CAM OJDMN' A SE WW:WW E 1L .
CONGRESS.
DEBATE ON THE TARIFF.
; r IX SENATE-Monday, Jan. 16, 183?.
The Senate resumed the consideration of ihe special
order of the day, being the following resolution sub
mitted by Mr. Clay : , .
Resolved, That the existing duties upon articles
imnortftd from foreio-n countries, and not coming into
comnetition with similar articles made or produced
within the United States, ought to be forthwith abol
ished, except the duties on wines and silks, and that
they ought to be reduced. - t .
Resolved, That the Committee on Finance report
a bill accordingly.
iMr. HAYNE moved to amend the first resolution,
! by striking out all after the' word "countries" in the
second line, and insert the following
j" Be so reduced, that the amount of public revenue
sliall be sufficient to defray the expenses of govern
ment, according to their present scale, after the pay
ment of the public debt ; and that allowing a reason
able time for the gradual Reduction of the present
! iiih duties on the articles, coming into competition
- with similar articles made or produced in the United
States, the duties be ultimately equalized, so that the
duties on no articles ehallas compared with the
value of that article, vary materially from the general
average."
. !Mi HAYNE addressed the Senate in
suppoitof his proposition,, as follows :
The Senator from Kentucky, (Mr. Clay,)
'commenced his remarks a few days ago, by
complaining of the advances of age, and
mourned the decay of his eloquence, so clo
v quently as to prove that it was still in full vi
gor, lie , then went on, Sir, to make a most
able and ingenious argument, amply sustaining
1 his high reputation as an accomplished orator.
With this example- before me, Mr. Presi
dent, (said Mr. H.) Iam almost deterred from
offering any apology, lest I should create cx
; pectations which it will certainly not be in my
power to gratify. And yet, perhaps, it may be
permitted to one so humble as myself to say,
that it belongs not to me at any time, or under
any circumstances, and, least of all, at this
moment, and on this occasion, to satisfy the
expectations of those, if any such there be, who
may have come hcra to Vitness the graces of
brtorv, or to be delighted with the charms of
icloqucnce. I would not, Sir, on this occasion,
play the; orator ifI could- I came here to-day
for higher a ad far nobler purposes. I stand on
jthis floor asuie of the representatives of a high-
minded, generous, and confiding people, whose
(dearest rights and interests I am now to vindi
jeate and maintain. In such a situation, I would
llo'se every thought of myself in the greatness
;of the cause. Confiding in the indulgence of
'the Senate, and deeply sensible ofmyinability
ito do justice to the important subject embraced
in these resolutions, I shall proceed at once in
the t)lain, unadorned language of soberness andl
truth, to theVxamination of the question before
US.
The gentlemen from Kentucky set cut with
the declaration, that he did not deem it nbecs-
IsarvJlo oiler any arguments in lavor ot the
American system, " that the protecting policy
stands self -vindicated- -that it has scattered its
i rich fruits over the whole land, and is sustain
ed by the experience of all powerful and pros
j "herons nations." Sir, we meet these positions
a I once by asserting, on our part, that thepro
tcctihgsystem stands sclf-condcm 7zcrf; condemn
ed in our own country, by the desolation which
lias followed in its train, and the discontents it
has produced condemned by the experience
ot all the world, and the almost unanimous opi
nion of enlightened men in modern timers. And
bowj, having fairly joined issue with the gen
tlenian, .we might put ourselves upqn the
c.ohntr-, and submit the case, without argu
ment, "nor should I have any fears for the re-
! uit, if the issue was to be tried and decided by
an impartial tribunal, free from the disturbing
influence of popular prejudice and: delusion,
ond the strong bias o(intercsts personal,' pe
cuniary, .and pohticial. But, situated as we
i are, I feel and acknowledge the necessity of ma-
iking out our case to thejeonvjetion ofthisaSSCm
if Kit '! itrf tViP Qntitifpt? mn of ltir ennntrv. Wn'arp
si cki iig r el icf f ro m a n ab id i n g e vil redress fr o m
an existing wrong. Ve cannot stand where wc
arei "NVccannot, likchc gentleman from Ken
tucky, rest on mere unsupported assertions. Wc
must submit our proofs and. maintain our posi
tions if wc con. It isgrcatly to be regretted,
however, that the gentleman has not seen fit to
present omc of the strongest arguments in favor
of his policy, as such a course might have direc
ted our inquiries to a few leading points, instead
of making it necessary for us to wander at large
through the wide field of argument presented
by the protecting system. The gentleman,
however, has so far favored us as to specify
two of the advantages which he asserts have
been derived from it ih this country, and in cur
day, and I am perfectly willing to try the merits
of the system by tnese tests wnicn ne nas mm
s-elf Droposcd. They shall if the gentlemai
if the p-entleman
piCraSeS -CUIlaiiltiii; inu o miuui m t j "irn-ii iia
rnp character shall be determined. In the first
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' place, then, the gentleman asserts, " that the
! much abused policy qf 1824, the (protecting
taj-ifT of -that year,) has filled our coders and
enabled us to pay of the public debt," a debt of
6100,000,000 of principal, and blUv),uuu,uuu
of interest. Now, Sir, if any thing is capable
-demonstration, it may be demonstrated, that
the protecting system could not, by possibility,
have contributed in the slightest "degree to
produce this result. One would suppose, m
dcd that the very last merit which would be
i scribed to this system, was its tendency to till
the. " public coffers." i It is unquestionably to a
X -h tariff, arranged and adjusted with-a single ye
i to revenue, that we are to look for such a re
v:. ,; sult. The object of a protecting tariff as such
, r ertainly is to diminish orfexclude importations,
i and of course to lessen the amount of the reven
. ue derived- from duties.. The very end. and
aim of such a system is to substitute for the
imported article, paying- taxes to government
the domestic article paying none to trans
ij mute the duty into a bounty to the mamifactu-
jj ' rers, and just so far as this end is attained
L that is to say, just so far as the tariff is protec
!p tve, must it cutoff the public revenue. t Do we
11 not all remember, that the leading argument in
I favor oCithe protecting provisions of the
nrifl of lS$.-.Tra?r that they were nccrssary
"to put down a ruinous competition' and did
not one ol tne-latners ot that bill publicly de-
clarc
c that the vit! principle of the system was, i
thnt inn natinn chntilH .nmmonl its nwn
consumption, and that when the nation did
command its own consumption, importations
and imposts would cease." Sir, there are two
distinct features in the tariff of 1824 revenue
and protection. It is the former that has
filled your coffers and paid off the public debt;
and, so far as the latter has operated at all, it!
must have diminished the revenue, and delayed
the extinction of that debt. Sir, I will put it
to the candor of the gentleman, whether, if the
protecting duties-under the tariff of 1824 had
been less, the revenue would not have been
greater, and that, too, without adding to, but on
the contrary, diminishing the burthens of the
people, since they would have obtained the
articles of their consumption, in increased quan
tities, and at a cheaper rate, and been relieved
from the heavy tax which they have been com
pelled to pay to the American manufacturers I
Why, sir, the policy of 1824 actually taxed to
prohibition a large amount of goods formerly
imported. From a report made by the Secre
tary of the Treasury, January, 1830,'it appears
that these prohibited articles amount to about
$8,000,000 per annum, beincr near one sixth
part of the whole of our imports. Has this part
of the policy contributed to fill your coffers ?
Sir, the case is too plain for further argument,
and tried by this test, the policy must beutterlv
condemned.
The next test by which the gentleman propo
ses to 1rv this svstcm. is "the rich fruits whicl
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it has scattered over the country. " Sir, where
arc they to be found? Is it in the West? I
appeal to the gentlemen from that quarter.
We have heard a great deal of the flourishing
condition of the manufacturing establishments
elsewhere, but where are the manufacturing
villages, the joint stock companies the splendid
dividends,, and other evidences of prosperity
to be found in the west ? I submit it to the can
dor of the gentlemen, whether the benefits
of the protecting system, so far as the west is
concerned, do not still rest in Aope--whether
the system would be sustained a day if it were
not for its supposed connection with internal
improvements whether it is not indebted for
its popularity, in that quarter, to the unhappy,
the fatal marriaere between the tariff and inter-
nal improvements a union which I yet hope to
see dissolved. It was a.left handed an unlawful
marriage, and surely those whom God hath not
joined, man may put asunder. Sir, there are
doubtless some flourishing manufactories scat
tered here and there throughout, the western
country chcifly confined, however, to situa
tions beyond the reach of foreign competition,
and owing nothing to the protecting system. But
the west has not been rendered prosperous by
these establishments. I appeal confidently to
their actual ponditiona't this time. With regard
to. the gcntlman's own State, I will apply a test
which cannot deceive us. When the policy of
'24 was before Congress, the Senator from Ken
tucky stood forth as its champion, and it was my
lot to attempt to answer his arguments. It is
true, sir that his speech was made in the other
House, and mine on this floor ; but his argument
had been seni forth a3 the manifesto of the"
party it was printed in pamphlet and laid on
the tables of the Senators, and embodying the
views of the tariff party, it was impossible for
me to pass it over. I well remember, therefore,
that on that ocasion, the gentleman argued,
that Kentucky was to participate in the protect
ing system by raising large quantities of hemp,
and supplying the southern States with cotton
bagging, and he strongly insisted that she was
then only prevented from so doing, by the ruin
ous competition of the inconsiderable Scotch
towns of Inverness and Dundee. And what is it
Sir, that we hear now after the lapse of eight
years? The old story repeated. Kentucky
still deprived of the benefits of the protecting
system by those formidable rivals Inverness
and Dundee. They still constitute " the lion
in the path," and foreign manufactures ever
will be "a lion in the path" to those whose
prosperity depends on the protecting system.
We know that the manufacture of cotton bag
ging is a simple process, requiring hardly any
skill or capital, and yet, the great State of Ken
tucky cannot get along with it in consequence
of the formidable rivalship of two . miserable
Scotch towns, the inhabitants of which arc said
to be so poor and destitute, that they are obliged
to import their fuel, and send to Dantzic, twelve
hundred miles up the Baltic, for their hemp,
paying a freight equal to the first cost. It is
perfectly clear, therefore, that Kentucky has
not realized the promised blessings of the pro
tcctingsystem ; and, I am told that this-is substan
tially true of- the whole west. But, Sir, if the
west has gained nothing by the system, she has
had her share of the the taxes which it imposes
she has paid her proportion of duties to the
government, arid bounties to the manufactures;
and, in consequence of the dire calamities which
I lie s'stem lias inflicted on the south blasting
our commerce and withering our prosperity
ine west lias very nearlv been deprived of her
ocsz customer. When the policy of '24 went
into operation, the south was supplied from the
west, through a single avenue, (the Saluda
a V n gaP' wnith live stock, horses, cattle
and hogs, to the amount of considerably up-
vuirus ot a million of dollars a year. Under the
operation ot the system, this trade has regularly
occu Qiminisning. It has already fallen off
more, than nn r Inlf . .1 r .-,
uuu irom an autnentic re-
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turn, now oetore me, it appears that it has
been further diminished near one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars during the last year. - So
much for the rich blessings bestowed upon the
wcai uy tite pi uicuung SVStem.
Wc come now to tne South. If any portion
oi me ncn iruiis oi mis system have been scat
tered there, they have not fallen under my ob
servfction. Sir, we know them not we see
them not we feel them not. It may be sup
posed, however, that we are too full of preiu
dice, or too ungrateful, to acknowledge the bles
sings it has bestowed upon us. Sir, we have
heard of men Jiaving honor thrust upon them,
and perhaps there may be such a thing as having
benefiits thrust upon an unwilling people; yet I
should think that even in such a case, they
would soon become reconciled to their lot
and submit to their fate with a good grace. But,
I assure the gentlemen that the condition of the
otv?i i? not mfrruv nr.e nf unexampled uepre?
sion, butoi great. and all-pervading distress.
In my own State, tne unhappy change which
has within a few years past take place in the
puonu pruspcii, is oi ine most appalling char-
actcr. If we look at the present condition of
our cities, (and I will take Charleston bv wavof
example,) we fand every where the mournful
ftvidene of rlpMv ,ui:
t vnj mo tlUllJUlIIIil-llJCmU
rials of our former wftalth
quentlv teach us. that iihr.ut 1,,,;,,
your policy, the days of our prosperity " are
numbered." Sir, it is within my own experi-
ence. that, within thn ,Wrtor1 .It,- in h;h
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ioi nas oeen cast, a thriving toreign commerce,
was, within a fs w years Dast. carried on direct
to Europe. We had native merchants, with
large capitals, engaged in the foreign trade.
We had thirty or forty ships, many of them
built, and all owned in Charleston, and giving
employment to a numerous and valuable body
of mechanics and tradesmen. Look sit the state
of things now! Our merchants bankrupt, or
drirrn awav iheir ranitnl sunk n irnCfVrrorl
to other pursuits our ship yards broken up
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nur ihin nil snld ( vp Sir lam rlrl tir rnrv I
last of them was a few months ago brought to Mr. Hayxe here read a statement from the
the hammer our mechanics in despair the Banner of the Constitution, proving thatallour
very grass growing in our streets, and houses ishing cotton manufactory at the Falls village,
tailing into ruins : real estate reduced to one
third par of its value, and rents almost to nothing.
The commerce which we are still suffered to
enjoy, diverted from its proper channels, carri
ed on with borrowed capital, and through a
gents sent among us, and maintained by the
tariff policy, bearing off their profits to more
favored lands, eating out our substance, and
leaving to our own people the miserable crumbs
which fall from the table of their prosperity,
Ifwefly from the city to the country, what do
we there behold ? Fields abandoned ; the hos-
pitable mansionOfour fathers deserted; agri-
culture drooping ; our slaves, like their masters,
working harder and fareing worse ; the planter
striving, with unavailing efforts, to avert- the
ruin which is before him. Ithas often been my
lot, Sir, to see the once thriving planter redu-
ced to despair; cursing his hard fate, gathering
up the small remnants of his broken fortune
and, with his wife and his little ones, tearing
himself from the scenes of his childhood, and material is about one fourth part of the manu
the bones of his ancestors, to seek, in the wil- factured article. Now if the cotton goods ma-
derness, that reward for his industry, of which
your fatal policy has deprived him.
Sir. when we look at our ferti e fields, and
consider the genial climate with which God has
blessed the South when we contemplate the
rare felicity of our position, as the producers
of an article, which, under a system of free
trade, would command the markets of the
world is it not enough' to fill our hearts al
most to bursting to find the richest blessings
that an indulgent 1 rovidencc ever showered
down upon the heads of any people, torn from
us by the cruel policy of our own government,
to find the bounties of Heaven thus blasted by
the hand of man ? Sir, I will not deny that
there are other causes besides the tariff, which
have contributed to produce the evils which I
have depicted. Trade can, to some extent, be
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carnefl on with greater facility at hew or,
and cotton may be raised more profitablv in
Alabama ; but, these advantages would not
have broken up the commerce or depressed the
agriculture ,of South Carolina, while an unre
stricted intercourse with foreign nations, ena
bled us to realize the most moderate profis.
Men do not quit their accustomed employments,
or the, homes of their fathers, for any small
addition to their profits. It is only when re
striction has reached a point which leaves the
door still open to one, while k closes it against
he other, that this result is produced ; and,
therefore it is, that a rapid transfer of capital
and population is now added to other evils
with which the old States are afflicted.
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In this conditioirnf the country, where is
here to be found a fulfilment of the promises
a v.o cm. i ifto,? w (i,nn
1,1 tl,o um rnJctot ih rM ,KfD,
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ipr a snort time. e were lOia tnat tne
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taxes imposed on foreign articles would be but
emporary ; that the manufactures would want
protection but for a short time onlv to give
hem a start
-and that they would soon be able
to stand alone. We were to have had a double
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cuumieice, auu tewcu FiWorciitj . on, auer
the experience of four years, the tariff of '28
came up for consideration, by which the pro-
tecting system was to be further extended and
enlarged. And what was found to have been
the result of four years experience at the South?
Not a hope fulfilled, not one promise performed
and our condition infinitely worse than it had
been for years before. Sir, the whole South
rose up as one man, and protested against any
further, experiment with this lata! system.
The whole of the representatives of seven
States, Virginia, North Carolina, South Caroli-
na, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Ten-
nessee, (with, I believe, but three dissenting 1 wm CV, cvery manufacturing esiaousn
voices,) recorded their" votes, against that bill, uu1 bera1izedt0 jte foundation, which has
Sir do not gentlemen find in this fact some
evidence of the dangerous character of that le-
gislation on which this system is based. Can
it be wise can it be just can it be prudent
to adopt and enforce a policy' so essentially
Rr.etinnaL in its character? Can wc honp for
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harmony, peace, and concord, while enforcing
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a sy
rstemaaainst which an entire section of your
couniry so swongiy revolt n i uic essqn-
x a ii i Ti iL.
tial principle oi tne represeniauve system, that
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a mutual sympathy ot ieehng and ol interest,
should bind together the people and their ru -
lers ; and it may be worthy ot.profound refiec-
tion how far that principle is essentially pre-
served by a scheme of legislation, under which
the feelings and interests of so large, at portion
of the couniry are outraged and trampled on.
When taxes arc imposed, not by the represen-
tatives of those who are to bear the burthens,
but of those who are to receive the bounty.
Nnw Jr lPt lPt us turn our attention to the
INow, sir, let et us turn our attention to the
north. And here I cannot speak from my
rTtrn tnnnrlnHrn hut o m iron T n nnl0Ca h?f if
ftUUicug,, --..-o, "
" io cicuiv mil uv,iuunu rw nuii, ihoiu,
the rich fruits of the system have been scattered
in this Quarter with a Drofuse hand. We are
told that manufacturing establishments have
sprung up every where as if by enchantment.
Thriving towns and beautiful villages cover the
whole face of the land. Millions ofcapital have
been whdrawn from other pursuits and invest-
led in manufactures. Joint stock companies
are receiving enormous aiviaenas; ana ine peu-
pie, (at least in the neighborhood of the estab-
nsnmeius uum up onu. oiiommvu u; -n o;
are rejoicing in a prosperity unexampled in the
history of the world. But, Sir, in the midst of
this universal joy, we near occasionally
pnlc'p nf lamontation and complaint. There
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those north of the Potomac, wise, and ex
Uerienced. and patriotic men, well acquainted
too with the actual conaiuon oi mings, who
tell us that this apparent prosperity is m a great
measure delusive; that tne sysiem nas operaieu
m ouiiaing up a iauiuu ua r-
the rest of the community. 1 nat it nas, in iaci,
made the "rich richer, and tne poor poorer.
I have before me several statements, all going
to prove these assertions, as to several of the
most flourishing manufacturing establishments
of the north. I will trouble the Senate with
but one of them, and that merely by way of il-
lustration. Thearticle is Irom tne pen oi out
of the ablest political economists in the Union,
-, i I'll i . - -I r I e? 4 r nr
one who has laid ins coumiy uuuti a .a0u,.6
debt, of jrratitude.
in New Hampshire, was, from their own show
ins; maintained by a tax on the community.
exceeding the entire pronts ot tne esiaoiismiiciu,
by 8101,000 per annum; and that, it a purse
was made up, and every operative man, woman,
and child, paid 8 100 per annum, for standing
idle or turning gnnasiones, me puuut wuux
be gainers by 8 101,000 annually.
It will be seen, therefore, that, with regard
to some, at least, ot our most uounsning mui-
ufacturing establishments, the profits derived
are drawn from the pockets of the people.
But, itwill be said, " here is a casein which
the south participates in the bounty: here is a
home market found for three thousand bales of
Carolina cotton." Sir, I seize the opportunity
to dispel for ever the delusion, that the south
can derive any compensation in $ home market
for the injurious operation of the protecting
system. The case before us affords a striking
illustration of this truth. The value 01 the raw
nufactured at the Falls village, were imported
from England instead obeing made in JNew
Hampshire, we should hnd a market tor twelve
thousand bales of our cotton instead of three ;
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so tnat insteaa oi gaining a raarnei ior mrcu
thousand bales of cotton we have lost a market
of nine thousand. The home market for our
cotton is not a new, or additional, but a substi
tuted market. If the trade were free, the goods
manufactured in this country would be import
ed from England, and paid for in our cotton;
but in cutting offRie imports, you, of cpurse,
to the same extent, diminish our exports. Now
suppose, to make this matter too plain for cavil
or dispute, that we exported to Great Britain one
hundred thousand bales of cotton, worth, (at thirty
ollara a bale) threcmilhona of dollars worth ol Bri-
lf ?tto" r Tilon
take to manufacture thess coodd f vv ny, just twen-
t five thou3:tnd bales, while the remaining ssventy-
five thousand would be disposed of on the continent.
But suppo3C the importation of these goods prohibited,
in order that they should be made at home, what por
tion of this cotton would find a home market? Only
twenty-five thousand bales, and the remaining seventy-five
thousand must be left upon our hands. Thus,
it will be seen, that the enact oi substituting a nome
market in the place of a foreign market for our cotton,
would be to deprive us entirely ot a market lor tnree-
fourtlis of our productions. This result is inevitable,
unless the domestic manufacturer can enter into com
petition with the British in foreign markets, an idea
altogether too extravagant to be worthy of serious
notice : for surely, if any thing can be considered cer
tain, we may safely assume that articles which can
not be manufactured at home without a protecting
duty of from fifty to one hundred per cent., cannot
enter into competition with lereign manufactures in
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the markets of the world, where they will, of course,
nave no protection wnatever. out to return to ine
uuiiuiuuii oi Lue uorui uuuer LllU prULCCUll
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If the rich fruits of the system in that quarter were
l Mioawji even Liiu.ii Liiuy aic diiciici; iu x ouuuiu
SH1! think thnt .thv havp hn nnrchnsd nt .too dear
a rate. It has even there depressed our commerce,
disturbed all the relations of society, and had a ten-
dency to produce that inequality of fortunes, which
mav) one dav or otner5 be atal to tne liberties of thifffelphia publication. These reports consist of
country.
. burveying with the feelings of an American the
actual condition ol tilings, I should certainly be dis
noapf, fn fiXchanBft n,i hp Hps9:n(M wu:ch th- nrntPot-
inff eystem has produced, even in New England, for
those which it has destroyed. In the place of the
eplehdid villages, flourishing manufactories, ioint-
stock companies, and lordly proprietors, clothed in
lme nen, ami taring sumptuously every day, as a
Priot, I should be disposed to say, give me back the
ships which have been dptroyed, the merchants which
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plouglimen and Demrdred yeomanry" who have been
driven from the pursuits of their choice into the gloo-
my walla of a manufactory; give me backthese, and,
above all, give me back content restore the peace
and. harmony which this system has destroyed, and!
Snd. .ei
of a nation, and pecuniary profit the only standard
by which a wise policy could be measured, it would
even then be more than Questionable, how far this
I system cold be justified. But there are higher and
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u' Bucreu principles mvoivea in tnis quesuon, which
I i I ft f t t .1 ! if
"" saieiyuregraea ; mere are cons.uerauons
J?" ?.n? Piltlcal equality, wn.cn rise tar aoove
will it Drofitw, if vou Vain the whole world, and
an urtiuuitiiioiia oi mere prom u.uu lutss. on. wiiai
m y j y rt m
lose the hearts of vour DeoDle 1 This is a confedera-
ted government, founded on a spirit of mutual conci
Illation, concession, and compromise; and it is neither
a Jt, prudent, nor rignuui exercise ot tne high trust
wim wnicn' ou are T l?T e common good,
to resort to a system ol legislation by which benefits
and burthens are unequally distributed. Sir, can
any gentleman look this subject fairly in the lace, and
not perceive that such a government as ours (institu
ted tor a tew detinue purposes, in which every portion
lot the L'mon must, trom the very nature of thinoK.
have al common interest) cannot turn aside from their
dutie;c' aml ull(lertake to control the domestic
industry of individuals, without undermining the very
foundatJion3 ofour republican system. It "8 con tmr
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to me wnoie genious ana character ot our institutions!
me vci v iui hi una Btiuc ture oi our government, that
it should undertake to regulate the whole labor and
capital of this extensive country. A nenvpnnro in
cutsc wdl sow the seeds of dissention broadcast
throughout the land, and let it be remembered, that
SS'r but one that
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now exhibit to the world f A lTtrtoZ your
fellow-citizens, believino- thprnKr L
oppressed by an unwiae and unconstitutional 5'
are clamoring at your doors for justice whit 8y8tem
portion, supposing that they are enjoyin.r l?n,olher
ties under it, are treating their complaints xc l un"
end.
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We at tne touth still call you our brethren anTt
ever cherished towards you the strongest ferl 2
affection ; but were you the brothers of our bl UP 01
whom we would coin our hearts, it ;afr.. "for
good."
nature that we should long continnp tr .,uman
undiminished affection, when all hope of'redre k1
have passed away, and weshall continue ?f. a'
egress Shaji
that you are visiting us with a hard and cruel o
rion, and enforcing a cold, heartless, and selfish pohv "
THE SATURDAY BULLETl
A Family Newspaper of the very largest Cla
free from all political bias
Published In Philadelphia every Satuda
lay,
By Edmund Morris,
Number 95, Che s nut-Street,
AT TWO DOLLARS PEB. AUllTJai
The Proprietor of the Saturday Bulletin tak
vantage of the enormous enlarfrempnt
ad
paper, to point attention to the merits of tft
highly popular Journal. It avows the ambi
tious aim of being the most informing, mosJ
amusing, and most spirited of all Newspaper5
and in particular of being the best Weekly
Paper for respectable families, ever offered t'
public patronage from the Philadelphia press
To establish this latter claim, the utmost care
is to crowd into its ample columns every p0ssi.
ble variety of new and interesting intelligence
and on the score of the talent, spirit, and real
interest of its contents, combined with the beau
tifully white paper on which it is printed, the
clear, new type, and its not being crowded
with an abundance of advertisements, it is hoped
it may claim admission to the parlours and li
braries of all persons f education and taste.
To those who do, as well as those who do not
read the daily papers, the Saturday Bulletin
will never lack novelty ; every part bein en
tirely original, or compiled in a manner to en
gage attention to even the least imposing por
tion of its contents. It is printed on a lare
imperial sheet of fine white paper, twenty-four
columns in each number, and contains the news
of the week down to the latest dates. The
papers for subscribers in the Country are care
fully packed in strong wrappers and put into
the Post Office in time to leave the city by the
mails of Saturday morning, so that Sunday
night, they may be received at offices one hun
dred and fifty miles distant from the city ; while
those who live withinfifty or seventy miles,
will receive them on the evening of Saturday.
General Plan of the Saturday Bulletin.
News of the Week Every useful fact and
intersting occurrence, whether at home or a
broad, carefully' selected and logically arranged,
with particular attention to the early insertion
of late Foreign news.
Life in Philadelphia Exemplified in a
series of well written and deeply interesting
narratives under the title of the Town Tatlcr.
affording picturesof real life never before com
municated for publication.
The Drama Criticised with ficcdora crJ.
spirit, but with candour and kindness.
Anecdotes and Gossip Under this head i
furnished all the floating rumors of the dav
which are deemed proper for a newspaper.
The Markets This subject is peculiarly
interesting to the country subscribers at ell
timesand in the present excited state of Eu
rope, is of supreme' importance. The most
copious and accurate accounts will be riven
weekly, up to the latest moment, of any chan
ges in the Flour and Grain Markets, including
the prices of Wheat, Rye, Corn, Flaxseed, inc.
Corn Meal, &c, Cotton, &c.
Select Variety Consisting of the choicest
and most captivating Tales and Sketches from
Blackwood's Magazine, and other highly po
pular English publications, Poetry, &c.
Police Reports Procured exclusively for
this paper, and to be found in no other Phik-
msfs at iho Mavor's Office, and are generally
J - T O
of an exceedingly humorous character, while ad,
are invariably interesting. In these reports
the country reader, though far removed from
the busy scene, will have a bird's eye view ot
most that is dialy transpiring in real life.
Law Reports The most prominent case?
in all the Courts will be faithfully reported ;
reporters are regularly employed to furnisn
every thing of interest that transpires. ,. t
Marriages and Deaths A faithful list ot
Marriages and Deaths for the week.
The Saturday Bulletin has been established
about five years ; and during that period, the
patronage has been great beyond all parallel in
the history of American Newspapers. Five
thousand subscribers are a sufficient recom
mendation to its merits. No Gazette, in fac.
could be offered with more confidence to the
Country resident. Numerous able writers
assist the Editor in furnishing a larger amount
of interesting original matter than is published
in anv other Deriodic.il of the kind : and near'
one thousand dollars are annually paid by the
Editor to writers for this paper.
A few numbers of the paper will be sent to
any person who may be desirous of cxaminm.,
its pretensions, on application, free of postage
to the Editor. The extensive improvements
made in the size and quality of the Bulletin on
the First of January, 1832, can be compensa
ted only by an increase of subscribers ; and i
order to induce gentlemen at a distance
well as those in the city, to promote its circula
tion, the Editor offers" the following
PRErvlXURlS.
1. Any person forwarding Five subscruc
and a year's subscription, shall receive the r
per free for himself, so long as the Five c
tinne. ., 5
2 Any person forwarding Ten subscri
and a years's subscription, shall receive a coy
of the LIFE OF NAPOLEON, beautilu"..
bound in two volumes, or any other c
equal value which may be desired. An '
books will be forwarded with care, in the ma
ner directed by the owner. ,
ADDRESS THE EDITOR