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!'i!!rtits';Litmtur0, Science, Politics,
mm
& iaJ";:fiigbdrfaIsj anil refinpmeht it shall
SW;ljniHUti toifeiold, and against ttte 'doe
fn'ek of J. whfetber open or hidden, lie will
rthatitrnost hia strength. CriUcism, wjt,
iefcif Garprnmciit; he vrtll feel it his jduty
lrt'tW &fiywJi?A!lhbttfii3r,
t-iaiifctcl thD80er pungent tnai give ze&
Ht1?ilfili?cttK tejtsf he wilf eh!eavor; to aflbrd:
yi'tji;. i'diiftflrfi'l Believitig; in the"ptrUAiKm
ian )intentiofejr tlie' President, nd avrajej
' U t,ik 4 Krvfc Vw rk Kilt ' KtnTrw tlirt Tlfrtnf
act
I ' r. thW T?niW8tetf Dink; Witfa euth cliccM and
fifwferyfiniW general
iyffnnient j tli highest u? grce meVpedient:
K!rt.Kif ; Uijion. io say
nuthiiijr of Ute
cryDtl4efileiK:t of such legislation J iAjniinst
J-a-fetlitwyiih fostering of
ihH tf r,rstof oiic f nctHjn of our coumry at tue
a 'eMliijf jiif li.mtlicr,ihe bestraerges of thjs paper
yi!.4)jirj';!ii. ... ' " 1 ! i .j-'L 1 ...
v OJh. newly rrravKjatcd doctrine ofltillifica'
t I ,'MMi;vfef tnat thtUs.truiutionfot large sums oi
frjj4yMPJd thej PresideniWill prV
1 1 ilin?a
1 'tit'"&i'4y esiiry to KiyjliiaUn altits phisea
! aid itl;atLbnlt wj contrary to our m?st seftled
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liTji'Ws ciiyn polity; and as sueu wur be; coruLat
fcwJ therfcti. . tv v ' . "
.Tltc CAor.-V.i; VVatchm .v,. la published
' vcry.yee at lltrkc Dollars t year, in ad vance
Vheliheltcritter live in jt:nintitM :hore than
i wk4pttdr. Jfnilostant fruity Salislwry apd i
ali fasek where the acoKit i over one ycarstan
jl j din? the pned will be $-L ', : ; r ! ;
;' H" t Nip subscrtptr will be taken (or less than one
' year Advertising will hi done at the usual rates.
P - HNo sbhnin ivithdirawi'' untiCarroara-
'S t4"the Editor, eMoseil' '"
LtsaibfVicripaying the whole sum in ad
VanSe, cani hate the WalduiianzX ?,50 jor one
yeafl aiixl iftdvabc&d regularly, will he continu-
ticd-s the arai rat atterwardk. ' . T. v
1 X vAllipttehiio tlielEditot must be. Fcslbaitl or
iifieywuineue aiicnuea lu, -i u ;: , ;
I'ersons addrew tho rWitor on the Uisiriess
f the OlTice, wlViadreas. Vunas Kditor cf the
liCnrtflwui llfb-he' that wiitc on otlj
tj ir blisiiKiesI ban dijrrit toH.p. J0i)es.
!l-N Hi Alf t$e abw-ripiibns taken bcfine the
Wmmencetnen of this I'uper, it will be remem
litred, recome.due on the publication bf thrt first I
nvmoer. , y&r .. .- -. i 1 1
f jSAran,TOH d-spurns-
'ILL; edntfuue f ,r iho I present to practice' I
l I .'iliiii lltUP ,.fy '. t! i I '
: otltUhintv Sntk Uitirte -1T Vvili i
viit the next uwrijr Courts of Stokes and DaU01'?1!?01 10
TWStm in order lobule Ins business in these courUl- weti j to sec my Lqf, says tlie
js'0flicq its itiler .tIo ofllec of the CaroUiii he diemc get fivte guinea-j-me ntj carow'2
mtebmaft,! rccniend'rhbsoitcfrcsigtjymAJrlC
icaaverniy:j:.;T ! - )
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tacfctins will he LJoli1 in tliiAl
r.Hrnr on i-ftursaayol tlwighbca, especially when itjeostsius a rthing.
v next OTjpiuor voun, iotake; into considcri
U4lWcisjLtopAtfair4,'. ; andali thosAfii
j-fivbftj a recipion of thel Tariff, : and on
nisi in
.MOS i areellMlly requested to attend.4
JUGmiDKOM. PEARSON
4iSiEsa!UiE;r"- : ; : -v I
?3i:;rr KELLY, -4
iLi-C.t.JOiVES,' i ' " - - -'
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ALBX. LONG.. U
I). K4 GALPAYELL, 4
S.AlL: REEVES.- 1
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IE. YAlUmOLGIL -;
viSB$iiiHAN - ; v' l :; -
1 , GEOUGE W BROWN.
.ll i'iTiips. jmLt, Jr. : '
I'ltlOjiA'vIULL, Sr.
UEOrRALEY, ofSalisbuty,
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iJLiVL CLAVE AND,
-GEORGEFOSTKR: ; l. '
ATllAH CHAFFiNi
0l . f OHHBEARIX jr. ! $i$ .T
t ' i iMlCHAEI. RUfnVN: i
iVe - th :-0randi Jut of .Rowan Gou
itplAugustl TOm, of the Court ot Pleas
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Wmcronsj approve; tlie above no
. -iccuiuHKiiu iuuiuw aucuuoii oi our
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tV. CiiUNN, Forrnvm
dSAMUEU CULBER'i-SON,
J. YOUNG ! -
ABRAHAM SACHLERE,
f PEJTERS ALBRIGHT "
f JQrvEPIl SIRVIK,
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ck -rfpiitePARa n
t M 1 ? RECjERICK II0I5H0VSER
r. 1 Vv-lLlllAM COWAN, jr.
; r VILLIAM HOWARD, "
i ' JVlDDAWArtMTV 5
; i JCVlHALL; r . ii,-. .1,1---
,;V:jqiN.m Patterson,
tt&ysMy dn handat iny Limekiln
lJl oUiKeSvCiUntV A-lirtllwirjl l-K Vl-ilri
w aunsiacU Which I selli at 25 centT per
buohdl forblied ; and 50 fur unshckexi-nd
rbea theHuanVbfone hundred bushclss tak
A)
'r.fja-lth:jp wiUl be some
irtl.voaUcesened.'iiF'- r,-tt, ,t
VTL ir J1ES MARTl Scnv-jl
nntmeit xpTtt :uU' lUA'I'JOW! and J)iSIfTv
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! A i :
SaVrvjaturdayj September; 7 fH
! TClieiuilottiDg uUetnei ; W j: cUie : by
actii asUfftnta Cf the W iATeBMifH lti the sev
Sral Ct wuere ineyr reaiae,ana receipis
made by Mieat would be as raiia as maae py
j L -Stt RRY ipoCT.
I i jjfranci A:-Tiii3irong,
:Pet?r Clinmr
; John Poihdexter
lac (iibsoii, Ksiji
;CU.-4:nl.,iF,
Patterson,
BuuskcII,
; ! BUltKfi C
TVs
Sidney b. Krwin,
.;'.j!inl Hardin. Esn.i
T J I ROCKlxNaHXM
7 H.vbcrt Galloway, jr.
! IL M. ScatesiEsq.
J: Hi Norwood, hlsa
. : C. CI. Henderson, VM
A. M. Burton, Lsq.: I, '
I MECjKLEBURG.
Dr, J. D. Boyd; !
' 1. Lt Smith, Esq. ; i ::
Miles B. Abernathy; 4- '
, : ? . CABARRUS.
David Stofljc-, Esq. I. -
Ij. M. Barrtneref. Ef
sq.
IGUILFORDJi
Dr. JA.MebaieV' " Wr-i H ' -
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J Col, A, Mitbl.ell, - ' . :
'. ' IREDELL. v i
. ' Wliitfield Kerr. Joseph P. Caldwell, Esq.
!.- .i ' - DAVIDSON, r
M ' 'oWP.Mairy.i t! i! hi-.f :.
r Reas mablo cominission will las allowed on mo
ney collected. . ,i I.CLJONE.:
Salisbury, July 2?, j f
;-;V ; ;!' -T:PEHSEi;ur4M.i .
' Oar brother knight of. the qiiill, the " talent
ed" young Gentleman of the! Western Caroling
a.i complains -that )ie has boen : prrsecutxl, by us
arid some ctners, into tnree miuscrioers ir every
hite that hehas ios
W e should thinkhis list had
to be tremendnous
by tUb I tune . This is
1 1 , , f in;1t-u
:;,n if? iMri Ctaige, and he
Ue about I it;
soj much. We
I s.
XrencU Doctor,
We
ra'gej
we
arej lad'that hp h.as so jpucli rru ligation from
wonderful wronr3 that wp lmve done .him in
the
rfiolatin. his inonoiLly for a-nrefs i! the town of
v
ii;0CU- ..UM
4" lit .:t f . ' 1
TO THE PEOPii OFil!K CONGRES
SIONAL DISTRICT CHARLESTON.
- ! - I k rf-K -
l"EUow-CiTizEs.--in;i,onse(ftience of the
near ahproachof the period wJicn (the payment of
tlie puOiic d-bt was anticipated it Kvas naturally
.expected and desirtd,, that ih;e fctc) Codgress,a
fwRTjts aajijurniiiCQti would revise lard so modifv
the ta.iffact of as to redvicc: considerably.
the amount of thclrevenue which Mrnj'vided' for.
aim Hi mi WW rate sci tue, auues wmeir were le
veled; under it. uDon tlie iitfnortatiori f- imitpctpd
articles. A early n January, 1 83'i , itwo resolutions:
W the House cf 'Representatives! I directed the
Seciitary of the Troasury !to olltct Informs-
uyii a uitiiuij iuauuKiv (uri' j mine unneti
Siai, anu to copmunicatei1 the! jsame to the
House, with such suggestlfns is ie might think
wi-wjw a me aTijusiMH-iifc ti . me ta
riff, hnwitli suc a tariff of duties, oa impom,
as might, injiis oppiaiori, be best pSapted to the
advancemeut rf - pWi iuteitu ria the n--portttiado.by
tlieJSecretarvl cf theli Treasurv in
mnpUancd with ihese reMutioijsj, j he 1 remarked
tlia the impost system "cf (he United States has
been for many years, incidentally, but so intimate-
i cunnecieq waiiuie growtfe and! protection of
American capital bad labor, as to liaye Iraised up
greit nltioaai. iotjwesttlhdkffiWtr the pros
pcrity of the country, and hich icarrrta be lost
i.:.rl. " -; ; -i ! . A
o-ijuv u. hi my new aajusimentot Uie ystem.
In The circumstaiices wlik'h reiinir t nnxnt
a giaeral reduction ofthe revenue jit is lot
ed practicable to pursue-, for ant 1 length, nf
deeni-
time,
I w -J- U1UKVUUU lllLlifllllHIU iTnrWl T . Ih.lBn
ihtMi wbicVtiave
j F&F,i,,4u1-i n state oi public leelinrr tiiroi rh-
I .nl !. ... . ! f : t " - . O
ouj,aii important portion of; thecouutry, which
wita greater or less intensitv.mlU
of the exisjing jtinff, 19 not to be distinguishetk
VV pamovisra ana wisdom dictate t that this
sentiment sHould.be rcspectedi and as Jar as may
be I ccwapatabhj irith" the camnioii weal, that it
be'iMtisfiednotfrom any unworthy motive, but
binder thatj obljgauon of! duty which j. requires
that all be regarded with jan1 enuakeye: that all
be borne npun w th an ecual i hand: and under
that no less soleiip obligation,- to preserve by any-
tvzvxMiiivic .wuTpston, our; jioestunablei Union."
In the spirit of these sentimentit. trhik! rir.,1
so hiach:ttheciedit of th&l head! jand the heart
of jthe Secretary 1 he prepared a bil r .Congress,
which, with some alterattuoi, ioiiM, in my
judgment, hive I een pctnaliarl yadaptcd to meet
the exiffcncks4the ; thnesi sThis-HlLwaa m-
ferreoVto tltf Committeeon l4ndfa;tujes'.of' the
Atyusc.ut iiFjtttawmaun, vuu prWtSeU IO maze
it; ihe basis pCa bill reported by them, which, af
ter liaviog received various ainendmenU, became
a1awiofl4h4l4MJulyvi8ill . t j . 1
J iFor; the vote whictt was ffi vca bvne'erjon the
finals passage ot thisbilfiif all the newspapefs
iuiuwui uie cjiaic, wuicfi are airaeuea ra ute
d6ctrineof( Nullification, haye charired me with
iymg sarinccdj the interests (iiiy, constituents
and th lnjaetedjixeljnidihm
ions which I . lud"preTion8ly V- esprsssd,f ! Ani-
lni9tht ray leUoW'Cttielvsj, wheiher?t(ie he iny
political Iriends ?f4MJPcNfW
the'molives of my political (conduct, in order hat
they mav be : enabled to determine 1 Whether I
merit their otmndence, dr ' hare, just jr i exposed j
mysejf to their censure I wut8UJMou.n toj them
the reason' that governed me urn 'thesiibject ua .
der consideration fit .-'.i J t W& i&'--l.AA
Tlie prrisione of the Tariff Act of )B32, ar,
by nomeeaSy'sacU: as I desircti itheiniitihive
been; butwhen tHey were under i8KSiMi. be
fare Congres3, tjie problem fir: the Mutionj6f the
member of that Body?-wa3 not, in ordioaty cir
cumstances, what a tariff act ighi tKibe,nor jin
what manner it should be drawrj, so as tojsatisfy
the manufactures' ofcthe Nbrth;iar jfhe agricultu
rist of the South Uie'exii!Tefid9jofir''
tion, on the one hand, or pf free) tradej ontue top
ther; but! whether anyjaaiddlej course j cojiildbe
devised,' which would recoiicile cbnflipiihgl pre
judiceaiind interest--Ilay th tiiry raging in
the bosoms of two great tariff parties intawhich
the peoplevere divided j: and piiyenttthaKcollr
sion between 'them, which might not only icDstttrb
Xheiiarmony,bat endanger .the existence ktf -the
' fl difBcnlty-of eflectihjr tliht arrangement.
wasV'probaMy, greater than any which haj eret
been presented to.the deirbcratibris of Congress
sinces the Adoption of the' Federal i Constitution.
Whilst a large minority of the peoj)le regard l a
pmtcctive tariff to be unauthorized byi the ; Con
stitution, afrriajority of them have arrived; at ; a
diametrically, opposite coiiclosidnii If j alllfthose
who were Hostile to k protective ;tlriffproncaineej
it to be unconstitutional, and all those jwh4were
in favor of it, pronounced it to be constitutional,
it might, naturally.! be prosamed! that thesei dis
cordant inferences resulted from .sectional ijprcju
dhes orjndiyidaal interestdj Birt snbH is not
the relati e position of he contendm ; pariies.
The advocates of prptection , are nnanimcfils, 6ri
their side of the question, wherfeaV its adveiaries
differ amonff-tl.eraselvesv : Many of the most in-
ie!i?gent aeiegates w tne :e too. ; t rade - tJpnven
tion which met in Pjjildaliia in Ssp&mbet
lat; expf esseid their cphiibtij i of the legilumate
power of Coilgress to jpas pr it.tive tarif acts,
though they condemned their principle,; as fraught
with evjl andj injustic; and thef sauie eprnions
were avowed by Air. Gallatin; . f the aitho)f cf a
memorial fram that Convention, in which 5e in
jurious consetjuences of Llejrislaitve interference
with the capitafahd labor of individuals, rp de
monstrated with an ability and clearness, which
have iiot been equalled by an jprodactilm 4hich
has issued frokn the American press. Tlie ma
jority of the people not ptiljr thinltlthat ptoteirtive
duties arc coristitutunal, hut wfv are ! as con
fident, that they are- essential to the advance
ment "of the general weal; md m suppdrt of their
views, they rely upor "th? nnmerons Iprojctive
tarat acta which have been K&mhI; and tipprt the
approbation of Cthem byt ecrjn President ef the
Umted States 1 ha minority arc as thoroughly
coiivineed, that a protectW'e nri9 d'tnas of
the cornjftunitynd sQryeets itiierh to a havy
taxation fr the benefit of the comparatively
few. When the people,' thus differ upon aj feub-
ject, in which their interests are deeply. involv
ed-when those iaterftsisrellieved tolbb: fw
"tered or depressed, by TWlatibri; accorUmsr' to
geographical prjssititas, jit ;mas.bej. elmds that
Congress" could isn noact3so bifvjr) nrdtecv
'on as ta 1r;t a conjnlHe andlprncrar 'Silslac
tion. Tlie only course, ihcrirore, wl;cb ithe
congress m.a acropt to cajmtne pupncx-
citement, arui to arrest the perilous 'marCih! oi
,,WP .J STiHP'W3 ?aT
x r
sion and rapromiae were: undm ood r.to: be t.
ewisu ern. le rejhietVjn m ihfi ratft nf trn.tiv
UUUCS Si!
te3 from
i'f V J:.'" 1W
presire wa? pecn narjy tnoxio .lip ultra-
fai.cuoui,?iiu,iu? Pfian iiuiicatiOK
repuaiatvi'r eyrry spne;
prfrtTuse n liicji fl. J not iacludo the abandonment
of the pr!ile of protection, 'jf'hesc. ultraists,
however vtv a minority. The majority "ac-
ipiiesced ift the compr!Tsifc- which rmsNbeex
mentionfl; bji't yhor-j the real or tl impposed
mterst ottp prn;cs vvre m yantrit, it; xzi
vain to expo-.f that any cGmpririsise.ceuB be
xcited ato f.c txmpt lrt:m ti':ifital ohiectnins.
An appnxiMatw ? tnVartls- Hii wh!ch( caoli of
hem desire.i.1 vrr , rts mncli asHconld have been.
reasonably, calcuiat d imoh , in I lie passage i of
the tariff act; wluch iiad ;;en 'lntroduoed du
ring so many years, with the declared intention
oi reauemg. tne ratce.ot protectioDif . lliat approx-
act of 1832, inasmuch ; as , liy it the
x.u. , i..u i-x, S4trviv.u uj y'rH
miciioiun
Shave always ! expressed:! my
sei adverse to the constitutionality and the ex-
. ., A I
pemencecy 01 a protective tanU; but whatever
may be my op mon and the opinions, cf the; lar-
tion, upon which wise and honest men mayj' aiidl
j j. i , .7,1""""
do disagree, bul that the weight f nwnWSrs and
ofgreat namptepondeeai in Jaroj; f thcie
nuu , iiJu-aii I
n its ccmstittttibnaHtv. I lTn,ir
it -1 r?rf-i
mo3e circuinstanecs, when 1 reflected 1 tl.it U
act of 1832 diminished
1111 irmi 1 iim - cv i 111 1 rp 1 - 'k.
means in my pawer.
, . , j 'V -7 ; ".mr1 u
which augmented. the nrn oit vi: Jn',, u;i.
ennnA.tA L.ll
extendsd tae decCDtlVej i minirnnm . .I
o , r- r r -j uumio, nmui
h : , rrM .
by anywoTds Which I have'ntriffW W .nW
langiiageih the contest th
ference to he drawQ ftora eiiherilflf lis 10 be ini
fcrred iloml thfactj thai theTrestrtiomsts,. ia
the compromise which they dearedthenislve
wiDing, to enter into, did not jarrree: toiabandori
protectkai, irhich ny claimed as rikhf,itU
mine. Upon: this lasis the iact ef Jalv.
a. " iji i... ...u:. :
r.-...Vi ;r lssatlibcri
uig afri Ki a ijf tyiuniui;iHi oi ine prqveciivefiiw, I tvert;onsto
nes tne laupr.repuaiatvirr eyery sitrieaotcfim- I
r --.- v , 1 ' n .i r rate awl aawuni -ana
k reurf v'!T' ?i .uirvMYu nutted to a iiepre
miut-s c..isiotraoiy u:muusi;ea, 1 f r 1
. . ' . . . , . 1 1 constituents to aj
Being satisfiedthat this j art Was incrripara- to prefer inflicting upon them the greater. .
rably, better than that oV 1823, 1 accordingly AmeiiuntionTn tbe existing Tariff have been
voted for ti Upon what ground .1 can, I even achieved by the Vct of 1S32. When tliaf change
plausiu.y, bo charged wit!Hmpoli(7 br-inconsis-' shall take plaeepn Congress, which will be pro-
tency, tor thus votmg, I am unable to distovrr. Hoefid bv the election of newinembers, accordinir
It is true that I
pdthe minimums upon woolens,; farag the the delegation om South Carolina, that they
STLeVlCn awand insisted uWi - U nccctsity of ; affording proles
htenedgcrierally the burden!ofV.taxation,iI tim tomaniifachtres. to pit JJiem beyond tne
telt ITlTSUlt Tint mrplv mati fi4 tvAttt-. :J ' . Is A y- i- . au: m
w; j: Vi'. V riT- rut tfuinvtwiy. reacA or contingency trout rorcigu cfc
required to; facilitate its passage by leverv The riiriv ir uf ihe Tffoveriuaent be
wmcn added tn tu TithHrt 1
fmlt InigM cussion, tlie auwhicli were intended for pro
i!!?! n1 mePtm2T 8 wyerest lection x.ere gehewlly so Jiglit. -to vUiaost to
anmaadversioa. - j 13 , ji ha epedrvaLnt Inpril, ldl6.the
It has also been alleged agamsttaethatlj principle of protfetioa was 6pealy avowed, and
gave my sanction to a , layr ! whicrj ( recognized leatoreed in many instahces? by Jfcowespoddent du
the protective SVstem :25itliAtiI'v.i; 1 m.or-fl rnvnttl thu tniachievec-us and
-ttt wv f rw4j vuikucus. inn iiniivu i hiit ...it .... . I , - . . mtwi I . in wi, uiuiw uia.
ine country;!' b!ju what auUidrity; this allegal;
turn ia miila I MiM..r k.1i 11 i f. . I
wn iuuiuih Tifc is mix insTri ttimt i i
certainthaa thai no law would havebeen pas
0di hadlliaihanaoamrait ended as one:
pCUeqbioi.!heWa'bpoi whichithelaw
was professed to, be founded,! was that of mutuar
compromise .artd.'concess;on, i New; where' on"
side snrrenders the very ground whith'is ia dis
puthltemay jbe Srictory 'or deatbni mntoal
compromise and concessit jltq terirw utterly in-C
appHcable to sae a position ofilie parties. If by
the allegation, t!ie meaning is iitended to be eon
yeyedthat Meira. Blair aadijlitchellan my
self, who voted, for. theact cf sil, in any mode
or manner, recogiiied thj( protective system as
the settled, policy of tie coontrv it wuuM Im
Bttfilcient to deny the imputation-, ina t ik fori
neiiner iiiecaivaucl of Jhase u
my colleagues whom I UaV oamei iiot of my
self, is susceptibly of aii ambigubqs-iutcrp'retatiou.'
Upon the floor o the House o Representatives,
I repeated "wh4 i had often stated, . Uoth there
and elsewhere, that, in my opinion, a protective
tariff was uncontitutionaI nnedual and oppress
sivev I called upon the friends of Free Trade,
not ta, acknowfedge th6 coastitutionality or . the
policy, of a protective Ujiff- hot to yield any prin
Jiple Or toacrifi(b auy inleres--buf to forbear
frora insisting upon the sudden abaHdoriment of a
ystem,rwhich wbul I be attended with the ruin
of millionsj-4o endeavor to ol)tain an aiaolioration
of its provisions, By compraraise' ivitk their oppo-
nenis,-aaa io postpone all efloftsf fur its repeal to
a future and rrioro ansDitiouticruML Gn. nia:r.
so Sir from cancsying that his vote was a recog
nition 'f ot ' the settled jnlicy of the. protective
system,? declared, that he did not vote for the
ihu as a comproniiAe wi ine suDject, or as a quiejus
of the compHinttpf t!m South, owl on tltt prutei-
Spoke at Sngth against tlie bill, gave to it his
v-appurir i-iT reasons similar to tnjse wiucn Had
been assjigiied b fGenj Blair, j J Had my conduct
in relation tu this bill been the reverse of what it
t i t . . . ...
was, uaa i vowa.afrainst it, and Had this vote
been cited to cstaiiah that I had been inco.uistent
and treacherous U my duty, I should, have felt
mai l was incoajfpeieni to ietena iny.-e.t against
these grave ,accuHtions. I migicit have urgetl as
a subterfuge, thai I would not stiller my name to
be enrolled in favor of any protective toriff; but
would 1 not havebfen confounded and lilented by
the reply, that iftjie law which I refused to vole
for, had been rejected, ja law more grievous, and
which ontaiied protective duties nnre onerous,
would be in forcjp j and that by declining to ex
ert myself tu accaiipli&h the jjassage of the act
of I vutuatly contributed, to rivet upon my
fellow citizens tji greater oppression of the act
of 1828, The compromise which I recommeiid
ed in the Huuselof Representatives, was intend
ed, andvas dectcd to be intended, to meet theJ
exisng cr;s, wiucn, is tne appreneu3ion t: ma
ny wise and pafroticjmen, threatened the des
truction of the Union."; To avert this deep and
dire calamity, an in mediate remedy was necessa
ry that remedy could not.lv witn
out the co-epcrat ch cf the fribads uud the adver
saries of prectipij. That co-operation, to the
extent Which Lq3 been mentioiied, was obtained.
. - ' ' a .1 . i" .
; Kl w?.s nconnectea w uiany comixur, eayrcsa
or tmntictf, as to nine poiwhvj wcww-
try,'" oi as to the true construction of the powers
. I . 1L U " . . . ,
to lay .and collect
ti taxes" or r to reguiate com-
mence.'? ITiat $,p protective j principle is con
tained ill the acor 133-2, is undeniable. It was
also contained4nt4dijUl.which was reported by
Mr. Arpofiie,ai the chairman of the committe
of ways and ciean?: ; for in that bill, dut;es of 25
A it-n lM-vn V .r nrtiQor! uri rrr nii
tft u levicJ U1n the nrotectod articles of
.cit cJ ., AVoiTn-. .i-
afterwards the d uy was1 to be gradually reduced
CfJtul ad valorem, wnten, unaer
l (iiui w ura ni(Jiiutru iu o imnj
t:,vtilf thfl Ttive svsteni was as olainlv
I ' J-- ..r y . t...
has n-ver been abandoned by auy Uonsreas
a fa ia.in the provision of the
flr.t nf iqcjo - I Lrfve vet never sumiosed invsc f
! yj . T 1 - - ..
y now, tlian lormeriy, to use -an my
erase ii from our State Book ; and I
derive no little confidence in the repeal of pr
tk-tive tariffs, fiim tl e fact, that a diminution
the power of tho who have hitfierto been re-
garded to be the? veteran, and uncompromising
supporters of protection, was manifested by the
passage ot tne act pt j uiy lasi, in spiie. oi.fcueti
nnremiting' and strenuous opposition to it, aideo
, T I 1 i ' . . Vt.
Tn thei-on.?rattf)n of several of those who term
themselves the Inenda ol tree traae, among v uoui
. . . 2. . ? . .. . : 1 . 11
were included I ith -of our Senators and six ot our
Representatives! These Senators and Uepresen
tatives might haye beenable to reconcile Uieir con
duct with what they conceive to be policy &. duty.
r nniilfl nrwt irilMu ihatr Ymrtldp. Ill if aliall 1 . be
j ttink tuat f ought to have done so,
until 1 Hjiall belpcrsuaded tDat nie Durmen oi
tinio-tiM Jnrmiid i!iwfflid bv rcdututiT their
sentative, pt sybjecuug lus
greater or a lesser evil, he ought
by the elf
td the Apportionment Bill of the
Uiere is every fckstm U expect that stUl f artlier
. I . V Uv
advances will be made, towards the fulfilment ot
I what w desiredpjy tho frbuidS ol uurestricttkljn
lias been done,
accelerate the
Wire I called uloh to! Ctate,- ivhat I firmly be-
rhorel just
I iJ .-1 S- .
boTal I.frislation.
v ere a cui.eu uuuti u,-oiai
lievc, to he the cause of ,th
now convulses duSte; I
should coaCxentious-
I . -i
attributcd to the Act oi
11 icui v. mat ib'iia ia to
.1 -liT 1 iJ, .f lii.h wa
-t a - 1 1
iwreme latewaj wita great
1 f - . T - b-
I .1 , . - ,- 1 . .
Rritain, and the
l. j l;i...J J.-.ft. r,iii,fiAfiiw'
- h i rum w w r . . iir'xi i -j-iiftiT - -f
delusive contriviSace'ofthe mlnlmums,, whicn
vs iuss appueo 10 mai iaonc w " "V"
i -which constitutes the rrcat staple cf the South.
it is tru. thai nrorisioa . was inserted, hat the
nknf!flntM4 Ahv tliia ' m&hcfactures of1 eottob
aridlshouIJbe reduced within three years:
but these were- the only rtrictki ia that Acu
J Its protective character, in other .respects, was
fieserved. Te mimmumupon Cttttoaa, by tho
j-, j
datk maiher.; CJm.aUitic3 tyare? i Tipost
IwithoayreserfTaian r!anlam the;atW
duty ttpom salt, wHidi ta nbwen cents ahjsVe,
was fixed at 20 cets; and jthdaty1 apon hrawa
sogarwiish under thea2t"bfI33i,SwiIi be 2
cents jtbei uoan J. ivas fixci at 3 eentk th ni ,
i iu, Uf raiif oi capital was invited and; ra
pidly idif erted fitfcd'; its uitarail chann U, ibu
J iivestajeits in those empjojyments-uf Jabar. which
yviv smuuiaicu oj iegisiauve protection liiege
in vestments have been made npgw & ' extensive
a scaled that a witHdrawhl! uf them caanat at
te:npl,bthcrwiso! than slowly and gridqallt,
witttoqt tlie inevita$Ie itudfotoUlbi'ojf bnr i f4
lowfcitizins, a large prqvjtton iof w!wm vew
originallyj as hostile; tj a protective tariff, as i ai
now the inhabiuats of our i State. Thbain
the error of having aide id the passage of the
. "Mw caiwf 08 'imputea r ta me.; I ami
"uer responsible f tor that law, nor for i the
calamities - which it .has been the baWfol
' sourcf 1 kjve not given a Tcto upon any
question in .W. itJ ! principles A--Thte
prM,iplof I have:;aWri I
Sioll conhnue to resist thent j ValUhe means Li
mjr pgiwer, which are consistent wvithe oMiga
tinof hohestv.a resort f.ir thn
spirit of the filcraI Umpicjt,,and Ae presir.
tion of ttie integrityiof the V'i&M. ! '
Since the date of my letter to a Committee if
the Sutq Rights and Unbft Party, I have re-4
ceiyed from the Register cf the Treasury, V
r- siaic:nea. exaiDiiingttie amount of duties ac
cording tp the-present rates, compared wirh the
d ties as modified by the act of 14th July. 183,
predicated upon Imports during the ydar e.rdinW:
Oth Sept. 1330,1 khich I have left .with Uh
Editor of t he Southern Patriot. . Upon- the as
sumption, that the dutiable! articlus will bo; the
same in quantity and price! after the 3d 6f March
nsxt, as iey were m the year 1830,' this state
ment shows that under t he tariff ' act 6( July ,
1 8 J2, thire will be k reduction ot $1,769 ,jjlt
from the jamount ofuutiesiotys protected .rtiplc,
andof 137)76 fiiim the srmJunt jf rex'enae to
osuiriTei! irjm tne cast
Not-vjthnmdini? ,csi ddactiSn, from
revenue, tmd from the daties on protecteii
articjeit is asserted ih";an Address .(Tp
the people of South' Caorlina, " from our
Senators and six of o'ur Representitivcs,
that the burthens tmpoied upon the Sorith
ern IStites, will be greater by the Act of
1832, than they arc by the existing
TanS: .As this assertion, may make arvm-
a ttiii-33iu:i; upun iny puoiic mina,
1 wilUranscribe that part of the Address"
which isH ntended to estnbl UH. j, brtciry
aim cx such remarks as may prevent the
errors wjiich it is calculated to disseminate
According to certain passages inu the Ad
dress" uthe burfliejis'iof ' the protecting du-
T "i , L
; tica are decidedly increased, estimating the
i . .i.-.. ..;k.
I "Oll UUblLU IUIU UlillllllSMbU I.IV.UIIJ. (U4U
they noV actually; stand at ah ever ago bf
more than 50'ner ccnt.! while the duties on
the unprotecfed articles, which upon every
principle of-equality . and justice, should
sustain the prncip?irpirt of tho burthens
of -taxation, sre, with few incbnsiderable
exceptions, entirely rcp;3aiea. upon tnose
manutactures wincn are received in cx
chnge for th'? proc(actibna ofthe southern-!
States, the aszregale increase of the bur
thctis of taxation, beydnd what they were
under the-Tariff of 133, is believed to be
upwards of iOOOni, while I the redub
tion or repeal ofthe dutks on those; im
port wnicb are rrfceived in exchange lor
the productions of U13 Tarid StatesiarTaounts
to about $4,OfO,6'10.i While, th:T2fore,
the aggregate burthens ;of taxation are dim
inished f f,06o,OOCi by this bill, ?the positive
burthens of the SOiitliern Stes are' not
diminished at ell, 1 and thair j-eluive bdr-
tlisns are J. very " greatly incfeised."
Ifhos already behn noticed that the Ta
ff A' t of I1S3-2. as compared with that
wliich u npw in force, ( reduces the duties
upon protected articles by the amount of
$1,896,056.'" U nptwitjikanding this re-r
duction the protecting ittics are increased
this increase must be! occasioned byestjinatifag
the cash duties .and - diminished credit."
Now, the .lash duties are confined to the
import itioiison Woollens and their amount
would be equal to J per cent, in the rite
of dut upon Wooiieh. not costing more
t-an 35 edits the square, yard (Of which the
value of between 1 and 3 millions arc im
portedV it ! is 2 per cent. " increase in the
rate of duty, such ! cloth being subject to
a duty of 50 per .centAon the rest ejur
nnportrtion, t4 the diminished credits? are
equal to an increase ot a (traction lessiiian
V ner cfentl, the average rate of duty pn Ml
importitions,l5xcepting Woollens being .a-
Unr the rrrfectod article of Molasses and
Salt, there Waaa reduction of thdduties by
Acu of 1830, amounting to $.056,121, wlrrch ad
ded to 1,879,055; makria the whwle leductioa
since the act of IS-28, to hie $25ilt7, ;
The Value imported in 1830, of protected arti
cles, amounted to - J
Constetiag of Wool oorien,
Cottons. Wood and Manufacture
fdo.CkssWare, Iron and Steel,'
and Manufactarer of do Clothing
readyjnadei Ilau.Carpetinff. Sail
Duck. Cotton Banging, I Mdm
scs, Brown Sugar, Indigo, Ccrd-
age and wine, nenp.-wii,
Coal, Glasw, Leather, and JVlan
ufactureirtf Jo. AlarbleUndMan-.
macturcs of do. Oil Cloths, Ja
panned Plated; Cild Pewter,
Brass anb Leaden Wareduty
on the above articles under the
existing; TruT - ;J. -'r
Do. under the TanfT, f July,
1832, 1!-T ' ,
1069)57
TrwlTitinn mTintected i arti-
i 4n!b -i lMlation.omitunir the 10 and
20 per cent, additwuto the value oo goadajay
ad valorem dntiea, me UUZ. -j rr-, .T
arista" from the alteration- of the pound sterling,
and th cash duties wxuen satwaieu
4 m ceif a instead of 23 ltcr, wltSit, the
nexatkia ias to ah'!!!!!! titli 1 i ?-" ti:.
.... 11
' r w ;fy-gr4j a Tt3r.; : ayiri 31 VTf . -
v.rwiiia.;: it i 'ni&ZM&mmiLt m i
'5 Wlthh,lltiHpJ JTtttDrrs!VJUdV
..... i
3'itj " j fix .A'l If ' n.u I Jt;t "ir.f-
...- Tt : ll - s .
nihed Hwith'aiiy dit to, s?ifor th t fi?
sitioas, thit tipo-i th- w ramufrrjjt;ir?v ra
tciyed in etrhatfge tW st.pk?pifr.s
Ugtun- tar uvaeyi la f. i -Atas;. in'?M&-
of $ i oo MW hfreth t riWr im;
."whilp jth j; re.ta,awf3i or rp5r ..f ti Jd.
ties oa those ijap9t& jirlitoh' rjun yi
jexdwTigc fbrth urluctiiwis of jtli'kaf "
gross inequality v. Vi .-hslribnti ijf Vt:'4-t-
tlicijs anrl'benputs w rroai';-(V; jv th rV -of
1332, 1 nhi QfiVol? ?o i n Mfii-e. i? J;?
sorriff woolffri". t'w -H:it c u :FT- U' r '.
Ltgltr.thiR they ct no,. iatUu? grLii-
of the duties upoti vvootr-iH. -ij.1 be"- - iltUi
ions win oe retm-Qi in r" - -y n,-
sfc-vSP, nd incrcasfHi in no rrr,i Hi
duties opbntt, hemp,cofo"p -garsand
wines. liaiirr ,JU. v
pr or snialler rMro TKsti:,;4 -.
tioas.of tbe-ScMtli beiim fcet.- - j
cliange for every one of th
which I have enumntl, ti t i 't.Hd
thera loc reflu:t'!,i nessialy fflTj1 !
fit as rehtPs to thecom aojit os (ii-vHTibJ 1
constitute the grc nivlca of irti-it;t;aaill '.
th.it the burthen of hoi thorn 1 1 Cry .f
be diMmis'ifd. Neither cin t ,.l rff
whit 'tredurtio!lor,, repeal of tiu-Mt.-S ori
those impi.'s wliich ar; rc .'' m
change for tin produtin ,t t in.?
abo-it vit ;.i::,vo. ; t..
j K. , - -
have specified, tlie imimrt jnt a.ii,-i?s u'ii. 11
which the dutii will Ise rc3-i.', r
Marrli, ! S3 3, and it is kao t v-rr"
raercliantu thit for th more ?JaV'tft
jportion of-thm,' jlh jriHiu tuu. to
South are received in ex:lnn:. ui - ? & t tX
br degree thin -ire tJios-.- of tluV r.'Ku a
the ttoQ of s.)JtVr!
r.i
are almost exclusively ex Ji iuced Voi
? -
WJnuA-;n't r'on'niU arid for
Siiltsand Wmea of S rince; nd th'r
and lumber for the sugars of the W'tsk
hi4
dies. - ' - ." ; -!
The north will IvsbrnefiuriJ'Sv tV .T'Wfe
ofthe dutie ?ipJt uiti.j aal upi ra "Hv4jl -jt
reoeal of the dut! urn .rta
Z"J3 " . ' ....
o.iu'vj, a id Hy h6
neal, and Bo:ne oth?r 'mr;;Us,
aadas ingredients vt 'ih ro;i? '
:.n:ini:fJ?to-"'
nn?5 out tne coinniarjH. rarncaoarrs wt;in
advaot3gaas tfieejct ni-t:4.' &&Af$
lower the price of imn:.!?l::r, Kth-rP t
w me repai oi-ine nuue uj
itil the rdu?tin rf thR lyt
V - -1 mt
I will submit t!e Whwia c m TiWaSr
'flW
I have rnjiJMreI from oac of t''r r'v;t:vy.iit
and expcrififted a!rehant :n Oris -? ,N
thug ss moro certain than -taar ihi ' 44 j tV
States w'U be mora than propynr '.:) n
tod byay iaireaed consumty In! f.t jCj
East Indii silks, that will tipl; ..: W
aennene tha rediidjn of iheriuvins -'.-.--.'s-l
heeajic' the course' ti trade is n.i: i- ii'K
thatcoiupafed Vith f nn r iirnv;. tPV;
specie is cxpirtcd. Tiie India n .f-r
'either furh'snes httnaelf wlIJi blit "riP.!"-
. United States !5ank on ; Undo'?,-. iWr ; : ) "
inonthv dates if vhieh' pay. in lid "Vf-
jr he purchesxiswiUKi? frills, t oW -. . 4
on Loudon, and, fVlges hU fuiHMhV. , . ' I
his ship to t M??h at Gibraltar, -vu r h- !i v4i
fit hi lnd'Vn iuoaat 10 toi per c.- a-
vaneo,ahi he has d'J.iif IT pr -.it. t i.iy fl j
t to 2 per cent:pre.a:nn, iir da'iSrs ;
cured entirely frj.nSpcn m riyer f it t
cotton, tobacco, See. caff?ed into"ti-ai cu:i?r f
Unf own S'.:nj"ts eiin.;esu.iriy. 11 :ne mtv 1
nisha th", Ind a Bd!t, it yfw iiu-i by tiii
chants drafts on EngJihd. 'ti-i, -et.ii'rfi
India cargobc proc'irrtJ ry wtv: aKVP.t- nVOC'er.
they are all raised Sy- bills c" -?i" Ji'.f ti.-X
iiills are; almcst ,llTjretIjii f ir.d cv .ftojirf
ricoacLrjtton. Thm i: en i
when th fitomto:Vrihattt1!lir i r ;lf-
vertibly appears, tnat j;e- : vi "s. . nirn i- u
principal part ,of the! id-i? v f .fj-.,v. Vitsr
consequently, inas b ' gr;a..y iift? . ov; t:
:iweaaed consurhptiof tiiH -irti.-.tes; ai!. .'
will deny, that in tn. HTyx! oiift.
.w r. iff ar In lvinrr frrO 'if. 'ti . ,1'ii1 if
beofitteil, ia a double ratio, vr W t:vJ i-fr -p
that the-bland of Cuhi fdmo takr- ai-ci
casks of rice, with Itt'uib'Va.i'i o-.hf r :m. Ltt iJj
nr.idiirw. NTo StfttA in thl. I Iniot inni :V t
if a much of Wejt India rarg Rs'ft )
Carolina." The want 'of 1 the nbia ; Eofiiti
The re actionem protected arti
';les w.H 6o ; . .
Deduct iuterest xi cah duties
oci W.o':Je&, araot of wrhijh'
1- K..-.
being 153I59, fic ! :ttOi;th,.
at 6 percent, p. an'iuid "1
Do on duties m oUi- ; .. i
ct pTotecteJ artic rs . ,,
amount being i,0i-
567 for 5 l-aiu. at U
per cent, per annum,
Diflerence origiaa
ting in change i a th
poend stermig, "arTct
tiag I i.ajKTU ifbin
Great BriUin, paying
ad velureib 3nt:sB, a
soount of tbe iuipurta
being 57,1C052, and
the dilTerrnee $M 1 0,
at the average rate of
duty on oriprof ectt d
articles, 141 ptccni.
.Total arnount of du-
tfes oa protected artt
79305
-1:
cles,1
The increase a the aggregTatft h? m
duties, mthinjtiUieJ'JIanO pr r c?srr , sj;4j!
"diiwr the diacrSnceJ from the! naw ife.i,
this pound aterlmg- with cah duties ai
ed credite,j (55370, ual to about 1 ,
ccov
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