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r . r s . mil ' jii' VoJ. U.MON. TIIC CONSTITUTION AM) THE LAWS-THE GUARDIANS OF OUIt LIBERTY. II. ' ti.t-i.i,i i i ,;ff i una 'rUtt:DAV, J1AY 12, iki. .anaAi- .Am Debate in tho Senate, ... V4 tco. rrtccH er . , Mr. Cl-ty, r Kentucky. J tUe ltt rf- flVf. d ly tins ftt ip j . tftwr lit rr(IiJ;. mt tt C"a HCut, al rrgttlaiatbttfuitttoa nrMttt, ' A.c . Si, 1st. ' Ure. then, is rrfertineu!cnee. ta ti i.lr, baser iht dilatwaiUtsof the two fNiBout. It i tbt abase sly of that prlactjiit, is f racitc.l Operation, Out td winch potUeeoaipliot esnjuit j a isv A4 ir muii b admitted that ab iff y soring 1tha. iheo, lnoU be d..n. I Great Britain thould be . td to t full inJen ty fr tery i " j t-y, 'ie n.a.t r unsutentn u.l, t'ltt a'jr be iauVi-4 on oar rom nerce. U . ei 5 itat ihe to-ppretki-oi f i!r adm ui wU African elate lr 1 it as ob ject tJ buimniiy t'u U bath countries tut l UtU mx not tomt cnatentina ' l fctl fry a it lit; tit rsrt i ihe al! trtiirrnt dtf l.irh i wWm. ti.t to!t f Sir. bj kirn id ti Seau; md k an Dn.ra c .Iai,ui-Ju. p,ie4 BltiOH of t , .. f,e, uf( rhdy at 1637 that tie-tans I ti piuliu t ex-fe.;ea the si. ami inrojue. It Lnta that, 1j iL (radial rrifee ttn rf (.'utua en Jit tbt coapruait art. ttia inrome waa tutt diattit.Lrd sirrt anj IBM. E'tty jear of tbat Aj!minUua tioa ift I'.ffBi it ttit tbaa iht te t)e bj alwtti eJUt B.)!!ifa of dollara. Vei fear after year pane J awar iileu jr rrj haiecr la iht wax'tat uLtrb leajtrf irirnt of thai A d (si it trati en now f nniuiift bt a te!l-ii3riiibih! Why w it nrgler-tri! m forfne i 1637, ISCD.anJ 1840! Why vrredulita bi q4 a fkCicfr.t rfrtiut raiMtl! I n.a l' a rotul p l ciuB iam of lhf frtnirmen fDltrl. tnl t'hl theni brf-.rrli.in! t'.it, uitkniomr tatiff for in co a. a iho 1 1 t rrouJrd, an extra ae ion wiu!l ht iri:ble. ObMi.ua and rrriifitiy ie aa iht maxirn it, it ht b ari tijmn for ntuiol right ol bees one of thit fiuinctal rulta of (hJ afja-U. uttl'i attitiUtt rratiictmna at to t', an J jri ri (iltiint at to prartter! ll tU rrcnlif l4 that it la a tuhjrrt w'urli, at f.irm'-r pen4, rrg-fftl the ffl n tirn i..ii ol t'te Uai cl St.tea. Tlie II-MM ol -picnattvra, by an al in trl M'ft iitnua tr. (I belie wub bat mue ifipti t ) reciMo mended ittuthe a t -iUii l I'fisaiiJant !I -nroe. In eon n q isnce, a ne4lit o i oT-ed at i. .li bit by Mr. IJH aU Mr. Un in(. Iht tt-itilt 8 rrc'aijr if roreigtt Aflairr. Mr- Cana , a 1 ha onderatmiJ, re it d Mr. i t dra up, in a jr ler.a ha I 'a.a 4. treaty, aud ha oihl i. bit. Ujj'i acrNtrJittf ! reparel jrri'i in. ex'fnInt( a hihivmI rifl't ofreacti I t the Ainc.n anj aomtof the Ameiit.ii trja. Tlie Hriih Uavtritiieiit r 4 litfJ it. an J ii wa laid befie the S-n i 'att, nidi iha Urtuah raifiction. Tue Sennta ptpxe4 an amendmnii. atrikiHf ml the Aweriean ea, and ranfymj the ruqvcuUon in that amended hum, it a ri-tdfucd liGrstt Untain. Mr Uanninj, Ihi njrh. perhp, i if!uf ncJ by fi'rliit oi riuaaiitUmiou excited b j fie eirrvw aianie of fit ea refuted the treaty in ihi tbered ute, aod the negotiation ceat- (cd. U uh (iaternisa a batinf ihua auV taoUliy'irved lipoma ieri;roel right of tearch, wiliu.i Ilia lim t of the Aftican ar. I do not percri any itu,rble d Ificuliy. hi a tnu'ual spirit of ami'y and o.B.i.iJa'iin.of adjuating tbi utiUrr iu atti'factory manner." Mr. I'retiJent. it it Bit ery eatiaa of eo nUim ih! eUou'J I'a4 liaar. O i en (nn au4 ein qnet't.tn tHttc- iughi alya t he iiue f propriiin brttf n t'la f mu lewf the wrung or in jiry and tlie ierh!e conquen?f of war. Nliiua aluiuld temnnturaie, and nfjo itaie. and prsei earnely and lnf. be fore thf rirt i a-ial h.ttttM ea. . II vteet th!rrfneea of ojii noi mf exit be lMt oaiun at t ell at bt-tween iutli- rlu I an I there in ay be at leaat a claa of injiimt, ant niiig M the import mr of jiMtifyhig an appeal to arm-, which ah-itild be put wiile on a catalogue, in be tfilree4 when 'ho dreadful day of war C'unae, a aooner or later (the later the better) it inuti e.ime. Wuh retpeet tu thedilfrnre beteeit the twoeountriee. I would male on C'Hicl.iJingiibfcration. Whatever eomplamti there are, menacing Ilia peareof the two nau-ma, they are cow pUmt" on our aide agsinat Great Britain. S.ie hat uo it against u of a naiute threat ening a ruptare. If war be nccrteirv, and the only rrmattui-e; alternative, it oiut be prnrUiined by oa, nut by her. And ronrequendy the lima and ih eircuni aiance umhr which it alull beptoclaim ed are in nur own hn !. ' Happily Cor) gret. anil Congroaa ouly, can nuke the a ful d. rl . ration. B it, whiNi it aflT.trdt ma plehaore to siy thai, a lar aa I hae informatinn or any oppnrt'in ty l lunging, 1 pereeie g"Vrrtimeiit vhich nainpei.ly traoitded n during etrry year of Mr. Van Uuieit ailmii.i'rtiin. So far front providing w thin the year the neceraaty income fr the year, the inrome aa lcfi iliort ( the eipenilitoieby about eiht mdlutntof d-l tare duiirg etrry one of the yeara if l it Ai'mimairatiun. I liv iboti(ht. aud think, that, on thit u1jct, I only need vindirate the Whig piny and myt If fiorn the rlurge f not being able , la bring (loan the eipend-iurea behiw twen ylo mi:ini t. 1 am frid, iih ruy hntr Me frirnd fr.-iu Mame, tlut it wiileearce he poaib!e t irdure it during the year t-cl-iw twetity-thre rniliiar.t. I hope we h.ll he able tu proidt retenue ti a.eei be twenty two wllmnt, Certainly, in eted id it priarlitg ua ilh witi anil extrat ignore, ihrea grn letrtrn thm.lil rather r-otijriitulaie ut ihit we lua been able t et?ert to great a hniii.uin to tu thoit a time. Lperilly hen in erty lrgilti lull and in etfry cinminre morn the ery it ftrlrenrh, letrenrhl" Exrty wheie rttrcnchmetit it the ore'rr ol the dy. . .-. But it hta been laid that I imi.na'rJ that the cxpriiilrurrt of the Givernarni mighi be re lure J to thirteen m llim; and the Imnorabte Senator from New Iltinp hire l a ri felted U a tpeecli of uiii e. (without readi ig it,) detiered at far back 1832. Uhn en my I.nguitge on that nceationT The Setutir thnvghl thai I had etid the expenditurea ni'ght be prm nehlly fixed at eighteen millmne. 1 hail no tuch intentmrt. IJere Mr. read parti -f hit fpeerhet mad in 1332 and 1810, in relation ti the probable and thai ou'il to be the am mint of the annual ex pendiiur uf ilie Ujtrriiment, deprecating xtra)jinre, ami expressing a with fr the practice of the gre.taat economy, with the Imp ad I t iit I thai the annual espen uiiwte itiifila be greatly teduced; but tre aty nig ttu prenae turn io whirh it wat pract cable in reduce iO Weil; and d 1 nt ludd th iam Ungnage now : I withrd then, and I with now, that iht expemlilurrt could be reduced t eighteen million to inirtt ett iniilhoit to nine inilliont. if it were piacticab'r. Ii wat iho mrre exreion of a wUh; but it wat not areompanied w-lh any opinion at in therxact tum la which it wat not prac ticable hi bring'dnwn the annual expr-n dimre. Certainly nothing like a pledge. I at tpeaking in just lite tame term, and recommending ri lorm with jual the a me earneatnet at I ilotolay. I wat fur travailing the tame rn aa wit recommen ded by the lamented Harriton iu bit Intti goal addrett. lint between the date of tiiat addrrat in 1849 and the prctent lime, an etM ntial iltfference hai occurred in the menacing a'ate ofour fote gn relation. I with there wat no more eute for ap prehending the breaking out of war with Alfxico, than I trutt tlere it with Gng land. But lro.it the iutoleni language re ul ra'i'ed tor dffi- ihraaf,etra.?e." Vl.at ta fee iradI I).ee it mean a trat'e be ta een two oationa widt fieedtaa s ih on i.! an4 a'l aorta ol rett ielicn on the thrr? I thai fiee trade! Or dw-a it mean a trade with absolute deedon.! that is. with no duties at ail. or eery low dutte and ttm-tly erjnl duttea oa both id! If tl at it the Seaa'cr's Baeanieg. I will not atop fti ciruit the qtteaitoa. 1 thould be teiy gl.4 Vi te onieral fre diim of iraif etui lubed orer the fare of ibe whole woilJ; bm that it a tUie of tbinga whirh never baaexitted aod perr wdt rxi-t to lorg as aaaakind aie leidtfd intAi'ifTerral and indefendent na'-inn. ri ming in t! Ior qi.ast-rt of ib world; t Jong ae lhi it tl a rate, etch individual inieteai.rrgardleae, in eompariton, of the intercut ol a 1 the rett ol the w.i l. . But let ca tre wlut ami of "a free trade it ta whirh ihe Snato from South Caro lioagtately propofeUiu,erpeeial!y with Grrii Brit.in, who i, and probatly will roni'mue to be, the lrei eontuu er of our rame pr!uc t. I In Id brie t p pr exhibiting a few i'emtffdu'y exacted on Aiurrican it hc and other romnii!itir in the fwiilt ol iicat Britain, b:ch 1 Will rail: .,,vv , , At m eximplt of the terms n;o which aethail irda iih foreign nx'iona, the fallowing table of Bntith dulirt on the aniclra rai.td in lite Wtaiein Cuu.T.iy ia gircn: ., . . , ,. . .. af-S e a o -a -a s , c rt ( f3 - - C a e Mt4 s e o ' ."at ""acorn c n e -3 ut e e 9 a, o o ta S 5 -O 9 owe c a, , s 1 n n " a . 8 .' s v m r s v " W S i H. o a. J -J 3 S - Q Now, the freedom of trade whirh th Senator fmm S mth Carolina and hi at soriairt propote, is a trade w iih a duty of 20 p-r e-t:t. on one tide an J 1.930 per rent, on the pthetl That ia the freedom of traili on whirh the Senator dwell with tuch CMlhuiatiin drl:ght that he likent it to the divine right of kingr; it came, he telli u, from heaven i'trlf-a divine ordi amrel Wall; let tit look a little into the practical effect of this divine doctrine of free trade, where, a the Senator arsurea ut it has of lite years been miking a triumphant prnerest. Whatitthniedtie tmn of duty which the propte of England hart been able to achieve on the prima ry artkle of human subaimeoce, the very bread of their life! Forty per cent! Forty per cent. i exacted by a tinting aeala un til the population thai! have been iclur ed by a famine to a state of actual iir tion; and then, when the want and drt pembn of the people may no longrr be ta'e'y retiated, then, and then only, the breadstufft of this country are to be ad milted. And this ia the divine free liatle to eloquendy commended to the adoption of an American Congre! , ' And no wlet ut look at the practical op eration of (he protective eyslem as mmli fitd by the compromise. And, 6rt. as to the progres of our home manufactures. The iliittea hae been hitherto teaona bly prntective on mott of our tibrira till 31.1 December lat; and if you will now Lconiimie that protertion to he articles t a: i .1 . t no racte of piirchcnion of imtnedin'.e J ceuily employed by in nptrt tyrant audi nerving it. and admit ihe reat duty free. wtr. 1 know ih-l Oil Ol III moat pnw i aaurprr lowaru meprnpie ui uic vatiry oil i:ier Wlil oe no complaint. il-il argument to nure sticcet in me ftjitMnppt v people ironj wnom, iiegitia:Mn it, lobe fully prepared fo all , when letunung to "bit country aer a dn Ciiniinein:ic. And therefore 1 am forj g'acefol ?efrat. he experienced the mott doing no hat was "0 much neglrcied generou, hotpi'aU v nd who waa borne byih1oeadmmisiroioniihatit,niaking.in taft iy to hit own home by a public ai rapiillv it c be done consistently vetsel of-the United Stain, and from w.t't the fi'ianehl eomli ton of th coun-, mher tnote serious wrongs unredressed, try, ample preparations lor the defence of; there it torn caute ol apprehension ol t!iV c.unity and the inaintcnanre of ita! war w ith that power; jet I am not with njhi. I do no mran a rah, ill digeated,! out the hope that even thrte weahall lie What do the S nators fmm PenntyUa nia and from M-ryhnd ask! That the duties on imn miy be the tame at in De cember, 1639. Under the j rct cal ope ration of protective tlutiet our inaniifac luret have all the time "been expanding, because they enjoyed moderate protec tton. Whit did we tell you on thit very point in lS22-'2tf And w bat jlid tha Senators on the other Me predtci! I R.i.l lic.",t ayaent of preparation, "but able honor ally t aviJ a atate of actual hl pride and pleasure in being able to lay one ih.t th-I; be well-d'aeited, iuhian- hoattlny. b ill, however, there it a great CaV and gndu.l. 1 uut that hereafier.j u (Terence bettieeii the eUte of our fo itts en! ol a prifue wate ol the public' reign lelationa now and in 1840. Our iteiaur o ..lj.H-i of to permanent u'llty.1; nay, jutily a favorite with all, and which without leaving . a atngle valuable inon j ry one cemtto i with his neighbor nment h!,inj, aa wat done by the late, in nureing and preserving, la now fallen Administration. ih annul thote now in into a-eiat of comparative dilapidation, power w Ii he t place the country in an All our fortification, w hich were neglect armor ami a iuii.ln re ulv t vindicate ita' ed and even abandonrd by ihe late admin rtgii s an I Imn ir, an I that it will prreetij' inraimn. ho now to be repaired. All UigibU ti.iM , and durable niemorull thete addi-ional expenditures have de of the wi.dom wit:i which public alTaira' volted on our handt. are f'liducied I note pr.Tteed to another topic on The tii-t in the eetirt of ies ilut'ont' which 1 haer.omething to say, though nv'ncli t lne hid Hit h omr to nibmi is I. am alraid that I .hull not have power denied hy t. in- ?enfemen, on ihe other' g' h U the points I wish to touch. anle, .i bt tdt"geilier uiinecenry, te- v . pamt inne c-411 fail to ae t!ie propriety I of provi.hiij f.ir ihe cil re.it ex,ense of I ai. veir h n a eiiaie ritvenue raited witluo 1 1" ye ir. M .ml si s ihu truth of I mt a i tint ol free trade a doctrine which was warmly ptessed by the learn ed and i!ilin2tiihrd S. mints mi the oth er si!e. I would begin where my friend from Conactticut (Mr. Huming on) took that there has not been a miliary predic tion made on the other side thai has not been contradicted by fact and experience; nor a single prediction on our tide whirh has not hren completely fulfilled. What were these doleful warningat Tnat the revenue would be ruined -t'tat we mutt resort to direct taxation. Importations would ceae, an I we thould be driven to the necessity o! domettio taxes. What lur ther did they tell o-! Tlut prices would rite, and that the dutiea mut be p il hy the consumer in one quarter of the Un ion for tii benefit of manuf.ciutcrs in anndter quirtvr. And how did the fact torn out! The revenue proved fully a lequate, but there wit no txcrtt; (I mean Irom the du'ift on cusuimt; for all the excess which did aeiti.1 imount of ijvtr!t wt Ietad, rtt the atigmeatatt-iw f tl due snore tbaa compen-a eJ fur thedmiinutian. artd we received oort reveaoe ihaa whea te datiea were lower. Ia thett point. Oies, our prrdiclioRt writ fully verified. And haw with reftid t prices? Did tti AarricaB eootunier pay 'more for the otjcs of bit eonttimptioii! With out entering into detail, (ir whirh there it not lime.) I atteri. ia general, that ia every tirtg'o intttae in wh eh tt-fSrieot peo ertion at tfjorded. the pneet initead of being aogmrmed. was actually rtduerd. I da not recollect sinle excet tien. The European monopoly 4 sapply waa brolea door, and tlieir fabrics bad to en counter ia our tnatkrtt the enmjxtition aritirg from the tkiii and tnduatry uf American maniifaetuieiaf Wtl': but il bat been sked, if any ir rreate of doty produces a diminutinrt of prir, whv Jo the mannfarturets a-k for an incrrane ol dutier! I will answer the question. 'The augmented duty i ihrotrn on the foreign pmdnci r. By tnrreaamg thedu'y you cnmel him to tuhnrt te a. rrducioo of price rql or nearly equal lo ihe dot) fut to ii,rh a rrdtirluiq they cannot tub wit but from ti-cetilj . A d. nmulifd importation enrue. and a va cuum, rein; tlita created in ti e nutlet, it is filled by the rival f bri s of the American manufacturer, who in bit turn rluJt his rompeniat on fr the reduced price in hi qu el prrea on of a greater portion i l the ATencan market, and in ihe s teadtnena of that tna-kt ' ' Then it the whole theory of the rnv tcr. There is no mist ry, no inconsis tency: the one it perlcet'y clear: tml f.cit prove it io be juat at wt told you in 1821 ih-t il wnuftlbe. I know no wiser coure for a tttteamia than to rreur to btttorv, and tl cure ft d'aw hi btaorttt to future policy " I with 1 had tune to trace the course ol ihit malter from the d.yt of the Kevo Ititton tu the prrtrnt hour: I rould show that, in every period of our bi-try when commerce and inanulaeturrs have been neglected, or left In the nnfrindly opera tion' of foreign lejiaUtion ind foreign le (ula'innt, national distrett and embaratt inent have uniformly f-ll iwed -th'te ha ever been a drain of tpecie and a heavy f -reign debt. Bui I am warned by the lapis of time that this will not now be practicable. 11 roe rail the attention of the Senate only to a few fieta, which mtrkrd a period remnkahly bkn ihe pre tern: I refer to that between 1816 and 1819. The country -wat then Hooded nth foreign imports, duties were low and prrcitely similar general embarrass ment wat experienced to that which we now feel. Let me rail vour recollection tn some of the futs. aa they si e welt set fotlh in a memorial presented rtcently io fjoneress front LiticinnaH: Vour memorialist! find in et.ti-'iral repretenta'tont ina)e by the cifrt of Pin ladelphia and FitUburgh iu ISIU, the fol lowing lacis: - r 1. Thai from 1819 to 1819, the num ber of binds employed tn ihe maniifc:ur ing and mechanical branches of business in I'lnl JuYlphia diminished from S).G?2 io 2.137, or leas thanonu fourth... That the number of prisons directly and indirectly thrown out of employment in a uistnst ol forty mile diauieUr wet Iweuty thousand. 2. That in Pittsburgh, in the time pe riod, the number of hau.U employed were reduced from 1,000 to 672, and the ma" nufaciured product was reduced til the tame proportion. 3. I list this reduction extended not merely tu the large manuficiunng esub liahuienit, but In the smallest mechanical employments -ihe important domes ic business of the shnenink' r and tailor be ing teduced in almvat the same propor tinn. At the same time that the manufacture ingesinblithinenlt were thutlaid in ruins, a memorial tent to Congress atatee that agriculture wat equatlv depressed. I s I inguige was; " We look in vtin through-1 out the world for a market. Agricultural produce has no value but it home, and ihe drain ol gold ndiler httthuken the wealthier Banks in the Union. In ma ny placet of the interior agricultural pro duce wat entirely uiitealable. The rate of dutiea under which 'thit wide-spiead disaster was produced wat 20 per cent, on iron and giant and 25 per cm. on fine cottons and worenr; a higher average than that (viz. 2J pet ren'.) m w hich, by exi-ting law a, the entire tariff ol duties must, in a lew months, be reduced. By the tariff of 1824 and 1828. the du ties were raised to an average of double that amount. The consequence are within the ibtrvation of the winds peo ple. ManulaciU'ing industry became s a bte, new branches were developed. Toe balance of trade became mote favorable, and Ihe countiy lor a et-nea of yean con tinued in a tute of uuintenup'ed prosper! y. No portion of ihe industry or property of Hi nation wat ooro tem fited by the change than thai ol agriculture. The market value of corn, pork, flour, and eve ry tpeciet of Western produce, was, in the many ia ih West. fceetme increased eon- jfre ffimerfeharrament aad erjyieg ' eir&rrt f torple rn-dm ta. V gi UoaxxeJ propetity. Daring th vve bot two exwp'e, tutTietntly i!!utra- jtetsion, on a former occasion, be esutctl ting ih general effer'. New lglad ue thai she was prospereMis, and as aa -' i ports from etbr Ststes. epeily lb .idrpc of it addieedthefei tf the tali W est. scartly. if say, ieta than on rod-f a lot ofsUve tt th average price cf lion fie buBdtrdthwvaand barrels if flour ( fSOO each. But what it her actual eoo- prob.tlT more. Thit fact yonr honor ,htio ai tl.it'moaeait 1 b cttwr id- abl body aaty iteemiu, by catrulaiieg. at th eiutlithrd prnporto-n, th con t umptios t-f il tt artiel by I't inh.bnai.ta. atj dtdaetieg froea iha quantity th very small amoaot of grain iied ia ibe atatrs. Two porta tl imparled in 1841 th following quantifies: " BstMi,i 1811.' 7I?31 barrels. ravidoce,ta till. 83 810 Thee port in 1S4I, total, C60 0C) And ntw I ask. what it the syiietn at which Briii-h policy it aioiag"at this ffiomeot! Ilrr rootmefc it gradaally being exrladrd from the ports of the Con linen; the lose r f that a iih U Brszilt it vertrd ! the snoarent inrieats ia the smoaat of ber exportt. and poind ss is this a an index of I er weahh and prut oeiity under a teals of falling duties. But thai fact, so triaraphatitly pretseJ by the Senator, it easily explained. Th product of Cvorfia and ol North Caroli na, the two neighboring State to bit w n, root in in twrll the amsunt expotteil from Charletion. in consequence of the til fae Inks atTiirJed by linet of laitrcad ' from th interior of b th taics to ih.t commercial nm-rt. - What do we learn" from the pp-rf . The genlemn rrf.-r-' red io th price of slate at a meaior of S.mhern prosperitv, and if to. what taya ih'taened epos the exp'iation f the cx h to th fact tint sbt-ui'ti vejwre'.i only itung ireaiy between the two countries; , a jo a li ol let brmiehi in Chtiletton Miami counirv. ntrnaneMlv increased - - a j accrue waa exclusively from the enormous nearly ihtecf ild. 1 he m inufactoring tales of the publ.c land.) It is true the establishments in ihe North, as well- at and, all the eerr aiu of her fo' trier trade, ( that with the Baz W tnJ with thit eoua-' try it the moat profitable to her. . Now 1 what dots Dr. Alison's inaloLIt wok on populition, rerendy published, deve lop ss to her present lute of piliry! I recommend gentlemen io exaiuiue that book for ihemtelvrt; it will give them many weighty fae s. A'iton is strongly in favor of the corn lawt, (and snare ihe pretest Minittry t,f Grtit Brit. in.) snd equally oppotrd t- sll treaties of reripto rity. - And here let me say, in defence of that system, that when il waa adopted in this country it waa believed thai, if any people en eatth conld sustain occe(ul competition in navigation, our New Eng Ijo I brethren could. Great as their en terpriie undoubtedly it, prrhsp it has been subjected, to too unequal an expe riment by thoe reciprocity treaties. But Great Britain's ultimate aim is to fall bark, if compelled io withdraw from the roin meiee of foreign Powers, on the resour ce! of her own inioiente empire.' She will cheruh foreign commerce s Inngts the can deceive you into noiioni of Ire trtdr; but when ah can blmd you no longrr, (and the begin to see and to feet this.) then her own boundless posses linns, tealiered as they are through the four quarlera of th globe ihete, these are to b her tiltimile rtsoutc fur th maintenance of her commerce, her power, and her ct'net; and from thrie she intends and hopes to drsw the materials, a well as io find in ibem consumers for her own vast manufacturing capacities. For the consummiiion of a like policy, whete is the country which lis the same advantage! with thit Ileiculean ltVpubhc, inlant il.ough it bet Mr. Pitiident. oun is a glorioni coun try, and, vttt t it the poser and extent of tho JJriti-h empire, will noi tunVr hy companion with it.-' The Biitih niep'ire it spread over the four quartern of ihe globe, eeparated by boundless oceans, de tached and dispersed in broken fragments, insular and continental, inhabited by dif ferent snd discordant raret of rn,t peak ing varioua and unknown tongues, obey ing an infinite diversity of laws, originat ing in every stage of human society, from the highettiiaie of civilization to the low est ttepthi of barbaiism, and worahipping the Chiittian and Heathen gods. When eter the charm of hrr naval power, the cement of thete heieiogeneout and incon gruous elements, shall be broken, the fu ture greatness and glory ol old England will lanith forever. Our immense and young Confederiry, on the contrary, washed by the Pacific and the Atlantic oream, the Gulf of Mex ico, and the great Northern Lakes, exhib it! a compict, consolidated, rominuou. onbroken Terriloiv, abounding in. the most valuable productions of Aia, of Airica, of Lurope, and or A merica, inhab ited by ont race of men the desrendanis of the most renowned anil glorious of all the races of ihe family of mankind Ju plwating their - numbers in twenty-five yrars, speaking the same common lan guage, living under one Constitution snd similar laws, enjoying the inestimable blessing of civil liberty, and freely wnr shipping at the pure altar of the only trua God. How ought our hearts to overflow with dutiful thankfulness ai.d unspeakable gratitude to that God for his gracious bounty tn u! And what an awful re sponsibility do we lie under to II nil, to mankind, to posterity, and to our own consciences, lor a faithful administration of t'i great and sacred trnsl which he has confided to our hand! We have only to eradicate unfounded prejudice, cultivate harmony, cherish feelings oi kiudnesi and mutual concession, and be constantly animated by a true and genu ine Americm spirit to lulfil all tha ob ligations of that great trus'. . But I return to the Senator from S tuth Carolina and his free trade doctriuea. What are we told by him in respect tn the condition of hi on State! - I advert to the aubjoct with no plsa-ure. 1 wish the prosperity of his native S ate was all lliith ones anticipated il would b when the ditiics on imports should be reduced her field tnuling in beauty, hertUre hnuses loaded with abundance, her people but from 230 to $30 a pier! t! ai rii'hi hundred slate were for s,tc in thai city? or to that oher tlarilin'g l.cl that at a public tale four entire plantation. teclu Img slates, wrre t!4 t lets than ' one of them had coit! Yet still he cling to bis free .trad ' ilortriae; though it hat proted to ruinout to hit own state and to Southern iincret' is wtll as Nor .hen.; io that fie trade which lias d-pretird th ric of cotton to a point below what it has ever brought since tl e clove ol the lt a. In tpi of all the teachings of experience, at well in bit own at in all other nation, still le deafens us with the ery ol free trade! fee " trade! Really th ease of the h- tv r-ble gentleman it without sny pralli lethal know or ever heard ol utile it he that which we find inthe immortal wink of l.t Sag. . Cil Blat wa engaged in med- -iral practice with the far lamed Dr. San ' g ratio, and, if er hiving cone a f ,r at hit ' conscience aud hi feeing could at all endure, I: ram at J ol to tlie dormr, and said to him, Sir, your sys'rm wnn't d; 1 btvebeen bleeding and ailminittering warm wa-er with eiifiinching rrtidutioii, and th consequenr it, and 1 rous: tell it yon frankly, all onr patient noblet, gentlemen, bourgeois, men, wnmen ai.d ' children all, all are dying.' I propot to change our system. hal said the aitonithcd Sangrado, change our system? . Change nur system! . Why, tir, ht yeu not know thai I have wriitsa a book and that I mutt preserve my eontiiteney f Yes; and sooner than change my system, ''' or Stir another book to ptoe it falie, let nobles, gentlemen, bourgeoit, men. wo men and children, and all. go (I will not say where.) A laugh. The Senator seems io act on the self same plan. Instead of recommending hot water and bleeding. It recommend fne trade; and though he teei from tear to year that hi prescription aetktlling all his patients, he spurns lbs idea of changing bis system. because lie nvsi ' preserve his consistency. A l.ut-h. I shall not enter into lutther detail on ibis subject of free trade. I hatbei-it induced to ray what I have now t.nl in defence of an nppotit system, to which I Itare long been iir-melr attached, and for which my conviction of ita necessity, in th actual posture of the commercial world, far fmm bring weakened, is but ihe mot confirmed and ttreugthei ed by observation and experience, and by all the mature reflection 1 hate been abl to bestow upon iu Uul 1 ak again, as I have done one before, that I may not be misunderstood. I am not espousing the cause tif any hign protective tariff ol duties. I am (or tuch a scheme of dwiej as will piestrve al the essential principles of ihe compromise ad, aa I understand; them. I have livid anil a hall the in the conviction of the wisdom of the protective policy. I have regretted during life, and ahall when I die, the prevalence uf those causes I respect fully lel.ev mistaken eauaet wbirli make some of my felloa-citijuns tinwi l ing to adhere tu it I believe the day is not far distant when a gteat majority of the whtds nation will call up n this Gene ral Government for protection, ia th place of that so-called free trade with which there is no sympathy abroad; bui, at the tarn time, I have ever believed that Mtabilittf, with a moderate amount of protection, better than a very high taiiff without it. ' I hold harmony to bo one of the first of our and of all socUl blessings; and that it is better, if it eat -be done, to give protection as incidental to the raising of eyenue, than to attempt to establish it to nomine. Indeed, indv pendent ol all other eontideration. the fact ol its reconciling all part of the coun try, would alone be Sufficient to tecotu mend il to the adoption of every enlight ened statesman. ' Even wete a high lar iff dca rable in principle, it would bs impos sible io get it in the present state of parties ' in thia country,. I mean of par U. yi CV Sress. I woul l say to all our ftiends. h I ut look io w bat ta ptacuea'; look to the atats of partiet in Congtete; und content -io take such a measure as we can gt and as will carry at leal a mj nity. And what is the existing condition of parties in the two Houses of Co ';tr- I bops 3
The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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May 12, 1842, edition 1
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