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-"" v i , - ; - ! -i"--' . r. " - - " ,? ' - ; - - -I"1 i i ' ' . . v : ; . . 3 I'!;; .... .-. f f -H f " F - - 'Mi J i i t : :'- ' ; i r J t - ! n 1 f - - : - f 5 . - . -:- - . lutemeot of the grounds of to otmiop , ch Lsyafter U. be too absurd to be pat fortb.mth St,it least,, plausible have bat glanced it the topics to rhicK I adverted. I knew f bat I bad fe?'1 f any conci.u f u- - rt.pd few idea,, to hict! I hail any reasobobeliete, tha Jo oow.eif. 1f, intot 4 cJ 1 with too, been deeptv, pe'baps fatally, Heehthe delicacy faring jf too io proof a this. Let me Wpe. Sir, that -SfeC credit for, riUp.i.iio conduct it in the spirit whitbl"haij undertaking. I lo mooero htak,iyl -vr rad but it one conn 1 try.toihe Uweland Conniption of .which 'te . n.ie of liberty is known. 1 Uow it is the fas.V LmongusftosrWakof itas if ited m r.oe alone. So roorb are tho-e demagogo., who habitually occupy ih public ear, accasWmed to this disingenuous language that it isbard for any man to reacb the distinguished elevation to which yon hate attained, without having mad. hie lip familiar !ib ft. Your high Wen!, sir, may have exempted you fmro the necessity of thif prostitution of -yourseH.ta; tolfcM prejudice. But if yours baa been the common. fot pf political aspirants) it is only one of Ihe majyj proofs that might b offered, that, even among oiif Ives, our rosily boated freedom is not quite.!, perfect m - Waetice as in theory l l'he authority j of opinion -j .l: . k..i l,un it iiia8 la the I m irrvwi inintr . uuw n uvu 7 , ..! ..r i.n.;nl.wiiaolf. it ffrDetratea!a sort of suicide. But yoitare loo familiar vinhithe jun prodence of our parent country nat fo know, that with civil iiitftiiutions far less plausible: than our -Owo, with a Confeiitution strikingly, deficient in tliat theoretical syasntry- whict lehataierizf "oum,snd with ronny great and essential faults in their Ry'em, p;r8fial liheuy is t less se cure to th peupeifnland thanj .jkifjjua; thai the laws which protect against Tiolpnce and ea Jumny are much more rijioly enforiedj and that prorij is 9tirmondd bv 8-if,gurd, esablisbed by U iv and forufi-d by opinion, if an efficacy far superior to any thin of the kuid eipjoyd by o. It has been proudly said, "jtrnt the hiue of an Eogtwhnjan i his jCastle.'? HowWver humbl, hovieverof.find, however m-a n, he hovel that - he pleases call his home, is sil hN Castle. t may be open to all the elements; the rain of TifaTe"njtnay,1kelh t'f lwly hearfhind every blast oriy sweepfrly thr.iugh it.but te Kino CANNOT rWTER ijf JtfltE KllfO D4BB MTER it. HjW tar you; r own m-insron ii tbas secure from the uo welcome intrusion of voer toy fool ed yovefejn, isroest ;JaiowD to yojrself. i Here strain your commanding taiente may hive afford ed you an exemption from the corampn pot. 1 bey j lymaht of ill your rights, on the regulation of your qomesiic economy, o i icjviiww vi your company, without any loss of popularity. if eoir, thisis utijone more,of the ! blessings heaven's bounty has bestowed opoo ypu; which may well be the Subject of envy Ip those Jess happily .endowed. y j ; j. But, .whether more or less of liberty, be (bond, under the Meemtngly anfriendly forms f f he En fflish Government, there is certain.1 enough to make it! an intefesung speculation to enquire, how it got there." ; In its original iirtn there eeitainly was ribthingof it. Of all the irs that :- have aiatned that , land Httn boj, (not one was Icujfbi on behalf of liberty. - They Were! all the RUtffS of Ambition contending with jAqjbjtion. 1 The triamphu of Freedom have all jbeen jpat-ific. noiooo; of cou- cat men who aid ihafoVnaatton of our go- Ternment,imeni ip lose light of a principle -; . lL l2j :L'l L.J .a etnniious. y and successfully? Tey ccttainly did noUriiA -remark tbte ' proof of ihe impor tance which they aliacbed I to if is fotind in lh Virgtoiaact of 1 17Iaholiahing (feudal tenure: By jhat act all qtiit rents accruing upon grants M toe Crown or State were Imj relinqnisbed and that expressly on the ground, as recited ii the act itself Jiof the daoge to fre GoTeVnaienf j from fix ed retenue." j The tax laws of thp same State, neer 1 permanentv but re-f nacted from year o year are a relic of the same principles,! reumed long alter the principle itself :is 'foegbteaiti '".J i I rl" :'-r r But what j remains what trace whit shadow off it do we fintf in the Fetlral Go veroment S !Jone butihe prohiblion to use unappropriated rnohey, rendered per fectly nugatory bjf the constructions which makes tbej leceirefs j and j keepers of that money Executive. cfBcers. 1 bate already adverted to (hi worn erideaTounng to show tnit ibis was 1 not! thai true contraction of the Constitution Botf we owe U lo the Colncress, Of ilSi to ladopt any i plausible interpretilion of jibeir; Itbnduct .consistent with a due respect to the manliest laiention of the framers .qfpibat 'instrument.-1 Are we not then bound, io justice to these jeminent men, to prejuine that they inougtii it oi in- tie const quence to whom the custody of tna. struggles' to as much purpose da wo should. M They ;wbo takeibon themsclfel to speak; on behalf of the jSpah, declare distinctly, that wn are absobtely and irrc-4 vocabJy bound, by a -sacred engagetseut, to uear, wunout a mnrmur. aiitv consequent tnprov t bet her commer H ' . 1 . . ' 'I . ces m toe co tun cjal ior pGttcafi i p,i J.nerer iodeed' understood tbaC Mr Ciiouu bad authority to pledge Siih Carohor," AfrliUcpunie, if I mtstake not,' camd tntj toil with reat re luctance -hui the Stale, ji seems, ha rati fifed' the agement. v As to jihe! delegation! from the other Southern Statfs, ;it must be admitted, tbait they ,truU;thoo'gh in some instances, f doubt not, rquctanily represenj ted be (earg,if not the t bhea or interests of their jfdslitbti.'' - &' - f K j Upon thei 4 bole, 1 look opoo the com promise as irrevocable, Twj long as-the advoi catesj of the proteclive sfsttmwjill suffer ii to rest undisturbed. " We haye notbiog left, but to throw onr8eives on their fbrhearaneei To you, sir, and to others, our jstatesmcnj it belongs o consider well whether the po litical consequences 1 bare pointed out are evil, whether; they admit of a remedy or paiiicuve, ann, u si, woai uifse inny do. A FRIEND OF STATE RIGHTS. . If Mr. Webster's mpasure should fl M' Clay said; th resbnsjlity Would rest on those who were sujiibsimale and infatuated as to refuse any measure but that oJiuu$ aod pernicious one which had ialread lWoihihv td ths Admifiistration a Waterloo Cfeat-ihat bill which js now dead -as-'anj ijbari; t)tat!4asefi'a!oged on a gibbet a uieasure carried Here ia dt-fiance i f tne exprees- 1 ' . . . r- . f , I . m mm gin in Tennessee, our State consists, or Anti-Jackson ' - 4 '"" " "i Now, the first, of the Prty piffht or ten thousand votes, and: one bppcit.ion in original Clay numheling some Comhosmg other Washington. Jul v 1. 1833. MR. CLAT AND MR. CALHdUN. : - : - - ; i - ; . i i In the sketch I eave you last week : of eom passage that Recurred bet ween Messrs Clay and the public money" should be intrusted, so ! Calhoun, there were several pdintsjto which I ong as li remained with Uongress aloue to . was, ror want or tune compelled to maire onij lectde whether tney should have any mo- cursory allcsidhs. i The Waahington Chronicle having in live ojarse of rts sy sterna Mc and ineos decide whether they suould bave any ney ornot ?; j. r ( : .'', When wej remember l)iat, at that day it was doubted, whether all the sources of revenue at the! comma 4 of Congress could be made adequate to the wants of -the Go vernment, eyeu on the-tpost moderate scale of . expenditure, and that! the idea of an im post tax sufBeieut for the purpose had tht n entered no man's rafui, we must hesitate before we accuse them of any criminal 6 missne89 inithus placing the whole treasure of the country under the conlroul of the Executive. But what itienV sir, (1 beg you to believe that L ask the J question j with all respect) whai the ii was the. duty pi those, who. at a later dayji first introduced the idea of a protective, apd consequently, a per manent tariff ? What became their duty, when this was carried to. such' a lengtbr as to establish a permanent interest engaged to perpetuate that tariff, and to place before a mjority of thepeopl a prevailing in ducement to continue it Lata experience has given occasion to ask be question, 4what power is retained by Congress lb restrain the Executive from any course of measures Inur-fiftha consist of oriffi nal friends of General Jackson J who deserted jhtml when Ha ahandoned hi9-nrinciDlest iThesei have : - - a . i tempted to he forced throuzhl ihe House of Keu 1 never supported Mr Clay. At the ate e rrsentatl vea in the taceof ibe Ido-vd will of the leciibn for President, tbev supported iludz FelTeL .1 RJ- b! . I.. While. The original friends bflMr Clay, wir. vainupn repineo.,rie saiu inai iur charged him wiib being a' partisan, of the Ad ministration.! This be denied :ndTas1 usual, Ulkedand urged some; time ahiiui his; con sistency. IiwasJ not, he declared, in the pow er of Mr Clay to giVe htm his politioal posi tion. . li' ' '" 1 1 I l-M . i- ' . :: r Mr. Calhoun then tried to cheer on hi troops by a jubillaat strain They were, not over throw u not they j i Ml Clay he said was quite mw- They had only ajsliffit skirmish. Air. Clay t&e "'rts oi Juuge " line cona nave rea- would find whfo the fijbiehobld take pUce on sonaoiy asKeo or experieo. cii,,uie oai tber suppo or the Anti-Jackson party proper in Tennes see also voted, for Xudge;Whiinotbecause it was pretended his political pf iqripUs ac corded ' with theirs -not Vecaujse he was I heir first choice, but avowedly because they pieferred him to Mr Van. Bureh Inj this, tbev acted an 'honest manly part; and went as lis r as they Could Consistently 'and icred- itablf have gone. It 'was certainly a I that the t roe issue between ,h is bank, which he (John C Calhoun of all' men living-) styled a monar- bical institution, j and the Sub Treasury, that the latter would triumph. There would he two tohone iagainit ti Waterloo defeil--ingloriou8 discomfiture, &cj In this strain . did Mr; Cal houn continue for;half an hoar. Mr. i ClayS reidined most felicittously. He 8a id he certainly did not desire to Pirate the Sen- atuc iiuiu ouui.ii viOiioak n wuuio woin oi u to 1 ijioir ' hfy su iraoie in t: arenT! a 1112 VllI tie was fought, though won in -Tennjessre, lost in the United States. Of conrset l has to be (ought over again. The friends of the different individuals spoken of as candidates in opposition to Mr. Yah fiuren, are (accordingly engaged in bringing for ward their names and prewing their claims. A- monj! the re&t, tho Nashville Whig his hois ted the Clay flag and is zealously urging aiso irapiacMcablean object. But he maintained thelpreteottcfns of that distinwuishedi indt mai air. atnoun s own language warraniea T,doal. To this, no e I . '--7 ,i I . T - . i sant j misrepreieuitaiioni. assailed htm for bis course on that occasion, U is out just to Mr. L lay miuv i auouiu Bair fiiMe mure iuiij ineiuu stance of his obtervaiiois. A, 1 j j -A: M r. President, (said this distinguished States man) there pil l one remark! of the Senator (Mr! Calhoon) which 1 canaot allow to pass without notice Th Senator has azain alluded to the subject f trillion a jMrtion of the; public preea and amongst ott.ers, a paper in this place, aup posed to be tha organ oi the ;Seoator, has made a charge opon me which every Senator on this fl ior knows o re falsa, i Tbey haTe charged me with being h abolitt'jntsU-i, aa .abolitirwitst ! I. an abolitionist! ! i f. Sir, h reprtseot lave holders ; and who am as ready as any man oh this ; floor or elsewhere, When a case occurs of real danger to jtihatr any other right secured by! the Constitution, to defend it to the utmost. I have seen ho Such case of danger -much as I have seen tb regret aod condeoo in the conduct of the abolitioniais i; I have seea hoi such indica- lions of danger j of interference, with oar rights by the action of! the States or of rthis Goveru-r ment, to justify a resort to those desperate! mea-ti soreis: which will endanger our fluriousand faap4 py institutions 4-nor have If sei any thing to satisfy me that the harsh epithets and violent; denunciation of the frentleman.can havs nthf however pernicious.' When the deposites than the most iojarious efffcts and I say, here Her charters hive never been sealed wit Her Ti'.le deeds are all in the langtiage cession free aod unconstrained. What was there in the atmosphere of that Island, that) power should there assume a character sq placable, so easy to be entreated,' so gentle ana com plying? Koch was not theterqper of her stern j Edwards and fiercer Henrys, a heir concessional were in were removed in 183 3, had the concurrent vote of both Houses beeh necessary to re plenish the Treasury, thefSenate might have said to the President, 'Put back thin money. or you shall have uo more. Such would have' been the languago of the British par liament to the Crown The Senate1, equal ly bold, was not in condition to: hold it. Could they have done ad, the . iron will of Audrew Jarksoh il himself, ; deprived of tho means of rewarding bis followers, roust have bent to tbe necessity. The Deoole would have "supported he ! Senate, -Sir, for the- wherewithal 'to corruot them. Md to ery one in classing him with the friends of the . . . ! r . . . ' .; - - AJmioist rauan. j r-s-! i The Senator (skid Mr. Clay) talks of belong tog to no party,. Hut nave We not beaid him repeatedly taking of making a rally of tbe party of 1827-jf th'e party of 98 Have we not! hoard; him; speak of uniting ths- whote South ? Ishdoflthat the Swuth-unitiog par ly?! .R! 1 ' ' I- - He calls (continued Mr. Clay) vhe end of the Sub Tfeaur bill a mere j skij:mtsh Why , it has beo deteattd two times, at the beginning: and end ot the Congressional year, by ihe- Rep rfcsentaiivea of the People; ; and . the" public executions.! whatever. were taken by such ofhe friends of Judge White in Tennessee as formerly! belonged to the Jackson psrty, and who bad hereto fore been opposed to Mr Clay, tiu: al though they took uo exceptions to the nom ination and support of Mr Clay, by the Whig, the peculiar position they occupied, totally precluded them from puismngja aim liar line of policy. They bad! differed with -a--- t . T . ; ti. 7 1 Air utay and other Whig candidates on great measures of national policy. I I hey could hot know whether Judge White.! whom they voice proclaims the eutictry'tt approval of, the do-( preferred and still pre fr, to all other indi - t i t - (if T 1. . t. ! T . 1 ciaion.f j 3 ; . - viduals for the office of Cluef Mactstrote, ftlx. Clay cave the 'honest nnllifier prophecy for prophecy.' 1 I he House m Kepresentatiyes. in the rear 18391 will onen. he saif with a rna j'irity ot twojthirdasfgainst the Administration, il these measures are persisted id; and wesnait have some changes too iri the. Senate, (added Mr. C look ting archly round io the quarter of the 'instructed.') j i in my place, that the course of lie ! Senator has made more abolitionists in the last, two years. deed unforced, hut they weepot 4 o purchased. bny up support tohia usufpation wrnild have in every instance insy may oe tracea lo ine warn "unu. uuuer sucii circum8annes,iae tf money, 'and appnarto have ben ireridered ne-: President wonldifeef the oecessaty of con eeesary' by the acknowieded right M the! people" forming to the reasonable! wishes of the Le io withhold supplies, j JThecxMnee cf this one gl8aiure The necessity of consiiltinff these, xiXht, in the aMejsoC every tr, ,s A curious j & of giving justsstisAct.ootoncemapmt but unquestioned fact.? It is the more interesting Dlfi . 1? J 7 because. ou inquiry, we tn.ee j its or gin to that w ' orur oi ine oiaics, very fiction of law which made the Kjng the wola be a security against any very wide sole absolute proprietor oliall the fjandsjof 'the aberrations from prudence and justice - As Kingdom.' This, , then j became the fund; from it is, the President has bti to please himself, which the stipend of the i feudal 8o!dijer;wis paid; and the other departments of Government tho price at oQcejand jtbexoKDiTiNof hiaser- are bound 1o be pleased. But under the vice, in this way tnec aim o ti.e sutgrc to the contro, of 8l)rl. a che,k a I havo cnnl unrestrained pm ivmniit oi his land! became en l . . -s. ',. rr ' than all the i powers of selves ever would have ther.eir, that there are the abolitionists them- those who agitate this Mi. Clay; repelled the accusation that the baoK ha proposed bad anv tntng or a monarcni cal character i but: if it had, Mi: Calhoun's lips are shut against it, for he supported such ;a one twice. nm ii is quite emmervcat to lata oi me monsrebicaL character of a national would again be taken up with- any 'prospect of success or not. They could not Lpossi ply know from what materials tney would ultimately have to select Their Course,; t herefore, was obvions Seeing that tbe po litical principles of no one ! of the most promitient individuals spoken ;. of accorded entirely with theirs, and seeing moreover, that tbe friends of those individuals could not for the present sgree on any one of them, but that tbe selection of a candidate Was by (qn faciitio---ahd pn ttn.!; to the next V; yet been t;:!,, tjiat unless v. sfon ti Mr. he!-' able " . (ot a mmr.c ' leading fric: ' than thj.e f such prciun -disgusting z'; do not, t!ir4: : sanctioa so r i mycoUrse . would be n'.' Mr Clay;:-: hie for t!e i; They, umr ; and appreri Inajarity uf . Nothiiig, i! jWI'iigjcould slightest j(! Biinncr on t'. ilencyj. h v Its way, fe ' Whigj Hut o'hf r . hiay not Or rather, i:. as well as I C erroneously i by aujhority- hat printer : Clay-f-that ;. forcing ihn.i ians of Mr C ing uthfcir I tanly Jiri givi in the; event c intolerance i ol the uav. ai national iiisniuituo. We had such a one for forty years, and our" liber ties were never in danger, until the power of the j of duty before the great body of ! the oppo Executive was exercised to draw it to his foot-1 .it ion in TenneA thn minimt! Iirhnn agreement postponed until December,1839 under these circumstances. I say, tbe line stool. ' ! ;- .I .j,- ' .-A-.. Mr Clay concladed by declaring that .although he was! for a'Nattonal Bank, he would not pre sent a scheme for such an institution, if he were assured Jibe Peple were for U ; and he assured Mr Oalfiouo that he would be found ever as men was plain. It was igtnai Jact to maintain their attitude pf determined hostility tb the pres ent Administration, to await the se by their Whig brethem of a suitable being prouc; a S . would be v.-. Nashville t. would-be or their pauc ? present a v. -z;. ection candi date in opposition to Mr Van Buren and made ;aitd9 1 say fur-j ready t carry out: the: will of the people as that I then to throw sli their weight into ihe scale oi me opposing canotcate. loe iacitano torious and undeniable that although four-; fifths of the opposition in Tennessee have twined with the very, idea of bis allegiance and as the best trained mercenaries willi mutiny for . want of pa,, so the sternest feodlal- chieftain darnd not dispute the titie of his fudary! to his Und. br dii-turb him in tha enj)vment ol its fruits. , Those, ill that kMi day constittitea he whole ' wealth of ti9 raltn ; aoj thus it. was that pro perty, which elwhethhas falien an unrtisting prey to poxej, was rendercu tiered joy v.& verv maxims on which, power itself was tLed.i The ceremnniaf which acknow4eJged the! authority the hif, ratifiedrihe title of his Uudaiarv, . Kneeling at the fet of his lotd, he was sprinkled with the very anointing which consecrated bis , aonerior. ; . '' i A : r j 1 !i Is it not edifying, sir, to observe n jthis, how i variant are theory aud practice, and. bow causes, ' deep seated in the nature of j things, jwi 111 stork ' their aporonriate results ia spite of human iconsti- : . tuthns, however stern and i unbeiiduig ?; This single right, a pp'aren tly so : hel plvss so ; 1 4 v i t i ng to rapacity, and so utterly at its mercy, acquired a sanctity by time which tt unpnricrl io ail pro . ay wnu wupu jm a v i ui juuinvvuirs broo2ht increase; of wealth wealth, pad tht ransom of all other rights, and purchased 4 com plete enfranchisement jfroin lawless power. Re have presumed to pocket your land Mil ? Would iMartm Van Burcn hae dared to continue tbe Specie Circular ? Would the most important office be kept vacant because Ihe Senate would not submit to Executive, dictation, or until a dirty fool could be spared from! some oth er dirty work, or until It miirht suit tha ronvenieuce f a mmion to fill it ? you rememhert be w long cr representation at the Court o? Si. Jamee w ts a jspendec i How, long the posi vucatod bv thfl deethof the late Chief Justice, was left onoccupied, anu me outstretched necks and longing eyes, which, during that: tantalizing sus pense, were turned it that august seat ? In short, sir, to illustrate and confirm this bv - i. . - . 3 siiuieiuiag iixe ariinmeitcai proof,- what power 00 earth could, of I ate, have preven ted the establishment of the Sub-Treasury Scheme, and the hard money project, but the beggard condition of the Treasury at the time ? I repeat it, sir. Give the .Pre- stdetit a permanent tariff) cf protection, let delicate and dangerous subject, from motives of selfish and personal ambitioo I , uaderatand the game, sir ; it is intended to unite ihe -South' an tbiis and other kindred topics , and when that section is consolidated into a dense and excited mass some othfr topic Will be started to conci liate ihe necessary support ia tome ether sec lion. I I believe ibis,; air, nothing: tae-4ess, be cauve gentlemen are" eiernilly ts36; fating tnat they do not eXpect- or desire efflee nd affect with the luftieai acorn, to trample! the highest, honors of the republicfunder their jfeet;-. i Sir, wd I will j riot! countenance! each unholy schemes : ' not Will I hesitate to denounce, them wheresoever and by whlomsueverjjBrtrjd., I ijot for the Union,! tha whole Uniooj as" we received from our fatbera;:--t go for no sectional 10 lAreu or ariies4nb Southern patiy, nd'Webfem, no Korthern, no Easter lrty Bni desiro to sen; Government administered in a spirit of broad, ex ' pansive, equariusiice;--on such principles ahno1 can be preserved, or is it worth preserving biri mv destiny has been cast amon a staveholdir g people, and! whenever a conflict shall come tn defence of pur lights to our slaves, (which God avert!) here or eisewnere, 1 snail De lound in front of that Senator! Senator had shown himself zealous to obstruct it. ii - ; : I ; u Mr Calhoun made a brief rHoinder, of which the whole, purpose waa to attempt to hold up Mr Clay as an enemy of the 3outh ; and to contrast his own course m org-aniz'ng a Southern party, to been, on former occasions opposed Clay and yet stand prepared to give to Mr htm a i :l i verse the case, air, and the history cj the; bloody Ml" roncci ine impost in specie, and then but imKtent struggles for freedom in jail othr I give him a place to keep 'it, io tbe custody 01 msown omcers, and he is my master &. yours for life. Your great talents, like the strength of the ox, would but give more en ergy to your struggles, and make 1 the yoke From ihtt Baltimore Patriot. ' 1 S. Senate. June 19. 1838 j After, describing tbe passes between Mr. Buchanan and Mr! Calhoun . the correspoadeot I" ff K D.iil..f :niuwii.ilB lt.ns .1 w . Mr. Clay; next rose, and in a strain of delight ful badinage;; commented on the differences just exhibited by two such good friends Si the Sena tor? irniu Sniuih paT6l:f4$.nu-.'.-Ptuwy!"sr!a. Je waa sorry to Witness thei r di.Tercnce, and would be glad to see a n coRcitationtbetwee't t?e ge tie.un who3 weie aoch stauach sapporters of the Administration. : ! ". ; i . Mf. Clay thertj referred to the declaration by Messrs Calhoun and Strange of their readinnss to go before the country oft that 'hill which hid been So sizually defeated by tbe Peof-le's Rrnre setitatives. ; He as&ared them- himself and. friends, that the satisfaction of the opponents of tha measuro woqd be equally great at going be iure me nation ou: mat aecision. t. j-ror me tre pieave aireaay civ en ineir veroici asrainsi trie Sub-Treasury from one end of the Union to the anxious tor an At the next fwit ntt iais 1 tr a tV vAoitlt tuuuui9 iiiu tuc ivnuiii . i 1 ' - M - here is no, principle of the! Cwatitotton of KogUnd. which has been more studifd by; Amer ican Statesmen thau that- of whieti I ; jhaye spe. ktai" N;me has: been betvr ! unJefstiiod. To none ware we morc indebted r life jiistl appre henalon of our cvlooial rigbu. and j lor the sym pslby of j th ablest of me Kaglisi b i It was on .these principle? tbi rhe BttUntf our ,Lib rties, aud .founders ot .insittntior took their stand against arbttrary puwer j i Thei found tDftm ristetea in anc.eni records; acj jtresprv ed in m jdero forms They saw thai "M'uile th 'atatutesof the Btitish! Pailiament purport to be ! euacie'l ly )he, K'iQ,'Lordal and Cnrnaaons of . the; Realm, the tax b lis. as they are c died, d ' ; clara that ih Lorda and Comnums' flu aftef and, 'Iprtvd to ihe Kvxw cettaiu revenuel ; 'Hiey at ;-fouea inferred trom this, "thai, if Ihe Kinjj had 00 mre callin?. 1 - Vn the whole, sir, I think 1 do but speak your thought, when il say, that the power of ibe Executive is exorbtant, and that it ought to be limited and restrained. The teruwf) devised by the bold 1 practical wisdoln of our .En2lisli!ncesteta. end ha. hern taken awayjby a fedl tarifl of pro tection The bill of compromise affords a sort of palliathe.t-.It removes a part of tbe ! Imt it gives greater Dermananr i7 ll j Is left of it. j By tfiisb tbe weaker party riako take what did ; Oct belong la him. the ! ! ! Wa m honour. ndt to ask, what the others But if thecTHOilemen are other appeal, letlthnm have it ! session you will hud yourself prpttratd beyond a caance of recovery, :. Mr. Clay alluded,; in a strain and liveliness, to the remark of of great spirit Mr Calhoun, Parliament had no more ri htjlo fjive what !did Dot, twtong y 1 hem. ftoe MgAoloieireil This pnucipie warn inir sword aud I Lord Chatham once and thai trie lanfuase of Mgha Charjii iVuua! lAomoJwaa woiih all; the classic it may not! prove, Mi.that thisstrriphi nhrase, do give ahd grant,' is of mor valriei to lib. are togaped. hv intirit nnf ,n - " 5"-- ..- ,., jj, Bilk. Lret us hope, sir; on the oher hand, that the their shield, and PVy ill 'feel ibat their honour is wu siig.jjeqj npi to insist onthat which the weaker haA fT.w... .n -it li - . . . w -i uisoiea tnemseivts iu preveoi, - rude fi!6er -T 11 wish I i ! r 1 . 1 . 1 ru wusn oavesamyooriiay be aptto infVr that my own acquieiceoce iq the com- Dinmip mnutti Im m.Ia1- , ' -. elaborate ptovisionsof our Ponstitutibns. ehsnae W? thl IJ,..; I "Wf n. or But canTwe believei that he ,se wKt h nlt ' ho t K i i 1 TJf T -r. w,u B. on qniei under the weight of Mount that the responsibility rests now ;on the Whigs. Whail said heeatleman, do yoci then acknowl edge that yoo are defeated ? Then give up your seats like men resign Voor posts go home- let os bave the pawer along with; the responsi bility, aod my ;word for it, we will, withtn six ty days, bring about a restoratioti at confidence and prosperity. But at the mouiflBt irrwbieh we are told that we are alone responsive, the Sena tor from South Carolina also declares he will vote against ; ur-abd vote against his frieuds, Really, with sncb a set of perverse, obstinate, impracticable seoilemen, who : will saoport no- be things let 11 oma irom frivdr fd, tbost content to do the beat wecaa. tThP'tfreat uh- jtct should be to tstoiethe confidence and prs perity of ih? country'; and this he maintained war the purpose : of the bill introduced by bis friend from Massac bote its. - ,,4 " I Cliy theo curiously reviewed life most impor tant provisions of that measore, and urged its a doption. ; Ife coMrasled it with ibe sabsiitute, and pronounced Jthe latter to b a ; strange com- tiouiid of distrnsl and cunndei.e, : xoa con TENNESSEE POLITICS. .1 I caonoi beuer eive the ffroands ! and reasons of this preference than by truly; statmz what I understand to be the present position and will present position and wnat be ths future course of our old friend Judge tin. . 1 1 ! l.-J . i vv one. man wnotn an uonesrer man or more coneiKtent politician does not live. He, in common with the great body! cf bis friends in Tenhes-eee, differed heretofore with Mr Clay in relation to the American System.-7-l But as Mr Van Bur en was also a supporter of that system, the objection lies equally to! him as to Mr Clay. Jf it be. objested thalj ujr.- Vjan Bu-j ren has changed his mind and is now opposed to th 6y stem, it may with truth be faidj of Mr Clay, that he stands pledged not to attempt to revive it. If Mr Clay, therefore, should be the candidate of the opposition, Judge White dnes not jercetvp tnat Mr Van Karen bas Snyj advan- Ta titt and procure a greater equalization Jof the burdens of bearty united support, 1 case ho be the op- uoverMuieni, wiin mat oi iir v.iay, woo ne iur i pufiug cauuiuaie to air van Duren. .tl iitraieu, waa inoKing io oiuer quarters ior Bup port and popularity. : sat tuiav, indienantlv repelled this msinua iion He looked to no section, he enid, for sup port. AH the Government measures in which ht htd any agency had reference to the proiper ity of the Union, and the whole Union. The'rdlsMngoisled orator then broke fori h in a strain of the most impassioned eloquence, de nouncing evei-y attempt to uni te the people of any beet ion of country in' a community, of interest, septiate from the people jtfrbje other sections Ar.y man who would set abro?"d such a work aid et? o pi'.'ducs the occurrence of the greatest mis fortune; which could possibly befall the Ameri can People, fie may succeed in conciliating seciional favor he may disclaim all ambitious views he may trample under foot every impu tation of his designs ; but the tendency -of such opinions ard principles is directly to that catas trophe a dissolution of ihe Union. Mr Calboiio now repeated those insicnaiins for they bad, hardly the character of charges in which nu had indulged sgamst Mr Clay during the abolition debates of the last winter, ot be;ng less ardent in defence of the domestic indtiiuiions of the South than he ong-ht to be. Mr i'lay repelled the iuiputtaiion, and declar ed with peculiar embusis, ! thai, if the day shet id arrive wrien an. attack would be made upon tb- cooaesiic: itt jtitaliotia "of the South Mr. Gu'hjn never ivould be found in'front of him in reststiog those attacks But be believed that the course of that Senator itsel f has done more to multiply abolitionists than all. other causes com bined. I.I I ! ' ' ! : E - Ue again orged in a lofty strain of el',uence the obligation to maintain th Union, and declar ed thai the love of the Union, so deeplv planted in the hearts of! the American People, wuald ciaah every one opposed to h. ) iere de- T. said he, in the bank so far aa to receive their notes, but, in the wry; act of con veiling' ibm into specie,; there ian implied duties t. It is the vant of confidence which has been so fatal to the prusperiiy'ol the cootitry; and in keeping or that distrust the SnbstftDf vrtm.A ko mnci in , , . " f . i . " m U SUlOIAlOUnt inriooa. Wei copy; the following letter from tbe Nashville Banner. It is from tbe pen of Mr A. A. Hall the Editor of that paper, who rias long been a prominent and influen tial politician in that Slate. The letter in--d testes what will probably be the course of Tennessee j at j tfie next Presidential elec tion4.i? Whiz i Jt J From the Nashville Banner. 5 FROM j TBe! EDITOR AT YVASH1NG- - TON. i - ' , ' '"':l' r J ) ! ' . jjJuLY 3d,238.: ' The course loir the Nashville VVfiiS calls for further notice, j ;J"n anyoirdiilaiy coni trtrversy that might ha ve ! snrunfi uo between the to papers in my absence, I should not have desired tofinterfer j Iri the present case however, not only are important prin ciplcs jnvdlvedj but Uie !' prospects i of Mr Clay himself iri Tennessee may bo serious ly jeoparded.! For wefel it known, that either be or his leadmc friends countPnan.. com-1 ed and encourag d the conduct of the Whig, fi te,I do not hesitate tp saj, he never could re- h otb-1 ' - . - of his the reive ! the vote bf cur Stite That pa- per has been recently established by a geh Ueraafi who plumes himself aa having uni fotmlt opposed Gen. Jackson, and given! a consistent and wigmal support to Mr Clay . lie aspires: to be regarded ;as the Clay or- tages over him on the score of the Internal Improvements by tho General Govern ment. ; i (';,' v'-;-1 Mr Clay is in favor of a U States Bank and, Mr Van Buren of the Sob-Treasury r or is other; words, o? a Government Bank. Judge White' is opposed to both, but of the: two, esteems the: foiu-erfar less objpctioniWe than the latter. In rcfeienc lu the bank questkn, there bfe, Jocge White wouiJ fee 1 o. hesitaUoo in voting for Mr Clay rather than for Mr Van Buhn. In his opposition to aU. Stated Bank, Jarge White is a'wa re that'll e differs in opinion with most of his leading friends in Tennessee j - but- his friends may-rest assured, that he wilj never par-, mil his vote to stand in the way uf the 'wishes of hia State, on that or any other question. These vexed question adjusted, th are other considerations which would cidedly impel Judge White to prefer. Mr. Clay to Mr. Van Buren The farmer is in favor of a iimttattun of ixecnlive jiatron the latter acainst it. MrClav is a! t so opposed to lbe,pro8criptivei)olicy whih constitutes a prominent feature in Mr. Van; Burettes administration.- And sq wi er measures of national policy. I ' Abating therefore, not one ioti principles, but reserving ! to himself right of maintaining them, 4etJ wljio rtiayfbe elected, Judge White, oh piineip'e will give Mr. Clay his ready support in oppo sition to Mr. Van Buren. Artd he will act on the same principles in reference jo any and all candidates for the Presidency, Hre then are the grounds arid- princi ples upon which Judge White arid his old Jackscn friend in Tennessee are prepared to support Mr. Clay, in case hejis selected to run against Mr. V, Burenlj This is their position; from which they trill neither oe persuaded nor driven; " 'Any auern pt to force them by gibes and taunts to change their position, come from what quarter so ever il may, will be resis ed A well rounded belief that Mr Ciay or ihis j lead- g friends would countenance and encourH ge such attempt, would infallibly lose mm he vote of the .State. Yet thii is f what he Na.hvilie Whig is attempting. . jt sets lip' to be the rea! Simon Ptre. jit j lis dis ... j L t 1" hausned with the position maintaineu by the creat b'odv of Judge White's friends in rrennessee, although that posilion IS cisely similaV to the aUilude assumed by, :! .ft';. Jl-.L A.- ' me urtginai ,iav panv in icuursaco uu- rio'fir the last elections, in reference to Judge,' Oid they proclaim! Judge : ;.: Jmliinif.cc:: Adverser s ( the j celelu has made j NewjYarL; OJOO, (or the brary, incl- bly situated. for the lion. A few thy: stolen ner black) girl, bout the cirr table While ; Upoa' htr t him, tied hi: withextre:: 4ion a man : and exHai:;.: the money! I cohfefs it. !" evcr!after r. he would co lengtj rclc: to stafid. .V cion began t who on heir '.-.It . out, - Ji nave . was found i the .vfench ( innocent n:: ted. -1 i This oct: lesson to all vengeance cf The itr-nrcL: Vserve$ to It of men , ,:l actor n t!;o J should al (.. from" so'-k ty isvillp Jcui . (J. J2tdect admipUtrau ky, a)rid one judging fro.:; Kentucky G I give l foes, it the morejfrecly the Whigs 4.ro iii tti Ct ivn ' th? - A iali'L1! Esq. jul B !: vaiuapie n;c : lis in the r consists sir:;; influence of whom he i learn,; made which prove hare no do ,1 mostjnvrdi ristSfi&s be;;: multiril i( f ; feci it! wtihe COCOOtlS,tiil reel. On a i ! rna fur! ' uiav lie tl 'xi Mr Bent leart. roa'ti Ai fCashvi . . i I em ter fie uc.-.t i i L i. . t i frM till 17 ffl f t ! i - L. I 'TlS nov; boring osr.- To oe suf purpose, i look t U.c White Lou, itur. r St t -mf7 !
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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