The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1828-07-31
TRISTAN BuRGEs.

eu 10 tue hu'elNtn SysIfm, and haters or
New England atthe South, as well rs their
ngmy allies in this quarter, one orihe most
insignificant Of whom has had the audacity
10 pronounce him "a gauplous old prater,"
IS entitled TO the gratitude Of every man
who has the lesst regard for the charac-
ter OF New Engla1d, for the. pndaunted
stand he TOOK. IN her defence during the lase
session Of Congtess, when asssiled by men
HON civilization Could no, render civil"
To show that he did make use Of "sharp
weapons" while engaged in the hohorablo
cause Of defending bus beloved New. Eng
land against the rude assaults Of Bears
dressed in Paptaloons,' we extract the fol-
loving passages from his Celebrated speech
on the Tariff, delivered just before the close
Of the session, in which he welded with
trependous effect, "the two edged sword
otsrg and wit"
Erirdei from MIR. Burgess Speech.
I ! must sir, be permitted To repeat, thae
the American System" ~ not peculiar 10
New England. Those wong the nation,
who have in this debate, SO often called this
great plan Of national policy Yankee
Notion have already so for illustrated
this system, that can mention several real
Yankee noiions. The first of ,hcee !
kee notions Is the ait and mystery OF max
ing cloth with marhinery moved by water.
THIS was introduced into Rhode. Island,
and commenced IN Pawtucket, four miles
from Providence, about the same that tho
American system was established. by the
impost law OF July 4ih, 1889. What waa
the condition then. and what is now the
condition, Of the consumption of cotton
cloth in, your country A yard of cloth.
then, made by the wheel and loom, cost fif-
", and never less than forty cents. II may
now be had for nine or ten cents.
The cotton Gin is another Yankee. notion
Whitney, who invented this machine, could
have no views 10 any exclusive benefit re-
sultiDg from the use Of Il to New England.
II has probably doubled the profit Of cotton
planting in the South. South Csrolins has
fair rlgiir u cstima,e Its value for ,hnt state
gave the inventor fifty thousand dollarsfor
the right TO use il. Other cotton growing
States may tell how useful II s; though thae
utility to them. may be- no benefit to the in
ventor Of this Yankee notion.
in the last war, redeeming bank bills at
sight, with gold and silver, was peculiarly
a Yankee notion. Il was, ] believe very
little pracilsed out Of New England. Nay
go great was the aversion to this practice,
even at the seat Of government. that II ia
seid 10 have been the constant custom Of
certain offcers 10 select aud scparate nli
New England bank bills, from any sums Of
money going into the Treasury, and sup
only, as were known, not to pay gold or sill
yer for their bills.
This Yankee notion was not practised ne
NIL hu. a IL. IL.
themselves the means Of practising il.
How much gold could air, have been found
IN the vaults Of oil the banks, owned by Tho
two districts Of the two gentlemen fiom
Kentucky fMr. Daniel bnd Mr.. WlcklHe)
who seem TO have made conscience OF n
busing New England IN this debate? 10
is enid an ounce of gold may be hammered
out, carefully, until IL would make a cover
for vessel, no matter Of what Kind, q snuff
box, fyou plense, az brood M the orbit OF
the planet Saturn. This orbit, you know,
SIR, is much broader than that Of our earth,
which is bu, one hundred md ninety mil
lions Of miles diameter. Now, so odlo,io
was this Yankee notion, Of paying gold for
their own bank bills, in the districts of these
gentlemen, that had oil the gold, in oil tho
vaults Of all ,beir banks. been put into one
ismp, pot under the hammer and beaten ode
to degree Of equal teDuiiy, il would noo
have produced sheet large enough, To
cover and gid tho entire face OF q single
one dollar bill No. sir, the custom of re-
deeming their bank bills with gold and sill
yer, was during oil that war, a Yankee no.
ton, and almost peculiar to New England
New England is often censurcd, on thia
floor, for not having approved Of that var,
1t Is true tboy did dlsapprove of The ,@ats
What then? Who supplied the .eittwo
Of the controversy More capital wef!t 10
the aid ofihat war fror New. Eng land, than
went 10 il from the whole region south Of
The Poiomsc and Cumberland together
with the hro districts, Of the two gentle
men from Kentucky in addition. This woa
one Of our Yankee notions
in that war, too, New England sert ,,nc,
other Yankee notions IN the service s,ch
were Hull, Morris, WDonoucn n. perry the
capture Of the Cusuere, lava, and Of tho
fleets on Erie ard Chan. .plain. when Oh.
iser Hazard Perry and his htlc band Of
heroes, 'eTmlDoted their nsrch, and slept
out ofth green wilderness upon the beach
afthst lake, they bebeld 'St Georges BAN
ner broad and gay, floating from the Brit
ish mizesDast, over its quiet waters. He
could teach the enemy but BY The aid Of
ships. These stood above him in the trees
then fonrisbing in leaf. BY intcssant and
we'll directed labor and skill, the very for
est seemed 10 leap irto the lake and in
ninety days he beheld a gallant feet a.
float and moored before him; equipt and pro.
yded, at oil points for the war. lie pur-
sued no, no, pursued for they wouls no.
flee ''lie met the enemy, and they were
oufo"
la the old war we had another Yankes
notion II was sent to The south. snd, from
tho M essuye of a.. a.; A.. -. 81. :. -.