' " With these remarks, I pray job, n'r respectfully to stale to tlie Senate uf ifaii! uu.., uiiu ,y ujjnimiis oi present, arc f. . J. . . .. I .Mil.. :-. - . m - 1 .rarijann.iuu a wire m ia0-4i,wlMtm were communicated by letter y to Dr. Co!e. man, of North Carolina, and then Imtd for the. present Tariff and avvrovrktms for Internal Improvements, As that letter was..wr.itten at u lime when the dFvisiuns of sentiment, on this subject, were nsstmniHy Tiri rted ua Tfiey'now areTln reiatioa-tok lo the expediency and constitutimalilti f ih system, it is enclosed herein; sari I beg the favor of your Exeelk-ncy to consider it a part of this conmunicJttion. The wca. sion, out of which it arose, was embraced with a hope of preventing ony doubt, mis. construction, or necessity for further inqui ry respecting my opinion on the subjecu to which you refer particularly-ia thoj States which you have desigunted a cher. nhing a policy at variance with your own. To preserve our invaluable Constitution, and be prepared to n?pelthf!invaioMof foirign foe, by the practice of ecoaomr, and the culiivntiun toUhin'oursehes, of the means of national defence nnd independ. ence, should be, it seems to me, the lead, ing objects of any svstem which nspirci to the name of (" AMERICAN,") and every prudent aJininistratiun ofiur Gw ernineut," From the first annual Mcssngo ofG.io, Jackson in 1820, wa tuke the fullowing: ' The gerierol rule to be applied in gra duating the duties upon the articles of for. I'ign -growth or manufacture, is that which w pface ourpien in fair .competiticm wilh those, of other :,.cmtttrm jlM JtOliffe uieiits to advance even a step beyond ths point, nre controlling in regard to those ar ticles which are of primary -necessity in time of war. When we reflect upon ths liulcuriy.und deiicacy of this operation, iT h important tliat it slwulJ never DeauEiiip i bii! Willi the utmost caution. Frcqucrt - . . . . : .. I 1. f irt. ii gisisition ut regiru to any oniotu dutry , affoctiug.il value, and by which its capiiul may bu I puHufcrr. d tu niiwehmiiifiS, must always be productive of liazzardoo speculation and Ijss." Iu his Message of 1833, Gen. Jackson again refers to the subject ; and let noted that he here sustains protection m principle in itself worthy to give existence aiid perinaneiice lo a specific policy." may take occasion, too, to say that the constitutional argument is el f bf him in a manner as clclr and torciwe- language prolwbly could express it : Tim S-ates have delegated their whole authority over imports, to tlie general g vernment, without limitation or rcstrictioo, saving the very inconsiderable ,'.,",0 reluting to their inspection laws. , . J""" thority having thus entirely passed from iw States, the right to exercise it for the F" pose of, PRO TECTION does Dot exist them ; nnd rnnuenlientlv. ifU btnAfU( ed by the general government, it must :tt Unci. Our political system would m present the anomaly of apenplestrippM ihe right to F03TER THEIR 0WNIJ DUSTRY. and to counteract the mosl m; ish and destritctivf poJictchitgM not be the case ; the indispensable thus surrendered b the Sjftl. within the scope of the authority on ubjeel expfessly-BelFgatea w "5'TT " In this conclusion, I am fiT't" wen oy me opinuma uj -""" ha ton, Jefferson, Madison, fJZ . have repeatedly recommended the tT of this right under the Constitution, J uniform action of Congress, the c0Pj acquiescence of the States, and the g" In 1832. when the National about to belaid off, and a new adjw of the Tariff JesirableJnasmucii " wtrnts of ihe Gfovernment did "LJ so lurge a revenue ns before from cw Gen. Jackson spoke thus on the " In effectingJliiaaiijusimeii r rtflt in justice to the .interests 01 1 ,, tht States, and even to tne prew f
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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