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3 1- V. 1 E I A i V- t K "''I if. i VF HbNJ JOIW M: CLAYTON, , Of Delaware before the Great Whig Con vntiouheklat-yilniington; Del) onmc Fpiiotf-CmzEXsij i . ; iTKechiefobjept I have in viewin this adtlressing b" is to cU back.your attention; and tlat"o( the country at large if'rbrii themany distracting topics, which ndw, agitate the public mind, to the great c:3 f ajl ihe issl es involved in the Presi ddntiaLEJwtlori. .fThe great question to bq tlcciiled by thai election is a question ofsBUETAl)ifl question whether we.shall aliandbn the wWe principle of protection extended f to the J laboring classes.of this, country ly fthe j Tariff - Act of 1842, ' anil adppt,- in Mn of W a tariff discriminating, fok ! revenue-and j against , protection ;. a qifestiorf jyhethef jwe shall, go back, by our 'owii Voluntary act, to that state of coloniat yassala which existed in -this cofiJitry iwhile! Eiland held us insubjec-; ti& and he rtatesmen boasted that they Avpuld iiot ipcrmitj .us to , manufacture ' a holinaitlofcourselves-a question whe'tK-. we snjiu nowj surrender tongian.a oej )f t &$tsential blessings iresulu! fiilr jfrppl'llmt hc(dpendence- for whicHthe Aigs 6heRef ()lution successfuilyjcon-- tqi4ed; gp jevery reflecting mind it must y& apjiient bet dcidedt;he jsiiisjaction of a; majonty? btjie ; pje, at ja single flection ;v andqt: is the-6l(i trick of designing poUtfcianSv: c&peMeleatiunoh subjelcts in cohtrdve?-; istajlafltiig the cduntryvby mul tiplylng3 ji isstis to be ; deciddistract ding thljoVitii on the dreadMTque ts 1 Qther !pf inferior JmpprtanceiiH - i-ne.se; a.rg inerrcKs oi an me enemies pi WhigpWiieJpleWthepie gf ntlemeh 'are 4veli t aware;, that a' vast j rrfeuortty Bfl th(6 feemen ofHhisNeountrvl .irpuprtty oi the freemen otHhiSNCountry ilej 3eeid$y- hostile to the .modeni'WeV tmie doctrines, aiid asjdecidedl friendly td tlie Vhj aHff- or JPs; mbradffir Vhigainciil of protection to" hbme abkaf.' Vih their new Demx(jraticsd6e- iine ui 'rec-tjrwe, an uie xeauers-among: rwg ihevjtdble peat-ithih;thbVpast vr tHr:itiinHfnT f, thn nrntonltrA -rlixr hjiVef eve W routed thei opponents wnen mis. question nas Deen raisea in tnt eiectibifeiOur Ifnend tM- parizais iid:id vpateKof British n trpsls:itHis ftatipn. They have torn the masks from aU the faces of those who pre fer English to ierican labor. jThesheepr tins nave-ween siriDDeaarom ineir oacKs 4 Xhil wolves ilo w stand 2 out Jn" their naKea ueiormitu ii IP insure our tnumnh his gt question, our friends have at lad(?pMi a oterraintibnv upon; which jwlf ta reject ym,Mi0 Avith: or assistance from, all cpw-bojskhd such as pretend to J 6apyljlp;eiitriabsi (the T p)tendipattip onfthis question; iThis ja subject ' upoi which heAmerican 0ple;cft tended friends 6t by ; enemies. And, at fte tojtviyl l of theAr ijirjaisterA jcohscious of their teclunipestiityl ijfthejtwqnes;' shall uDmutcju pine people, are,ct'cry. wnere. 1- - V 1 attention rom it to pther subjects,- presented for the IpurbseM Exciting popular feelingly , Let ijS&uard j ftgan$( sthe? wiles ; 01 : our ladver pHe4it'4tibn,: at thisj;ftime; may compaed td jthat of,,a large family a IbouttcT jmld 16 the West 2 -Ve "have Oiie wagoi belonging to our concern, with exceUenlteam attached to it. "Ye can fttfjfy inilt that really necessary : for our: satetjjanUi ffixr happmessr "Uut -yvc cannot cilrnve very IHiiig4 which the ca- jMcbrlmncy rpf every; member of vthe ffuiuy iiiwymueuim 10 inrow lnio : 11, jlfjwe suirleveonejole" in, "among mr necessariesiof life all -the trumnerv Mhich hemay have purchased x s carry yith'himW sniill sborf find that there is jnbro for a hundredth part of iH UllU (illt VMJ HlUIt CO UUU(( UIIUUIC OJ Aaf u. in this-tate ot things, the only course lets us, .as; sensible : men, to- re- Strict the frei n the wagon " to such tlunjnssar ) o our safety, and com fort, aslwi1 bknicertainly transport V'Bui, yc will leiye; jqyery one, wao xninKS: ne. has got ! tb means ,oti tmnsporlationi rn- qepcndcnuy ot lis, to lug along-whaj -he peases ;:;0.nd fejj will promise, not,to fall rit With! articles which we aro un able or unwilling to carry. " The Hvagon? ua neiwieTvaicaue.,are nowpejore fej abputtp stat for theWest.Hehry vlay; the: ;uriyer,knowsthe road well, and his, idej sit$; fTheodore ; Frelihghuyseh,; ivho i$ gboo! yf uidejand experienced tra- fcuer nimseii. fi Ansiae oi wie .wagon i see rrpqews ;Qf ine: saiesqT' ine:u(iic isimth duties laid for Prot r jrrotectton io tai Government, and Uves Ptfilr gooll sartictes,: necessary- for W saietMa'nd Prosneritv;5 But there croes .f;fellowiehin0 driving au unbroken colt " vh vA m own, uueuup wnn .lexas iJbanaiocrip. As.' he ntmnuii Ithis year M There comes' anoth- iuuu,xuggin m tne rear with awheel- KVj jiaueu uownwutiHwo hundred !v Wdly in lavor ot our taking along rhd jf' - . -,- --. - : lilH th "wagon-but will in lfijieculiarnbtion that these State'5 J t "Vorki on his own hook,-, at his tljem are; cbnscjoUMhat they cannot 'go, til tnal p$orp l&uhtryl-withou ttincxuv; 9uppy ifl( wayjpr quarreiwnnanytnend mlibb pecalXsefhe thiniis proper to loadhim- en now . . ! - ,rtor.f Proprietors. :: sift,". .? 'lr.-Sf- i-- iGerfZ. JTr&.;..o NUMBElt 4L0E VOLU3HEf: if p him or attempt to drive him back ; though if I pust; express my. opinionI think i his fei ght' will ibe 'swamped among the fens of Salt riveK . ''Therr rnmps-Another fel lovfl with horses attached to a "cumbrous1 machine j moving" on skids,'; putsidd of Avhich yoa may see" the " protruding muz ziei of alivhble battery of xanhohrand the inside of. which" is filled vith'iimmunitioni runs, arum nu iruwjjei.sj.uuu u.n mc piit inhernalUi bf .War. l:That: fellowvis.full of light aticVwahts to go to rvvar;witheith- frerchfms I Atoifrnri st)Uiwhen ?w;satisned -him I I -x j f r L. . we haul Hot robm for? thefniethrpartof ithei agreea jo; prmg u uunseii, wiinnis own for AlthoJiChelikelthec ar notions; yet ne. as - well as , the icle: cpmpanyl ni as far;, as heTjcaji tbefend jandi protecit??iYphdervComvan icdli Plttrmy aatholfisbcftaricTt -(mtrpslesf?He ardentlyrimplofed us to: give rpbm in the wagon fory all that luggage 5 yuutup.?vva assurpu, nat iii one fcalf his tjp(itsJhbul(J BeadnlthlB roadV instead ofimoce'edinff in harmbnv tosreth- eiivithete hHfould be a generaliht among inQnieompany ; aiier - wnicn, wnen OajthbliciariiiProtestan be Jseparale)! into reh'cnisfoctionsand :tild tieer "reaeh'their-place tibn.Hej jiyas ihformeeriiT hefwbuld ifake alpn Jiis knarsack Ke must bear its eight,tikn4 keepiti contents to himself; l if ine wagon, , or . aisseminaiea on . tne laren, are inose wnicn mcuicaie reiisnous )fefefp7f In ifwMestari4 most; liberal ense, andi breathe no other! spirjt than elice onearth and good will among all lenffiafvtects, ; classes and dtfvmiriations. t1rn.n sr. nlsn ' Hftt Trip. n.dd n. rival tm?n. vith Vanother wagon, behind J all these, toning naixr to overiaKc ours, nua. pouna 5 ioisl the Isarpe: country ;"where;they mean settle i layXsiatters- for1 four years" to yr can reacn it neiore us. 1 nis heaylumbering yehicjei bef xuiisy attempt to imitate acel- 1SH si ngbut a i b'fate4i.plriage -.which Tcame into"- fash- . . pv:i- f.sjj 1 -. irvX ' aat hit' v 3n,aDoui,tne year ijoyu, ri fine norses are 14 political hacks, many of them 1 being pavined ipd wind-broken t atid& mostlof hm distressed With; the thumps, a Lis8e extracted by thernjf briVthe long: oumey lip SaltlRiver; fburtyears ajgo.- nside ot this wagon you may see "ponde-, obH safes land chests of iron? upon -which" h)brazjeii;jcapitals 'JegibleV he SubIeasury raic H ieCfeuer jrxmine BanKs, ana we reopie jrom own inoney On many of these mas I chelis, wei-read, lfa hi fifice-hlders and, .bank drag's1 for other eeiii to have piled 'Ossa'onCPeHaxu1as"if hcv Ldesisrned " to but-allT Texas lubon wheels, inhluainer ; narts of the i Mexican ifStt&s; oif Mintd Jet,QhihtiahuatCoohuUal ;na , amamtpas ; ine wnoie crowneu wua hejl jfeajrfci of Untold millions, by the iuei oi wxucn, on we omer pacKage,1 you fay read,?iZVb assumption of our men State debts J)V i bur own! Gbvernmeht But the heaviest Weight of all presses on the dri- iver s hiotlibvhere ybu imay see ames!.K. polk, pfiTfehnesseer5 holding his nags, four ? rif va-uujrpues a nicKorygau ip thfs excorite4 flanks of the jaded animals; The idrive? sits on a ebshion of enormous ypight, labelled FreeTracfe. : Every part of this eiiicle is of foreign, "manufacture. The yeiylyood of whichit is made, is of were made by lEnjglish" blacksmiths ; t the hathessfis tall ; manufactured but of Eng- iisa leatner,' Dy rmgiisn namess-maKers ; i pool Nbi American laborer, whether na ui p.ui jmiuraiit'Ut wus auoweu 10 urive a pail Jhtd this vagon. Strapped up in tne boot 4)f hind you may(i see & :Mroken IVeaty oiih iilexico,rcovered overV with that blact flag,v which Ir Butler in the laie Baltimore 5 . - Convention, predicted wjouldl provethe luneral pall ot a certain ceefilvf hehever it should abandon the prmciplel that a majority should r governs A band of! discarded office-holders and office hunters surround the wagon, shouting at the lop off their; lungs, for4 ."JVee Trade and Texas? ulldrd money 7 and James" K bf a nalthl newsnane'r.' : bloivinsr a ' nerinv wliistlel labelled i'Doltm with all Corpora-; Ion;; vnne anomer oi. me same proies-, f ( 'jL ' 1 T 1 r'-If 1 It v .r sipn grmus anuvuj-giru xo uie uiu-iuiits o I "Bargain, and : Corruption," and the another! of the same;1 traded ridinsr on dnkeyj wiile hedrumsbh the' dead hide of theBarik of theUnited States!" Behind these coms "off a' ;coicerto; in: which you mav hear the braises 1'bf hdrmonivus De ?c Manted'amidst eyeiry variety of sqund, frem the twanging . of a je ws-harp tdth'e;: thrpming bf a . banjo.; 1 , Whether thisassemblagehalir ever-proceed, fur-r tKer on-thcir journbthah that Serbpnian hbz which 'dies near the ? sources; oi fcal river,-1 letye others toconjecture. ;;rJia bacfcbrTiyrel .with him aQpufmiynims is th: favpto w havetti louit wagon J and desiresrto ac-I alljm wjieel-tire even i thTbridlebitsV were' imported from Liver- svalIowed.inthe Red Sea'f l:1; feel '"too cbod riatufed iust now- to "foretel the "des-. tiny of James KFolk7andiu9, followers. ; ' l-f i4 n Int ma nrtfmr " in all 'sober seriousness to the, true.'questibn, ;ds I have already stated itrptecipn!orjo protection., lor ; tne ; country roreaa r .no bread for the Jaborer iJt is no partj of my purpose tbdiscuss! that question at lengths -To enable others ta understand ati I haVe only to- refer them to !the ,t last article in iazineViWe'merelearn ovrhEngi- Jislimetf-rearoiramb aiscoursing ; on, louies. pi ine; yisionary. dqctrinej ofejrade f anid Vvvmay also leanijfrbmritlhow muchC crediiwe!$hoitld' attach to articles bf a contrary! import, vritteri by Englishmen for' the f American, inarKeivcs j&ngnsn .penoaicais, wrinen ior. the purseofvlaeing: read Iby American 'itteens;'ha'.fdonemore caeiof theAmericani IabbrerUtanany equal number v6f publications on the same subject which1 have appeared hVourcburi- iFJL trT? -.srvi- v-h v-mlcK-C; s. -i.r. in yuuucvuvU' wuu v.iiiia , o it jjyev xijr fellow-citizensi Jet me say, that; there are noiwammg, in me ranKsoi,: qur.joppo nents, men wha have, been bold feiough to charge Henry' play afid jTheodore Fre linghuysen, . the - chosen ' charhipiopsfpf Whig principles, with having abandoned the protective policy, by; jtheirj vbtes : for the Compromise Act of the 2d pf March, 1833. 5? It is my. duty todefend &esevmy "old associates in the i public , councils, a gainst so unjust an accusation ; and that duty becomes peculiarly imperative! upon me-;.when 'inquiries are j "constantly ad dress to! mer as they, have been 6f late, in regard to me true character of the (votes which they gave on that memorable oc casion. I cannot jaiiswer all these inaui- ries byletter. T will7 therefbref this day, attempt to answer them here I for I see .;. M A chiel' amang us akin notes, And faith he'll prent era and I have reason' to hope that his report of what I am about to say may reach1 those who have addressed these inquiries tome. I was in the Senate at the time of the passage of the : Compromise Act was a member of the committee which reported it, and had the best possible 1 opportunity of knowing th& motives, "and objects of Mr. Clay, in the introduction and passage of il I . TTf i ' . t a. - mat measure, c jciis aim was not oni y 10 prevent a civil war and the dissolution of the Union, but to save the PRbTEjbTivEpo- licy.: I am convinced that, but for the passage of that act, the protective system Would have been substantially repealled, more than ten yearsago, and every man ufacturer in the' country dependent upon it stricken down.' ': Vi rll 1 I knbw that nothing, is more iJcdmmon than for us to hear certain individuals,' who areutterly ignorant of the real) circum stances which existed in the early 'part of the year 1 833, id a spirit ! of idle bravado, boasting bravely they would have defied iuc. iiu etna ui iuc uiiiiici uy w reauiutc they would have proved themselves, had the, opportunity been offered them, in hang ing up all the leaders of that faction, and how rejoiced they would have been in ady ministering, through the swiftly .twilling agency oi vxenerai uacKsun, a saiuiary casugaiion io wuat mey term t w miue- cilej arrogance and bullying of South Car- nlina " ' TVi acja 'onil - oirmiil A v aamavlro' am Villi. tlr. aaAjOj UUU , OllltllUl (WUttHil U1V: generally made for the piirpose of intro ducing a condemnation of Mr, Clay , fpr his agency in! the passage of the Qompn iiuse viuuu luey.saj-.Wjtis a tacnuce of the . protective principle tbl prevent a war with the uulliliers. vVithout ; doub ingthe courage" or. the sincerityjbf those who thus often boast of the superior firm ness and more-manly bearing which they would have exhibtei at that crisis, I will endeavor, briefly," to show you that these gentlemen are ignorant both of the effect and meaning' of the act, as well as of the obiects sought to be secured by is author. y l is quite a common error,? that the act - '-1 m -i JV '"'A a. A-m. itseii proposes a.norizoMai 1 artjr oi per cent on all articles of, importation, as the mmunum rate of duties, and the final resting place 1 at; which " the reduction of ., ... :1 '.-.f..-1ri. r:-.,i;iM11'- ..'-i'-f uuties, proposea py . me act snau - cease, ana stand unchanged ana unchangeable forever. At Vthis day, gentlemcii of Intel ligence, professing to understand and dis cuss the legal effect of this act often speak of it as a law, the great! object of "which was, by a system-of gradual diminution, to reduce the duties as they stood under theact'of 1832, to an universal ." jleyie of and as contmningce'rtain' binding P1. tions or pledge on the part of-the. authors of that law, that no higher .rate of diityj should ever, after that day, be; collected by ; tioh; preposterous.as it is, you have doubt less observed, is an opinion quite common- j ly expressed; and .that too,; by grave-legis lators on the iloors ot Congress. hat the enemies of IrCla should have; so ex pressed themselves is a ' matter tbv beTre- gretted ; .but when the friends ofthe ,Tar-' in, andthe .yery men wno prpiess tme ut most cPnfidencfr m"mCrectitude and con sistency of that great statesman, fall into the same error, it. is nign ume- :meir mis- from and;rilil3pt ! that rate being 6 -per, ce ; ; It is perfectly true;lthat the first section pf the ac fixes 20 per centum ad valorem as the lowest rate atwhich dutiable articles should DetadmitedJ after the 30th of June, 1842 .but the third Section nf tH"ii'imw Sides;tha fromand after that day, duties .uppn.imports shall tier laid for the purpbse iu -rutsujg sucn revenue as may De -neces-aryf to f an economical administration! of the government ndal'thatuehu ties shall be assessed on tHe home Valuation and payable in cdsh The leading pririci- pies. established by the act yerei first, that sufficient revenue should be' raised from import du ties alone 'to .defrayfthe j, expensesof the Government ;-r:Secondly,thatno moretev- enue should be so collected than should be 'ji! j :j.i-.l'! . it u-i-iii v-: ueuiaiiueu oy an : economical aamimscra don bf;tte TGpyeniment thirdly; that the best possible : guards; against frauds on the; Tariff should Ibis established by the adop tion of the new system 'of .aessihg the duties on' the' home, instead of the 0 foreign jalue, and making those duties payable in cash. -;Whether thes6 duties from, which, all the re venue for. the support of government-was to bederiyed, should befixed at 20 per cent., or at 50' per cent., or anyoth er rate, was of- course" a !subject left for the future consideration ai'Mtionof Conr ress,1 whenever it shpuld- be - discovered that thejm ddopted by the s firstrsection . of the " bill, nyas insufficient for the;sjapport of govern ment. :;Nothipg was Further . from the in tention of those who passed this law than to "attempt to prevetitrther legislation, ascriminatingwithjl Me w to HomeXa bour, in the;, contingency of a, defect of revenue from duties of 20 percent" I have ever regarded the Tariff passed; by , the Oongress . oi . 142, as . a substantial com pliance; iambst respects, with this nledsre tL At. JL'..i it ' -F iu me compromise' ACt;wiinini3 excep tion only i-hat lawj whilb it levies duties on imports to support the government looks to tne proceeds ot : the sales pt the public lands as an auxiliary " for; that ; purpose : .while the Cpmpromise lAct gave, to me, as . I thougnt when I - voted for it and to every other, friend of the I protection sys tem, at the same timep.fsotemn assurance, that after the 30th, of, June, 1842- the Land Fund should cease i to be regarded as a source of revenue, and that all the real wants of me gpyeiiunent should be supplied exclusively, j from ' duties on im ports, assessed so as to prevent frauds, and payable: in cash; 1 f 11 To understand this; subject, as it really was understood by those friends with whom i aciea m mes passage.oi me compromise Act; it is necessary tp- recur to some other proceedings contemporaneous with it. ; Mr play's bill tbistributie thf proceeds of the sales ri thp Pnhiio I .nnH nmnncr tho xtfoo i which passed both Houses of Congress a- 1 i il 1 1 L ' !- L'iL! a1 f . pout me same tmie wim tuc compromise itself, was pyi us regarded as part and par' eel of one great revenue and financial sysf iew, wnicn we uesireu to; esta onsn ior , me benefit of the! whole country. While tern-' jpbrarily surrendering Jthe Land Fund to the" States, to" which-it rightfully belong- cu, m lue juugmeiii, joi juie vongressy-oi 1833, we pro vided, in the Compromise Act, that there should be a day fixed at which, in accordance with a suggestion previous ly made by General Jackson. himself, the L.and j? und should forever cease to be re garded as a source of revenue by the Gen eral Government. It i true, that we should have acted more wisely; as the event prov ed, by incorporating theJ provisions ot a jjisinoution jdiji m tne compromise liseu. But who could have supposed, at that day, it', a T : Ml' .:ii t:'.I !::!?" -L'yL '' ?:l.i' 1 mat rresiuent jacKson woma nave vetoea a bill which 'carried Put fiis , ovvn . suggest tion T. j eyertheless, he defeated that great mid salutary measure of; Distribution, by means which' no end can ever justify, ' He .refused to return the .bill with his objec tion, to, the House m -which, it originated Unquestionably because he had reason to believe, that, had he complied with this; his constitutional duty, j each branch " of Congress stood ready, by a vote of two- thirds, to make the bill a law, in spite" of I have said, that; thlelTariff of1842is, in my view,; a suostantiai compliance, in mo rects,th' the principles of the Compromise ! Act, and the pledges given in that act on the subject pf - the regulation oi duties trom and alter the 30th ot June; 1942, 1 But it was not! iaipompliance in all respects. - In my. humble judgment, had the Tariff of 1842 been passed strictlyiin the spirit of the Compromise itself, it would have been a I better Tariff for 4 protection j that the law in force., j Jt would have bet against frauds in and it Would more4 effectually have checked excessive impor tation, which is one of the" greatest curses of bur Country. " The distribution of "the Land P!pnd among the States, contemplaX ted by the Coinpromise,vand; temporarily provided for bythe Iiand Bu would have put an - end' to the i agitation of theques tion of protection! for ever; and the. prin ciple avowed ;ahd ; sustained by MrClayv that m JayingTduties forreyenacMiscnm inationshoiudaliTi protection, as an incident to revenue,vbuld have beentAe settled doctrine oh the'eoun- '7To show that this opinion is Well. found ed let us "suppose ;' that ' Congress on the 30th of June, 1842, had resolved to make a tanli strictly in pursuance T or the com 1 thaiday, aid' not untiL a'fter .Aat daydu-; ties shoulddescerid-by1a rapid.' reduction, not of 1 10J per cent.;-but of the last half , of the whole excewove 20 per Cent, left af ter the 31st of Dec. 1839, and thatreduc tion be20 per cent, on the homervalue of the imports;'iiZei at that Untie,4 the' reve-. nue;fromrale -of !duty;;shbuld be'inade quate :toup'pbri the adinmistration of the poyernment Koiw how rsto6d the facts on , thatdayt 1'$f,et had actually, incurred a national debt jofrmbre than $20,000,000, rat that yerytimei under the operations "of a higher tariff thau 20 per centCand that too-with hej aid o; itll the land fun bank'stocks "and.v pank idividends- besides. Our reveiuevhadjsuis credit' of the nation, was at that very mo ment," mHpe rxi We had borrpwe4 bni that credit'filjlor feigners' wouldnotl lend us aiibtherdpllart and in oiir own torkefthe ; 6 perJSentjcer tificates of therlpai rdeernable mt years, coild .gute bsold nyhsidera' ble' fcamodntl.forr4uy! ttori&iiKel&par verge bXaonaTpanaruptcy and but for; the Whig revolution of 1840, Svhicht had elected cf Whig. pongressT to. decide 'our fate, we should at that moment have aeen in imminent peril of national repudiation. The, depressed stat& of public credit: wras one; of the contingencies anticipated : by the friends of MrfClay at the passage of the compromise, and we now knout we are right. : We foresaw that the duties never J-iJ iJnk-i : .a. -il2 Jl" to raise the dutje to the standard of the wantsiofl the GoernmemV giveniii the act, should be fulfilled f and bur hople-r-buf i- 'i: x it. a : .1 .... 3 !!-!' ueuei .yas mat ueiore mey vouia uescena, by the; 'operation' jpf the Jawj to 2CK.per cent, men of all parties, seeing that the IGoverhmeht could not ; be supported on that, principle, dd'eohfess Plderr aa. " i-j.?L!i:l"-i:ri,-.i'j. -2 l-ifA. f j er nappi tariff as Cr auauitea, f in ,-so adjmtingf the tariff asj thaVhiler the wants of gvientwouldbejsup-- plied from import duties, amp!eprotection. OH inAlHAnHnthaMT'ohna umnM Kn finlti I accordedjto us, wthbut further strifiIfH thCn. Congress hau. at that time. raised the 1 luviutovuwbtDituuc, wwum wc icijf i duties to ithe standard then fixed by the comDromise. we should . have had a" tariff which wuld mofe effectually havetpro- tected homelabor than the act of 1842 because, klthotigi the duties would; have. been for revendeiwithpnly tection, (he vm principle been for ievende, hvith only mentolpro principle of the act 0ftHtn r -. L ? ' 1842.) vet those duties, without the aid of other sources of revenue, W toeeii 5 - v. i - ' , , , . , I M.ff w.wrCw i0i,uiuC collectioji better arded against frauds. Butthc 'Compromise, act causda grad-t lial reduction of dufies until tbe 30th of ijune, 1842, aiid the question rraini to k onorM.i u 4,tY-.t a:a riAa ntiiose verr aenaiors saw.tnat unless some com. 1- proiecuon 10 nome laDor consent to sucn j rr?,-'-rMww:v,;wr-.;r7"7--a reductibn evklfor a limited periodH fln' The answer might be a i Under ' the cutsumstances were then placed, it: was palpable 'to the minds of those who voted for the Comprb- mise, that, unless '.we accepted that, we J sapuiu an structioni . 1 1J 'L1 'A A -. 1- ' Jl J ' 1 tercst. in the stances 1 briefly i sage many and protective poucyjwas unparaiieiea sin tne historv ot .this frmintrv-'r Jsomh tjarolinft. 1 byVher brdinance of Nullification, had openly defied the General Government and resolved that no duties should, be col- liiKitiAn f o liti& finoco' T Knvo natra doubted, nor dd libelievethat Mr. Clay or any of his friend ever doubted, that the u I -a r i" power of thgqvenunent was amply suffi- cient to enforce for the time the col ection of the duties op Imports, in despite! of all the threatened hostility Of South Carolina", andjairother enemies o policy.But itiisdue tpruth to sathay at that: timeT South'- Carolina' had i mativ H sympathisers,fand nbt'aTfewaolierent in omer parts oi me country. weyer,ev-ri 6rday3n;lariglraccoUision. wMcW events anymari tolerably acqua .umcriuaa aaracr, coum ouup.pate, a ' " nericari character could anticiDate: .uuvuuu.v. contest, which,iif lit did not 'endanger the Uniom Mr &mmW uone, rausi nave jenuereu me proiecuvt? aj aicut .iiai.uiLU M uur vuuuurjiucii, ku mqj excitmg cause foffecivU wan ble of beini-: mamtainedexcent bv5 the uutcneryoiv American citizens uy, Ameri-1 i" i.S i "'' r 4 - ! i i i' .' . - ' can nanas. p. i never aid, ana ao not now, uii, ili :r.-i ive to j suDmit to vine, speeay lae- no reiyupon mjwn guugmem atonty nor-ip- rii Butitiisfdufe to thelsubieci that course I should adopt, ,,1 soughtthe advice, of- rf 'y Ul. 1UI7..W UU1C UlaUUlavlUriUrt ' IU- r ui -jm j , ttssuvuuc tiw wcnwcf iuu ,, . ,, ankwer to this question,the circum- a citizen of my own State, and j f to which I have alluded should.be r"0 -P l V c in..?s!-w ?wu. r m . r . explainedj : Atthetime ofthe pas lterl 'v otouruow-cuizensan thefequtn -u ' f a wielsewhereyto thtf-holf ; ei4i :j manufacture. himselL J - ! : 1 s: .- . 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I ' ' I : r, a .- . . - -. r . r. . a u . lected vwithin Jier limits, r It is easyt"at tion, he cajne to Washington to adviso with: mo ; - . this day, after th$ ! storm has passed over on the1 subject, and, after fuilj .weighing all the i J to speak ofhefWsistance as a thing which .circumstaaceshich summnded us, anxiously ,i . could have been lasily crushed by the ex- Kised me to accept the ;.Compromise,;and to I, tuciru, uiav ttuy v.u Wvwu.v ,j.rr8YRj;jjMic(i ,mn ifmn 1 maintained in a -government like oursvif wvim-j v- , - .b---v; r: 7; it cannot be ubheld withbut fr?ead, 0 P lhe friends ol the Compromise, in the hrm - .zr.z- -1 . . 2 - af- . belief that thb brbtective pbUcy w tied tbtHe'tonudehcetap Ammcantedple estabUshitselfjin their aflctions, ifa blent ci vil strife could be avoided, desired, )f!alfemmgs,imeime resume ? her ? emptre4ime toijXhoi vio Unt vtmi 'rmV' ?nf liMnthen s lhflainedtb a: -t.AAi a iimirainanwi 'Virn a . . m . a v v . v.fthe ultimate safptv ' of th nmw Uve principle itself, as well as t. r.vert the horrors of a civil conflict, and to tavc the ft wciicu anu ueiuuea men who were ru nig into mcse extremities, from the conce quences of their own foil v. : Tn oi aii.mese consiaerauons, then prcin- if vt : - ., ... :':; ." Mi "uuu, jvw.iuD.uwuuyu vi me inenas ot pro tection, there, was another jstarimr Ziis in r J ! ' I." the lace, 'Which is too often ; forgotten or overlooked. At the verv corampn-pmnr (of the sessipn of that Congress which pass iA, uic ty m. jvoiucui ju,ctk.ion, in ms an- ; nual message, threw off the cloak of ai::fc,r'; judicious " tanli, and openly arrayed ths . , rwh6le power of the executive against the ' - T nrofpVti v " Tfilpn fnW Va -firct '. , "oui Unithe'declaration, that "ex ' ij .TieriftnepJfVl Kcf iynwU'n' a a1. -.f,:l( r subjects, made it doubtful whether the - 7 Ir advantages of this system are not counter r balanced bymany evils, and whether ii i 'kf " didnot tend to beget in' the.mihds of aB ' large portion of ourcountrymeri, a spirit of r 7""- W3 aMlUU VII 1417, tio JH ULU 1 -i discontent! and iealousv damrcroitA m thx stability of. ilie Union that a tariff; de- J ! ;;; ., signed for "perpetual protection hadentcr-.r V ed into ihi minds of but few of our states- v, ; T ,rnen,;an(l Oiat the most they had anticipa- i tedwai iai temporary protection and ht'th-o.tobk'an enlargeU.Tiejv of - 1 thenditioiii ofburcountnvmust be'sat- f isfledthatlthelDblicV rdf iDrotectibnl must -ii bft 'liliirriatel V lirnifrt tnfthn nrtiMrl nf "l" i ' uuuicsu munujucnure w nicn.areinaispcn- . ; KaMirh.'nrt'i An.ffltvtin imfTrtr xtHni. i U - ITiAA Attn mAnv nthnr- flolnnitinna ft rro i i ." - . .3 v 4 , throughout the.Ai hole, country. Itrenuird no jjiucu seer io preaicv us iaie, usomo concilia.- -i torytmeasurJeT were not 'speedily adopted by its .. friends to apay'tlwxbting exd Th& President's Message against ,: the Tariff; was communicated to Conirress. at that session on ' the 4th of "December ; ahd withvuch expedition , aci on loai occasion, in pursuance pi nis-sugges- J; I i tions, tuat oH the 28th of . the samo month, the "S-L? ' 'CoQiaefof 'Vays'aikl. Means reported, a hill I to repeal tlia - existing Tariff and Jn lieu there V - 1 oC to collect a'xyenuejbui $1500,0pd.'y ',J 1 t ' . all imposts bn forej th average ; - jduty onhich as proposed inthe bill was about f U1 10 per centfand that tp' be assessed on the br- : ll-liJ : V -1 "- .'. l":. :.-"j- - . i - - :-!' . " ' eign vidtuU&tu This bill, which was sometinics called Mr. YerplancVs bill, but which was real. , ly aymeasue emahatbg . from'; the Executive, -Ws'actuallV far advanced da its bassasc in the 7 " . iiouse, ai ine lune uie vomuromiso was unaer U tlriie': woonn lrno-Vr ruvWmitir.oT I..' -. j lt a8 a easur which, ff suScessful, could not i t rn to irof e. anramediate eath-blow to Jthe , J' ' ww TUta 1111. nA lorcea inrousn lueAommuiee oi ine ,iv noio on I .1 i rt ' ! ' t(iiv n 'i!. ' ? . the State jfi the Union, fatter attineflctual ef- w-l fort hv the friends of -American industrv tbtm. Ji p arv, 1833. the friends of Protection in the Sen- - m" ate made the lasreffortTn their .power tdi arrest flvU dovmwajrd tendencyVand to stoysolong atf fM ' tto;aVsible, - ih nana .wnicn was exienaca t , ntMffcuonmM too : liTXi f"-"" ,AVBD. iThe bUl, in the House, backed as ;ft V HOME UABOUU, BUT HOW MUCH OF was by the 'power of Uie Kxecutixe, andthe pub. ? jic sentiment in itVfar, dany in' ; consequents of the PresidentVdenunciations'of f" the then eiistins tariff, miffht be temporarily ar- ' andtho pub rested byetionfa ! t'tmVcata never efiace mv vivid remembrance ol'the anxious responsibility, felt by myself and -V those who iacted with maat that moment. ; I did $ : - l r . 1 ; . " 1 . - - .. nnA wKa i itxiA ' u'-vn . acter as atnan of pure, patriotic, and honest puf.f i pose was unsurpassed. 1 jefcr to the late EiJ.l. for other raanu- " . t . ' Bu Pont, of the Brandywine. At my solicita.'s - ndvioa nrdh1 ma . 1 exert mvseiljo procureus passage. Passed stpongapprehensioust 5W sure; which offered better terms to tne enemies rf!g jtt lhe Hou ' 8etcd birh that those: whohad. been threat-i . encd wta rope by the President, would preif V fer our ui to-the bill in the House; on account: . we. might for a iiinaratithe rpassa'ge pf any - bill in the Senate ano! .the deep solicitude felt by the ;.Nujlifiers to: procure' ;somei; measure i of C rctici, w mip wv " ; i 01 oreservinff ine dtu 01 P!" in? WW fiJ TJ - r I 1 -- d-evoted a-great part of his ownf judgmenl on ,tae-fujecK wur . firmed my opinions ; and I owed Iv a k nf trratitude for his J assistance on. h " it la V i mT power to repay, yet nave i never laiiea, ci- sfj iner Deiorc Of Since u iou-mvu uh"u v : ? ' I freelv mven to that creatroeasuro; which whilo; u saveu uo uiouv..p ...... ----- r- J "."Jtrtilinn.'ftfwf hril nnfl rnnrili:tprt Uia i au " " t T I nnrtf oasiions of men, then ready to rush upon 1 u suDDoru oeiore mo Gcarest inieresis w.mwi." e ."ir.w iAiw fl.Any a coontry could be fatally affected.tA.ny attempt. , to withstand and repel the flood then rushing "Pr on us; would H.WC i been fruitless. was clear f that "we should be swept away' by ihf "f ntt We'preferred to divide; to divert, and to retud, , it And f! then thought, and still think, that the mighty effort of Mr. Clay, on afjpccasion to w oUa? from the danger which ihratene4 it ' . .via ; . - . wn r r u v ami. aw. a'aw ithaiA I ir mni nail vi w.v -. - , -.fii i" ; 1- 1 v ! ' 1. -' 1 ", . i; i; I' , H Hi, 1 j. ; K -It 1 J ah pur; LlUIl Ji tlllLlCa.iW.W-lllltllV14 UVIMIUI MWU M f. Imv fc ' - ' , T
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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July 13, 1844, edition 1
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