Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-04-14

when ne was VotinS OIL tna'
power he was asserting, and Tor what Purpose
il was 20 be exercised. On the hnai passage OIL
that bill in the Senate, the yeas and nays were
also recorded, that The memory o, ueir .o'es
might be nerne,uated, And on that question,
they thus stood:
Those who voted for the bill, we're
Messrs. Barton, Findlay, .;.o n"mmles
Bell, Holmes OF Name, nuBsies'
Ranton J,cksop Seymour,
Brown, Johnson OF ky. iaino''
Chandler, Knight, Taylor OF Ind
D'Woif, I.anman, Inon"S.
Mckcrson, Lowrie, VhN no""N'
Eaton, Mlivaine.
Edwards Noble.
And those who voted against the bill, we're
Messrs. Barbour, Henry Johnson, Mills,
Branch, j. S. Johnston, Parrot,
Clayton, Kelly, Smith,
Elliott, King of Alab. Taylor otVa.
Gaillard, King Of N. YORK, van DyHe,
Hayne, Lloyd Of Mass. Ware,
Holmes of Miss Macon, Williams.
There may be doubts as to the measure OF
protection. But there can be none on the
point, that the tariff Of 824 is a clear, emphat-
ic, and deliberate assertion and exercise OF the
po,oer ofpro,ec,ion. Here again, we find Mr..
VAN buren, voting in affirmation Of power,
by the exercise of which, in his language, the
States have been "dive sted" Of their rights
|, is possible, (but not at all probabIe) that
we are in error in supposing that the honorable
Senator, in his letter, when speaking OF the
rights Of which The States have been "di'esied
by constructions" intended any alluson to the
power over internal Improvements, and that to
protect Domestic Manufactures. II we have
misunderstood him, we shall be amongst the
first promptly and cheerfully to correct our err
ror. We thought, when in 1922 he gave that
decisive vote on the former power, the good
cause Of which il has been our Stumble cthce'
to be uniformly and long the supporters, had
gained an efficient champion. And we shond
be extremely happy still to find Contrary to
our fears) that we are colaborers in the Same
field. We may also, possibly, msconceive him
as to the power Of projecting Domestic Manu-
features. Whatever differences OF opinion may
exist as to the policy Of protection (and oul
re aders know that we have always been oppos'
ed to pushing tito extremes) the po,oer to lay
duties with view to the protection Of manu-
| features, as we'll as OF agriculture AID COM
merce, cannot now be contested. And, as long
as Congress is vested, without limitation, with
the po"ar "i0 regulate commerce with forelgr
nations" and "to lay--,I --iiect taxes, duties
| imposts, and excises," we venture TO say thai
no man Of established public character will ge
up on the floor of Congress and make seriou:
argument against the power of the General
Government 10 protect our Home Industry.
! And vet these are the two powers, OF which,
according TO Mr.. VAN buren,, the States have
been deprived By construction. We repeat that
we should be glad to be informed that we have
misunderstood him, and we shall take pleasure
at his instance, to correct ourselves; for we new
err intentionally misunderstood, or misrepresen emf
any one, especially not so excellent friend as
that gentleman. But, if his letter does not
mean what we have supposed to be its import
we should be glad to be informed what was his
int ntion.
The right Of every man 10 change his opln'
ion, will never be controyerted by us. Upon
conviction, it is duty as well as right. But,
for ourselves, we cannot renounce those doc.
tr,nes, to the support Of which our'pen and
Press have alway been devo,ed; we cannot dis
own our own productions, and reeant our most
! earnest professions, because the same senll'
menls are professed and acted upon by an al
m:nistra,ion which came into existence with
out our aid, and which follows, as closely as II
can, the footsteps Of The Administrations when
have preceded it, and have so mainly contrlou'
ted 20 the prosperity, tranquility, and true s'o'
ry, oil the country.