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1 1 I nbw proceed to !y.bcforo:youan un
adorned narraive of royi-prtycoffereiH
ces in connexion with this :subjet, andj
leave 1t 'lor Vou to characterize a it ae
jserves the inju slice that has ton done to
me by "all those v ho have brought niito
question my fai bfulness to the Democratic
party. Where m delamer nava Deen
promptea oy roance, ?.. w.....
royi compassion w here they - hays been;
lediby the epirUjof envjVthey are; more
Worthy of their own ; where theyj have
been stimulated j into" activity by ij vain
Conceit, or the love bf notoriety, orofa et-
Jiy!poliUcal ccl.fhey arc deservmgol
my contempt, a id ficbiynre they reward
! cd with it. lint I
TLsre is nobentor, l am sure; wiio ei'r uyuiV
ed tny scruple?', o, ill he did, he had self.rpfpect
mough'to conceal Dis saspic.on4r.vrii nip tuu
J 4uJ?mntrnl R'I'hSt th tana 3W D3Sa wf
Congress (1 842m based on pttecve ptincyfies.per
ting aa a bounty to the maqalaeianng j
posing anjost, and Juneqaal, ana oppreTr wMivv
other branches of ludastrr, M panicuUrlylJo peculw
Sar'tX-tTi. SrtikArr4 PtntM i and that.sacn bang he elf
owe it to
honest
men,
t un
their
a be-
ivhq may have eiiin misled by the
foundefl . accusittiai'is, to- disabuse
minds.wso faf as I chn do it without
: IjtrayM of that cdnfilenceAvhicb; entongst
ifcewe tnejh is imblid in private conjersa-
v 'itions, no matter wimLmay uc tncif sud
I jject,!ond which is seldom betrayed Jvvith
I Jbui jmfsrepreseiita ion. If necessary, I
f i iaver liberty to Vo otherwise;; but Ijshall
avoid all unnecessary repetition of the de
VflelaratioDS of others! to me.
:i I When the tariff bill' reached the Senate! was
' i In Hieigh, and then cprnmunicated to ad in-
pjaic 'political frien 1 hi w difficult I should ind it
t-tb support it without important amifiidnienfs, ex.
i? insult) to him my exceeding aniiety and jfears
I ' pon jho subject. Im nediatel after mj rpturrt
' ' it this city, the first da ' of the debate in the Se-
"aw?,,iiojd several i pB cmw.ais
trilb ubom I was most intimate the same thing,
''and upon a canferer ce Higested to two oft hem
lhat I rjaigLe have to resort to a resignation but
the did not agrco witl me, and I consented to
think further of thai , t had been voted by the
') party to have no refi reace, and agreed to ;have
! nq amendment to th bill. Next day I held-a
long jind cdnfidential cc nvcrsation with the J'be
i)KX 6f 7UT. tlxi t b Status himself upon
! tnis subject, and infc rmjed him of mj deterrpina.
I lion not to Vote for the Ljill, but left it to hisdis
f crclion ! whether to k ef thai purpose' secret or
I rioV 'I In that Inter vi ;w, such was my anxiety to
f reconcile my duty wi ht ie wishes of others, hat I
! consented to wains rjy opposition and votei for
ft he bill1 however re uctantly, provided it Were
1 nmmA art that iha nk' IjirifF would not rrn int-
M' I Operation beiore the 4th March!l847.'The bill
Iran, the leadinc.nien of that bbdy on theiDem
ocralic side, without inception, as well s the
Preldiit'ftiejCnttjeiS
selves ti moi uponaUVasionsi janxipusJyi but
most confidingly aU of them concurring in the
wish that I could vote for the bill, noe jdoubt-
Ing my perlecl sincerity, i They; jsawlnknew
the conflict. I had to endure' betwixt fMPg and
duty, but which lam hot able to describe to you. 4
There was never an hour when jjicouiu .
altered my course withour any abat?ment: of
their reipect Cr any saerifice to foyoirn pnde
of opinion, if I could bve reconciled l fo rny
sense of duly and my Conscience, undei ahy cir,
cumstanccs, to vote for the Ulldtl tta Yet
my convictions'were too strong for that I l;ocld
NOT t0 it: annnomuii; "1 ' W'Aai
i . on vote apainxl mrnariv the ijesisaiure 01 ,nnu vaivima v t-.-.r?, - ,
tt,o7J cSuuf?ri5 StS Vo jw4A i. i?f f.rvsr
: lorcsign mj - v r r I n the basis of revenue duties.? l .!' '
" K71''" T'VJ.ttln'c.n.t : (Mr. na ame'ntlmViit would la -voted for." V This
ot rawua ' i rr.: ... , mKmpo pd'fn mo nnrt hrrci nonifflT
WilS CUl"1""", , - - ' I
"resignation was banded in to the'; Senate. 'I'j
$ Now, my friends and countrymen, I believe 1
bave told you all, 'and I submit to yoar justice
and common sense whether ingenuity and 'mil-
ice combined can make out more against my
Smisterel yet tm, S;ate wPJ wsconseot to
..oi-f.Thit ths "tariff law paski bjr hf present.;
are
the
(Ata'nf 1Mr Jt'ia nflirise ill Culkyl 4aOaS id Dttb
tic tibertyand a pirvemonSjofthat fc? coBjtitafion.of
Government whieH was framed and aieptedifotM proj
lection and security of .all. snd which will N sustained
by the equal operation of hi lawa.an theju di3pensa
lion of its benefits Jo every mencan cutfeft. j j j :l
t'i' bcsolted, Th$t this law iation protective ,in it
character and unequal in its opert.ttbn.but that tMate4
the compromise of 11833. unjustly deriving Hhe 3oth ol
th benefits of thatctrecisely a the penowhen they
were td accrue to us, and inunediatelyafter;We had pa--r,,i
T,,rintfrall endured all it3 burdens 8.ndji
therefore, in the name of honor, justic, andgo;l feith
continue
.,l k.i! t0 lik3 v to be afiv.ctddfbv it.
I owe it to myself to state; that all thfise who
knew belbre hand of my intention to resign, with
one voice dissuaded me from it fbr reasons in
dicatire of their confidence and attachment, per
nnl and political ; and after my resignation!
I had been, laid upon ,th table of the Vicp Presi.
dent a number ol mem, wiinoujmy Knop ieog,
interposed to'havcits presentation delalpd until
I could be solicited to recall it- But ity own
opinion never Varied upon that point, although
my determination-occasionally Varied interior
to the 25th of July, out of deference" toi others,
and having ddne all for the pdrty that aj honest
man could do, chose to resign. And now, af
ter -a calm review of all the circumstances, I do
not hesitate to declare that I should do precise,
ly the same thing were; it to be done over again,
and these are my reasons : ,
! Democratic Senators, numbering twenty-seven,"
had agreed to vote for the experimental ta
liffbill; and so had Mr. Jarnagin, a VtigSe.
natorlfiom Tennessee. I knew that pr. Jar
nagin expected to vote for it, for he not only had
told mo himsell, but 1 also had reliable intorma
UiJ tire uoaio vr iv'v. k i J i . 1 1
Besohtd, Thaj! our Senators In Vngref3 oe ana
rvft-rurcTrn. and our RepreseiHatites re-
quested, to -carry iritb effect thericiples setfcrthin the .
toregomg resolutions. . , : , h i
Are you instriclionists? !rBe&old here Ms a
complete exculpation of! my cnduJ. -jThe
Legislatiire.sayl tat to 'resign" is 'pot only
the right, but tb4 duty" of a Senator! ho Joes
not prefei to V obey" their instruction. " It is
not to obey" without any father alternative, but
it is-to obey " or resign" -either one flor" the
other, he is faithful. ' Will the honest; tDeruoc-
racy of North Carolina, who have been forget-
conduct- With this Administration, upon the sub
ject of the tarilT, than aft honest difference of
oDiniori? Because the President recommend.
ed a tax -law, must your Senator therefore ap
prove of it, without crossing a I or doing an ?
Because tb,e Administratioa wished to carry a
bill Cor revenue, must your Senator, against his
own judgment, therefore vote for it 7 - Because
the Treasury Department may have become
committed to a new experiment, on the taring
does it therefore become a1 part of the creed
pf Democracy, and bind Senators who: were
chosen long before this Administration was e
lected? When, and where, and how did these
become a part of lhepolitical faith of iNorth
Carolina? Who indoctrinated her and her
people? What book teaches it? What' pre-
cedents enforce it? What age illustrates it.?.
The Constitution provides that bills for rai
sin revenue shall originate in the House of
Representatives ; but hero is a new doctrine
in politics, and a new practice in carrying it out
as well as a new principle for laying duties !
And will yo i agree to proscribe me simply be
cause I resigned rather than give my vote thus
to revolutionize at-once, and without time for
deliberation or opportunity to amend the act,
all the past experience of the Government, and
hg Into those datigerous things. idanger- j is" anJ dcluj, J
jus, we roean,ibr politicians : wit if short by Gen. Vv a?:u ;.
of these instructions, perversely adhere ta J? set aside the counsels of Washington, Jef.
fill
an error
w wKkt1,Pmr,vtivi,!ldiriPm. ferson, Madison, Monroe, and Jackson?
lffvaasv t - w - .
.pIVp, tn nVpind onerwho has sbent Ihe best 1 do not undertake to account, tor tae present
part of hlJ life, and worn out his .constitution, as at Ieast fcr the extraordinary outrage that
I have, in upholding the Democratic! party in
North Carolina gainst political' fbesUwithout
and selfish demagogues within its fold j L Will
that be honorable, or just, or democratic ? I
leave your own Hearts to answer. U
Are you non-itistructionisits? Then re mem
ber that I had it not in my power to sacrifice
myself to the country, for my vote could,not Have
tion of the fact that he had given assurances oft prevented, no more than it coutu have; secured,
Would then have operaUd as a repeal of the la
riff act f 1S42, and o ar I was willing tosup
port f, JJut I desire d its operation to be post
poned t some period v hich would bo. less op
press! to cxttiugma lufacturcs, and migt al
low Congress jlime t ic rrect its errors, an, af
ter Hill deliberation, to unend it before th$ ex
isiing ei) stem had bcn destroyed; for dUber
Rtion tad been refused, and amendments exclu
ded, although the ono was due the subject'aud
his fixed determination to do so. which ft w'as
hardly possible for him or any other irjan to vi
olate; and I had knowledge more thah a. week
before I resigned that in case of atii the Vice
Peesident meant to vote in favor of jit. The
result has proved that I was not mistaken in my
facts. From these facts it may ble that, -with
I my vote or without it, the bill was destined to
pass the isenate. It 1 had kept my Iseit, and
voted for the bill, it would hve passed by a
vote of twenty-nine ; if I had kept my seat, and
voted against it, the bill would hare pjasJaed'..by
the casting vote of the Vice President!
But why resign, as my vote,, against two bill
would not have counted in the result ? It was
the passage of thei tariff act. With orlwirhout
my vote the deed Would have been bone. jRe
member, too, that these resolutions were pass
ed by my own party, and the Legislature who
elected me, and my acceptance ofthe office, in
the view of some honorable friendi, might have
been held to create an implied pledge that I
would " resign," provided 1 did not obey their
instructions, and therefore, that, independent of
any political "duty to obey or resign'! I have
come under a personal obligation to dojfie same
thing. Hence, by holding on to my seat and
resisting, there might have been some room; for
censure; but I desired to have no isuchfeontro
v2rsy, an.d as my resistance would have done
was
perpetrated upon rny rights as a man and a
Senator, as soon as I had resigned, and before
I had been either asked for my reasons or al
lowed time to speak to you for myself, nor to
remark upon the servile spirit of some in our
own State who were quite eager to follow the
ignoble lead. There is a time for all things.
But to those in North-Carolina, of every party
who aim to direct public opinion. I beg leave
to say a word in which they are interested as
much as I can be. How happened it that an-
i other Democratic Senator openly denounced
this verv bill as absurd, discustinir. and unfit
I to Le touched, and riK was not noticed by par-
ty censures 1 How did it come about that an
other Democratic Senator, in debate, averred
most emphatically that the omission in it of a
tax upon tea and coflee for revenue " was with
out excuse," and not a word of complaint was
made against him ? Whence was it that De
mocratsof Virginia voted against the Adminis
; tion upon the resolution of notice to terminate
;the Oregon convention, and no one was heard
to proclaim theik want of fealty to the party
others were admitted ti be necessary. By
oo, I hoped we might have peace
r -
,-lUxico : and,! indeed,
l!lbat 'Congress1 would so the nedessity for modi
t fswz 110 act at tbo licit session. I knev
that the Senate, wcri about passing the l.ilicon,
i Irarv lb the iudffmettt if a maioritv, under the
Aifressiof a f arty drill ;l yet unwise as thatfwas,
nr. feelings y'ccc averse tq going against the
courcajof my party in that body, LThesc rea-
os i assincu to ine i kksiuet, wnoso name
.1 a t . a i a .
not to be expected that I should vote agaitkst my j no good to the Republic, surely all will agree or ine Administration f And . hy what intlu-
... i- .. . J .r i: J f...L .i ; i . . ..i i i I finrri wns it that Smith Curnlinn Dpmnrrnta rlirl
mny uiuuus iiuoui ucicuuihj; uij ivoit-, v. ; mat it. was my rigpi to resign. " " " " "
speech in the Senate at that time would! have It must be confessed "that these ftsbliitions Tine IlKe anu xiitv went unreproveu nence
same j did not positively instruct the Senators from N. "Ppsnea ii mat a Jjemocratic senator retused
r.iL,r I r i: riJ .u. r.. I i U ft i. to vote for the Mexican war and still he was a
that name, nor by any other precise description I Sood Par,v man and Administration man ? And
.,; i. r,r.. rWr, nmhflliln' thrt T .1 w lii 1 1. . I that other Democratic Senators voted aeainst
had not anticipated the invention of siiah a tar
iff;'' and I am sure t had not. Bui they did in
struct the Senators to " carry into effect the
created great excitement, and no doubt the
persons who now complain of my
restenins
to my
upon
would have denounced me for holding on
office merely for the sake of making
that i my party. My friends in the Senate, who nad
npjirR 1 iviili !' resolved not tn sneak. mirht fiavo. hm! rn- cn in
' r - .... - - - - j p . . " i wuaiiii tu
I entertained no doubt i, accuse me of selfishness, and probably some of
y reasons, uttered in the warmth of a bublic ; priicipc dcclaredjiii the. foregoing resolutions;"
1. : i a i . l
bptccii, uiigui nuvu . appeareu as rnucii Jike ar
raigning others as defending. myself. In short,
I deprecated the possibility of an pp?n r iplure
with those I loved, but with whom1 I dare d not
act, and was ever ready to'sacrifice much mote
than a place in the Senate to avoid it, unlissmv
nuty to me country Had demanded that rik at
and a plausible argument, it not a sound one,
might be made in favor ofthe conduction that
their " principles," ori at least some of them,
amendments to the Independent Treasury, re
pqrted upon the recommendation of the Ad
ministration, and declared by the Secretary to
be indispensable to his getting along, and yet
they were treated as true and loyal, without
.any open reproaches? And, more than all, how
will you account for it that other Senators have
0US,
faiembries.Va file of old DaDers. and has
brought to ligbt tvo.or three facts'. which
ivill be doubjlesa very -'gratifying to" the
JModern Democracy, ; Thus in a.Pennsyl
Vania paper, of September 22, 1824, vc
find the ftllovvin persons announced as
the Federal candidates for1 ihe Legisla
ture ol that State, from the city of Phila
clelphia: ; ' 1 ' ' - .
Assemblt. iWm. Lehman, Johri M.
UeidrJOHN KiKANE, Geo. M. Stroud",
John R. .Q."Smitb,.Wm. Meredith."
t The public will recognize in Mr. Kane,
the gentleman to whom Mr. Polk address
ed his'celebrateVl letter on the Tariff ques
tion,' which, like'; Gen. Jackson's famous
phrase, "judicioux tarifF," if as susceptible
of as many different constructions as there
are points to the; compass.
' j t. Agaip in the same paper (September,
1824,) it is announced, that the Federal
delegates have nominated James Bccjiak
jfc for Congress- who it seems was then
an avowed Federal as well n'zoalous Jack
spn man. . He is now Mr. Polks. Secreta
ry of State, and has been even spoken of
as a'JOenocjjaftrrcandidate for the Presi
dency..' . . ' ! Ii '
Again : jln a Federal paper of October,
22. it is said :$ '
"Though the Democrats, succeeded in
. n A ' v ' T 1 t mt
cnoosing a uovernor in ueiaware, luu
IS M'LANEitbe Federal Republican can
didate for Congress, has been elected ,by
an overwhelming majority."
! Mr. McLane,' it will be remembered,
was Secretary of State under Gen. Jack
son, and was until recently Mr. - Polk's
Minister to Great Britain. '
jThe list of conspicuous Federalists in
the ranks ofthe Modern Democracy
might be indefinitely extended. But the
foregoing instances are sufficient to show
the justice withlwhich that appellation
once a term of honor is now applied, by
way of reproach, to the Whigs. Rich'
mond Whig. il -
THE CAROLINA WATCHMAN.
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J Salisbury, X. C.
FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1846
Monroe and cv
i THE FIRST (
iOur readers, rr?
Mexican heroes at
the idea of Gcr:. V
Army would tut
wards the heart .
of September. II
the General frcn :
my, because he r ;
tain movements j
to deprive him i
force destined to u!,
y of his hard-t.:;
Major General by
number of other c:
and giving the i'i
miss all but or." :.
tlio warr without :
their commiiSui:if.
tWell, we shc:;!J
Gen. Taylor h:.s r
from these great
Mr.Marcy and Mr.
in this instance ha.
ledge of sending
a foreign country,
able Secretary of Y
old war-worn xl tc ; ,
army at last U itc
move, as it had L;
three months and i!
energetic, rulers no:
Taylor with the r.e
port his provision;, .
If Mr. Polk -has
surely feel small a:;
as he has. Who v
imputing to Gen.
unwillingness to f.;i
he said an armv cr
march into Mexico
tember T Nona but 1
nay, we may say i!
t
'4
would be carried nto effect bv the exubrimen. renounced the, I'rcstclent tor the Uregon treaty
tal tariff; and, therefore, if 1 had remained, in ' and PeR,y charged him with fraud, deceit, &nd
the Senate to vole against the tariff bill,, it 1 hypocrisy, and still they rem tined very excel
might have been lalleged, and it. would--'nave i lent (r,ends of this Administration, and received
been charged, that T luid dihpvpd i Unstrfm. ! no censures ? But a Senator from N. Carolina,
1NIR. HAYWOOD'S ADDRESS.
This paper will be found in to-day's is
sue entire, with; the exception of extracts
from the Messages of former Presidents,
from "Washington down to Gen. Jackson.
A imore triumphant defence against 'the
foul charges
la not Used without his exvressliccnse. Upon at my hands. u Country before oaiiv. but nar.
' iro rHurn to the Sejnaie Chamber,1 as' I hajcl pro- S ty before self;" has always been my principle ! Hons ofthe North-'Carolina Legislature merely ! who enjoyed the personal confidence ofthe Pres
bised to do, I told scrfral Senators who (were j of action. 1 my self-sacrifice did not secure ! for the sake of mf office. And what-coiild II ident more tlian any other, supported his Ad
regaruea as.ioauersi upon mis queeuon, inai i me peace n was intenfjeti to propitjate but of, have answered? Iliad i told you fhatUlfe' res-i zuaiousiy, una i may say more
Scould iot vote1 for tho bill nhless it should be the Senate. I am abundantly rewarded bdito'ef. : nlntlnns won. ni.Vn.rP an, that I tuJt.kir t i successfully, than any other single Senator has
--H-rrri .JL J l.L. ;:. ... ! j I . r .t ci . . ,. ..! ' . ' 1 . . . .i.l .1 ; . ? n- 1
urocnaeu as auove a um, u u were so atnenaeu, i tais in uie senate, iw v turn intention was nti . hart not been n . tn nlv. niv nirn ,1 ! uone an eany, intimate, uniiincntng inena,
I koutd cue it mu totei And 1 again promised etly to resinn. and not to attarit n mpniiri. of i hove Keen o f.ic kn fr I hv all chh.u who brought to his support his heart as well as
iokcp' my objection 'and purposes a secret the Administration after it had beenlnassed bv ; vou that I dared not vnie for the thW - had the 1 n!s h(ad, all he had of both has been de-
my party friends, even for my owri xjindirjation. ! instructions been sent in the very woris ofthe
j Ana tnai. determination -would have been kept if act, whilst the alternative of resigning was con
i me lony or vvickednesspt others hatj not forced ceded U h
t.
from the other side, unt il my own party had been
consulted, and untiLI mould be obliged to act.
I he secret was kept sacredly upon my pa t, and
be both rhv right and my duty.; Had I
hoi Y big Senator knew of tny.opposition;tothe j this explanation from nie in self-dfUnce. told you that the higher duty imposed pon me
nuu j,v an max yif w ai was inar,lovn ito the
day iwtjfore 1 resign ;dj I had no) conference with
persons in "Washington, and out of the Senate,
upon this suftject, txc 'pt the President f the
United States himself and one of his Cabinet;
unless it miiybe thkt., in general terms, I hinted
lo x)iie of my collca'gtn s,i:i the House thai I was
embarrassed but be uked.no intervievvj and I
ougbi none. ' On he day before; I resigned I
nounred and slandered as a traitor and apos-
j tate, merely because he resigned his seat in
the Senate into your hands, sooner than violate
his conscience bv voting for a measure of leg.
But I kent mv intpntinnn eprmr? i.V,kna ! i,i..t;,,n nff.'n ti; rr :,.-i i lslation, or disturb his Administration friends
seen that, to the extent that this wasime. it was !-and sectional tariff of 1K40. in Order to save ! by resisting it. Such are the undeniable facts;
an act of vartu obedience, on m mri .vHiK i.o ln.,i,i;o n.i ii. na.u iv,,rr ii.,.' in.u ri. ! look ye to their meaning. Your friend and
partisan has no right to condemn j a'pd all can j ous results which, according to my judgment,
see who will see that it was neither morif nor I were almost unavoidable, and that, therefore, 1
less than an unsehish act of duty upon the- facts 1 had remained in the Senate in defiance of in-
countryman.
WILLIAM II. HAYWOOD, Jr.
Washington, August 10, 1340.
ofthe Locofoco party, we
ha.ve never seen. Io man since the lor
mation of parties, has received such un
just treatment ai the hands of any party
for 'exercising ;a right guarantied to the j
meanest citizen In our country by the Con- j
stitution and Iaws, as Mr. Haywood has ,
on this occasion. And why it is so, we
are unable to divine, unless it be that the
Locofocos have engrafted another article
in their creed, to wit, that of denying indi
viduals of the Party the right, to think and
act as their letter judgment dictates. We
don't positively intend to say, such is the
fact, but we think we have a right, to in
fer such at least, so far as Mr. Haywood
is concerned. If Mr. Haywood deserves
to be denounced as a "traitor and "to
DThe Baltir; .
are several larire y
groes in -Mercer cc
selected for the lu
dolphs rnanurnittt (';
with refusing ti e 1.
possession of the la:
use, the white-inbr.1
held a meeting an l
expel all the fref 1 !
ously taken up tin i:
ty and declaring .
fected peaceably, i'..
force !
Washington
7
already stated. J any one had Iwien iiiHineH
to question the policy of the concealment be.
forehand, the result proved his mistake, sitnee it
Went into the'eounfry Kvith a Private gentleman I did no hartn in. the nnnw i.: t . ij :r
'P"ona1friend,(aklistingu otherwise, the fault 'won il not
tO Consult With 111 ITS lininn the ainrrlf. rvnlnl ,r imt havn l.non n, 7. J . J i ! r .
, T . : ----- -jmrmm &IW lUI 111 71 J I T ( auu 171 1 II fit Mil Mi till ? writ J I 1 I II .-T n H ft m-. . -m
reigning, or makng resistance to the b 11. 1 j blamed for it, I might reasonably, put in a Claim
aifeq nt conversations -with benators, and for cred.t. Having once consented not L di
z , r -T"- "Y" ',ll"oua.,' o-ou-iu , "y uosumy to me Din, it became a point
Ta if' i taUfa m 1 30 Pcna,(, 1 ,Kld three con- ! of personal honor, with me, and aTpnijent man
fiflentfal; conlerenc((s 4vith thf Pkesidest, by who has that to keep cannot be tdo cautious in
"r ;i,"r,,4'; wnoin niy ceierminahon to 1
vote
selecting thepolif ciansja'ho are to assist him.
But I resignedj without a right jto di s,'and
without the leavefof my State ? ts that true ?
Let us see. Suppose every voter! in the Dem
ocratic party had Commanded mejtovoie fbrthe
bill, and yet my own judgment had prevailed,
as it did, against the joint influence ofimj feel
ings, my individual frienHiriina nJil initnirenn.
r-5 te Lin, f 7-T-T I1 rasnot wiUlg I al aTu,u?n : ls there a man. whoill deniy that 1 embarrassments grewaltogether atl of this :
Uft.u-1.;-.! ' ' "J V-w."p ere a Pceci rigtu io. resign mv station ihat the act by which it was proposed to get
l.t; r---:-i .J. J - . " vuii-. - -V -..ow,chj i iriu uny uutq ever rid ot the tat ill ot l42, was, under ttie circum- .
- w..ilUIUilll' inin n rct.cl.i... r i. i I mtnpn cmnnr., i.. 1. 1 .1 ' I . I . .
" i.t. , . 1 ;v-s rM,.. ! V . . ou rtn,a' Frnj naa me ngnijioiciaim stances of .its presentation, progress and
, . . -otninistraiion. . IIa av that oominion over tha mnn .vi.n erk.i t.a'M i . - . . 1 I
l a 1 - - - ' ii ' cvi.i vu lliv 111 X3
well as the ojficc they bad bestowed ;
SrXIUIkf IhA l.ill ini U I . i
..a;, ttiuj9 itnown. it is un
ftecessary to allude to iur intimate personal and
re,aUon8. t tj state the particular con-
versions that occ irrdd, if it were possible to
, repeat such conversations accuracy Suf.
Vfiw it to say, that he hW notice Df my difiicul-
..v-, ,u nucw au.aooui my cetermiuation.
structions, it would have been untrue in my
case ; for, as I have already stated I knew the
bill would pass, with or without my ' vote. I
was incapable of resorting to any. such tklse
pretexts for my defence. As a christian and
a gentleman, it was my duty to assumte, as the
party press at home would seem to have admit
ted already, that the. " principles" of those res
olutions were " carried out" by the experimen
tal taritf ; and, not being able to obey, it was
therefore my right, to resign. If there bad been
any doubt about the otherj" principles sot. loi th
in the foregoing resolutions,"-there - vas none
upon the principle of ihe Senator's s" dyty to re
sign ;" and his " right" to do that was unques
tioned and unquestionable. j
In so far as the Legislature intended to de
; clare hostility to the tariff act of 1842, I conl
curred with tnem ; and I again repeat that my
. i.
tny mind was.,madp ui, and he "respected my
' rrre?c! ",0VSh be wis not indhTerent to their
supposed Conseque icci to me, or to his Admin
:.lfa? . fill not sUmoie.r . , fx . -.fW
been poiitjrel J lnfomed,;before:my last
.,c,v3 wiin Hit resident, that theI)emo
crai q senators coiild dot unite or would not
gT upon the amehdnient which I had suggest-
. d, and, the reason ass gned to mo wai that it 3
en
OLD PAPERS.
j The Whigs are not unfreqnently called,
I by their, opponents. Federalist a term,
I by the way, which has only become one
i of reproach since it lost its original signi-
I fication. and became a party catch-word,
j We think, however, we do not err when
! we say that the powers now claimed for
and exercised by the government go a
bow-shot beyond those ever asserted or
exercised hy the most latitudinarian por-
lion of the old Federal party, either while
; in or out ot oflice. The manner in which
Texas was admitted into the Union, was
j a stretch of authority wholly without pre
; cedent, though the act by which the Ex
i ecutivc involved us in a war with Mexi
co has unfortunately not left-it without a
parallel. We arc aware that the Loco-
(, foco party profess great veneration for the
Constitution, and are exceedingly averse
ton correspondent i
ot states that Mr. 1
ed the mission i
that Attorney Gen
man in the Cahiut-:
vy Department ; a
uanioui oi .u;i
Pierce of New H i
are able lawyer?,
torney General.
4 i i
iDfThe
with gloomy ticco.:
ton crop, in co:r-( :
ravages of the
unusually short crc
price of this gre:.t
In that case, our i
mists ofthe free Jr
of the obvious cat,
will swear that it
of the reduced t.iri
tion. !
iovrr the 1
soul as well as the station of theif agent j Ne-
ver, never. . , - j
But in my case there is no room for Bew the- 1
ones. The Legislature that oledted ie. nriss.
0-1 f.?. re5olulios declaratory of their docitrbie.
a-4 JiH WCJ pa3S-eJ by thp .party thtteleWd me.
y t..u ,oice ot. Uod in the soul of knan"
demanded my onnosh1n ".t. i i:.J
actment, and, in Hew of all its conseqbenees; to
the party and t he; country, as 4iad or worse! than w impiieu or consirucuve powers, in cer
the act of 1842 ; ;and a support of it hy my vote ; tain small matters (such as a river and
was utterly repugnant to a sense of duty to my- harbor bill,) when it is not convenient to
self, and of fealty to North Carolina and the exercise it, or when by its exercise no spe
Union ; so that 1 retired from it as I would t cial object is to be accomplished. But let
from a political pestilence. I did not o it soon- , them especially desire to consummate any
be; burnt in effigy," what does Bextox and
other prominent Locofocos merit? Did
not Benton denominate this very bill which
Mr. Haywood 'could not vote for. a piece
of (patchwork, and only voted for it to get
clear of the Act of 1812 ? Surely he did.
But did the blood hounds of the . parly
pounce upon him and others of the same
Kidney who denounced the bill and even
voted against it ? Oh no. Mr. Haywood
resigned and the party was not certain at
the time of filling his place with one who
was morepliant one who would bow the
knee to Baal at every nod ; and their defeat
in ihe Legislature, and the State repre
sented by two Whig Senators friends of
American Industry, sufficiently accounts
for, their bearing down upon Mr. Hay
wood more than ever. The truth is they
wotiiu nave Deen delcated it tne rcsigna- (joint ballot at 1 a
tion had not taken place.
, Mr. H. clearly shows the difference be
tween Mr. McKay's bill of 1844 and the
Act of lSlGi. The first maintaining the many -farmers arc
doctrine of incidental protection, and which , in Kent county.
; Polk in his celebrated Kane letter said he ' Time by the fore!
Kentucky Eh r.'
cd full returns. of ;
gallant Whig S: .'
t ;..:ii i ,
ii uiaiuib twit
, Sen:.
WbigS ; 1 '2:
Locos . ; ; r
Givinrz the Wbi
since last year.
IOThe B.iltir:
Vft-lUll.l 1. 'A I1 ' 1 S f- .! . : i ' I ft A mXCT M TAA.
Tr.rvpara ina bill in IM other llmisA tn 1. i Jcuiocrauc otalo Lpm.Uf., tm
' ll'i I P'H reject it if it went?! mo?1 demanded of me totherwisL "or
bek. I rehltvd t hL tUt it was a mUtaken! restgn;" and fbr obeyini? bmh ri,-jLl
a'.olatton ; and f ni, then the bill ought not
against
if- ' M"--4 inai l wa rioht. for it
hd t be returned to them in consequence of
Hnolhcr amendincht, and yet if tassed,;as ithad
jorws Uetore. 1 lite Umocratic Senator mud
liavcl regarded ant cfibrt of mine, to amend; the
Til " 1 : I V .. m. 1
ifui, cwurary ia inetr irtsncs;ma. alter all that '
had passcdi as a sinister attack upon their bill V
1 have, are vou dy i.nnn jJ m f V
-u' " .t " "enounce me as
..v,. ..u i countanuity coaid ,ut
i.uu uere ooeaience to thi man4-.
others wsi I.ntk L... J"ana.t
. uuuouj woum be ht to serve the IteUhlic
who could, y pon any such terms it wo&d 11!
H.iiiirus j scrvu any party.
uut theorth Carolina resob!i;nS of
f ho-
in a
es ol
er, for the reasoiis, already given 5 and for the 1
addional reason, that the Governor of the '
the State being a Whig, it is impossible to sgr- ,
render my oflbe to the Democretic party that
elected me. If jt was not my duty; was cer
tainly my riglit, to postpone it until the August
, elections, and that right I exercised for the be u
j e lit of the Democratic party, whose minions
have been the first to denounce nie fur it !, The
j people of North Carolina Will not, they cannot
in honor and justice, give their sanction toi such
abominable iniquity, lhey are too just, too
was an advocate of, but which the bill of
t
measure, be it what it may, and even the , 184G abandoned entirel giving the right
prohibitions of the Constitution are then ! to rforeigners to flood the country with'
snapped asunder like bands of flax. They j their f,A deslrov our own mrinnr
J - " m w
tures of every description. Not only did
the, Locofoco party surrender the right in
pursue the cunning plan of
ihem
and a re
ami perhaps,thcy wou d hive eeti justified itf sehes constitute at bnce my delnce
tlaji aud, ,l,ereforc,. finally resolved pot ti futatfon ofthe absurd notion tbafsei,
; ' itinvnu'iiciH im5e. ; as Donor anq ! cannot obev hav no rifrl.i rt -t - i I .
Copd faith to ibe JartJr, ired1 meL, J I in, Z n pSMtore gn wi bout be
i , .i " i -1 - y vuimuM. i ney are here
. T r; "ruuig uui uHinsi meir win, ice-
f rmined 19 Jet mioppbsitibn be, in
tiircci ana abort.tvspihion ; so I was eceedihgi
ll rarf 1 V nQfpy thing which might expose
niC 10 ceufcurr or mieiftfre with mv fcnnfirfent
lialpartv relations wuh Democratic Senators!
all.repectSjl right to insmiathe Sr-nat
. ""1 . 'yA"um 10, ie put! in array
! aaln&t them.iill until I vas forcy tn .the -waif.
when ( I loldthbm) I w()bldbco.npelltfd t6'
iouuvy;Tn,r.iciaies 01 my Concienci'Dartv or
" Compounding for sin's they're iwlirifrd to
" 13 v damning those they have no mind to.'
This characteristic of the party is per- ! this Tariff bill to legislate in favor of par-
haps attributable, mainly to the fact lhat j ticular interests, (a right which has been
among their leaders are to be found the i exercised from the foundation of the Gov.
most distinguishing members of the old ; '.r.t a u i i j
jp 1 , . pr, , i. t ! ernment,) but they have abandoned all
federal party, who, alter itsdisso ution du- i . v J .
honorable, to approve of the execraole maxim rins Mr. Monroe's administration, went Ilief 01 rd,nS mone to carry on tne Ur
that "all's fair in politics.? 1 over to Gen. Jackson, (perhaps because ; vernment, tjnless it is to be done by send-
It may be regarded as ho slight evidence of bc had advised Mr. Monroe to breakdown i ing an VrrrTiy of Tax gatherers through the
"Qiaiiniuiuess wnu wniuu lauiitaeu iu inv Uiu nnrrv nisiinonnns nv 1 ip coi,i.imn ,,1 o n i , n. .
na nrs whn. - ui- , r . 1 ji .1 1 J. .., ... -1 cuuuin, lining into every mans attairs.
in ii hi i 1 1 i . ii ii i i i.iii ii li iir .i.i.v.v.. lii ij ii i. .1' onii'j I ii i i in i in p r i n .ii.wn i.n. - . . . i .
i o - - - - o' z . ;i n uui iiuiii'ii.i hi i tuiirtiisis ttriu rr iiuu- . nr....; i . .
sureofstronff feclinCs,to vote for tie expeririehtal v'nt fOP t,i n.K;no, u.i r mying a tax accoraingto l tie
t lariH ..!.!. .1 !. A Krt nmir4A4 m ft n : A'Al IP t his nrnnarlv I .on nn.. V. .
JsoAii Tk-.iTLv.:::: Ut. "r, F.uiuea if-voiHu w muCCML mM- since adhered close v to tbn fortune of i vm J woursi
i .v .. i - "u,t fjiun oii6MTi a . l"Ja,l"'ie; :is ta kmcr erieCi until 4lu i'larea next .1 ytj n ... ,
ors oftlus Site inlrlu. it ua 1 . r t... ' n :L v : . "e ".uouern democracy, ot wnicn no is
whenever Jn the on'mon Kf,k- TTt , B 4 very cons derab e coauu yeiner t ao Mtl co- , 0 0 j j
senttbe JSS SEV "ot gone Joo fat. f Yet, in my endeavors! to U ? T M ' leneSadef CCOrd
the occasion 6hai ri.Lirl!5I!aHe--l void .mnl,u. Ciiu'a d i "U 1 "S 10 the olJ proverb, is worse than tei
utlie dntjoftlsMtMtoort! nobodv waii .u,vAf irt,U. Turns and we have-eenerallv observed
MioEft.iTiB.itmi Prtoidtd' TkVnZL: I:: I TImi min.. i r r r " 7 X: .ritbatof all nolitieians And nlrl F.rlerlUt,
satdr t'TAnm. i IcnnivT) tfiat f ri i - i ji LV LJi f mptrmnrnhirpH intra n morrt nrmn t-
to he pven and obeyed- rScmir nm ,kl e
uui jncHjuon oi tae Coiishtuion:cr
turpitude. ' . -, a.,
cn - act
moral
ft
- ! '; ' ia M i ! M ion m .r:crtt,, -.tl :. .VI
no ran y, a nc leayq ir.c consrotnccs ith Gcc.?l of VVre. . T.. " ' , I1"" " ?T
AT3Dff, iH3t while NartK r,rrt;;, rJ:'L--'
and candid! man blame Mr. Haywood for
not! voting for such an abominable billj
void complaint jll:adhered . to iriirptedge.'di-IT ! the d Pr?vcrb, is worse than tea I anti-American in all Us ieatures-a bill
nobody was snared tnknowof mv renehtanCe .1 lurnnd we havegencrally observed that is the admiration of all Hrent n,'
The minute beGi'r T reeirmed 'it "iva rrrifi-dp
i that of all politicians and old Federalists i ...u..i bti..;.:!: . . ......
. i uj j1 yc4-13 11 proiecisana Duiias
;up pome njanufactures of every kind'and
quality : JSTo : because this net repudiates
put.u uuijusnwnea. ivpuptican aocinne
, A . -,'Ji ri L. 1 ! ' . 1 rr '" ,
nTTheev.'
that quite a nun,!
nent houses have
one of them, in t!.f
000. The times,
joint; ?
Corn Crrp.
says that the pnt:;i
is greater than w;ts
quarter.
.It is not so m t'.
weather, of scv?ral
ed, in a measure, tl.
upon the farmrr i!
They will not rr.'
crop, perhaps Ics?.
final answc r. .v.-isl given' by- those! calrnpeteot! t the most violent and unscrupulous.
repTj', that A bill would certainly phss wiih'bul ' I But our purpose is to show tip a few1 of
Jlrandy. Tb'
apples and pc ac':
in the shape r f I
most unprecilr:
the hammers
place have kr rt
. ...
. . -v I
ones. M u, i
r
toolrf anfl denodhces it as! the offWng'of fool-1 CCTIt is v
grt i rwM rftc other Mouse, and there. J conduct. A cotcmporary has been
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