Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-11-15

Aidatss for Electors.
FJAcKAoN PARTY AND THE TARITr.-
We hsvs in this town three gentlemen who
~ engaged /, the manufa curing business,
and WIN openly support Gen. Jackson's cause,
and call upon the Frcemen Of this State to
give him their Electoral votes. We will not
kssitals 10 say that these gentlemen know
hIt veil that Gen. Jaekson's fiisnds have
openly sve~sd their intention 10 repeal the
brsttcsion laws now IN force this They can
90 deny. Il was erpressiy ~g'sed more than
t~s years ago, that no protective system
should be adopted. and the opponents Of Mr..
Adam. in ihn New Engl.od States and New
YORK. plsdgcd themselves also that no such
Law ,ksuM be enacted. Bni still these gen.
tIs,nen are 50 fascinated with tho promises of
e6sse. that they are wiling to s,criice New
Esgl,nd and her interest for the mere hope Of
bong public r'en of dancing attendance ON
such individuals as Nathan B. SPrague, Jon-
afbam Russell aud Wheeler Martin.
We arc anxious 10 lay before the friends Of
tho /" American S~ystem."n few facts IN re-
I,tio7 Ia this businsss. These facts are ga
thcrsd from gentlemen whose veraci,y is rot
TO be Questioned, and were published on the
eve uf the greu New-York election, and were
mt denied even by Mr.. vAs buren,. In the
month Of December. 1926, seventeen gentle
mon ian luminous number y met by appoint
mont a, INC residence Of one Of their number,
In the city Of Washington. Private notices
Ind been sen, to various individuals, quest
Ing their attendance. and at The appointed
hour the following gentlemen Appeared:
John G. Calhoun, Wee President Of The
Uai.G States; Mr.. Eaton. a Senator from
Tsuncs-ce ; Bent on nj Missouri Smith Of Ma
fylsnd. Woodbury. Of Ne Hampshire I; John
san Of Kamucky ; Martin Van Buren,, Of New
York. C.. G. Cambreleng. a Representative
frnn Nm York /; Duncan Of Limos Floyd OF
Gn,rgi, Sievenson aud Randolph, of Virgin
Ia |; Buchanan aud lngham of Pennsylvania f;
Livingston of Lou,siani I; M Dutfie and I'm
il on Of South Carolina.
Afer an interchange Of salutations, and
some ordinary conversation, MIR. Eaton sug-
ys.tsd that a caucus should he held, and some
msa .nres taken To con cen,rate the present
scattered members Of the Opposii ion TO the
General Administration. Mr.. Woodbury. was
placed in the chair. and Mr. Cambreieng Of
New Cork app ''n'cd Secretary.
II is unnecessary further to enter into the
proceedings Of this first ognnizo'ion Of the dis
oord,nt materials opposed 10 the present AID.
Immigration. Ahcr Gen. Jackson had been
resolved upon as The candidate under whose
standard they were TO rally some difficulty &C.
eured on the subject Of the Tariff question,
which was then pending. Mr.. M'Dutfie in an
emphatic manner. declared that opposition to
this measure mus, be a sine qua non IN all
proceeding, md that no consideration could
induce him, or the State Of which he was a
Reprsscnsatiye, to support any individual in
favor of snch policy. A warm discussion en-
snsd on this question, which ended by the pos
tive declaration Of Mr.. Van Buren,, that that
IosO should not pass at that session. Mr..
Cambrelcng also gave his assurance that the
bill should he defeated, and The gentlemen
FROM south-Cs ,iina were pacifed by these
assurances. 1t was at this meeting that Mar
ta Van Buren, pledged the vote Of the great
state ef New-York to General Jackson. II
aay perhaps be necessary here to state. that
previous to this meeting, overtures had been
made by Mr.. Van Buron 10 Mr.. Clay, to join
in support Of the Administration on certain
conditions. and a reply had been received,
that his wishes would not be complied with
Mr.. Van Buren, dare not, even at this day. d.
Fscsly OF indirectly impssch the political int.
gritty Of Henry LA. conscious as he H., that
60 vosd from Mr.. Clay would consign hin to
y~oliicsi iehn,y.
WIN NJ. Van Buren, found himself, a. the
last.ssssisa Of Congress. compelled by direc.
siss sfAiv sssssssss,s. 70 support the Tariff
ibS Ssetassd usssuivocaiIy, tina, he was indi
.vijssIiy opposed 10 Inc measure. and that biz
vsss wss governed by bis instructions.
n shsvld be remembered; that on the ones
tiss OF The passage Of the first bill. Mr.. Var
nurss, Hpdiss the fssends Of the Tariff mor'
ps~ssA,I shsa no had expected, was compelled