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-1 v , THOMAS J. 1. 1 '..MAY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Sastcat rues, dollars per sasnmlall in i J fine Persons' esi.tir wilhrttilthe Stat illbrf qiired trl.mnal like jaar'a aub- tori pi Km iaidvaaae RATES. OF ADVERTISING. Fir every sqnare(aot eieentiau I liaesthis sixe typ artiaprtioa.iailolUrieeli subsrijocul irtto,tatj-a''- Tne a!rfisteiili o Clerks and Sheriffs will saharjreil S per eent higher j and s liquet ion o SJ) psr ent. will be made from the tegular pri ces for advertisers h the year. ' tty Lettersto tb Editors mcst b post-pant. .vEjr svmxa msn SUM M KR GOODS T- ItFEKTRIiSS, Itlerrhanl Tailor Fayettevillc St., two doors outli of N. C. Book Store. TIIR SUflSCKIIlK.t adopts ll.it method of an pnuneinit to ' Iriell'ls mil to-the pnlilia geiirraltr, ttiat he lias Joa reeeissd from N w York, bjr llie ricltnoncr Mirgaret, a Urge n.l alendH anil bratili IhI nmnmcDl of Spring and Summer tio'.ds, tirh lie will be ei'remel) lmp;T In furnish in ttioe olio may ehona lo extend (u liim their ptronaf(e, on ihe mod reasonable leims Among hit Hock may tiv founil ill (ulluwine; articles: Suu'r wool-djed Lonilon Black") ilo do do llrnwn r, ,.,., do light and dark Blue f ,J'0,,IS- lo Gree J Allpaclia Wool Coaling at Drap c" ete for Snmn?er Coals Light single milled Catiimerts of every virifly. Itlatk ' do do do do llrab do do I) ie Skin Kaney Casslmere; flimUroon White Salt London U.illiitg Fancy dn do do Sjntell Yrl--lj China Silks; IJglit Silks; While Sal in a'td while Uri-npM Sjlin Vesting! and Mar seilles of erert enl.ir Together wi h a ricli and farmed aisnnment ol Fan rr articles, comprising nirn'a knit Silk and Coll on S'linianl I a er; Mthair Scarf's and Kaney Silk and Siihi Cravats; black and hte llmkn filoTrsi .Silk and l.'tqnn Caiubrie Handkerchief; Summer Slinks S'lirt Cidlars, llotnms and "iMprnders 'I'll- S'lhwribrr is iinrrrly lliankful lor III kind and liberal niinn-r in which lie I at been sustained 1.1 the p'lblte, and be takes Ibis opportunity ol at. tiring hit nuini-ront fiienda and enstnnirrt, thai he ii at all tint 's nt Ihrir trrvirr, ready a'td anxiniu to merii a ciiiiiiniiaiie ol their support and patronage Mr hopes at a'l ti.-nes to he churaeterin-d by punctu ality, imeg iiy and prompt i'udr, anil he knows of nn conti.lrn.lion which anuld induce him to swerve for nnr mt inent from lint path in which an open and linn'MR'di-'ltutinets ought In be conducted Whrn his Ii iemlt and customer fin or him with a rail, he will trll them liimsrlf, what reduction list ih-tuned in hit prices, and he bi-lievei he hasarda ii'Mhing when he says lliat both his (ooda and bis p-ieea will be such at to pleate the most latiHlims. The t'lbtcribrr alto deems it expedient to rlntr hit accounts' by Note or Cash. II would most re fancifully remind his austomrr that he d,t luti. hctt upon a credit nl til months in most instances and thai lh time allotted, has, in retpert lo a good man), expired. He hopes the call for a settlemrt I witt h g-n ral, fir be withct, in onlrrlo ilo lu) Justice to all hit rutt.nneri, to know pieeirfly the situation of bis butinets. T. It KEXTHFt X. II J'!' n Sprinj Fashions just re-ied Italrigh, April II, 16 ttin Od,llhigto Ser. 'Twonlil be oM to nee a lobster smoking a cigar, or a toad chew injr tobacco; but lo sen an editor at peace with himself and tlio world, and up to his ankler in prospeTrty, -would be still more trange. Misfortune of being Ugly. A girl was oti tlie point of being hanged at Vi enna; but youth and beauty made n groat impression upon ihe heart of one of ihe spectators, who was a Neapolitan, n middle ajjed man, but excess' vol y ug ly. As he had but a few minutes to make up his mind, he ran immediately to the place of execution, and, declaring his intention to marry the criminal, de mniideLt,er pnrdon, according lo the distort of the country. The pardon was grained on condition that the girl was not' averse to Ihe match. lie accord iiiffly addressed her in these terms: "Ma- tlhtn, I am a gentleman of some property. id 1 now wisli, tor tlie nrst time, that I were a kin?, only that I might offer you lid stronger proof of my attachment.'' ' 'Alas, sir," replied the girl, "1 om fully sensible of your nflecttoti and generosity; but I am not mistress over my own heart, and I cannot belie my sentiments. Unfortunately ihey control my fate, and I prefer the death with which I am threatened, to marrying so ugly a fellow us vou are!'' The Neapolitan retired in c infusion, and the woman directed the executioner to his office. Tukn nff. the Numbers. A rather palpable Irish bull was perpetrated on the wharf in this dty One of the twin of Gregg, Mills et Co., heavy import ers, sent a son of Erin, who had boen the cotm ting tionser t:n VeSset "tl nload with directions to take off thenum lers from certain casks', just landed, and lying on the wharf. On being told, Ihe youth stood for a moment staring at his employer, who said "You know how to take off numbers, I suppose?" "Och, and I do, sirj many n one have I taken off before, now, sir," and away he started. He was gone some two hours, with out any information having been re ceived from him, when he entered tho counting room, in a perlect sweat, hear ing in his haqd. an empty bucket, and a j hard scrubbing brush, and exclaimed j "Well, sir, I think I did that nice." "Ah, you . have taken them off, have you?" sakl the boss, "let - me look at them." "laook at them, sir, is itP exclaimed the youth, whi'o a grin of delight pliiy mI nbont his month. "Faith, sir, and ve'll not look nt them ngiti. i'v scrurw. ied ihe hettds of the barr Is as clean ns tt tif?w cent." "Yon hnvc! Why, yon stupid fellow, we'll not ho able to recognize our casks by the invoice." ! ' ,1 "Faith, nn' yon will, sir, for thcothers a there are ns dirty on the head ns actum nc-v sweep, ntid nothin"hns been done to them, save n chnp'3 standing there, id writing tlcwu something.' 1 maim tllsr "Stmt ) " North Carolina VoI.XXXIII - -- -- - - Rnrnjred ; nt this, the merclmnt rtnrtrd. ase the vessel mutbe stoppeJ, cntend.anJ so conftdcnflv her liopcs. Long will it ho distinction b-iwcrn the two kinds t.T im and I'niiutl, to Ilis astonishment, tlie slutt-j inspected; and that the boarding officer is before the Senate Chamber will again listen ' purls can be expected, ment of Ihe youth rns too true, for the ' constituted the judge to determine upon the to eloquence so commanding, or again feel j The lire ni)it!e, or most (if llirin. are ntniitrs were taicen ott--neverto lie re- piaceu; uie poor iuiiow una inDorcu wuii unceasing; industry for about two hours in scrubbing the heads of the casks. WORLD'S CONVENTION IN PARIS. Mr. Walsh writing from Paris March 21 says: "You have been tjply informed that the fecund orh'a CuHrrntion for the Abolition of Slavery, to be held in this finer may be satisfied whether she has a' capital on the 7ih instant, was infrdictcd j right tocarry the American flag or not. Thej by the (Joxerrnient. The heads of the , limits within which this tu rveill 'a nc e is to; Krcncli Anti-Slaery Society soon usued exercised include, a we mentioned som2) a card pleading diat they submitted tu the jd.iya ago, the entire space between the eas apprchension or knowledge ol tde pulire, tern coast of the United States, beginning at' that plots were contrived for a, niob r the Southern extremity of South Carolina, ; rifit nont of revenue "Sflrd be raised by popular tumult at the place of meeting. nd running down the South American d iUcs on imports, fur an economical ad It is well understood that their indiscreet Coast to Patagonia, to the Western Coast of ministration of the Government. It nei assent to a gtand concourse of foreign i Africa, from the Kingdom of Morocco on iher refers to. nor relies upon, any oilier rhetorical Abolitionists quite a f. arful t,,e North, to the extremity of Ilindostan. ' means than duties for that object. ' But 1 anomally in Paris was the real cause of ,cn degrees below the Southern extremity of have ktmwn no law tube mote mUapprc the official interposition. The Duke tie ', ,,ie African continent. Within this space bended than this has been, nor one on Hroglie, M. tie Lumat tine, M. O.lilon Dir- lhe chief portion of our trade is amhrnced. which public opinion appear to be su much rot. with all the moderation of their spirit nod auiluiriiv i.f their n.ime.. mlirht m.t hp ... - . . i . able to keep the O'Ctmnells. Maddens, Bowrings, mil other poli it al Ratlico phil- antlnopists within anr French bnunds. Besides M. Iambert. the foe of the Mill- tstcr. Ihe m-.re rancourous lof' the utter loss of his chararler in his late contest wilh them, would be studiou-ly exalted andgdded anew by the members of the London Societies vviih whom he had fra lill'll uoiiiiitn , 1 II ,1 11.(111 lie nail IIO-. ii7.ed there. But the Government did wish to sppear to discountenance the se of Abolition; n -r would it unpardon-' T I id fra- tei nizet not i au!.c ir'M 1 1 inn , ii 'I nuuiu 1 1 uiipni linn' it ir i .i n . t auiT oiiriin me liiiimi cuiii mil iru won 1 1 , , . . . , ,, so cordially welcomed in May last ur fall . , 1 r t out will, su.h Cnservati.c. as stone of the head, of French Anti-SUvrry So. t.- ety. At cotd.i.g ly. a mee in; called pri- v.te was al owed at whirl, assend.led a number of Brrl.sh and , her foeigu dele- ga.rs who had tome for the ror.triition of the , th 1 he French Society mustered all the doniesitc enthus.asts; lu a nguei i on both sides were delivered w.th inrietlib e mutnal efP ft: Mr Slurge and Mr Sc. ble railed against the ncgn, bond.Be in the United states, of which they told hori.fic -.tones A banquet followetl j Mr. ham- bert gave a dinner to the foreign philan- thropitf and Mr Guiwitenlerlpincthlirm and Ihe prominent members of the Fn nch Society, in the same way.nt the Hotel of Foreign Affairs. Mr Isarebert rntild not expect n invitation. Thus ended the scheme frliis year." ITEMS OF INTER ESI' TO TRAVELLERS. .."""..' V,u" 7 "" X ' I he Petersburg Kail Roatl Ct.mn.ny has Bnl,8,h 01flial h,.se ePau,?l,e ,s t0 con8tl commenced laying the T. or heavyVon tute the badge of his aut mr.ty to prononnce rail on their road. -Iron enough lo extend ul,on l,tr nationality.-. A,mr. eight mites hat been received partofwhi. h Mr. Clay's Farewell. Everybody is already put down. The company, as will read, with thrilling emotions, the vale we ate informed, expect to have at least dictory of Henry Clay. It was listened to one half of the Road laid with that kind of in the Senate Chamber by all who could find rail this jear. In the mean time, there is a place within reach of the speaker's voice. no interruption to the regular passage of the trains over the old road This same enterprising Company, the Halifax Advocate states, are preparing to extend ihe Roatl from Blakely on the Roanoke, its present termination, to Hal- ifaxj an Engineer being now engaged in the survey who now bids adieu to the chamber of which We learn also, that the grading of the he has s long been the ornament and pride Extension of the Richmond and Fretler- all, all will be forced, in the supremacy of it ksburg Rail Road to the Potomac is fin- that better feeling which pervades the heart ished, and ihe superstructure is now in at a time like this, to unite their voices with progress. It is designed to have it ready those of his warmest friends in the exprcs for travel by the first of September next sions of heartfelt regret amid which Henry This, and the Iron rails nn the Petersburg Clay bids adieu to the American Senate. Roatt. will much increase the comf i t and i We have never been among the number of expedition of travellers between Washing- those who could subscribe impheiUy to all ton City an.l the South. JfV. Chron. the political opinions of Mr. Clay. In our - early training -tve had been accustomed to Singular 1,'ebuke, We learn from cur. i00k. upon him as the champion of prinei- exchatigeslhat on Saturday, the last day fiist heat encountered one of the title posts. vhirh penetrated full two feet ami a ha f into her body, tearing her flesh in a' most horrible maimer, ami causing her rider to fall violently upon the Irat k. In the BIV.i heat another horse became tame, anil on examination was found to have bro ken one of the sinews of her right foreleg, and was pronounced broken down. The racers and jockeys may call all this arci th n'al; it s'rikrt us as a direct judgment of God upon those who have openly dnreiL to violate bo h human ami divine laws by the desecration of the Sabbath. I'liis i only one f a multitude ol ways in which the dreadful corruption of the public mor als is matiife-tei!. Short, we fear, must be the -xWti nee of this land of religious liberty, when its freedom is thus perverteti into moral licentiousness. Oh temporal Oh ntorcnJSoiiihern Chronic' e. LORD ABERDEEN'S LETTER. We publish this morning. Lord Abf.r df.f.m's reply to Mr. Stkvrxson's last note in the correspondence, already made public, respecting the tight f Search. We can not perceive that any new aspect is given to the question by Lordship's final statement of it. He disclaims, as before, all pretensions on tho part of the British Government of the right of tearch yet insists upon the right of examinati' n. The difference here attemp ted to be set forth, is that the right of search pTtemls to the cr.r?o of Uie vessel and to the obiect of her vovnire; while the tiht of ex- amination is confined to a verification of het nationality. Hut it is majiifeeu that in either of the New Oi lcans races, t wo horsey i ijedj dH afitl-etttfieH. One of trredmrseitn the , rjeeonsidereddn humble member. Riper i.-.u r : .u . . , "l -l'cverful in moral, in intellectual, and in physical resources the land of our sires, and the HALE I G II N. C, "r'"1"1 l,,e ,1,S:' 'o coniinue nor voyage, i.oru fiiiEKBKEN alio, repeats a owlaration r - i i i " i " . - niritiiiy mane uiai "wuii American vessels, whatever be theit destination, Iliiiish etuis - ers have no pretension in any manner to in-j terfere-" Yet every vessel bearing the A- merican flag may be brought lo and boatded within the limits specified by ths treaty of the four Powers, in orJer .that a Hr tish of- 11 ' l"KLU ",al lne "S111 1,cre f'anneu is . l l l . .u. ! i i al, conceded; that it is to be exercised mu- tually; that Great IlriUiin csks for no more ll,a" 8!S ls w,llin? t0 )r'elJ her turn. If, we unci a navai povyer equpt to mat oil. rent '" riproeuy nerc pronereti in terms " ' , V- 1 "r'1'8'' government would probably be less ( 1 ,sPosei1 lo consummate the armniement. ! lni every oouy Knovt ;s tna uie cn.ei j ; p " "c """" UJ """ i i , . ' .v..... ii. ?ml " or the purpose of being constituted objects of this law cat. lie best un.lers pkctor General of the seas that Lug-1 by looking at its provisions i , con ,and " 80 mx'T, '0, ,,ave J,',W ,PW ri'",n w',,h ,hc s,afe of ,,,e 'ry at r.ll 7 tioi laai I ir hef SsIIia j nmniiila if! . r- . .... . ... . i i . i t.i i , . searcli eonccded to Iter. She demands if; ... - e .1 now in the name of the great Powers o ,, , I'Uropc: and J.ord Adcddlkv announces to Qur Mjni cm ha8 ..con(.u-jed a joint ,reMy with France, Au,tri Ku8t,ia .,, Vru8 b wi(.,, ,he mulual rigllt of ,carcIl willlin cerlaio lati. tdes, is fully effectuallv established forever.' ig ijSrJahip wa8 80Inewhat hasty in this announcement-France, the only nation in ,hc ,igt w,108e ronimerce wouI(, e like, to iUffer.from the compact, has refused to snc- tion it. She wi 8Iam, b lis r blifi jn ,Cpelling the claims of England to the olT.ce of judge and executioner of their lespective faw8 against the slavctrade. Let England be content to enforce her own, and leave other nations to fulfil their individual obli- gations. If the American flag is abused by ,jie adventure in this traffic the correction 0f the abuse is our atir; and we acknowl- edge our responsibility to take - care that it be no longer peimitted. But the deck of an It will be searched for and read with equal eagernees by all who can obtain it in print. The occasion of this address is one which enlists the sympathy of the whole country, Whatever may have been the violence of party feeling, or even the rigor of personal dislike against the distinguished individual ple8 and measures antagonistic of those cher- I uc coiisiucrcUciiu iiuuiuic iiiviiiuci. JtiL'tr years, and a closer observation of men and things, have long since dissipated many of our harsher feelings and we are free to a vow, that, tho name of Henry Clay has been winning upon our affections for years, and the principles of Henry Clay have found increasing favor 'with us in proportion as our longer experience has enabled i's to consider more soberly their intricate and extensive bearing. In a word, as we have witnessed in their constant developement the expanded Jlmerican feelings of this great man as we have seen him towering far above the petty jealousies, the envies and suspicions of the large majority of those nriili vhnni lift was associated and heheld him bending the lowering energies of his great mind and lending habitually the aidol his overpowering eloquence in the advance ment of every measure that promised to ex alt the whole, without depressing any part of the American people to buildup, and strengthen, and beautify Uie great temple of liberty, at whose shrine he has pi oven a most devoted worshipper we have felt proud ot the man we have admired his talents, we have honored if we could not fully sub scribe to his principles--and we have bow ed in conscious subjection to ihe power of his Jlinertean tptriL -Well may the nation mourn, when such , a man bids adieu to the theatre of his active! usefiflncss to the council amid which his giant intclect so often and so powerfully told UMA the destinies of the nation. Long long will it be before his post shall be supplied with one upon whom the nation can fix, in the hour of trouble, so strongly ar d WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1842. uie living power' ol t!iu patriotism ol the i . " .. ... neart, as it was wont t ll.iw from Ihe lips ol iiknry l,i.v. Columuus tieo. Any. ' -SPEECH OF MR. SIMMONS Of Rhode Island." - In ihe Senate of the 1'iiiiid St.t.-t, MurcU it, 1812. The resoluii.ms of Mr. Ci.av, in relation to lite aljtistinertt of the duties on imports, llie limi tation of ihe cxpendilutej of the (overnment. and suggesting a euttailnirtit of all unnpeess3 ty expenses, and the oliscrvanco of a rigid vconciny, being under consideration (Conclude I.) This law plainly declares that a ntifi- invineii. ... . i ins nas resulted, no tiouV f , I II Om the ' various and cot.fliciing opinions expressed ! in regard to it at the lime of its passage, ! ant! in some instances since, from a de- erniwtl,on to wsreprncnl and condemn null am imund to believe that a portion of the men .d this 4st class, if ,-orrectly informed of its character and of s capacities to carry out the objects inte,, nen, wuuitl reasc t . ,n. to condemn if. I he lerstnuil connrx- the lime of its passage. This will rIuiw its true spirit and intent. At that time it was estimated that the wants of the Gov ernment would not exceed fifteen millions of dollars annually. The debt was paid, and the ordinary' expenses had not exceeded thirteen millio 's a year the pre vious eight tears. Every plan presented at that session of Congress proposed to reduce the rates of duties, so thjt the re venue should not exceed the wants of the Government, and with more or" lessro fested regard to the incidental encourage ment of American labor. The free-trade, or what was regarded a the Southern doctrine was, that duties should be levied on nit articles alike, whether coming in competition with products of our own or not, and at a rate no higher than was suffi cient to raise the requisite sum, which was then estimated at twelve to thirteen per cent. They contended for this, and it was at that time justly called a "horizontal tariff' andT perceive by some memorial that the act which passed at that ses sion has the same term applied to it whether justly or not, a furt lie r examination will show. The law referred to, instead of provi ding that Ihe duties should be levied on all article alike, lerlared that many upon which duties had before been laid, especial ly such articles as did not interfere with, but which were necessary to, our own pro ductions, should afterwares b 'admitted free, and that where any reduction of the rates should be necessary, in order to di minish the amount of revenue, such reduc tion should be gradual, and reathing through a period of nine or ten years, should eventually come to a rate (20 per cent.) at which a sufficient amouut of. revenue could be raised, nn (hat class of articles, for an economical administration of the Government. It is therefore manifest that the law contemplated a discrimination between the articles which come in competition with those produced by American labor and those which did not, tu ihe full extent of, colfecting'the en'tre revenue by duties liviett on the hrst, and permitting the last viewed with reference to the state ofthe ptfblieTreasury if the time the law was framed., ' It is true, times have since changed, unexpectedly ami nufavorabte changed, in reference tu the ability of ihe country to consume and pay for dutiable imports, as well as to the increased expenditures, and consequent necessities for increas ed revenues. This change, which is often adverted to by the advocates of free trade at if it were desired by the friends of American labor, because itcrrates a necessary for higher duties than was ex pected, is not, in fact favorable to any kind of productive labor in this country. I1 m7 knowledge it weighs down tne prosperty of all; it destsoys confidence, and, with it, the value of all kinds of pro perty. Neither does it furnish an opportunity to carry out pecu iar doctrines of dis crimination, in levying duties, between imports which do, anil those which do not compete with our labor. So far as the principle of protection is supposed to con sist in discriminating duties, the neces sity for tn increase of duties hat operated Agii'm the development of that peculiar feature ol the law. Bat, if the capacity of the 'ounrry to eontume imports had contined at it was expected, and if the necessities ol the Government had not become greater than when the law was passed, we should have had a discrimina tion between these two classes of imnor- ! f ations equalling the entire duty, or twen- ty per cent. but, as it now stands, no such las home of our affections No 19. alresdy rrii d to that rn'c and to enioy t he disci inimatitiii of twenty er rtht. contemplated in i!ie bill, the iftaics on the articles intended lo be protected could not be reduced inu. h lieUiw what they are sern In have been during the la e ailminntra- lion, tr.: a rale of duy of at least forty per cent- So high a rate I hae no wish to see fontinued, especially as we have the must convincing proof that so hi;h dudes are evaded in almost all caes; and w? have reason to believe that, fioni their be ing so high they ncratiun many of those numerous fraud which have diivcn al most all honest Aiutu an mt i t lunfa from the business of imporiiiis, as well as tie-1 fcatetl both rtvcinie and prnlei turn. 'Ibis leaves every American interest to b"rn tie a victim either to the cupidity tif Ihe foreigner who imparts, or to Ihe necessities of the foreign producer abnnd. At any rate, sir, I ivf. r that certahty which is secured by the provisions of that !vv . of riillpr-Jtno wlintevpr rnli fifdnfv innv Ito p - " - . - ' - ' . J wv 1.VIPI- llV -jIMIilir Aei nt it itmtflr ,,e control of ,hrou, a L our cficrrs and our lutes. through a home valuation, to any nine nominal ra'e of duties, however high. Antl there is abundant evidence before the country that all ra rs are hut nominal, so long as you permit the foreigner to fix I he basis by his invoices, although you should require them to be shingled over with oaths, I have been induced to say (his much of the provisions of the conipromise act, because it has often been asserted that it surrendered the principle of protection. liut we have seen that, when taken in con nexion with the wants or the treasury, as estimated at the time ol its passage, and with the prosperous condition of the country, affecting its capacity to consume imports, it contained all the securitv for the encouragement or Ameriran labor which the condition of the Treasury and other controlling circumstances would permit. It provided for such rales of duties as would produce a sufficient revenue, ac cording to the estimate then made, for an economical administration of the Go vernment, and provided that those duties should be levied upon such articles as in terfered with similar produc ons of ours in our own market, leaving those articles winch did not SO Interfere ehhci tu pay or not to pay duties, according to our cir cumstances, and to be resorted to from time to time as mere make weights in the scales, upon any casual deficiency in the reveifue. It also provided that these rates of du ties, or such as should be necessary to raise a sufficient revenue for the economi cal administration of the Government, should be levied upon imports according to their value in this country, under sucA regulations as should thereafter be pre scribed by law, and that these duties shoald be paid in cash. I do not pretend to say (hat in this adjustment nothing was conceded on the part of the uniform and consistent friends of American labor. Very much was conceded, with the very best motives, in my opinion, and wi'h the best effect. This adjustment restored harmo ny to the people of this nation. There was no just cause, it is true, for the estrange ment which existed; but it had taken place, antl it was wise to restore gqod feelings. So I thought at the time; and, although every dnILr of property of mine in the world, depended on the capacity of this law (o give an adequate encouragement to our productions, I was in favor of it when it passed, and have defended it ever since; and I ant no0 for carrying its provisions into effect, acconfing to its true ihterpre- ofJlse;esdM ltd not ''ueny tnat very different opinions are and have been, all along.-entertained by many of my constituents, and by men of intelligence, whose views are entitled to respect. They have great apprehensions about its practical effects; and some among them, and many in other parts iofJlJew England, consider that by this law the principle of protection to American labor is surrendered. They seem to think that the principle of protection consists in the mode of lay ing duties; that a horizontal tariff, as they rail it, is an abandonment of protec tion. All this must depend upon other circumstances than the manner of levying the duties. They will not pretend that an unifornr rate of duty on all articles of fifty or a hundred per cent., will not give an adequate protection to such as are pro tluceu in our country. Besides, at I have already shown, this Isw, when it was framed and passed, did not contemplate placing the same du lies on all articles alike i but it as expected they would be placed, as it is now insisted they should be, upon such foreign articles at cometn com petition with our own. At that time, those who contended that it abandoned this principle of protection.' id it ws because it did not provideor market, for .this great staples, has no discrimination among what it called pro-j doubt been relied upon lo insure acquies tectetl articles asserting that a given rate' ence in. or submissions lo, their views in of duty might protect one interest, as1 the controversies between Vt. If iheyap sogar for instance, while a higher one pear to rely upon our depewlence on them might be necessary for iron, &c. for a market, we certainly should not be This sentiment has since changed, and unmindful of -their exertions to be inde now a strong preference is manifested fur pendrnt ol us for their supplies. If they specific duties. There may be a great deal have determined on this so far asrejtrav : V I , -am in i ttnr ill ft tttraa nmrxM it i.w.v. lut. to my humble judgement, there i r.n principle inroU.-d in any or them: they relate to a mere nutter of ezpedienrv. n to the rot jnlirioi,i moile ofletjirg duties and lht expeilirnry depends upon on mai.y consideration to r. quire nn exaniitiiitiun nt th-ni all. Nutcdy ,i,.' putes the right of ihi (in eminent to lay duties for irtrnue, and neidmal!ij tarn c urtise our nwn ind'tstry. I ilo tint lw lieve it tmiil policy to dlsVriniinate among what ate railed pr'itected articles unle if hall be a an exception to a peneral ru e, and one made in fvorol some branch ' of indtisiry whit h i in its infancy, nr else entitled to be an cxcrnlinn Irmn .,. such cause; and this is.the intention oftlie law Hut it opposes discrimination in favor of any interest whe.i at maluri'v. If lias given nine long years for all lo reach that maturity, and then relies with confidence on (he rapacity of each to live in common with their fellows. Ibis has the elfert Jo bring all. classes of American producers into one common family, wilh ngnctd. tine at the head; and agriculture will take that rank, notwithstanding the at tempts nf ihe lionoraule i Senator from New Hampshire to seduce it from its American connexions. It will keen with them, ami ! tat A ila r.l...n.. . ll. u iiniii i iiii nic irst aim fill will. I tru.f, lind adenuate encouraoe men. According to my apprehension, there is as little propric'y for insisting that the principle of protection is to be found in specific tluli.es, as there is in seeking to make distinctions in the .various kinds of industry by discrimination in the duties lobe laid. It is but a noihrr form of levy -ing duties for revenue; and the only ad vantage it hits over a general ml valorem rate is, that it means anyxhins it maybe exercised arlrarly or capriciously' for ant, or for all purpose. In some rases, it is the most convenient form of levying duties, anil should sometimes be resorted to for its convenience; it has no other mer its over the other modes. From every examination I have given this subject of the compromise act, I can not discover that it abandons any princi ple. It provides a mode for laying duties on imports, one whiih, in the circumstan ces under which it was passed, was a highly expedient one. It gives all that incidental encouragemeut to home labor, which could well be given in exercising te rcecn ue power. But Ihe principle of protection does not depend upon any law ol Congress: it has its abiding place in the Constitution, and cannot be taken out but by amend ment. Nay, it lies even deeper, and at the very foundation upon which that soci ety is built, which framed this Constitu tion . To afford proieeiton to the labor of this country is not a maUer if choice, even with the masses; it is matler of necessity. They mu$t, and therefore will, have iU It is not like an ordinary regulation of pro perty; it Is a question that involves the means or personal suuststence, one in which those have the greatest interest who have most children. Labor has generally been protected by the exercise of the revenue power in the form of duties on im ports. Should the same mode lail to pro tect it hereafter, in consequence of the legislation or the necessities of foreign countries, there is a more ample powor given to the Government in "its control over commerce. That can be exercised for the same object, either by countervailing or prohibitory legislation. In exercising the revenue power, under the provisions of existing laws, it is quite certain we shall be obliged to stop ths re ductions before they reach the contemplat ed point of 20 cer cent. Upon the pre sent dutiable articles not more than four teen or fifteen millions would be raised) but with a home valuation, and from twenty-five to thirty per cent., the amount would be raised in ordinary times, I have no doubt. But for a year or two to come, I am confident, the estimate of the honorable Senator from Kentucky is too high for the exports. It is lounded on the value of the export of last year, and fiveVights of those exports were cotton, which was last year twenty per cent, higher than it is now. This would make a difference of twelve or thirteen millions; and I confesa I see nothing to justify a hope that "prices of. any ijCeur great staple! a re so 4-i-'-- New Hampshire' said yesterday, that he -profeited to know about cottonl 'and spoke - .. t a . fra a w t" in (tension 01 tne quantity 01 cast inuia cotton. But I look upon the recent ac counts concerning this article as full of interest to us. Dales. The quality on hand in England at the close of the year was about' Its anticipated receipts from all sources except the United States, the present year, are 550,000 650,000 1,200,000 Making an- aggregate (without a bale from us) of more than a year's consump tion. A supply for such a perioa! gives tha holder such a command of the market as to leave no prospect tout of an early improvement in prices We are certainly unwise lo overlook this position irt ur afTairt at affecting oar ability to import, and, therefore, to raise a ftermanent revenue. It will net be over ooked by the statesmen of the country, who have attained to this position in ref erence to ut. The mutual dependence of nations upon each other is undoubtedly conservative nfneaee. Our denendence nn them foe m I' r
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